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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.
Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Indian Snowdrop on the ski slope
[14.12.2012] - Indian grandmaster Tania Sachdev went to ski to Pekelský vrch in Krkonoše on her free day of Wednesday. It was her first contact with snow, but even if she never was standing on skis, she was able to descend the downhill well after one hour under supervision of a skiing expert. You can see her talent on the following photoreportage.
Also the fresh air and skiing came out as the best preparation possible for facing Oldhands. While other three Snowdrops, who passed their free day in Prague, finally lost their games, Tania Sachdev managed to defeat her adversary.
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Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Averbakh: “Chess is mainly the Art“
[13.12.2012] - Ninety years old Yuri Averbakh, the oldest living grandmaster of the world, still in a great condition, is a guest of the match Snowdrops and Oldhands. In the free day of Wednesday, he hold the lecture where he demostrated the chess Art. Vlastimil Hort and Fridrik Olafsson didn´t miss among the audiance.
After short chess history review, he presented some of his wonderful endgame studies, which he placed by memory, without paper support, and he was often rewarded by a big spontaneous applaus after finishing the endgame study.
This study serves as one of his demosntrations o... [all]
Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Olafsson raised the plag of Oldhands
[12.12.2012] - Oldhands wrote down the first winning in the fourth round! After all, they will start the free day of Wednesday in a better mood, because they managed to wipe out one point of the Snowdrop´s lead. The game of Oleg Romanišin with Valentina Gunina and the game of Vlastimil Hort with Tania Sachdev didn´t ride up the balance and finished by a quick draw. The plag was raised by Fridrik Olafsson, who didn´t let the Kristýna Havlíková´s king go to the castling, and forced the capitulation already in the move 24. Even with one pawn less, Wolfgang Uhlmann kept her adversary on the draw curb in the rook... [all]
Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Snowdrops increasing the difference
[11.12.2012] - In snowy Poděbrady, the Snowdrops are staying in flower, after the third round their lead against Oldhands have grown already to 5 points. In the game Tania Sachdev – Oleg Romanišin the black obtained a slight advantage, but finally it wasn´t enough to win and the adversaries divided the point. Kristýna Havlíková fighted one point for Snowdrops. She gained two pawns by a wonderful tactical stroke in the duel with Wolfgangem Uhlmannem. Kristýna didn´t left her chance escape in the endgame of strong figures and she forced her adversary to capitulations. Vlastimil Hort obtained by a beutiful game... [all]
Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Snowdrops or Oldhand-eaters?
[10.12.2012] - For longtime, it seemed that Oldhands will reduce the terrible loss from the first round. But everything finished differently. Wolfgang Uhlmann didn´t manage to reinforce his adventageous position against Valentina Gunina and the match finished in a calm waters of a fair draw. First victory for Oldhands of this year arranged Vlastimil Hort, when he, being in a better position, profited of a mistake of Kristýna Havlíková in a time distress, and he obtained whole figure. But Oldhands haven´t rejoiced for a longtime, everyting was decided in the fourth hour of the game in a time distress.
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Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Chess master Jiří Podgorný – 100 years
[09.12.2012] - The participants of chess match Snowdrops and Oldhands have reminded today 100 years of the birth of chess master Jiří Podgorný, by an exhibition to his honour and by memories of his son Igor and friend Josef Maršálek.
Igor Podgorný amused the audiance with telling some humorous stories about removing of the tap in a room (with the point of getting water in all the house) and about trying to get the driving licence. Josef Maršálek discribed Podgorný´s chess carreer and demonstrated his chess art on two quick chess games.
Jiří Podgorný was born on the 9th of December 1912 in T... [all]
Snowdrops and Oldhands – Czech Coal Chess Match 2012
Snowstorm in the first round
[09.12.2012] - Director of the school PORG Václav Klaus draw white figures for the team of Snowdrops for the first round and a real snowstorm came the next day to frosty Poděbrady. On Saturday, the first round finished by the victory of Tania Sachdev (over Wolfgang Uhlmann), Valentina Gunina (over Fridrik Olafsson) and Alina Kašlinskaja (over Vlastimil Hort). Only Oleg Romanišin managed to draw with black figures and so after his game with Kristýna Havlíková, the team of Snowdrops has taken the lead with the points 3,5 – 0,5.
All four games worth being replayed, the audience in hotel Zámeček appreci... [all]