ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 | 02.06.2009
President, Prime-Minister and Grandmasters
The match of grandmasters David Navara and Vassily Ivanchuk in rapid chess, which was the main attraction of the CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009, ended in a distinct victory of the more experience player. The best Ukrainian grandmaster defeated last week in Prague the best Czech player 5,5 – 2,5 and he gained a trophy for the winner created by a sculptor Ludek Vondra.
The entire festival was a very prestigious event. It was opened by the Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer (who made a Fischer move e2-e4). The simul was watched for more than three hours by the Czech president Vaclav Klaus.
All games can be replayed and namely games 4 and 5 are worth seeing. A character of the match was apparently predetermine by the fourth game: David Navara lost a winning game and instead of a draw before a halftime break, his score was 1-3. In the game 5 he managed to lower his lost to 2-3, but from that game on Vassily Ivanchuk was dominating the match.
The match was accomplished by fine lectures by grandmasters: Jan Plachetka (“Richard Reti – The Best Czech Chessplayer Of The 20th Century”), Lubomir Kavalek (About The Beauty Of Chess, Beautiful Games and The Price Of The Beauty”) and Vlastimil Hort (“Chess And Chessplayers During War Times”). There was also a simul of a grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek and chess history quiz held by a grandmaster Vlastimil Hort and a writer Vitezslav Houska.
This year CEZ CHESS TROPHY has been the fifth in the row and due to the long term sponsorship contract with CEZ company, the festival will continue at least until the 2013.
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 | 25.04.2010
Judit Polgar wins 6:2
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 | 24.04.2010
Judit Polgar has decided the result in the 5-th game already
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 | 23.04.2010
Prime minister Fischer opens match Navara-Polgar
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 | 21.04.2010
The world's most famous woman chessplayer arrived to Prague
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 | 11.03.2010
The world's most famous female chessplayer is coming to Prague
Bobby Fischer and Karel Opocensky
Prague Chess Society is preparing release of two extraordinary chess book this year. The first book will be a compilation of games, played by the legendary Grandmaster Bobby Fisxher, who passed away this year. The books will cover 23 games played by the American Grandmaster against Czech grandmasters Ludek Pachman, Miroslav Filip, Lubomir Kavalek and Vlastimil Hort. Games will be commented on by Grandmasters Pachman, Navara, Kavalek and Hort. The other book which is being prepared, is a monograph about the first Czech Master Karel Opocensky. This book too is co-written by Grandmasters Vlastimil Hort and Lubomir Kavalek together with Vitezslav Houska, who half a century ago wrote a book about Opocensky, called Above All World's Chessbords.
