Pavel Blatny
Number of games in database: 1,199
Years covered: 1984 to 2010
Last FIDE rating: 2421
Highest rating achieved in database: 2608
Overall record: +500 -338 =350 (56.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      11 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (132)      B22 B20 B25 B26 B23  Queen's Pawn Game (90)      D02 A46 A41 D00 A45  Reti System (79)      A04 A06  French Defense (54)      C02 C18 C11 C01 C10  Pirc (33)      B08 B07  Nimzo-Larsen Attack (28)      A01	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (111)      C84 C89 C92 C77 C86  Ruy Lopez, Closed (86)      C84 C89 C92 C86 C85  Queen's Gambit Declined (68)      D38 D35 D37 D30 D31  Queen's Pawn Game (60)      A46 D02 A40 A45 A50  English (36)      A13 A10 A15 A16 A14  Uncommon Opening (36)      B00 A00

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Kranzl vs Blatny, 1991 0-1
   N Gamboa vs Blatny, 1996 0-1
   E Prandstetter vs Blatny, 1986 0-1
   Blatny vs J A Le Bon, 2004 1-0
   R Ziatdinov vs Blatny, 2003 1/2-1/2
   Blatny vs J Luchan, 2001 1-0
   Blatny vs Nakamura, 2001 1-0
   Leko vs Blatny, 1993 0-1
   M Breutigam vs Blatny, 1997 0-1
   Ivanchuk vs Blatny, 1985 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Open: Open Section (2003)
   7th European Individual Championship (2006)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Owen Defense by SwitchingQuylthulg
   Blatny plays to win with A01 by willyfly
   Queen's Pawn Games by ArturoRivera
   casyon's favorite games by casyon

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PAVEL BLATNY (born Jun-22-1968) Czech Republic [what is this?] Grandmaster (1993). In 1985, he took 2nd in the World Junior Championship. Czechoslovak champion in 1988 and 1990 and Czech champion in 1997 and 2000.

page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,199  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Blatny vs Doda ½-½ 25 1984 Poznan B23 Sicilian, Closed 2. K Rasmussen vs Blatny 1-0 34 1984 Groningen C55 Two Knights Defense 3. M Kaposztas vs Blatny   1-0 36 1984 Poznan D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Blatny vs F Hellers   0-1 68 1984 EU-ch U20 B25 Sicilian, Closed 5. P Thipsay vs Blatny   ½-½ 15 1984 Poznan C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. N Dobrev vs Blatny   0-1 36 1984 Groningen D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. T Paehtz Sr vs Blatny 0-1 43 1984 Poznan A25 English 8. Blatny vs J Howell   0-1 32 1984 EU-ch U20 A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Blatny vs M Babula   1-0 43 1984 Poznan C02 French, Advance 10. Blatny vs R Bernard   ½-½ 64 1984 Poznan B25 Sicilian, Closed 11. J Hickl vs Blatny   0-1 42 1984 EU-ch U20 A27 English, Three Knights System 12. Blatny vs B Belloti 1-0 60 1984 Groningen B07 Pirc 13. Blatny vs Z Szymczak 0-1 28 1984 Poznan B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 14. Z Kozul vs Blatny   1-0 72 1984 EU-ch U20 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. A Lanc vs Blatny   0-1 61 1984 Poznan C77 Ruy Lopez 16. P David vs Blatny   ½-½ 14 1984 Poznan C55 Two Knights Defense 17. D Norwood vs Blatny   0-1 40 1984 EU-ch U20 E46 Nimzo-Indian 18. P Stempin vs Blatny   1-0 34 1984 Poznan D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. E Gazis vs Blatny   0-1 34 1984 EU-ch U20 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. L Weglarz vs Blatny   ½-½ 56 1984 Groningen D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 21. Blatny vs I Nowak   ½-½ 70 1984 Poznan B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 22. Blatny vs G Rechlis   0-1 43 1984 EU-ch U20 B24 Sicilian, Closed 23. Blatny vs Przewoznik   0-1 65 1985 Naleczow C42 Petrov Defense 24. Blatny vs J Ramirez   1-0 26 1985 Sharjah B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 25. Blatny vs S Agdestein   ½-½ 66 1985 Groningen B25 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,199

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-25-02    Honza Cervenka: GM Pavel Blatny was born in 1968. All games played before 1984 were played by Frantisek Blatny. Sep-25-02    chessgames.com: Thanks, Honza. We moved those games to this page -- Frantisek Blatny Sep-09-04    whiskeyrebel: I'm a huge fan of Blatny and his opening style. Does anybody know of any books in print he has published?? Jan-11-05    whiskeyrebel: I guess he hasn't written any books. I still haven't found any. I'm amazed at the lack of discussion here of such an adventurous players games. Feb-03-05    Hanada: All I know of this player is that he plays very originally and sometimes in a very unorthodox manner. For instance, I think he is one of the few players that use the Budapest (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5!?). Also, Josh Waitzkin talks about him a bit in his tutorial section in chesmaster 9000. Feb-03-05    whiskeyrebel: I especially admire his games using the Nimzovich-Larsen attack. He's a true pioneer and modern day "hypermodern". If you're a Larsen, Suttles or Reti fan check out some of his games. You'll be glad you did. Feb-03-05    ArturoRivera: thisn guy becamed one of my favorite players, he uses a lot the queens pawn game, almost as Torre Repetto! Feb-04-05    whiskeyrebel: I wouldn't be surprised to see him open with almost anything. It must be a pain in the butt having to prepare for him. Feb-04-05    keypusher: He seems to like to sacrifice the exchange a lot. Ulf Andersson must have been an influence. Feb-05-05    whiskeyrebel: Yeah...could be. I watched him play in the 2004 National open blitz tournament and he at least seemed by my shallow way of understanding to have a lot of mighty opponents scratching their heads in the opening and the early middlegame. I sure wish he'd write a book. Jul-30-05    TheMouse: Does any one know if there are games where blatny plays the nimzo-larson 1. nf3 after 2001? Aug-03-05    TheSlid: <TheMouse> Blatny Nimzo Larsen games at: search "blatny A01" Aug-05-05    TheMouse: OK, well, I know there are none on this website, but i mean on other chess databases. Also, btw, 1 Nf3 nimzolarsen games are classified on this website as A04-A06. Sep-26-05    An Englishman: Good Evening: As a Caro-Kann man, I heartily approve of Blatny's record with this defense. Oct-10-05    zatoichiicc: I know Blatny as a person. I also like the way he plays chess. If you ever run across Pavel in person, you will find that he is a nice and personable person. Not stuck up in the slightest. No bad or condensending attitude with him. He also has a very good reputation with tournament directors. Oct-14-05    Silman: Kovacevic(yes the same 1970 conqueror of Bobby Fischer) writes of Blatny (after obsevring the opening 1d4,c5; 2c3, from the game Blatny-Chernyshov 1992)..."Occasionally grandmaster colleagues joke about Blatny's opening play (the London System may be his most ambitious weapon with white). He is able to play at a good grandmaster level with a relatively harmless set of openings mainly because of his tactical ability. Can it be that the energy he saves by his opening approach allows him to invest a little more in his middlegame play?" Dec-05-05    OneArmedScissor: "energy he saves" Opening is memorization. Don't wanna waste too much energy on remembering those openings :P Dec-05-05    Mameluk: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... So called Blatny´s immortal is unfortunately missing in this database, is somebody able to include it? Of course with the fantastic line (Rh7!!!!) that Blatny missed when Knight alone mates against whole black army. Dec-05-05    Karpova: i'm not able to include it but i was looking for it also. maust have been played at a fide ko-wm - 1997 or 1999 Dec-05-05    Mameluk: ??? :-) Of course Blatny has never played FIDE K.O. and neither IM Watson probably. It was played at some of those North American opens, and I hope chessgames will watch the lecture and include it, because Anderssen-Kieseritzky is quite weak in comparison to this. Dec-05-05    James Demery: Hey Silman did you ever kibitz on the Silman page? Dec-08-05    cade: Is the PGN of the Blatny vs Watson game available anywhere? Apr-02-06    BIDMONFA: Pavel Blatny BLATNY, Pavel http://www.bidmonfa.com/blatny_pave... _ Sep-10-06    Knight13: Blatny has played some games against Joshua Waitzkin in USCF rated tournaments, and Blatny won more games and proved to be a stronger player. Of course, this was more than 7 years ago, when Josh quit showing up in tournaments in 1999. So he was probably 2600+ at that time while Josh was 2500+ (USCF rating). Oct-30-06    mack: A game often hailed as a modern masterpiece - Blatny-Watson, Las Vegas 1998 - is curiously missing from chessbase, chesslab and this site. The finish is utterly spectacular: click for larger view Having already sacrificed the house, Blatny (White, to play) had one last surprise. Put your engines away and find the winning move for yourself- it's worth it. < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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