Vlastimil Chládek
ředitel Dopravních staveb Brno
U Pásků
Michal Špaček
Amatérský šachista, profesionální ekonom
Z Trenčína do Prahy
Luděk Sedlák
skladatel studií a vydavatel Šemíka
Životní partie pod hlavněmi tanků
David Navara
nejlepší český šachista
Gibraltar 2018 aneb Buď zDRAW!
Vlado Hrtko
Manažer se smyslem pro černý humor
Keď chceš Boha rozosmiať, povedz mu svoje plány
Štěpán Žilka
šachový mezinárodní mistr
Just another day at the office
Otakar Válek
ředitel strojírenské firmy
Olympiáda
Robert Cvek
šachový velmistr
Mistrovství České republiky z pohledu trenéra
Pavel Matocha
předseda Pražské šachové společnosti
Simultánky s Garrim
Ján Markoš
nejlepší slovenský šachista a teolog
Šedá zóna
David Kaňovský
šachový mezinárodní mistr
Mistrovství světa v Agricole aneb od šachovnice k ovečk...
Martin Habina
architekt
Pyramida
Igor Němec
předseda Úřadu na ochranu osobních údajů
Šachy s prezidentským kandidátem
Václav Klaus
Ředitel gymnázia
Nejhorší na světě je prohrát šachovou partii
Jan Hofírek
otec a trenér
Napoleon Bonaparte a šachy...
Vítězslav Houška
spisovatel a publicista
Slet šachových celebrit na Kampě
Soňa Pertlová
šachová mezinárodní mistryně
PF 2011
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.
[15.10.2012] - We have organised the charity simul with GM Ján Plachetka for helping 3 years old Lea Jesenská from Piešťany, affected by CP. Not only the players of the simul, but also other participants of the Chess train and the Medical centre Adeli collected 565 EUR, that has been delivered to the parents of this small
girl. GM Plachetka played without requiring the fee.
GM Ján Plachetka played the simultaneous game with a time control (60 min for GM and 30 min for the adverseries) in the hotel Sorea Slňava just after the Chess train had come to Piešťany. Four people of the chess club ŠK PORG ... [all]
[15.10.2012] - The Chess Train passed through the post electoral Czech republic, orange and red now, when going
from Wroclaw to Piešťany, where the reminiscence of the old times continued due to the hotel Sorea
and his awful services, unwilling reception clerk, kitchen closed at 8:30 p.m. ,etc. Once it was a beutiful
flourishing spa town…
On the other hand, in the tournament, everything is proceeding fine, without any problems and
complications. First seed, grandmaster Martin Petr could ticked off even after the third round: nine
rounds, nine points. With two points less, FM Jan Dietrich Wend... [all]
[14.10.2012] - Yijan and Ligun Yang came from China to Czech Republic only for the Chess Train. Seven-year- old Yijan from the city of Shenzen is the youngest participant of the tournament in the Chess Train.
Yijan started to play chess when he was just 4 years old. He comes from a chess family, but his parents are not his equivalent adversaries any more. „He has his own coach. At the beginning, when he started to play chess, he used to come home with some tasks that we couldn´t resolve. Several times we helped him, but in few months we realized that he became better than we,“ told ... [all]
[13.10.2012] - After four rounds played in two days, there is the only participant playing on 100 per cent. After the grandmaster Martin Petr with 4 points follows GM Ján Plachetka, FM Jan-Dietrich Wendt and Dr. Matias Jolowicz with a lost of half point.
During the nice sunny day of Saturday the 13th October, the Chess train rode from German Dresden to Polish Wroclaw that is famous also by the romantic player Adolf Anderssen.
You will find the photogallery from the Chess Train h... [all]
[13.10.2012] - „Last year, the Chess train was very succesful. We are happy that we can set out, in cooperation with Prague chess society, the train this year again. I believe that the new tradition is being born and that the Chess train will continue in following years also,“ told vice director of České Dráhy Antonín Blažek at the opening ceremony of the event.
The Chess Train is supported by Era, Czech Tourism and PORG, whose delegates participated in the opening ceremony in the Government lounge on the Central Station in Prague. „I prefer giving the money to don King of the chess worl... [all]
[08.10.2012] - The tournament trophy for the winner of Chess Train 2012 will be handed out by legendary grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, who participated in the first year of this interesting project of České dráhy and Prague Chess Society. The winner of this year can look forward the financial prize money of 25.000 CZK and also a gourmand basket of italian delicatessen, prepared by ERA, and the trophy in a form of glass locomotive from the glassworks Ajeto... [all]
[29.08.2012] - The cubist chess set, inspired by the legend among cubist architects and furniture designers, Pavel Janák, would please not only chess set collectors but also art admirers. The designer and sculptor Jaroslav Juřiva designed the figures, with which it is possible to play a serious game and also to decorate the interior.
The figures are hand-carved of maple wood; they are of classic tournament size (the king is 105 mm) and all of them are weighted with lead for stability. The chessboard makes a part of the luxury box for the figures (measures: 510 x 510 x 85 mm); its side walls remind ... [all]