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Navara 
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David Navara
Number of games in database: 813
Years covered: 1993 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2672
Highest rating achieved in database: 2725
Overall record: +361 -148 =285 (63.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      19 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (120) 
    B47 B43 B92 B33 B76
 French Defense (41) 
    C03 C06 C07 C05 C10
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C78 C88 C80 C91 C95
 French Tarrasch (36) 
    C03 C06 C07 C05 C09
 Sicilian Najdorf (22) 
    B92 B99 B91 B96 B94
 Sicilian Dragon (20) 
    B76 B36 B78 B35 B77
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (143) 
    B90 B40 B46 B84 B50
 Grunfeld (59) 
    D85 D86 D73 D77 D80
 Sicilian Najdorf (32) 
    B90 B99 B92 B95 B91
 English (31) 
    A15 A16 A17 A10 A13
 Sicilian Scheveningen (26) 
    B84 B81 B80 B85 B82
 Ruy Lopez (25) 
    C88 C84 C91 C92 C65
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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 Svidler, 2006 1-0
   Navara vs A Dergatschova Daus, 2007 1-0
   Navara vs Z Kozul, 2006 1-0
   Carlsen vs Navara, 2007 0-1
   Mamedyarov vs Navara, 2007 0-1
   Navara vs Korchnoi, 2008 1-0
   Radjabov vs Navara, 2008 0-1
   Navara vs Akopian, 2007 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Navara's most famous wins by slomarko
   Navara's best games in 2007 by slomarko
   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, in 1985, 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.


 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 813  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Navara vs Tomas Vanek  ½-½30 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
2. Navara vs J Soukup  1-039 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C48 Four Knights
3. L Hajek vs Navara  0-145 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12A17 English
4. Navara vs Radek Kaderka 1-046 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
5. P Stehno vs Navara 1-017 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C30 King's Gambit Declined
6. J Jirka vs Navara  0-141 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12B72 Sicilian, Dragon
7. Navara vs Voracek Miroslav  1-038 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12C47 Four Knights
8. Navara vs Ariel Fama  ½-½66 1994 Wch U10B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. Navara vs J Werle 1-025 1994 Wch U10B89 Sicilian
10. Navara vs N Danilov  1-038 1994 Wch U10C47 Four Knights
11. V Bhat vs Navara  1-034 1994 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
12. Emir Ardic vs Navara  0-121 1994 Wch U10C02 French, Advance
13. Navara vs Borut Kukovec  ½-½41 1994 Wch U10B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
14. Navara vs D Rybansky  1-032 1994 Wch U10C05 French, Tarrasch
15. Chen Jing vs Navara  1-058 1994 Wch U10C10 French
16. S Karthick vs Navara  1-027 1994 Wch U10B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
17. Gyula Chrobak vs Navara  ½-½48 1995 Frydek Mistek op-BB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
18. Navara vs P Miskovsky  0-135 1995 Frydek Mistek op-BB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
19. Navara vs S Mahtesian  1-026 1995 EU-ch U10B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
20. E Hallerova vs Navara  1-023 1995 Plzen op U18A07 King's Indian Attack
21. Navara vs G Livshits  1-044 1995 EU-ch U10B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. Navara vs Tomas Jandecka  0-126 1995 Plzen op U18B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
23. M Bartel vs Navara  0-127 1995 EU-ch U10C11 French
24. Navara vs Jaroslav Lepik  1-027 1995 Frydek Mistek op-BB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
25. Milan Vondracek vs Navara  1-049 1995 CZE-chT2a 9596A02 Bird's Opening
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May-05-08   slomarko: great victory in the last round over Cheparinov!
[Event "Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GMNavara"]
[Black "GMCheparinov"]
[Result "1:0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D12"]
[TimeControl "7200"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Be2 Bh5 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. g4 b5 14. Qd3 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb1 Nc6 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. h4 Rd8 22. Qc3 Bb4 23. Qxf6 Bxd2


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24. h5! Qxe3 25. hxg6


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25...Qe4+? <this seems like the decisive error, i think the computer like move Kd7! was better> 26. Ka1 Rf8 27. gxf7+ Kd7 28. Rxd2+ Kc7 29. Rxd8 Qxh1+ 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Bd3 Qf3 32.Rc1 Qxd3 33. Qe7+ 1:0

May-06-08   DeltaHawk: I'm glad Navara bounced back with two wins after getting four losses. He should do better next time.
May-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: <DeltaHawk: I'm glad Navara bounced back with two wins after getting four losses. He should do better next time.> Indeed... I was also very happy for his win over Chepa!
May-12-08   yalie: Amidst all the excitement over Ivanchuk's MTel performance, I forgot that Navara has a rapid match against Kramnik starting day after tomorrow.
May-13-08   yalie: I think games are at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. local time on 14, 15, 17 and 18. Kramnik simul on 16. I expect a 4-2 win for Kramnik.
May-14-08   yalie: where are we discussing the games? anyway, here is my take

game one: open catalan. the difference in class is so obvious. Kramnik has made rather obvious moves (even to me), but Navara's responses have lacked depth of analysis. Obviously I must be missing some dangers that Navara can see, but Kramnik's play reminds me so much of Karpov in his heydey. Just have pieces go to their optimal squares and it has left Navara scrambling. I see 1-0 already by move 24.

May-14-08   yalie: and 1-0 it is on move 33. effortless play from Kramnik. all I can say is that if navara wants to hang with Kramnik as black, he better not play the catalan ... kramnik's understanding of this is just soo much better.

this game was not even a long grind.

May-14-08   yalie: game 2: I expect an english game with a draw in under 25 moves. ideally if he wants to draw, navara shd play e4 and face the Petroff, but I think he'll go c4 or d4.
May-14-08   slomarko: he played 1.e4 and then entered an interesting line of the Petroff.


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black to move

May-14-08   yalie: navara just makes too many mistakes .. of course it is rapid .. but..

looks like the endgame is a draw. Navara has two pawns and a knight for a rook.

May-14-08   yalie: just as I said that, it is Kramnik';s turn to err - Rd7? instead of rdb2 .. now can Navara capitalize?
May-14-08   yalie: all over 0-1. Kramnik should win after Rg4. I thought Kramnik had found a way to draw despite having an advantage, but Navara finds a way to lose even after being given several chances.
May-14-08   slomarko:


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last error was in this position, Navara played Kc5? where g5 or Nd5 seems better but then again its hard to say without an engine.

May-14-08   aragorn69: Very poor endgame technique by Navarra, it seems. Rapid is where the soundness of instincts should show, and that doesn't seem to be Navarra's forte.
May-14-08   slomarko: <aragorn69> what a load of BS
May-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: You can find the <ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008> games here: http://www.praguechess.cz/en/porada...
May-14-08   Mameluk: <slomarko> 53. Nd3 seems to hold the pawns and the draw. On the other hand your 52. g5 seems to be just weak because of h5. Really looks like student vs. master in certain not so rare moments.
May-14-08   aragorn69: Felt the sting, <slo>, didnu??
May-14-08   cannibal: Sometimes I don't understand these "notable games collections". Like, what is Radja-Navara doing up there? Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics?
May-14-08   slomarko: <aragorn69: Felt the sting, <slo>, didnu??> not really, just wondering how stupid you must be not to even know his name properly. its simple N A V A R A.
May-14-08   slomarko: <Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics?> no, that was an exiting game where Radjabov missed his chances and Navara punished him with the nice Qg2 move.
May-14-08   slomarko: <Mameluk> you are correct, i underestimated h5.
May-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <cannibal> <Sometimes I don't understand these "notable games collections". Like, what is Radja-Navara doing up there? Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics?>

Notable games are those appearing in the greatest number of collections put together by kibitzers. But people put together collections for all sorts of reasons: to gather all the games from a tournament, to illustrate particular tactical themes, to replicate the games reprinted in a particular book, etc. So there is no guarantee that "Notable Games" will include a player's best efforts.

May-15-08   aragorn69: NavaRa should stop to play rapid. His play (esp. today's game with White) is getting ridiculous.
May-15-08   cotdt: Navara's rapid skill is not in the same league as Kramnik's
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