Jan Kvíčala

{{short description|Czech chess player}} thumb|Image of Jan Kvíčala (šachista) '''Jan Kvíčala''' (1868 – 11 February 1939) was a Czech chess master.

He lived and played chess tournaments and matches in Prague. He won in 1891 (the 3rd Congress of the Bohemian Chess Association), lost a match to Oldřich Duras (4 : 5) in 1902,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edochess.ca/players/p1094.html|title=Edo Ratings, Kvicala, Jan|website=edochess.ca}}</ref> took 2nd behind Duras in 1906, took 18th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament (Duras and Carl Schlechter won),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1908praga.htm |title=Praga (Cecoslovacchia) Torneo Internazionale, 1908 |access-date=2009-01-26 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605090317/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1908praga.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/index.php?orderby=1573|title= Pražská šachová společnost | trans-title=Prague Chess Society |website=praguechess.cz}}</ref> beat Karel Hromádka (3 : 1) in 1909,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=28910|title=The chess games of Jan Kvicala|website=chessgames.com}}</ref> and took 2nd, behind Duras, in 1910.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Name Index to Jeremy Gaige’s CHESS TOURNAMENT CROSSTABLES |accessdate=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref>

Jan Kvíčala won against Wilhelm Cohn (1.5 : 0.5) in a friendly match Berlin vs. Prague in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/players/Jan_Kvicala|title=Jan Kvicala chess games|website=365chess.com}}</ref>

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