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David Navara
Number of games in database: 1,205
Years covered: 1993 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2697
Highest rating achieved in database: 2731
Overall record: +469 -213 =421 (61.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      102 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (145) 
    B47 B32 B92 B33 B43
 Ruy Lopez (70) 
    C78 C95 C88 C65 C91
 French Defense (51) 
    C03 C07 C06 C10 C05
 French Tarrasch (42) 
    C03 C07 C06 C05 C09
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C95 C88 C91 C96 C92
 King's Indian (28) 
    E63 E62 E90 E61 E68
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (193) 
    B90 B40 B46 B84 B80
 Grunfeld (88) 
    D85 D86 D73 D70 D80
 Ruy Lopez (55) 
    C88 C95 C67 C65 C84
 English (40) 
    A15 A16 A17 A14 A10
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (40) 
    C88 C95 C84 C92 C91
 Sicilian Najdorf (39) 
    B90 B99 B92 B95 B91
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Cheparinov vs Navara, 2007 0-1
   Navara vs J Helbich, 1998 1-0
   Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009 1-0
   Navara vs Timman, 2007 1-0
   Navara vs A Daus, 2007 1-0
   Navara vs Svidler, 2006 1-0
   Navara vs Z Ruzicka, 1997 1-0
   Navara vs Ganguly, 2011 1-0
   Navara vs Z Kozul, 2006 1-0
   Motylev vs Navara, 2009 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Czech Championships (2005)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   Ordix Open (2007)
   2008 Olympiad (2008)
   Ordix Open (2009)
   World Cup (2009)
   10th European Individual Championship (2009)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   World Cup (2011)
   Tata Steel (Group B) (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Navara's most famous wins by slomarko
   Czech Team on Chess Olympiad 2010 by Honza Cervenka
   Benoni 2001-2006, players 2650 and above by cybermarauder

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DAVID NAVARA
(born Mar-27-1985) Czech Republic

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Born in Prague, Grandmaster David Navara has been playing chess since he was six. Numerous coaches helped shape his talents, including Josef Pribyl, Ludek Pachman, and Vlastimil Jansa.

He won the championships of the Czech Republic in his age category in 1993-95, but his first great achievement was at the 2001 European Team Championship in Leon, where he scored 7 out of 9 points (performance rating: 2775). He became a grandmaster in 2002, six days before his seventeenth birthday. In 2004, he won the Czech championship for the first time scoring 8/11 in a field of 8 strong grandmasters. In 2005 he shared 1st place in the Czech championship with Jiri Stocek. In 2008 Navara was announced as a participant in the inaugural FIDE Grand Prix cycle, as the nominee of the host city of Karlovy Vary. Won the Czech Championship in 2010. In early 2011, he came in =3rd in the category 18 Reggio Emilia (2010). He qualified for the World Cup (2011) via his rating, and defeated Russian GM Nikolai Kabanov in the first round, US GM Alexander Onischuk in the second, and Ukrainian GMs Alexander Moiseenko and Yaroslav Zherebukh in the third and fourth rounds, but lost his quarter final contest with Russian GM Alexander Grischuk.

In March 2012, he came =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the Reykjavik Open (2012) and scored a relatively meagre 7/11 in the 13th European Individual Championship (2012). In 2011-12 he also played for 1. Novoborský ŠK in the Czech Extraliga, helping his team to first place with a personal scored of 8.5/10 (+7 =3) against a strong field of 7 GMs and 3 IMs. In May 2012, he won the Czech Championship for the fourth time. However, he had a bad run in the French Top 12 competition, which combined with his 3-1 loss in the Cez Trophy: Navara-Svidler (2012), reduced his rating by 26 points. Subsequently he made up some lost ground by performing well at the Greek team championships in June and hit his stride during the Chess Olympiad (2012), playing board 2 for the Czech Republic and winning individual gold with a stunning score of 9.5/11, racking up a TPR of 2869. His subsequent 3/3 in rounds 4-6 of the Polish Extraliga have restored his fortunes to pre-slump levels he enjoyed 12 months previously.

Navara started 2013 with =5th, his 7.5/10 being a half point behind the co-leaders at Tradewise Gibraltar (2013), and followed up with a somewhat mediocre 7/10 at the Reykjavik Open (2013).

As at 1 May 2013, Navara's rating was 2697 remaining the top player in the Czech republic. He is also number 50 in the world. His peak rating was 2731 in July 2010 when he was ranked 18 in the world, while his peak ranking was 13 in October 2006 when he was rated 2725. His rapid rating in May 2013 is 2678 (world #49) while his blitz rating is 2690 (#44).

Wikipedia article: David Navara


 page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,205  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. P Stehno vs Navara 1-017 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C30 King's Gambit Declined
2. J Jirka vs Navara  0-141 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12B72 Sicilian, Dragon
3. Navara vs M Voracek  1-038 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
4. L Hajek vs Navara  0-145 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12A17 English
5. Navara vs T Vanek  ½-½30 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
6. Navara vs J Soukup  1-039 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C48 Four Knights
7. Navara vs Radek Kaderka 1-046 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
8. Navara vs D Rybansky  1-032 1994 Wch U10C05 French, Tarrasch
9. Chen Jing vs Navara  1-058 1994 Wch U10C10 French
10. S Karthick vs Navara  1-027 1994 Wch U10B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
11. Navara vs A Fama  ½-½66 1994 Wch U10B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. Navara vs J Werle 1-025 1994 Wch U10B89 Sicilian
13. Navara vs N Danilov  1-038 1994 Wch U10C47 Four Knights
14. V Bhat vs Navara  1-034 1994 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
15. Emir Ardic vs Navara  0-121 1994 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
16. Navara vs B Kukovec  ½-½41 1994 Wch U10B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
17. Navara vs T Jandecka  0-126 1995 Plzen op U18B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
18. N Shikov vs Navara  0-140 1995 EU-ch U10A03 Bird's Opening
19. Navara vs P Blazkova  1-036 1995 Plzen op U18B57 Sicilian
20. M Szablewski vs Navara  0-142 1995 EU-ch U10B50 Sicilian
21. Navara vs T Jacko  1-037 1995 Frydek Mistek op-BB01 Scandinavian
22. F Lasek vs Navara  0-133 1995 Plzen op U18D00 Queen's Pawn Game
23. Navara vs I Cheparinov  0-129 1995 EU-ch U10C71 Ruy Lopez
24. P Zavesicky vs Navara 0-134 1995 Frydek Mistek op-BD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
25. Navara vs P Durik  1-048 1995 Plzen op U18B57 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Sep-06-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: It's nice to see both Navara and Moiseenko get a special 'fair play' award from the local governor. David - what a mensch - looked acutely embarrassed by it ... insisting that he only did what was right and that getting a reward was never on his mind.

And it's been amusing to see opinion divide between those (like me) who think his sporting behavior was inspirational, and those who see it as the mark of a 'sap' or a 'sucker'.

But, uh, on the other hand ... if Moiseenko had the same values should he not have *refused* the draw and insisted on resigning?

After you, Claude. No, after you.

I suppose "in fairness" you can't give a Fair Play award to just one of the players. And you really can't forget the eventual loser. That wouldn't be, well, *fair*, now, would it?

An analogous situation arose during a recent cricket test between India and England -- the English batsman walked off when it was time for the traditional 'tea' break, without waiting for the umpire's permission. This technically allowed India to put him out, but after a quick team meeting they decided not to.

Of course they were playing in England, where the natives have a habit of rioting.

Sep-07-11  coolchess1: David is a credit to the great game of chess. Man of great character and showed what that means to him in a crunch position. Wishing all the best to David in this world cup and also for future events.
Sep-07-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  twinlark: Reminds me of the sportsmanship shown by former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist who had a habit of "walking" if he thought he has out, eg: to a snick behind, even if the umpire didn't pick it up.

Same sort of division of opinion: great sportsmanship or sap? Depends on your point of view and your values, most likely.

Sep-12-11  Korifej: Good example off fair play.Some top player can use lessons from David
Sep-12-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  kellmano: I think Navara is so cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFpU...

His voice is brilliant.

Sep-12-11  voyager39: Wonderful sportsmanship from David Navara. Shipov elaborates upon it...

http://www.whychess.org/en/node/1820

Oct-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: lifted from the book Reggio Emilia 2007-08 by Mihail Marin & Yuri Garrett..

<As for David (Navara), everyone at the Astoria was struck by his gentle manner and his willingness to discuss his games with anybody, from his opponent to the most humble patzer.>

:-)

Jan-14-12  Penguincw: Navara off too an ok start at Tata by holding Topalov to a draw. Next opponent: Gelfand (with white).
Jan-21-12  Penguincw: Navara, terrible start at Tata. First 7 rounds, 1.5/7!
Jan-24-12  Whitehat1963: Sorry, but I've never been impressed with Navara's results among the truly elite players. I don't think his name belongs in the Tata Steel tournament roster for Group A.
Jan-24-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: <Whitehat1963> Navara earned his place by tying for first in the B group last year.

His name belongs.

Jan-24-12  Whitehat1963: Fair enough, but his results speak for themselves.
Jan-26-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: <Whitehat1963: Fair enough, but his results speak for themselves.> He simply has a bad tournament. Everybody can be out of shape sometimes. I know David personally for some twelve years and it is no secret that he sometimes is unable to concentrate on the play and then he plays much bellow his real potential making a lot of absurd and silly mistakes in the process. But if he has his day, he can tear apart anybody in the world. Unfortunately, this year's Tata Steel tournament looks like the "shining" example of his not so good days up to now.
Jan-26-12  King Death: < Honza Cervenka: <Whitehat1963: Fair enough, but his results speak for themselves.> He simply has a bad tournament. Everybody can be out of shape sometimes...>

In this kind of super strong event it's easy to be off just a little and have everybody turn on you like a pack of wolves.

There's been a bunch of talk about how Navara doesn't belong in this event and so forth but he's a very strong player and somebody will have to finish last. This time it may be him (or maybe not).

Jan-26-12  bronkenstein: David earned the right to play TATA A fair and square . He reminds me of Chucky , psychologically unstable a bit, maybe early defeat(s) destroyed his confidence . We all know Ivanchuk could easily be close to Navara instead of solo second had he just lost one of the games from the first rounds , he would insta-degrade to 2500 mode.

PS this discussion reminds me of that old `Gandalf the unworthy` tune ... why should players play ,just let the fans vote instead =)

Jan-28-12  drnooo: extremely interesting comment by honza
of course what he says can apply to anyone anywhere, even Alekhine said, the difference between me and another master is not much but what diff there is is very great indeed with Navara, is probably magnified after all Spassky was one of the laziest players of the soviets ever, but had he worked harder, he might have lost interest in this silly game altogether
Jan-28-12  Olavi: I was reminded of this case http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... in the last worldcup. I would just point out that according to reports, Navara touched his king accidentally, not deliberately, and therefore Moiseenko never had a case for enforcing the touchee rule. So Navara simply gifted the halfpoint at the end!

Whether that makes it even more sportsmanlike or rather a show of excessive nerves and (completely unnecessary) fear of appearing dishonourable...?

Feb-19-12  Penguincw: Looks like Navara is playing in the Reykjavik Open 2012.

http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id...

Mar-09-12  Penguincw: Navara off to a perfect start (4/4) at the Reykjavik Open (2012). In Round 5, he has white against David Navara, who also has a perfect start.

Although he shed 11 points at Tata Steel (2012), he is the biggest gainer this rating season, so far. He has won a whopping 22 points in just 19 games. The closest are Andrei Volokitin and Lazaro Bruzon, and they "only" gained 8.

Also, he entered Iceland with an unofficial rating of 2714.

Lastly, tomorrow, facing Sokolov (2664), he has white and will obviously try to win. A loss would sink him to 2716, a draw 2721, and a win would make him jump to 2726, and be clearly the best one so far.

Mar-13-12  Penguincw: Overall, with a +5 score at the Reykjavik Open (2012), it helped him add 4.8 rating points to his name.

If the rating list were to be published right now, he would be at 25th place and be rated 2719 (with a three-tenths of his rating discarded). A 19 rating improvement. Also he played 24 games so far this rating season, which is like 2 games everyday!

Nearest competitor for most gained is Lazaro Bruzon, who improved by 11. Most games is Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who played 15.

Next is former world challenger, Peter Leko, who is at 2720 on the dot.

Mar-27-12  Penguincw: Happy Birthday David Navara! Today, he faces Vlad-Cristian Jianu (2497) with white. A win gains 2.7 rating points, to raise his points to 2704.9, otherwise he's out to the super-grandmaster club. Good luck!
Sep-07-12  yesnomaybeidontknow: David Navara +6 in the Chess Olympiad 2012! Go David!!
Sep-08-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: Now, after 10 rounds at the Olympiad completed, Navara stands at +7 =3 -0, 85%, 2847 TPR.
Sep-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: David's +8=3-0 on the 2nd board is pretty amazing result, especially if one takes into consideration his poor form in the first half of this year.
Sep-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: Navara at the 2012 Chess Olympiad: 9.5/11, 86.4%, 2869 TPR; most points overall; second highest TPR overall (1st Mamediarov); gold on Board 2.
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