
The CEZ Chess Trophy 2013 pitted the world's number two female player,
19-year-old Chinese GM Hou Yifan, against the best Czech GM David Navara.
Hou Yifan was the Women's World Chess Champion in years 2010-2012 and is
the current challenger for the title.
CEZ trophy ends in a hard fought tie

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 6.g4 h6 7.h4 e5 8.Nf5 Nc6 6...a6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6!? 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.0-0-0 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nh6 Bc5 12...Rc8 12...exd4 13.Bxd4 Rc8 14.e5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 13.Rhe1 h5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nd5 Qc4 16.b3 Qxe2 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Nxe2 Ba3+ 19.Kb1 Nxe4 20.Bxb6 Bb4 21.Rg1 g5!? 22.Kb2 g4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.c3 Rh6! 25.a5 Rd6! 26.Rxd6 Bxd6 27.c4 Ke7 28.Kc3 Ke6 29.b4 f5 30.c5 Be7 30...f4!? 31.Nxf4+! exf4 32.Kd4 Bxg2! 31.Re1 h4 32.g3 hxg3 33.hxg3 Kf6?! 33...Bg5! 34.Kc4?? 34.b5!? axb5 34...Bd2-+ 34.Kc4 Bb7 35.b5 axb5+ 36.Kxb5 Bc6+ 37.Kc4 Rh8? 38.a6 38.Nc3 38...Rh2 39.a7 39.Bc7!? Ba8 40.a7 Rh7 41.c6! Bxc6 42.Bxe5+!+- 39...Kf7 40.Nc1 Rc2+ 41.Kb4 Bf6 42.Nb3 e4 43.Na5 Ba8 44.c6 Bc3+ 45.Kb3 Bxe1 46.Kxc2 Ke7 46...Bxg3 47.c7 47.Nc4 Bxc6 48.Ne3 Ke6 49.Bc7 Bb4 50.Bb8 Bc5 51.Kd2 Bxe3+ ½–½
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Navara,D | 2707 | Hou,Y | 2595 | ½–½ | 2013 | B84 | Czech Chess Trophy 2013 | 4 |
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Spectators watching the game in the playing
hall

Commentary hall where the very exciting fourth
game is being analysed by GM Robert Cvek



In two blitz tiebreak games the players once again scored 1-1, so that
an armageddon game was needed to decide the winner. This was won by Hou
Yifan, who was thus declared the overall winner of the CEZ Chess Trophy
2013.
All photos in this and previous reports by Anežka
Kružíková