ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010
(April 2010, Michna Palace and hotel BW Kampa, Prague)
The best Czech chess player David Navara will compete with the world best female player Judita Polgar in the eight-game rapid chess match, which will take place from April 22 to April 24 2010 in the Michna Palace in Prague. The match will be played at the rate of 25 minutes for a game with an increment of 10 seconds per move and the games will be commented on by grandmaster Lubomír Kaválek.
Apart from the match, the CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 will include simul of Judit Polgar against 25 competitors and lectures of the legendary grandmasters Vlastimil Hort (he will talk about the first world women's chess champion, Vera Menchik) and Lubomir Kavalek (his talk is called On beauty, women and little bit on chess). The chess festival CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2010 is held by the Prague Chess Society.
CZECH COAL CHESS MATCH - Snowdrops and Old-hands
(December 2009, hotel Cristal Palace, Mariensbad)
Young women grandmsters (Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Katerina Lahno and Jana Jackova) defeated in the two-round schveningen match the Snowdrops versus Old-hands - Czech Coal Chess Match 2009 the team of chess legends (Viktor Kortchnoi, Jan Timman, Robert Hübner and Vlastimil Hort) by the closest possible difference 16,5 – 15,5.
The match was taking place from 28 November till 5 December 2009 in Cristal Palace hotel in Mariensbad . The speed of a game was 90 minutes for 40 moves with additional 30 minutes till the end of the game and 30 seconds was added for each completed move. The tournament was held by a civic association Prague Chess Society.
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009
(May 2009, BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
The eight-game match in rapid chess, where the best Czech chess player David Navara will play against grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, who belongs to the absolute world chess top, is to take place between 27th to 31st May 2009 at Best Western Kampa hotel in Prague. Forty years old Vassily Ivanchuk has been among the world top players for the last twenty years. As per 1st January 2009 rated this most successful Ukrainian grandmaster third in the world chart. The match of grandmasters Navara and Ivanchuk is the main attraction of the chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009, which is held by a civic association Prague Chess Society. All games will be commented on for the audience by the Czech-American grandmaster, Lubomír Kaválek. All games will be shown on-line. The match will be complemented by a chess simul and by lectures by grandmasters Lubomír Kaválek, Vlastimil Hort and Ján Plachetka. The chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 is held in a partnership with the capital city Prague.
CZECH COAL CHESS MATCH - Snowdrops and Old-hands
(December 2008, hotel Cristal Palace, Marianske Lazne)
Chess legends (Karpov, Hort, Olafsson, Uhlmann) won in the dramatic double-round scheveningen match against promising women grandmasters (Cmilyte, Ushenina, Nemcova, Jackova) 17,5 : 14,5. There were also the simul of GM Marek Vokac and the blitz tournament, that was won by co-owner of Ingem company IM Jan Michalek.
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008
GM Vladimir Kramnik, the world best chess player, will arrive in May this year to Prague in order to compete with the best Czech chess player David Navara in eight game rapid chess match. The match will be part of the chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008, which is organised by Prague Chess Society. This year attendance of the extraordinary competitors should highlight centennial anniversary of holding the first Prague International Chess Tournament. Grandmaster Kramnik, had been world chess champion from 2000 to 2007 and as per 1st January 2008 he was the world number one at ELO chart, which is held by International Chess Federation FIDE.
“I am very pleased, that we have managed to arrange this match and that Czech chess players will be able to see the world number one chess player. Considering that Grandmaster Kramnik is to compete for the world champion title with Grandmaster Anand this coming October, the Prague match is going to show to which extend is Grandmaster Navara able to compete with the world top players,” says Pavel Matocha, the president of Prague Chess Society.
The match will be taking place from 14th till 18th May at Kampa in Prague. Each day two games will be played, with the exception of Fri 16th of May, when the simul of Grandmaster Kramnik will be performed. First game is to start at 5 p.m. and second at 6:15 p.m. each day. The audience is, however, invited to visit Michnuv palác and BW Kampa Hotel every day from 4 p.m., to listen to lectures of Grandmasters or to attend opening of an exhibition. Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek will be commenting each game for the audience.
Tickets for the chess festival will be for sale from 5th May at the BW Kampa Hotel reception (Všehrdova 16, Praha 1). Alternatively, tickets can be reserved at the e-mail address marketa.cejkova@gmail.com and to be collected at the day of the event (by 3:45 p.m. at the latest). The ticket costs 40 CZK, children, students and senior citizens pay half.
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CZECH COAL CARLSBAD CHESS TOURNAMENT 2007
(September 2007, Carlsbad Plaza hotel, Karlovy Vary)
Strongest attended tournament in the history of the Czech Republic including Czechoslovakia (17th FIDE category). The tournament was held to celebrate the centennial anniversary of holding the first international chess festival in Czech lands. The tournament was under patronage of Czech president Vaclav Klaus, who at the opening of the tournament gave Chess Legend Award 2007 to Grandmaster Viktor Kortchnoi, and also under patronage of Karlovy Vary district commissioner Josef Pavel and the mayor of Karlovy Vary Veronika Vlkova. Tournament guests of honor were world oldest living Grandmaster, ninety-six years old Andre Lilienthal, and also Grandmasters Lajos Portisch a Vlastimil Hort. Grandmaster Hort, together with the captain of Czech representation, Michal Konopka, commented the tournament.
Grandmasters Sergei Movsesian (the best Slovakian player) and Ruslan Ponomariov (a former FIDE world champion) gained the highest score, complementary valuation determined Grandmaster Movsesian as the winner of the tournament.
1. Sergei Movsesian (4,5 p.)
2. Ruslan Ponomariov (4,5 p.)
3. Vladimir Akopian (4 p.)
4. David Navara (4 p.)
5. Alexei Shirov (3,5 p.)
6. Jan Timman (3 p.)
7. Viktor Laznicka (3 p.)
8. Viktor Kortchnoi (1,5 p.)
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2007
(August 2007, BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
Two former world vice champions, Grandmaster Nigel Short and Grandmaster Jan Timman had competed in six games of rapid chess and in four games of Fischer random chess against the best Czech chessplayers Grandmaster David Navara and Grandmistress Jana Jackova. Grandmaster Short had played a simul against 30 VIP opponents.
GM Short 3 – 7 GM Navara
GM Timman 7 1/2 – 2 1/2 WGM Jackova
Mat, Mr. Director
(March 2007, Art Hotel William, Bratislava)
Chess match of Czech and Slovak managers on fifteen boards and an alternative simul of Grandmasters Tomas Oral and Sergei Movsesian
Czech managers 5 – 10 Slovak managers (1st round)
Czech managers 4 – 11 Slovak managers (2nd round)
Representation Training with Mark Dvorecky
(January 2007, Carlsbad Plaza hotel , Karlovy Vary)
World renowned trainer Mark Dvorecky had led a four day intensive chess concentration training of the Czech male representation, presented among others were GM David Navara, GM Viktor Laznicka, GM Tomas Polak, GM Radek Kalod, GM Tomas Oral, IM Pavel Simacek a FM Jan Suran. In addition Mark Dvorecky held a lecture for club players.
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2006
(August, 2006, BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
Matches of Grandmasters, Boris Gelfand (at that time world number 9) against David Navara (at that time already among world top twenty) and Vlastimil Hort (the best Czechoslovak chessplayer of the second half of the 20th century) against Jana Jackova, in both rapid and normal chess. Also a lecture and VIP simul of Boris Gelfand, simul of Grandmaster Sergei Movsesian at Kampa square for public. Gelfand book Ten Extraordinary Games was released to mark his visit.
GM Gelfand 2 – 2 GM Navara (rapid chess)
GM Hort 1/2 - 3 1/2 IM Jackova (rapid chess)
GM Gelfand 2 – 2 GM Navara
GM Hort 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 IM Jackova
Tenth World Champion Boris Spasskij in the Czech Republic
(January 2006, Carlsbad Plaza hotel, Karlovy Vary and BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
Grandmaster Boris Spassky held a lecture in Prague. He played a simul against 22 VIP guests and a match against Jana Jackova in Karlovy Vary, where he was awarded annual price of Prague Czech Society and Carlsbad Plaza hotel – Chess Legend Award.
Microsoft Chess Festival
(November 2005, palace U Nováků, Prague)
Rapid chess matches of Grandmasters Alexei Shirov against David Navara and Viktoriia Cmilyte (Alexei Shirov’s wife) against the best Czech female player Jana Jackova. Also a lecture of Grandmaster Shirov for club players and launching of the first volume of Alexei Shirov book: Flames on the Board (second volume was published in 2006).
GM Širov 4 1/2 – 1 1/2 GM Navara
IM Cmilyte 2 ? – 1 ? IM Jacková
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2005
(July 2005, BW Kampa hotel and palace U Nováků, Prague)
Grandmaster match of Anatolij Karpov (the twelve World Champion) against David Navara, rapid chess match of David Navara against Sergei Movsesian (the best Slovakian player) and a simul of Anatolij Karpov against 25 VIP opponents (mostly managers).
GM Karpov 1 – 1 GM Navara
GM Movsesian 6 – 6 GM Navara
Microsoft Chess Festival
(December, 2004, BW Kampa hotel, Prague)
Matches of Grandmasters, Alexei Shirov (one of world top ten players) against David Navara (the best Czech Chessplayer, ranking in the first hundred of the world chart) and Jan Timman (he used to be the best Western player in 80’s) against Kaido Kulaots (promising Estonian chessplayer); chess lecture and a simul of Alexei Shirov against 30 VIP players (mostly managers), blind simul of international Master Ivan Hausner against ten chessplayers and also simul of Master of the Czech Republic David Navara against ten visually handicapped chessplayers.
GM Širov 1 1/2 – 1/2 GM Navara
GM Timman 1 – 1 GM Kulaots
