Vlastimil Babula (born 2 October 1973 in Uherský Brod) is a chess grandmaster from the Czech Republic who was Czech Champion in 1993 and second at the World Junior Championship of 1993.

[1] In 1998 Babula tied for 1st–4th with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Bartłomiej Macieja and Zoltán Almási in the Zone 1.4 zonal tournament in Krynica and qualified to the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999[2] where he was knocked out in the first round by Tal Shaked.

[3] In 2007, he was joint winner of the Czech Open (with Viktor Láznička).

[4] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Zahar Efimenko.

[5] Babula played for the Czech Republic in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.