Biography

Czech Grandmaster (1955) and International Arbiter (1978). Writer and Journalist. Filip was the first Czech player to play the Candidates' Tournament in 1962 and 1966. Czechoslovakian Champion in 1950, 1952 and 1954. 

His best results include: Marianske Lazne 1957 and 1960, 1^st; Sofia 1957, 1^st; Buenos Aires 1963, 1^st; Alekhine Memorial 1959, 4^th; Baden Vienna 1961, 2^nd; Santa Fe 1961, 2^nd; Mar del Plata 1961, 2^nd-5^th; Buenos Aires 1961, 1^st; Maroczy Memorial 1961, 2^nd-3^rd and Rubinstein Memorial 1979, 2^nd.

Filip was a participant, playing three times at board one, in all Olympiads between 1952 and 1974, .  He was selected by FIDE to be the Chief Arbiter in six subsequent World Championship contests, including Anatoly Karpov vs. Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio 1978.

He conducted the chess column in the Prague daily sports paper Denik Sport with great distinction. Author of: The Candidates' Tournament of 1956, The World Championship of 1978 and The 1982 Olympiads.,

Best ELO: 2500 in 1977.

Spassky, Boris V - Filip, Miroslav Bucharest Bucharest (13), 1953 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Bd2 b6 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.a3 Ba5 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.g4 cxd4 13.exd4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxf5 Bxf3 16.g5 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Nxc4 18.Nc3 Kh8 19.gxf6 Qxf6 20.Bxd7 Rc7 21.Nd5 Bxd2+ 22.Rxd2 Qf3 23.Rhd1 Rc5 24.Rd3 Qf7 25.Nc3 Qf4+ 26.Kb1 Ne3 27.Rxe3 Qxe3 28.Rd2 Rd8 29.Re2 Qd4 30.Ba4 Re5 31.Rf2 Qc5 32.Ka2 a6 33.Rd2 Rf8 34.Qd3 b5 35.Bc2 g6 36.Ne4 Qc4+ 37.Qxc4 bxc4 38.Rd7 Rh5 39.Rd2 Kg7 40.Ng3 Rh4 41.Be4 a5 42.Kb1 Rhf4 43.Bb7 Rb8 44.Rd7+ Kh6 45.Kc2 Rf2+ 46.Kc3 Rxh2 47.Ne4 g5 48.Nd6 g4 49.Nf7+ Kg6 50.Ne5+ Kf5 51.Nxc4 h5 52.Kd4 Kf4 53.Rf7+ Kg3 54.b4 axb4 55.axb4 Rf2 56.Rg7 h4 57.Ne3 Rf4+ 58.Kc5 h3 59.b5 h2 60.Bh1 Re8 61.Nxg4 Rxg4 62.Rxg4+ Kxg4 63.b6 Re1 64.Ba8 Kf5 65.Bg2 Rg1 66.b7 Rxg2 67.b8=Q h1=Q 68.Qf8+ Ke4 69.Qa8+ Ke3 70.Qa3+ Kf4 71.Qb4+ Kg5 72.Qb5 Qh3 0-1

                     Szabo vs. Filip, Moscow 1956