Honza Cervenka Member since Sep-04-02 · Last seen May-24-13 I live in Stredokluky (a village near Prague, Czech republic). I play both practical and correspondence chess. My rating in practical chess (Czech national ELO) oscillates somewhere between 2010 and 2060, in correspondence chess I have rating 2155 (my best was 2220 in the middle of 90's). I have no special favorite player but I like to view good games of old masters (Tarrasch, Schlechter, Chigorin etc.)

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May-20-13 Smyslov vs G Barcza, 1949   Honza Cervenka: Pretty attack by Smyslov.      May-15-13 FIDE Grand Prix Zug (2013)   Honza Cervenka: <KWRegan> I think that there are plenty of apparent methodological problems with whole quantitative approach based on analysis by Rybka 3 to fixed reported depth 13 or 14 ply. It is heavily biased towards today’s players who are using exactly this program or other ...      May-14-13 J Schulten vs Zukertort, 1869   Honza Cervenka: This game looks like the comedy of errors. 21...Be6?? could lose the game immediately after quite obvious 22.Nb4 but instead of that white played incomprehensible 22.c4?? and went down in flames. Of course, it was necessary for black to play 21...Be4 to cover c6 with quite ...      Apr-11-13 Paulsen vs Winawer, 1877    Honza Cervenka: <blingice: Fantastic tactical refutation to 4. Nxe5.> This is nothing like that. In fact, white had a clear edge in the early opening and only later he was outplayed. 3...Bc5?! is an inferior continuation exactly due to 4.Nxe5! and also 4...Bxf2+?! is objectively worse ...      Apr-11-13 Winawer vs Paulsen, 1870   Honza Cervenka: 22.Ng3?? invites quite simple but elegant tactical shot winning the Pawn as well as the game. Of course, 22.Nxc5 with minimal (if any) advantage of black was necessary.      Apr-11-13 I Pleci vs De Ronde, 1939    Honza Cervenka: 19...Bxh3?? was a case of momentary chess blindness. Black apparently counted only with 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Kxh3 Rfe8, which looked fine for him, and the check by the same Bishop from d5 simply did not cross his mind.      Apr-11-13 E Thorvaldsson vs I Pleci, 1939   Honza Cervenka: The endgame looks more or less equal since the 50th move despite of white extra Pawn due to active King and more advanced Pawns of black. But before that white was clearly winning, and for example after simple 47.f3 or 48.f3 black could have just resigned.      Apr-08-13 Filip vs Ragozin, 1956   Honza Cervenka: Black was under very unpleasant pressure of white and it is quite probable that white was going to win the game anyway but 40...Ne5?? just blunders a piece. In final position the game could have continued 41...Kg8 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8 43.Rd8+ Ke7 44.Re8+ (better than 44.Rxc8, which ...      Apr-05-13 NN vs Greco, 1620   Honza Cervenka: I think that the best way to meet the Calabrese Countergambit is to handle the position like King's Gambit Declined with 2...Bc5 and extra tempo after 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 etc.      Apr-05-13 Paulsen vs Winawer, 1870   Honza Cervenka: 14...Bxh2+ is quite elegant but not the best continuation here. After simple 14...Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Re8 white faces a problem how to finish development of his QS and how to meet eventual black's attack on the KS.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-01-11    chesstoplay: Honza, I'm still voting! Just cast vote # 6535 2/1/2011 2:30 PM CST USA Feb-02-11    chesstoplay: Just cast vote # 6740 2/2/2011 4:00 PM CST USA Feb-03-11    chesstoplay: Hi Honza, I just cast vote # 6846 (2/3/2011 1:50 PM CST USA). My goal is to get Aneta over 7,000 votes. You will always be able to tell her that she had the most friends world wide that were actually casting votes. She will always know how respected her father was (is)! You will be able to let her know that one good friend is better than many machines making other machines do electronic chores. You are a good father, husband and friend to the World Team. Oh, and by the way, you will also be able to tell Aneta that she had by far the prettiest baby photo!! Finally, by my tally, Aneta wins becase she has you as a Dad. Be well, my friend, and bring peace and joy to your daughter's life Feb-04-11    Honza Cervenka: <chesstoplay> Thanks!:-D Feb-22-11    cu8sfan: I'm sad to see you lose to some random baby. :-) I hope your little girl still gives you and your wife many joys in life. :-) Mar-15-11    Honza Cervenka: <cu8sfan> There is no reason to be sad. In fact, the Internet voting was just one part of the race. The second part of the competition was a voting with coupons printed in the newspaper. The final ranking was determined through the sum of the order of voting on the Internet and the order of voting by newspaper coupons. We were the fifth on the Internet but we took the second place in the other part of the race and it was sufficient for taking of the second place in whole competition because our main rivals (with exception of Alex Loukota who won both parts) badly underestimated the voting by coupons.:-) Mar-15-11    gus inn: Seems like you will all survive :0) Mar-16-11    morfishine: We haven't spoken before, but I'd like to say its a pleasure to have you on Team White for this exercise. Hopefully, it will be a fruitful affair. For that I have no doubt. I am impressed with your rating(s). As for myself, I am working hard every day analyzing and scratching towards 1900. I have a goal of 2000 by years end. Lets show them a thing or two. :) Morf Jul-13-11    Hesam7: <Honza> I came across some old comment of yours in Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1995 and I have posted some analysis. The tactics were pretty fun! Jul-29-11    MartijnvanWingerden: Hello Ms Cervenka. I noted that you play on the International Correspondence Chess Server so maybe you can help me. I registered me a few weeks ago with my email-address on the ICCF site but i don't have the activation mail yet. So i tryed with my other email-address but that didn't work too. Do you know what the problem is? Martijn van Wingerden Aug-18-11    WiseWizard: <Honza> You seem like the right person to ask on this site, what would you say is the difference between analysis and calculation? Feb-26-12    David2009: Hi Honza, the 'beautiful baby' voting has long since disappeared into the past, but may I wish your daughter Aneta "Many Happy Returns" on her second birthday 15 March. Warm regards, David Mar-09-12    Honza Cervenka: Thanks, <David2009>! Mar-12-12    LoveThatJoker: <Honza Cervenka> I enjoyed your analysis regarding 13...fxg2+! on J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1844 Kindly swing by my forum and share with us your favourite/most memorable B. Fischer game. Hope to see you there! LTJ Mar-17-12    LoveThatJoker: <Honza Cervenka> Thanks for Fischer vs Stein, 1967! It is truly amazing. I got back to you on my forum and asked you a question there. LTJ Mar-22-12    LoveThatJoker: <Honza Cervenka> CG made Fischer vs Stein, 1967 GOTD today! Talk about zeitgeist, eh? LTJ May-02-12    LoveThatJoker: <Honza Cervenka> Someone replied to your post on this game: V Makogonov vs Keres, 1939 By the way, I have a question to ask you: Do you know where I can find additional infomation on Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona da Cutri? Also, would you happen to know why all the games between him and Ruy Lopez have an incomplete score? LTJ May-18-12    Honza Cervenka: <LoveThatJoker> I think that it was not a habit of the time to record complete scores of games, even those played between known masters. Chess manuscripts written by then chess masters usually for their patrons were focused mostly on the opening (along with endgames or chess problems) and that is why only some opening parts of games survived. May-19-12    LoveThatJoker: <Honza Cervenka> Thank you for the kind reply! Here is a hidden gem that I hope you will enjoy very much: V Inkiov vs Psakhis, 1982 LTJ Aug-04-12    Benzol: <Honza> I've been trying to get date information on Game Collection: Mährisch-Ostrau 1923 so that a tournament page can be created for it. <thomastonk> has kindly provided information about rounds 1 to 10. Is there any chance you might know the dates rounds 11, 12 and 13 were played on? Thanks in advance. :) Aug-04-12    Benzol: <Honza> By consensus we think it should like this Game Collection: Mährisch-Ostrau 1923 Hopefully it's OK now. :) Oct-09-12    TheTamale: Hi, Honza. For years I have enjoyed your comments. I have visited Prague, but alas, never Stredokluky. Greetings from a friend in the US! Dec-24-12    wordfunph: Merry Christmas! Jan-05-13    kudubux: Hello <Honza>! I was wondering, what ever happened to that baby photo contest your daughter joined in? Did she win? Feb-03-13    Honza Cervenka: <kudubux: Hello <Honza>! I was wondering, what ever happened to that baby photo contest your daughter joined in? Did she win?> No, we took the second place. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 19) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Take the Premium Membership Tour

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