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By GM and "Blindfold King" Timur Gareyev
Over the past 10 years Čez Group has sponsored matches of seven-time Czech champion GM David Navara against some of the top players in the world. This weekend David will face Hungarian chess super-star GM Richard Rapport at Michna Palace.
David Navara
Richard Rapport
Anticipating the match I wanted to find out if and how these two had played against each other before. To my surprise it appears that Navara has a perfect score of 3-0 vs Rapport! Here is the best fighting game:
Along with the spectacular match, the Čez Trophy event features the premiere of the “Chess Train” documentary by Maris Flabba, a blindfold simul on twelve boards by Timur Gareyev, and presentations by the legendary GM Vlastimil Hort and GM Robert Cvek.
Vlastimil Hort and Katerina Nemcova at the CEZ Trophy 2014
Among David’s previous opponents were Judit Polgar, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura and Anatoly Karpov. David won matches against Viktor Kortschnoi, Sergey Movsesian and Nigel Short and drew against Boris Gelfand and Anatoly Karpov.
In 2014 David Navara played Hikaru Nakamura
In 2015 Navara's opponent was Wesley So. They even dared the skies with a balloon.
The venue of the match is the Michna Palace, an impressive Baroque palace, located in the south part of the Lesser Town, between Újezd and Karmelitská Street. Today, it is a residency of The Sokol Movement and of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the Charles University.
Michna Palace
No need to be afraid: Chess is fun!
I am truly excited to be part of the festival and play my exhibition match this Sunday. Prague is a wonderful city. My friend and partner in the blindfold chess journey, Jennifer Vallens, joined me in Prague to experience the festival and to take some cool pictures of the town.
Timur Gareyev draws on a “Beneficial Brick” to support a charity project
The finished masterpiece
Charles Bridge and Castle
GM Timur Gareyev and Jennifer Vallens, founder of “Off-da-Rook”
Beautiful Prague
More about the Chess Train Movie
The schedule and more information about the festival can be found at the tournament website
