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ČERNOBÍLÁ CESTA (BLACK AND WHITE ROUTE)
The most beautiful studies and problems of Mario Matouš, the best Czech chess composer of the 20th century, and bizarre chess stories of Pavel Houser connected by illustrations of Kristina Peřichová into one splendid book.
The book was published also in limited numbered edition (100 copies), bound in imitation leather with an embossed diagram, paper cover and sewn ribbon bookmark.
On 240 pages you will found 45 studies and problems, 22 stories and 36 illustrations. The book is supplemented by biographies of both of the authors and several yet non-published photos. The book was published by Prague chess society in 2014.
(limited edition in imitation leather - 999 CZK + postage)
333,- Kč (+ postage)
The book can be ordered at an e-mail address pavel.matocha@gmail.com. Please give your full name, address and phone number.
GM Hort analysis of the 1st game of the match Hou Yifan vs. Davis Navara
Fast Czech champion seen from the fast train
[12.06.2013] - „It´s hastily run up, seen by a kibitzer from express train,“ told legendary Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Hort when he was passing me this analysis.
Nevertheless you will enjoy his comments (he is too experience chess player and too good teller to be otherwise). So take a free time and enjoy the 1st game of the match between the best Czech chess player and the former woman´s world champion. And I promise you: you will also learn something important from this game and from the GM Hort´s annotation.
Hou Yifan – David Navara
Sicilian – Scheveningen variation
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ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013
Chinese Sicilian between chess blazons
[12.06.2013] - Exhibition opening of Marian Holubčík's Chess motives in heraldry created a pleasant atmosphere before opening game of the match ČEZ Chess Trophy 2013 between the best Czech chess player David Navara and Chinese GM Hou Yifan. The solemn moment, in the form of execution of the first move, was discharged by Josef Sedlák, ombudsman of ČEZ group.
Royal pawn move, by which Chinese World Champion 2010-2012 regularly starts with the white pieces, foreordained a ruthless battle in Sicilian Defence. The attainment of an interesting attack position on royal wing cost Chinese a lot of time t... [all]
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013
Hou Yifan uncompromisingly 19:1
[10.06.2013] - Gallery 1 in Štěpánská was an event venue of Chinese GM Hou Yifan's simultaneous. At 3 p.m., a twenty of enemies sat behind their chessboards, determined to check through their chess craft against 19-years-old World Champion.
„Hou Yifan started many plays quite hesitantly,“ commented with hope of good results the outset of chess session GM Vlastimil Hort. With increasing number of moves, the Chinese girl started to take iniciative in games, though. In finite sum, she won by the ratio 19:1, when only the mayor of Prague 1 Oldřich Lomecký and Erste Bank ČR's data warehouse analyst Ja... [all]
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013
Hou Yifan is in Prague
[09.06.2013] - Chinese GM Hou Yifan arrived today in Prague, where she's going to face a simultaneous against twenty rivals and a match on four games with the best Czech chess-player David Navara. 19-years-old Hou Yifan became a World Champion as 16-years-old and at this moment she is the second best woman chess-player on world ranking.
She used the advantage of beautiful Saturday weather for a walk across the Prague Castle and Lesser Town. On Sunday, she's got on her programme a simultaneous, in which her opponents will be also the mayor of Prague 1 Oldřich Lomecký, several managers of ČEZ group (Jan... [all]
Chess Train
Famous tournaments in stage cities
[04.06.2013] - The 1st Prague international chess tournament in 1908 or chess Olympiad in 1931, these are the two famous historical milestones of chess in Prague. But what interesting tournaments were played in stage cities of Chess Train 2013? We can observe the history thanks to memory and archives of chess historian Jan Kalendovsky.
If we have on the top of chess ranking list a chess Mozart, how Lubomir Kavalek called Magnus Carlsen, we have to start with Mozart´s city. Salzburg can be proud of two war super tournaments and in both of them has always played six Europeans masters, including world... [all]
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013
Mayor Oldřich Lomecký is going to simul
[03.06.2013] - The ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2013 will be under the auspices of Mayor of Prague 1, Oldřich Lomecký, who is known as an avid chess and tennis player and deputy mayor of Czech Sokol. Mayor Lomecký, who in the past years played with world champion Viswanathan Anand or with the best woman player in the chess history Judit Polgar will this year play against grandmaster Hou Yifan.
Nineteen-year old Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan has become world champion in her sixteen and now she is on the second place of women´s chess ranking. Her simul against 30 rivals will be on Sunday June 9th at 3 PM in Gal... [all]
Chess Train 2013
Extraordinary cultural events in Salzburg
[02.06.2013] - You can use the journey across central Europe by the Chess Train to visit a jazz festival and some special performance of new circus. Both situated in Salzburg.
Jazz & The City festival takes place from 9th to 13th October all around the streets, bars, cafes, restaurants and of galleries Salzburg Old Town. Many chess-players will be pleased by the fact that the entry to the festival is free.
During the journey of the Chess Train will a worldwide famous entertainment company known as Cirque du Soleil be starring in Salzburgarena (Am Massezentrum 1). Their performance called ... [all]