Education
He also finished second in the under-18 event in 2001.
He also finished second in the under-18 event in 2001.
These included wins in the under-10 category (1997) and the under-12 category (1998 and 1999). At the European Youth Chess Championship, held in Herceg Novi in 2005, he was a bronze-medallist in the under-18 category. Upon leaving school, he enrolled at the Charles University, Prague, to study Business Administration.
This was also the year that he qualified as a grandmaster and commenced his Olympiad career, scoring the best individual result of the Czechoslovakian team in Turin.
He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2007, but was eliminated in the first round by strong Polish player Bartłomiej Macieja. He then took a share of second place at the European Union Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool, behind January Werle (and equal with the highly rated Michael Adams and Nigel Short).
In December 2009, he tied for 1st-4th with Georg Meier, Julio Granda and Kiril Georgiev in the 19th Magistral Pamplona Tournament. Láznička has had several coaches during his chess career, but most recently has been tutored by Sergei Movsesian, a high-ranking Slovakian player and one of his teammates in the Czechoslovakian league.
As of October 2008, he was the Czechoslovakian Republic"s fourth highest rated player, after David Navara, Zbyněk Hráček and Vlastimil Babula.
In July 2010, he took clear first place at the World Open Chess Tournament with 7½/9.