Blog of GM David Navara

Harmful Reading

[29.05.2014] - I have already experienced many curious stories on my journeys. Some of my incidents (or accidents) were fairly unpleasant, but they might appear quite funny in hindsight. In case you had not known, I am a markedly impractical person. I regularly face many problems in everyday life. Still, this time I can tell you a story which is unique in my life. Fortunately so.

 On May 23 I left for the French League, which is being played in Saint Quentin. I bought an air ticket from Prague to Paris and the railway ticket from the railway station Paris North to Saint Quentin. Would you gu... [all]

ČEZ Chess Trophy 2014

Quiz of GM Hort and lectures by GM Markoš and GM Cvek

[27.05.2014] - You can find extraordinary interesting chess lectures in the program of ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2014 festival. Favourite quiz of legendary Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, this time on the topic of famous chess games, will take place right before the third game of grandmasters Nakamura and Navara (Monday 9th of June, starting at 3PM in Michna Palace). Besides the quiz, you can also look forward to a lecture from grandmaster Hort "Chess figures and figurines of Prague" and lessons of grandmaster... [all]

Chess Train 2014

Route confirmed

[14.05.2014] - Vienna still breathes the atmosphere of the former Austro-Hungarian empire. A hundred years ago, George Marco organized there chess tournaments of the stars of the chess heaven then, and the Habsburgs ruled a large part of Europe from there. Two hundred years ago, Baron von Kempelen amazed the imperial court of Maria Theresa at Schönbrunn Palace with a chess automaton – the Turk. A this year, Vienna will be the first stop of the Chess train.

The Chess train 2014 will ride from Prague to Vienna (10/10/2014) and then continue to Budapest (11/10/2014), Trencin (12/10/2014), Krakow (13/10... [all]

ČEZ Chess Trophy 2014

GM Nakamura´s simul

[30.04.2014] - Measure your strengths with one of the best and the most original chessplayers of the planet. Hikaru Nakamura was the No. 3 player in the world ranking (to the 1st of January 2014) and he has been one of the world´s top ten for the few years and he is the best chessplayer of USA.

On the beginning of June, he will be the main guest of the chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2014 and besides the match against the best Czech chessplayer Davida Navara, he will also play a simul against 30 rivals.

The simul will take place on Friday the 6th of June 2014 at 3 p.m. in the Michna Palace... [all]

Chess Train 2014

Save the date!

[30.04.2014] - Popular Chess Train will ride this year again! Meanwhile the Czech Railways and the Prague Chess Society are finishing the preparations, you can mark in your diaries, that from the Friday 10th of October until Tuesday 14th of October is your schedule already fulfilled!

Already the fourth year in a row, this special train will cross the Central Europe in mid-October. Chessplayers could play a rapid tournament in there and visit five beautiful Central European cities. Which will be the ones this year? The preliminary route leads from Prague to Vienna, continuing to Budapest, Trencin, K... [all]

Design.Live!

Chess in the Moravian gallery

[18.04.2014] - Until the 1st of June you can observe the beautiful cubist chess set in the Moravian gallery in Brno. The chess set is a part of the exhibition of designer Jaroslav Juřica. Among several other works of the artist your interest would be taken by a peg Mr. Zak.

The cubist chess set is carved out of maple wood and not just figures, but also a luxury box and a chessboard have cubist curves. The set, which is of the size of standard tournament Stanton chess-men, weights over 15 kilos and you can clearly see in it the inspiration by cubism legend Pavel Janák.

The cubist chess set w... [all]

ČEZ Chess Trophy 2014

Nakamura will be in Prague in June

[17.04.2014] - In the beginning of June, one of the greatest stars of world chess Hikaru Nakamura will arrive to Prague. He will play the four games match against Czech number one David Navara, from 6th to 10th June 2014 within this years´ ČEZ Chess Trophy. Hikaru Nakamura, born on 9th of December 1987 in Hirakata, Japanees prefecture of Osaka, is the son of Japanese father and American mother. He moved to the USA with his mother and older brother when he was just two years old. He started playing chess under the supervision of well-known Sri Lankan FIDE master and chess coach, who was also his stepf... [all]