Vlastimil Babula Explained

Vlastimil Babula
Country:	Czech Republic
Birth Date:	2 October 1973
Birth Place:	Uherský Brod, Czechoslovakia
Grandmaster (1997)
Peakrating:	2608 (October 2008)
Fideid:	301264

Vlastimil Babula (born 2 October 1973 in Uherský Brod) is a chess grandmaster from the Czech Republic who was Czech Champion in 1993 and second at the World Junior Championship of 1993.^[1]

Chess career

In 1998 Babula tied for 1st–4th with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Bartłomiej Macieja and Zoltán Almási in the Zone 1.4 zonal tournament in Krynica and qualified to the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999^[2] where he was knocked out in the first round by Tal Shaked.^[3] In 2007, he was joint winner of the Czech Open (with Viktor Láznička).^[4] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Zahar Efimenko.^[5]

Babula played for the Czech Republic in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The chess games of Vlastimil Babula. ChessGames.com. 14 April 2012.
2. Web site: TWIC 203: Krynica Zonal Tournament 1.4. Crowther. Mark. 1998-09-28. London Chess Center. 15 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304190113/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic203.html#5. 4 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: TWIC 248: FIDE World Chess Championships. Crowther. Mark. 2009-08-09. London Chess Center. 15 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110930230854/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic248.html#2. 30 September 2011. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: The review of chess events and sites for July, 2007. Chessib.com. 14 April 2012.
5. Web site: TWIC: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011. Crowther. Mark. 2011-09-21. London Chess Center. 14 April 2012. 2011-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20111020150713/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. dead.
6. Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads: Vlastimil Babula. OlimpBase. 20 November 2013.