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 […]
Short closer to Corus title
GM Navara (2638) – GM Short (2663) [B04]Corus B (11), 30.01.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.f4 f6 9.Nd3 Bf7 10.0–0 Na6 11.Nc3 e6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 Be7 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.c3 Rd8 16.Qe2 0–0 17.Kh1 Nc7 18.Rae1 Bg6 19.Bf2 Rfe8 20.Rg1 Bd6 21.Bg3 Nd5 22.Nc5 Qc8 […]
A brilliant tactical game
GM Navara – GM SasikiranCorus Chess 2009 Wijk aan Zee (9), 2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 Rb8 7.Nf3 b5 8.a3 e6 9.Be3 Nge7 10.d4 b4 11.axb4 Rxb4 12.dxc5 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 d4 16.Bg5 dxc3 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.bxc3 Rg4 19.0–0–0+ Ke8 20.Bf6 Bxf6 21.exf6 Ra4 22.c6 […]
Caruana 1-0 Navara at Corus
GM Caruana (2646) – GM Navara (2638) [C92]Corus B (4), 20.01.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Bc2 g6 15.d5 Nb8 16.c4 c6 17.b3 Bh6 18.a4 b4 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Nf1 Bxc1 21.Rxc1 a5 22.c5 d5 […]
Morozevich – Navara match
Navara – Morozevich matchunspecified illnes of Morozevich interrupts the event Morozevich and Navara started their friendly match this week in Prague. The match is part of both players preparation for upcoming events. The time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 min + 30 sec increment for the rest of the game. The […]
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
Navara 1/2 Carlsen
GM Carlsen (2765) – GM Navara (2672) [C92]02.05.2008 (Baku Grand Prix – Round 10) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 […]
Breaking News: Kramnik vs Navara
Former World Chess Champion (2000-2007) and top rated player (world number 1 according to FIDE ELO list in the 1-st of January 2008) Vladimir Kramnik will play a match against the number 1 Grandmaster of the Czech Republic, David Navara. The match of 8 games in rapid chess will be the main event of the […]
Navara overpowers Short in duel
The CEZ Chess Trophy 2007 took place from August 30 to September 2nd in Prague (Czech Republic). It was organized by civic association Prague Chess Society. It took place in the Best Western Kampa Hotel. The format is 6 game match in rapid and 4 in Fischer Random. David Navara crushed Nigel Short by the […]