Amos Pokorný was a Czech chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

He shared 1st at Pilsen (Plzeň) 1911, tied for 4-7th at Böhmisch Trübau (Česká Třebová) 1913, and took 8th at Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav) 1913 (Bohemian Championship

Czech Chess Championship

The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.-History:First national championships were held before founding of independent Czechoslovakia as the championships of Bohemia every second year between 1905 and 1913...

, Karel Hromádka

Karel Hromádka

Karel Hromádka was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 ....

 won).

After World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, he took 2nd, behind Max Walter, at Pardubice (Pardubitz) 1923 (Czechoslovak Chess Championship

Czechoslovak Chess Championship

The Czechoslovak National Chess Championship was the chess competition, which has determined the best Czechoslovak chess player.- History :First Czechoslovak championships were held in Prague in year 1919...

), took 11th at Moravská Ostrava (Mährisch Ostrau) 1923 (Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...

 won), tied for 3rd-5th at Bratislava 1925 (CSR-ch, Richard Réti

Richard Réti

Réti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king...

 won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz) 1926 (Boris Kostić and Karl Gilg

Karl Gilg

Karl Gilg was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia.Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads....

 won), took 4th at České Budějovice 1927 (CSR-ch, Karel Opočenský

Karel Opocenský

Karel Opočenský was a Czech chess master.-Biography:He was four-time Czech Champion . In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague . In 1925, he tied for 3rd-4th in Paris . In 1927, he won in Česke Budějovice...

 won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice 1928 (Kostić won), tied for 3rd-4th at Brno 1929 (CSR-ch, Opočenský won), tied for 3rd-4th at Prague 1933 (Army) and shared 1st with Salo Flohr

Salo Flohr

Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr was a leading Czech and later Soviet chess grandmaster of the mid-20th century, who became a national hero in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. His name was used to sell many of the luxury products of the time, including Salo Flohr cigarettes, slippers and eau-de-cologne...

 at Mnichovo Hradiště (Münchengrätz) 1933 (CSR-ch).

Pokorny played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads:

• In the 1st Chess Olympiad
  1st Chess Olympiad
  The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom...
  
   at London 1927 (+5 –5 =2);
• In the 2nd Chess Olympiad
  2nd Chess Olympiad
  The 2nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands.The final results were as...
  
   at The Hague 1928 (+4 –3 =5);
• In the 3rd Chess Olympiad
  3rd Chess Olympiad
  The 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany...
  
   at Hamburg 1930 (+6 –5 =3);
• In 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events....
  
   at Munich 1936 (+8 –5 =3).

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, he took 11th at Rakovnik 1940 (Bohemia&Moravia-ch

Czech Chess Championship

The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.-History:First national championships were held before founding of independent Czechoslovakia as the championships of Bohemia every second year between 1905 and 1913...

, Jan Foltys

Jan Foltys

Jan Foltys , was a Czech chess International Master.-Biography:...

 won), and tied for 9-10 th at Zlín 1943 (Čeněk Kottnauer

Cenek Kottnauer

Čeněk Kottnauer was a Czech British chess master.At the beginning of his career, he tied for 11-12th at Prague 1933 , and took 7th at Prague 1939 .During World War II, he took 6th at Prague 1942 , tied for 7-8th...

won).