Runza, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  641  2179 (48) 19
1928  559  2211 (45) 7
1929  533  2220 (39) 22
1930  565  2215 (41) 15
1931  760  2179 (47) 13
1932  755  2181 (60) 0
1933  763  2183 (68) 0
1934  764  2185 (73) 0
1935  786  2187 (75) 0
1936  751  2189 (76) 0
1937  716  2191 (75) 0
1938  686  2193 (71) 0
1939  631  2195 (65) 0
1940  568  2197 (56) 0
1941  534  2199 (41) 24
1942  506  2197 (40) 20
1943  457  2207 (39) 17
1944  392  2230 (37) 31
1945  397  2233 (44) 13
1946  390  2232 (49) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Runza, Josef  
Born: 1900
Died:
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 336
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 358
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 228
Web
   [Josef Runza]
   [Vlastimil Hort: More about the man who was Doctor Zhivago]

Tournament data

Ceske Budejovice 1927 (3)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament C     5.5  /  8
Prague 1927 (3)     4th Prague City Championship     4  /  11
Prague 1928 (3)     Prague Tournament     4.5  /  7
Brno 1929 (2)     11th Congress of the ÚJČŠ - Final     6.5  /  11
Prague 1929 (2)     6th Prague City Championship     6  /  11
Prague 1930 (3)     7th Prague City Championship     8  /  15
Prague 1931 (14)     Prague Tournament     5  /  13
Prague 1941 (1)     17th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     6  /  15
Prague 1941 (2)     17th Prague Championship     5  /  9
Prague 1942 (2)     Prague Tournament     7  /  9
Prague 1942 (3)     18th Prague Championship     5  /  11
Prague 1943 (3)     19th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  17
Brno 1944     18th Czechoslovakia Championship     5.5  /  14
Prague 1944 (3)     20th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     11  /  17
Prague 1945 (2)     Jelinek Memorial Tournament     9  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1946 (1)     19th Czechsolovakia Championship     6  /  14

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026