Runza, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  649  2181 (48) 19
1928  560  2213 (45) 7
1929  534  2222 (39) 22
1930  563  2217 (41) 15
1931  761  2181 (47) 13
1932  756  2183 (60) 0
1933  767  2185 (68) 0
1934  767  2187 (73) 0
1935  788  2189 (75) 0
1936  751  2191 (76) 0
1937  716  2193 (75) 0
1938  687  2195 (71) 0
1939  638  2197 (65) 0
1940  575  2199 (56) 0
1941  534  2201 (41) 24
1942  505  2199 (40) 20
1943  457  2209 (39) 17
1944  395  2232 (37) 31
1945  398  2235 (44) 13
1946  393  2234 (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