Remembering Miroslav Filip

Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. He represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiads from Helsinki 1952 to Nice 1974, playing 194 games with the overall result (+62–28=104).

Filip won the Czechoslovak Chess Championship three times: in 1950 at Gottwaldov, in 1952 at Tatranska Lomnica, and in 1954 in Prague.

He played in the European Team Chess Championship twice, winning an individual gold in 1970 for the best score and a bronze in 1977 for the third best score. Tournament results include first place at Prague 1956 and second at Marienbad 1960, Buenos Aires 1961 and Bern 1975. In the early 1980s Filip retired from playing professional chess, but remained active as a chess journalist.

This game was played against Gedeon Barcza at Bucharest in January of 1953.

Our second game was played in the 12th round of the Interzonal Tournament held at Gothenburg, Sweden; against Wolfgang Unzicker on September 2nd, 1955:

The next game was played against Laszlo Szabo in the 3rd round of the Candidates Tournament held at Amsterdam (Netherlands) on March 30th, 1956:

Our final game was played against Mikhail Tal in the 12th round of the Candidates Tournament held in Willemstad, Curacao on the 20th of May, 1962:

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