

The match was met with interest and had a steady flow of spectators and media covering
it. Aside from guest lecturer Mark Dvoretksy, the live commentator GM Robert Cvek also gave
lectures to the audience. This one is on transitioning a middlegame into a favorable endgame.

Prior to the match, top Czech player David Navara had released his newest chess book (in
Czech). Here he is signing copies.

The stalwart GM David Navara had a tough time against...

... Wesley So, who showed why he is one of the brightest stars on the rise.
Wesley So - David Navara (game four)
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 a5 12.Ng5 h6 12...Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.f3 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bd3 Qh4 15...Ngf6 16.e4 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bd2 e5?! 16...Be7 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bf5 Rad8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.b4 axb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.axb4 exd4 23.Rxd4 Nf6 24.Nd6 Nd5 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.bxc5 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Bxa8 28.e4 Nc3 29.Nxf7+ Kg8 29...Rxf7 30.Rd8+ 30.Rd7 Na4 30...Rxf7 31.Rd8+ Rf8 32.Be6+ Kh7 33.Rxf8 31.Ra7 Nxc5 32.Nd6 Rb8 33.e5 Bb7 34.f4 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ra8 36.Rxa8+ 36.Nxb7 Rxa7 37.Nxc5 36...Bxa8 37.Ke3 b4 38.Kd4 Na4 39.Kc4 c5 40.g3 Bf3 41.Kb5 Bd1 42.Nc8 b3 43.Kxa4 b2+ 44.Ka3 Bg4 45.Kxb2 Bxf5 46.Nd6 Be6 47.Ne4 1–0
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So,W | 2778 | Navara,D | 2751 | 1–0 | 2015 | D45 | Cez Trophy 2015 | 4 |
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Pavel Matocha, chairman of the Prague Chess Society, gives Wesley So his victor’s trophy

Navara and So analyze their game for the benefit of the audience

GM Wesley So giving an interview for Czech television

Pavel Matocha bestowing gifts to So and his adopted mother

Wesley So with his adopted mother, chief arbiter Pavel Votruba, Vaclav Pech, GM Robert
Cvek, Robert Pošvicová, and Paul and Anna Matocha.
Photos by Anežka Kružíková