 They chose to return home, whilst team-mates Jiří Pelikán and Karel Skalička elected to remain in South America.In 1940, Opočensky took second, behind Foltys, in Rakovnik (Bohemia and Moravia-ch).In 1941, he drew a match with Foltys in Prague (+4 –4 =4) and took seventh in Trenčianske Teplice (Foltys won).