David Navara and Kristýna Havlíková are Czech Chess Champions

The 2017 Czech Chess Championships for men and women were held from 29th April to 7th May at the Culture Palace in Ostrava.

Both events were incorporated into single open section with 58 participants, organized by Ostrava Chess z.s.

Top seed David Navara took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points to claim his eighth national title. But the road to victory was dramatic. Jiří Štoček beat Navara in the fourth round and continued to lead until the last round when he lost to Zbyněk Hráček. Eventually Hráček and Štoček shared the second place with 6,5 points each.

“It was a very challenging tournament for me. After losing in the fourth round I had to take risks. Štoček played a great tournament, before losing in the last round, “Navara stated.

Women’s ranking was calculated separately. Three players finished on 4,5/9 points each, but according to the tiebreak Kristýna Havlíková took the winner’s trophy, Karolina Olšarová took the silver, while Olga Sikorová finished third.

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Final standings:

1 GM Navara David CZE 2732 – 7.5
2 GM Hráček Zbyněk CZE 2610 – 6.5
3 GM Štoček Jiří CZE 2560 – 6.5
4 GM Velička Petr CZE 2432 – 6
5 IM Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE 2441 – 6
6 IM Šimáček Pavel CZE 2480 – 6
7 GM Babula Vlastimil CZE 2559 – 6
8 GM Krejčí Jan CZE 2520 – 5.5
9 IM Kraus Tomáš CZE 2418 – 5.5
10 GM Kislinsky Alexey CZE 2481 – 5.5
11 GM Cvek Robert CZE 2518 – 5.5
12 IM Malinovský Karel CZE 2479 – 5.5
13 IM Černoušek Lukáš CZE 2462 – 5.5
14 IM Plát Vojtěch CZE 2510 – 5.5
15 IM Biolek Richard CZE 2445 – 5.5
16 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2446 – 5
17 FM Vykouk Jan CZE 2424 – 5
18 IM Rašík Vítězslav CZE 2467 – 5
19 GM Blatný Pavel CZE 2388 – 5
20 FM Obšivač Josef CZE 2361 – 5
21 GM Vokáč Marek CZE 2415 – 5
22 FM Vlasák Lukáš CZE 2375 – 5
23 Roubalík Jakub CZE 2397 – 5
24 GM Voloshin Leonid CZE 2406 – 5
25 IM Doležal Radoslav CZE 2399 – 4.5
26 FM Caletka Radomír CZE 2349 – 4.5
27 GM Hába Petr CZE 2458 – 4.5
28 WIM Havlíková Kristýna CZE 2251 – 4.5
29 FM Sobek Jaroslav CZE 2202 – 4.5
30 WIM Olšarová Karolína CZE 2245 – 4.5
31 FM Bartoš Jan CZE 2157 – 4.5
32 WGM Sikorová Olga CZE 2206 – 4.5
33 IM Freisler Pavel CZE 2256 – 4.5
34 WGM Worek Joanna CZE 2330 – 4
35 FM Rabatin Jakub CZE 2286 – 4
36 Vaněk Tomáš CZE 2134 – 4
37 Kolář Stanislav CZE 2094 – 4
38 Postupa Pavel CZE 2202 – 4
39 Kožúšek Daniel CZE 2264 – 4
40 Sikora Jan CZE 2204 – 4
41 IM Juřek Josef CZE 2277 – 4
42 Macíček Jakub CZE 2284 – 4
43 FM Bělunek Vladimír CZE 2248 – 4
44 WFM Kaňáková Natálie CZE 2112 – 4
45 Machýček Lubomír CZE 2222 – 4
46 IM Vávra Pavel CZE 2390 – 3.5
47 Kovář Vojtěch CZE 2326 – 3.5
48 Novosadová Kristýna CZE 2198 – 3.5
49 IM Zwardoň Vojtěch CZE 2406 – 3
50 Bureš Martin CZE 2084 – 3
51 Malinovský Petr CZE 2024 – 3
52 Vybíral Zdeněk CZE 2271 – 3
53 Očkay Tomáš CZE 2107 – 3
54 FM Malík Jan CZE 2290 – 2.5
55 Pšenička Pavel CZE 2019 – 2.5
56 Kabelka Ondřej CZE 2069 – 2.5
57 Didi Jan CZE 2050 – 2
58 Šolc Filip CZE 2005 – 2