Prague Chess Festival: Navara loses again

by André Schulz

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6/18/2021 – In this year's Prague Chess Festival things do not go well for David Navara. In round 4 of the Masters he played against Nijat Abasov (pictured) and suffered his fourth loss in a row. Navara had an excellent position but first gave his advantage away and then lost on time. The other three games of the round ended in a draw. After four rounds Sam Shankland and Abasov now share the lead with 3.0/4 each. | Photo: Nijat Abasov (Vladimir Jagr)

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Prague Chess Festival, Masters, Round 4

Three draws, one win – that was the score of round 4 in the Masters Tournament at Prague Chess Festival. David Navara was again involved in the decisive game but unfortunately again on the "wrong" side.

Navara played with the black pieces against Nijat Abasov and the Azeri Grandmaster chose an aggressive set-up in the London System. With an early g4 and a subsequent piece sacrifice he energetically played for a win but after an inaccuracy by White it was Black who gained the upper hand, but...

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In the Open, the Polish Grandmaster Grzegorz Nasuta and Felix Blohberger from Austria are leading after 5 rounds with 4.5 points each.

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Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz		POL	2512	4,5	14,5	17,0	15,00	10	8,4
2	6	IM	Blohberger Felix		AUT	2475	4,5	13,0	15,0	13,25	10	11,1
3	5	GM	Petr Martin		CZE	2489	4,0	15,0	18,0	13,75	10	5,5
4	4	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin		POL	2503	4,0	14,0	15,5	11,75	10	5,4
5	7	IM	Kraus Tomas		CZE	2466	4,0	13,0	14,5	11,25	10	-0,1
6	11	IM	Hrabusa Matej		SVK	2359	4,0	12,5	14,5	11,50	10	3,4
7	9	GM	Neuman Petr		CZE	2394	4,0	12,5	14,5	10,00	10	5,0
8	3	GM	Greenfeld Alon		ISR	2507	3,5	15,0	17,5	11,75	10	-2,6
9	1	GM	Plat Vojtech		CZE	2521	3,5	15,0	17,0	10,50	10	-0,5
10	20	FM	Hollan Petr		CZE	2275	3,5	14,5	16,5	10,75	20	17,2
11	13	FM	Sorm Daniel		CZE	2345	3,5	14,0	16,5	10,50	10	0,7
12	12	FM	Finek Vaclav		CZE	2359	3,5	13,5	15,0	9,75	20	5,8
13	15	IM	Pavlidis Anastasios		GRE	2333	3,5	13,5	15,0	9,25	10	5,1
14	16	IM	Kulhanek Tomas		CZE	2315	3,5	13,5	14,5	8,75	10	6,4
15	10		Wachinger Nikolas		GER	2369	3,5	13,0	15,0	9,75	20	3,8