Bedrich Formánek

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

In 1990 Bedrich Formánek gained the title FIDE Master for Chess Compositions.[1] He is also International Judge for Chess Compositions since 1966, qualified for sections #2, #3, #n, h#.[2]

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.[3] Bedrich Formánek is well known for long-time editing chess composition columns in newspapers in Slovakia, such as Pravda, Práca, Smena and many other.[4]

References
  1. FIDE Masters for Chess Compositions
  2. International Judges for Chess Compositions
  3. "Handbook of Chess Composition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  4. Overview of chess composition columns in Slovakia (SK)
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