Bedrich Formánek

Slovak chess player
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Quick Facts

IntroSlovak chess player
PlacesSlovakia
isChess composer Chess player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 June 1933, Tábor, Tábor District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Age91 years
Star signGemini
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Biography

Bedrich Formánek (born 6 June 1933) is a Slovak chess composer.

In 1990 Bedrich Formánek gained the title FIDE Master for Chess Compositions. He is also International Judge for Chess Compositions since 1966, qualified for sections #2, #3, #n, h#.

Bedrich Formánek was a long-time delegate for Czechoslovakia and later for Slovakia in Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC), serving in years 1994-2002 as PCCC President, becoming an honorary president of the current WFCC afterwards. Bedrich Formánek is well known for long-time editing chess composition columns in newspapers in Slovakia, such as Pravda, Práca, Smena and many other.

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