Vladmir Kramnik dominates CEZ match against Navara
5/15/2008 – Their rating difference is just 116 points. But former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is dominating the rapid chess match against top Czech GM David Navara. Kramnik won the first three of eight games, drawing the fourth for a halftime stand of 3.5:0.5. A big gala event kicked off the CEZ Chess Trophy, with blindfold chess and (you believe it) hacky sack displays. Illustrated report.
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CEZ Chess Trophy 200814th-18th May 2008, in PragueThe event is an eight-game rapid chess match between the world's second highest ranked player, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and the top grandmaster of the Czech Republic, David Navara. The rate of play is 25 minutes per player per game, with a five second increment per move. Two games are played per day from Wednesday, May 14th and Sunday, May 18th, starting at 5:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Friday is a free day with simultaneous exhibitions by the 2008 Czech champion Vlastimil Babula and by Vladimir Kramnik. The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the Playchess server. The event is also host to an exhibition of humorous chess drawings and cartoons. |
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Results of the first four games
| Players | Rtng |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
Total |
| Vladimir Kramnik | 2788 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
3.5 |
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| David Navara | 2672 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0.5 |
Vladimir Kramnik at Prague airport
The opening ceremony with a sumptuous buffet
Vladimir Kramnik speaks with match commentator Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek
... and with GM Sergei Movsesian (perspective distortion – Sergei is not
a Hobbit)
A blindfold chess exhibition with GM Marek Vokac playing against WGM Katerina
Nemcova, with the great blindfold master GM Vlastimil Hort executing the moves
on the sensor board and referee Pavel Votruba watching.
A demonstration by Vasek Klouda, world champion in hacky
sack
Curious? Here's what a Vasek Klouda performance looks like. There is plenty
more in YouTube
Press conference with David Navara and Vladimir Kramnik
After the first half Vladmir Kramnik leads by 3.5:0.5 points
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