ČEZ
CHESS TROPHY 2009
Navara vs Ivanchuk
The eight-game match in rapid chess, with the best Czech player David Navara
playing against grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, who belongs to the absolute world
chess top, took place between 27th to 31st May 2009 at the Best Western Kampa
hotel in Prague.
Forty-year-old Vassily Ivanchuk has been among the world's top players for
the last twenty years. In the January 1st 2009 ratings he was third in the world.
The match of grandmasters Navara vs Ivanchuk was the main attraction of the
chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009, which was held by a civic association
Prague Chess Society. All games were commented for the audience by the Czech-American
grandmaster Lubomír Kaválek, and were shown on-line. The match was complemented
by a chess simul and by lectures by grandmasters Lubomír Kaválek, Vlastimil
Hort and Ján Plachetka.
The chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 was held in partnership with
the capital city Prague.
Day four: Ivanchuk clinches it 5.5-2.5
Click to replay the
games of day four
The winner of the ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009: Vassily Ivanchuk
More pictures to follow Monday night...
Final Standings
| |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf |
| Vassily Ivanchuk |
UKR |
2746 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5.5 |
2795 |
| David Navara |
CZE |
2654 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
2.5 |
2605 |
The start of the match-deciding sevent game...
...which Vassily Ivanchuk won with the black pieces
Outplayed in this match but cheerful: Czech GM David Navara
Ivanchuk receives and is clearly baffled by the beautiful whatcha-
may-call-it he gets as a trophy from chief organiser Pavel Matocha
The two GMs who battled it out in rapid chess in Prague
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