Rapport wins match against Navara

by Timur Gareyev
6/11/2016 – David Navara, Czech’s number one, narrowly lost his four-game match against Hungarian talent Richard Rapport 1½-2½. The match was close, exciting, and decided in the fourth and final game. After three draws Navara opted for a sharp and double-edged attack in the fourth game but lost after an inaccurate move. Timur Gareyev reports. | Photo: Anežka Kružíková, Prague Chess Society
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CEZ Trophy goes to the Hungarian

After two draws in the first two games both players seemed set to try something in game three. Thus, David who was playing with the black pieces seemed to welcome Richard’s attacking attempts in the opening because this gave him chances for a counter-attack. After parrying White’s attack David fired back and with some sacrifices initiated a counterattack which finally ended in another draw.

Richard Rapport and David Navara

Richard Rapport and David Navara during their analysis of game three | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

 
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1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Bf4 d5!? Black is setting up a strong center and is not afraid to let the white pieces penetrate on the black squares. 9.c5 Bc7 9...e5!? 10.Bg5 d4! 11.Nb5 11.cxb6 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Nxd8 13.bxc3 axb6= 11...Bc7= 10.Bxc7 Qxc7 11.Nb5 Qb8 11...Qe5 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nd2 13.Nd4 13.e3 b6 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.b4 13...b6 14.b4 a5! Black strikes before White gets the chance to consolidate. 15.b5 Na7 16.cxb6 Qxd6 17.bxa7 Rxa7 18.a4 18.e3 a4 18...d4 Preventing White to develop with e3. 19.Qb3 Rc7 20.Nc4 Qc5 21.e3 Rd8?! 21...dxe3! 22.Nxe3 Rd8 23.Be2 Ne4 24.Qa3 Rd4 22.b6 dxe3!? 23.bxc7 exf2+ 24.Ke2 Rd4 25.Qa3 25.Rc1 Ba6 26.c8Q Re4+ 27.Kd2 Bxc8 28.Bd3 Ba6 29.Qb6 Qxb6 30.Nxb6 Rd4 31.Rc3 e5 32.Kc2 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 e4 34.Nd5+ Kd6 35.Rd2 Nxd5 36.Rxf2 f5 And after a sequence of mad moves a position is reached in which Black is two exchanges down but has compensation! 25...Rxc4 26.Qxc5+ Rxc5 27.Kxf2 Rxc7 28.Bd3 Bd7 29.Rhc1 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Bxa4 31.Rc5 Bb3 32.Rxa5 Bd5 33.Ra7+ Kf8 34.Be2 g6 35.Bf3 ½–½
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Rapport,R-Navara,D-½–½2016A33Cez Trophy Rnd 3

In game four Richard had to defend with Black. If this game ended in a draw a play-off would decide the match. Based on his previous experiences David did not believe that he was going to be the favorite in the rapid play-off games because he was afraid that he might get tired after the classical games and therefore decided to search his chances in the fourth game.

Game four in progress | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

David attacked solidly but in the critical position he lost focus and after an inaccurate move his sacrificial play backfired and he lost the game and the match.

 
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1.e4 0 Nf6 0 2.e5 0 Nd5 5 3.d4 0 d6 5 4.Nf3 0 Bg4 12 5.Be2 0 e6 5 The players repeat the Alekhine Defense which they also played in game 2. 6.0-0 2 Be7 9 7.h3 6 Bh5 7 8.c4 8 Nb6 11 9.Nc3 6 0-0 13 10.Be3 5 d5 23 11.cxd5 0 exd5 10 12.Ne1 2:38 Bxe2 13 13.Qxe2 9 c6 7 14.Nd3 4:35 Na6 24 15.Rae1 1:57 Nc7 30 We reach a fascinating position - it seems as if White has got everything and can just overpower his opponent by marching forward with his f-pawn. 16.Nf4 0 After 16.f4 Black can successfully stop the attacking attempts by playing: f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.b3 Rae8 with a roughly balanced position. White's knight is on a dominant outpost, but it is not easy for him to make progress. 16...Qd7 11:49 17.Nh5 20:10 David picks a more flexible attacking plan aiming to keep the space on the king side open for maneouvering. Rae8 1:44 18.Qf3 9:41 18.Qd3 f6 19.Bf4 is one idea David mentioned in post-game analysis. Ne6 20.Qg3 fxe5 21.Bxe5 g6 And though White's pieces look pretty active White lacks the finishing touch. 22.f4?? Rf5-+ 18...Kh8 1:33 After 18...f6!? 19.Bh6 Ne6 20.Qg4 Bd8 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Bg5 Rff8 Black defends and is now better because the central pawn on d4 is a weakness. 19.Ne2 4:50 Bringing more pieces into the attack After the game David considered 19.b3 as a more solid alternative. 19...Nc4 0 20.Bc1 3:23 20.Qg3 g6 21.Nhf4 f6 22.Nxg6+ hxg6 23.Nf4 20.Neg3!? was one idea David considered and shared after the game. f6 21.Nxg7 fxe5 21...Kxg7 22.Bh6+ Kxh6? 22...Kh8 23.e6 Nxe6 24.Nf5+ Kg6 25.Qg4+ Ng5 25...Kf7 26.Nh6# 26.Nh4++- 22.N3f5 e4 23.Qh5 Bb4 24.Bf4 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 20...f6! 1:25 21.Qg3 3:30 Bb4 3:42 22.exf6 1:38 g6 29 23.Bh6!? 2:09 23.Ng7 was necessary Bxe1 24.Nxe8 Ba5 25.Nxc7 Bxc7 26.Qg4= 23...Bxe1 2:44 24.Bxf8? 9:48 Somehow David got confused and is now "trading off" the key attacking piece. 24.Rxe1 was a simple way to continue - White has full compensation for the exchange. Rf7 24...gxh5? 25.Qg7+! Qxg7 26.fxg7++- 25.Ng7 Rc8 26.Qh4 Ne8 27.Nf4 Nxf6 28.Nge6 Kg8 29.Ng5 Re7 30.Nge6= 24...Rxf8 1:58 25.Rxe1 12 gxh5 44 26.Nf4 22 Rxf6 48 27.Nxh5 56 Rg6 5:04 28.Qh4 7:07 Re6-+ 8:20 White' has little to no compensation and soon runs out of steam. 29.Rxe6 2:31 Qxe6 6 30.Nf4 12:31 Qf7 3:13 31.Qd8+ 1:48 Ne8 10 32.Nd3 15 h6 7:04 33.b3 0 Ncd6 6 34.Ne5 7 Qc7 59 35.Qh4 11 Qg7 11 36.Qd8 37 Kh7 19 37.f4 1:36 Qf6 1:38 38.Qd7+ 0 Ng7 11 A successful positional game by Richard Rapport allowing him to clinch the victory in the match! 0–1
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.d3 Bc5 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bd2 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Ng4 16.Be1 f5 17.Rab1 Kf7 18.a3 Nd4 19.e3 Nb3 20.Rd1 Nf6 21.e4 Rd8 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.d4 Be7 25.Rd3 Na5 26.Bxa5 Rxa5 27.Rc1 Rd7 28.Rc8 b5 29.b4 Ra6 30.Rdc3 Bf6 31.R3c5 Rxa3 32.Bxd5+ Ke7 33.Rxb5 Bxd4 34.Rc2 b6 35.Rd2 Bc3 36.Re2+ Kf8 37.Kg2 Ra4 38.Bc6 Rd2 39.Rxd2 Bxd2 40.Rxf5+ gxf5 41.Bxa4 Bxb4 42.f4 g6 ½–½
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Navara,D2744Rapport,R2731½–½2016B05Cez Trophy 20162
Rapport,R2731Navara,D2744½–½2016A33Cez Trophy 20163
Navara,D2744Rapport,R27310–12016B05Cez Trophy 20164

Richard Rapport with the winner's trophy | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

David Navara and Maris Flabba | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

One big chess family — players and officials meet after the match | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

Anežka Kružíková is the photographer for the Prague Chess Society
and shared the amazing images from the event!

For me it was a pleasure to follow the match in Prague and give a blindfold simul in the course of the CEZ Trophy 2016. To conclude, here’s a game from the blindfold event.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bb4 6.Bd3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Qd3 Bb7 11.Ne2?! Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Be7 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Bf4 Bd5 16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Bg3 Nd5 18.Qb3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Bb4 20.Nc3 Rc8 21.Qa4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Bd3 23.Ne5 Nxc3 24.Qxa7 Bb5 25.Nf3 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Rc3 27.Be5 Qd5 28.Rxe2 Bxe2 29.Ne1 f6 30.Bg3 Qxd4 31.Qe7 e5 32.h3 Rxg3 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qe7 Rg8 35.fxg3 Qxa1 36.Qb4 Qxa2 37.Qxb6 Qd2 38.Qf2 e4 39.Kh2 e3 40.Qg1 h5 41.Kh1 Rd8 0–1
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Jan-Timur-0–12016E54Prague Blindfold Match

It was also good to meet my sister and her husband again | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

And here is the movie my brother-in-law made about my match and the festival:

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Timur Gareyev is a chess grandmaster originally from Uzbekistan. He has held the rank of 3rd highest rated chess player in the US and top 100 players in the world with a peak USCF rating of 2780. He is best known for his exceptional Blindfold Chess playing ability.

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