He shared 1st with Fichtl in the Czechoslovakia Championship in1960, but lost the playoff match for the title. He was a member of Czechoslovakia's Olympic team in 1954, 1960 and 1966.
His opponent, Stuart Wagman (1919-2007, 88 years old) was an FM and an American player who died in in Livorno, Italy where he had lived for the past half-century. In the 1940s he had been a member of the Washington Chess Divan in Washington DC.
Wagman was inactive for many years but started to play again regularly after his retirement and earned the FM title when in his 60s and was a strong player even in his last years. At the age of 87 he scored 6-5 in the 2006 World Senior Championship. Chess metrics estimates his highest ever rating to have been 2444 in 1971.
[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1966.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stuart Wagman"]
[Black "Max Ujtelky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 18"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1965.12.27"]
{B06: Modern Defense} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 {This flexible system was a favorite of Ujtelky.} 9. Qe1
Nd7 (9... c5 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. Rd1 Qc7 {is equal. Murphy,H (2168)-Barton,R
(2012) London ENG 2015}) 10. Ra3 {Harmless. The R is destined to sit here
until the end of the game.} (10. f5 {sacrificing a P keeps things equal.} gxf5
11. Bd3 (11. exf5 Nxf5 12. d5 Qf6 (12... exd5 {is a blunder.} 13. Bxa6+ Qe7 14.
Bxb7 {White has won a piece.}) 13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O {Black is
a silid P up.}) 11... Nc6 (11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 {White is supposed to have
sufficient play for the P.}) 12. Qg3 {and the chances are equal.}) 10... d5 {
This is a bit premature. Castling first was more precise.} 11. exd5 exd5 {
He should have taken with the N, Now white's next move is very strong.} 12. f5
O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. fxg6 {This natural move is disastrous!. 15.Bf4 was correct.}
fxg5 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxg5 {It's quire possible that Wagman calculated this
far and saw that he threatened Ne6, but it is black who us winning.} Qe8 17.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 (17... Qxf8 {was even stringer.} 18. Ne6 (18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2
Bxd4+ {is winning for black.}) 18... Qf6 19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Nxg7 Qxd4+ 21. Qf2
Qxg7 {leaves white with only two Ps for the N, so black should win.}) 18. Qf2
Neg6 {[%mdl 2048] At this point it's an unclear situation as white has three
Ps for the N and black is fighting for the advantage.} 19. Nce4 $15 Bc8 $1 ({
Don't go for} 19... dxe4 $2 20. Nf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxf7 $18) 20. g4 {[%mdl 8192]
This loses the game.} (20. Nf7+ {forces black's K into a precarious position.}
Kxh7 21. Neg5+ Kg8 22. Re3 {At last the dormant R sees some action.} Qxa4 23.
c3 Bd7 24. Ne5 {with equal chances.}) 20... Be6 21. Nf6 Qe7 22. Rf3 {
Unfortunately for white at thos point the R's entry into the action comes too
late to be of any value. Although after black's next move he retains the
advantage he missed the tactical refutation of white s move.} Nd7 (22... Bxg4 {
forces the removal of the guard of the N on f7.} 23. Nf7+ (23. Re3 Qxf6) 23...
Qxf7 24. Nxg4 Qe6 {and white still only has two Ps for the N.}) 23. Nxd7 {
The final error.} (23. Nxe6 {was necessary.} Qxe6 24. g5 Rf8 25. Bd3 {and
white is still in the game.}) 23... Qxg5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 {White resigned. Was his
resignation a bit premature? You be the judge.} (24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 {
The material situation has not changed; white still has only two Ps, this time
for a B. Here is the engine's best line...} 26. Re3 Qd6 27. Bd3 Bxg4 {Now
white has only one P for the piece. It shpuld be noted that white's P on h7
will not fall any time soon black's win will never be in doubt.} 28. Rg3 Rf8
29. Qe3 Qd7 30. b4 Bf5 31. Kg2 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 a5 33. b5 Qf5 34. h4 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4
dxe4 36. Rg4 Re8 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Ke2 Bc5 39. Rf4 Re7 40. Rf5 Rd7 41. Re5 e3 42.
Re8+ Kxh7 {and the win is obvious.}) 0-1
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