Igor Štohl learned to play chess at the age of 10. In 1982, in
Copenhagen he won silver medal in
World Junior Chess Championship after winner
Andrei Sokolov. Two years later Igor Štohl won
Slovak Chess Championship. In 1990 in
Manila he participated in the
World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament where he was ranked in 23rd place. Igor Štohl is winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing first place in
Trnava (1983),
Starý Smokovec (1986, 1988),
Hradec Králové (1988),
Vrnjačka Banja (1989),
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (1991),
Paul Keres Memorial Tournament (
Vancouver, 1993),
Vinkovci (1995),
Stavanger (1998). Igor Štohl played for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia in the
Chess Olympiads: • In 1990, at third board in the
29th Chess Olympiad in
Novi Sad (+4, =7, -1), • In 1992, at second board in the
30th Chess Olympiad in
Manila (+4, =8, -1), • In 1994, at second board in the
31st Chess Olympiad in
Moscow (+5, =8, -1), • In 2000, at second board in the
34th Chess Olympiad in
Istanbul (+2, =8, -3), • In 2006, at second board in the
37th Chess Olympiad in
Turin (+0, =4, -2). Igor Štohl played for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia in the
European Team Chess Championships: • In 1989, at fourth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in
Haifa (+3, =3, -1), • In 1997, at second board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship in
Pula (+3, =3, -2), • In 1999, at first board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship in
Batumi (+3, =4, -2), • In 2001, at second board in the 13th European Team Chess Championship in
León (+0, =7, -1). In 1983, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and in 1992 received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title. Igor Štohl is a regular collaborator of
ChessBase. He took, among others participation in the development of the monograph about
Emanuel Lasker. Igor Štohl also published several chess books, including two dedicated to
Garry Kasparov chess career. ==References==