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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.
CHESS TRAIN
The grand final
[19.10.2011] - During the last playing day the Chess train was returning from Krakow to Prague and chess players were waiting for five rounds. In these rounds grandmaster Robert Cvek was finishing in a very good shape, but experienced IM Richard Biolek finally defended his victory. We can say with happiness and just a half point thanks to tie-break, but the history will not ask for it any more. The Queen of England will read in the newspaper that international master Richard Biolek has won the first international chess tournament in the train.
Very good performance showed ten years´ old Jergus Pech... [all]
CHESS TRAIN
Quartet torns off from the chain
[18.10.2011] - Chess train arrived to the last period city and chess players were welcomed in beautiful Krakow. If we should summarize a penultimate playing day, we should not miss dining room. Two of the participants had birthday – Michal Spacek (40) and Jakub Polach (35) - and so the waiters took in speed additional and following bottles of champagne out from the fridge. After the fourth playing day and the tenth round IM Richard Biolek (9 points) is still leading the tournament, on the second place is GM Robert Cvek (8,5 pts), the third is IM Alex Reprintsev (7,5 pts) and the fourth is Mark Gluchovskij (... [all]
CHESS TRAIN
IM Biolek escaped, IM Pisk scored
[17.10.2011] - After the third playing day IM Richard Biolek is leading the tournament in the Chess train. He has already escaped his opponents by reaching a point more. Will it be enough or will the main group knock his solo escape out? There are just eight rounds to the end and the main catching group is made up from GM Robert Cvek, Mark Gluchovskij, Jiri Groh and IM Jan Michalek.
Very good results in the tournament has achieved even a talent of Slovak chess nine years´ old Jergus Pechac (ELO 1960) who has reached four points in seven rounds and 26th place, while he beat French candidate Gregory L... [all]
CHESS TRAIN
Turbo taxi drivers in Budapest
[16.10.2011] - After the first third of the tournament, five rounds, GM Robert Cvek with IM Richard Biolek, who gained 4,5 points, are leading the tournament. A half point behind them there are IM Reprintsev, IM Schneider, IM Pisk, Van Der Heijden and Jan Fiala.
The train arrived to the second part of the former Empire and immediately from the station it is known that we are not in Austria any more, but in Hungary. Taxi drivers from the railway station have their taximeters switched off, or powered by a turbo engine, so that the price fluctuates according to the estimated value of the client from ... [all]
CHESS TRAIN
Six players with 3 points and Wienerschnitzel in the Figlmüller
[15.10.2011] - On Friday at 5 p.m. after a pleasant seven hours train ride the chess train finally arrived in Vienna. After the first playing day, after having completed the first three rounds out of fifteen, the intermediate ranking is headed by six players with three points. Among them there are five player GM Robert Cvek, IM Alex Reprintsev, IM Bernd Schneider, IM Richard Biolek and IM Jan Michálek as well as the chief-editor of the russian chess magazine Mark Gluchovskij. The complete results can be found at ches... [all]
Chess train
Hard time needs a connection of chess and railways
[14.10.2011] - „At first we were surprised by the idea of organizing a chess tournament in a train, it was an unexpected, new idea, but we are really happy that we have realized it together with Prague Chess Society.“ said during the festive dispatching of the chess train Antonin Blazek, Deputy of General Director of Czech Railways.
The chess tournament in the train was opened in a festive way at the Main Railway station in Prague in the Government lounge, which was already visited by many famous personalities, including the first Czechoslovak President Tomas Garrigue Masaryk or the current Czech Pr... [all]
CHESS TRAIN
Loaded list of players
[13.10.2011] - Just as a number of squares on the chessboard there is the number of participants in the international chess tournament in the train which has left on this Friday. Among the favourites of the tournament are especially grandmasters Robert Cvek and Vlastimil Hort and international masters Bernd Schneider, Alex Reprintsev, Richard Biolek, Petr Pisk and Jan Michalek.
In the starting field there are also important managers (such as director of Dopravni stavby Brno Vlastimil Chladek, or director of EuroAgentur Hotels & Travel Josef Bara) and also talents of Czech and Slovak chess Karin Nemc... [all]