One more for Nový Bor

Last weekend, on April 7-10, the Czech Extraliga concluded its current season with three central events.

Nový Bor won the tournament by a landslide after scoring 37 points. The victory of the eventual champions was already certain long before the final rounds.

David Navara from Nový Bor

How to crack the Berlin Wall with 5.Re1

Alexei Shirov shows on this DVD how White can develop pressure and seize the initiative with 5.Re1 against the Berlin Wall.

Alexei Shirov analysing

The matches of the Extraliga are played on eight boards, as in the Bundesliga. However, a team victory is rewarded with three match points. The team captain and spiritus rector of the successful team is Petr Boleslav, who also founded the Prague Chess Festival.

Inna Puhajková and Petr Boleslav

Runner-up was Moravská Slavia Brno with 24 team points, who got a better tiebreak score than GASCO Pardubice. For Brno, this is the biggest success in the club’s history so far. In rounds 13 and 14 Boris Gelfand played on board one, contributing two draws to the win against Výstaviště Lysá nad Labem and to the 4:4 against Siesta Labs Unichess.

In the match against Výstaviště Lysá nad Labem, Gelfand faced Niclas Huschenbeth.

Petr Boleslav and Boris Gelfand

Moravská Slavia Brno is sponsored and managed by lawyer Michal Vávra. Sports journalist Inna Puhajková travelled with the team throughout the season.

Michal Vávra and Inna Puhajková following the games

The last four teams are relegated, two of which are from Ostrava.

Practical Chess Strategy: The Bishop

When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.

Team Brno

All available games

Final standings

Links

• Official site
• Full pairings and results at Chess-Results