Navara vs. IvanchukFrom the press release by Pavel Matocha: “Grandmasters David Navara and Vassily Ivanchuk will compete against each other on 27th – 31st May 2009 in Prague. The eight-game match is to take place between 27th to 31st May 2009 at Best Western Kampa hotel in Prague. The match of grandmasters Navara and Ivanchuk […]
Ostravsky Konik Festival
Ostravsky Konik Festival The 2009 Ostravsky Konik Festival took place on 1-10 May 1-10 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The GM tournament is a 4 player double round robin event. GM supertournament 1 2 3 4 Points 1 GM Laznicka, Viktor 2598 CZE ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2 GM Hracek, Zbynek 2604 CZE […]
Karlovy Vary GP officially undone
ChessBase.com just published the following: Bessel Kok and Pavel Matocha issue following statement We have been informed that the NWR coal corporation which intended to support the Grand Prix in Karlovy Vary in December 2009 will not enter into sponsorship. This information and the reasons behind this decision were already communicated to Geoffrey Borg and […]
Karlovy Vary Grand Prix out!
Pavel Matocha and Bessel Kok withdraw from organising the Karlovy Vary Grand Prix tournamentthe reasons are the withdraw of Magnus Carlsen and the changing World Championship cycle rulesReport by Chessdom.com Viktor Novotny has just reported for Chessdom.com that the 6th Grand Prix tournament might not take place. Pavel Matocha from the Prague chess society has […]
Kramnik soundly defeated Navara
Former World Champion Kramnik easily defeated Czech top GM Navara by the score of 5.5 – 2.5, in spite of the last round’s loss. Kramnik, Vladimir – Navara, David 1-0Navara, David – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1Kramnik, Vladimir – Navara, David 1-0Navara, David – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2Kramnik, Vladimir – Navara, David 1/2Navara, David – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1Kramnik, […]
Don’t mess with Kramnik!
Former World Champion Kramnik is showing who’s the boss in the match against top Czech GM Navara. He won the first 3 games and yielded a draw in game 4. Here is the official website. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kasparov simul
Kasparov, G (2812) – Vaculik, M (2260) [D27]VIP Game, Hluboka CZE (1), 30.03.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 0–0 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.Ne5 Bd5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Bxd5 Nxa4 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.b4 Nb7 21.Bb2 Kf8 […]
Czech President has doubt in Kasparov’s plan
Czech President not sure Kasparov’s path right for Russia Hluboka nad Vltavou- Czech President Vaclav Klaus said today Russia needs political changes, but he does not know whether it should follow the path indicated by the chess legend Garry Kasparov, leader of the Russian opposition, whom he met today. Klaus met Kasparov at Hluboka where […]
100,000 crowns for a game
LN: Czechs to pay 100,000 crowns for a game with KasparovBy ČTK / Published 6 March 2008 Prague, March 5 (CTK) – The fee for a chess game with former Russian world champion Garri Kasparov is 80,000-100,000 crowns at the “commercial chessboard,” Adolf Cervinka from the GPA agency that stages a simultaneous exhibition at the […]
Celebrating chess
Chess Today Celebrates Monday, September 17, 2007; Page C10Washington Post “Chess is an art and should be played in a creative way,” opined Czech President Vaclav Klaus during his visit to the Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament, played under his auspices. The president presented Viktor Korchnoi, 76, with the Chess Legend Award and stayed on for […]