Honza Cervenka Member since Sep-04-02 · Last seen Sep-21-23 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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Sep-20-23 Hort vs J Kostro, 1964   Honza Cervenka: If 34...Rxf6, then 35.Rxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxf6 Qxf6 37.Qe8+ +-.      Sep-20-23 Saemisch vs Szabo, 1969    Honza Cervenka: Time? White is better in final position.      Sep-19-23 J Mieses vs M Kann, 1885   Honza Cervenka: <OscarR: <Penguincw> Oops! Forgot about the possible knight promotion in 5 ... Kf1 6 Kf3 e1N+ [DIAGRAM] Probably a tablebase win for White, but quite beyond my powers!> No, it is a tablebase draw. Correct solution of Penguincw's puzzle (diagram) is 1.Rg5 with idea      Sep-18-23 S Nikolic vs R Byrne, 1967   Honza Cervenka: 31...a6?? 32.Kg2?? looks like a case of mutual chess blindness. After 32.Qa4 with double attack against Pa6 and Re8 black can just resign.      Sep-18-23 A Tsvetkov vs Hort, 1964   Honza Cervenka: I am not sure that black's sac of Pawn for Bishop pair was correct but in the game it worked well.      Sep-16-23 A Fritz vs Charousek, 1898   Honza Cervenka: 13.e5 and 16.Ne2 were mistakes losing this game. 13.Rf1 and 16.Rd1 were better choices.      Sep-16-23 Oll vs G Miralles, 1984   Honza Cervenka: If 43...Qc2, then 44.Rxf4+ Ke8 45.Rf3 with idea 45...Qxe2 46.Re3+ Qxe3 47.fxe3 etc. I am not sure whether black can hold this ending with two white extra Pawns despite of opposite colour Bishops but at least practical winning chance of white is significant here. Other ...      Sep-14-23 Hort vs B Pietrusiak, 1964   Honza Cervenka: 30.Nd4 with idea 30...Bxb4 31.Ne6 Bc5 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Kh2 would have given white clear advantage.      Sep-14-23 Hort vs M Czerniak, 1964   Honza Cervenka: I don't understand 31...g5. Why not just 31...Kg7?      Sep-14-23 Hort vs Myagmarsuren, 1964   Honza Cervenka: If 63...Bd8, then 64.f6+ +-.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-25-22    Z truth 000000001: Could someone be so kind to provide a link to an example of "ar" in an online accessible book or magazine? I'd like to have a quick look - thanks. . Apr-16-22    Ron: Here is game with a Missed Chance by Tarrasch: Mackenzie vs Tarrasch, 1887 A kibitzer gives computer analysis showing 24....Rxg2! wins. Before that move, Tarrasch's pieces are pointing in the surrounding area of White's king, and one might think that there has to be a successful attack somewhere. Apr-28-22    Honza Cervenka: <Ron> Thanks! May-23-22    sachistu: Hello <Honza Cervenka>. Regarding my question from Dec 21st, I was re-examining the Trencanske Teplice 1949 tournament book. Near the rear (page 297) there is an Epilogue (Doslov) page. One of the items covered on the page is a key to the abbreviations used for the multiple annotators of the games in the book. In some cases, the abbreviated names are in upper case i.e. LP for Ludevit Potucek, others in lower case i.e. lp for Ludek Pachman. Among the names and abbreviations is -ar for Jaroslav Sajtar and JS for Jan Sefc. Now why the book (and Czech magazines) chose to use -ar, rather than -js is a bit of a mystery to me. Jaroslav Sajtar was a well-known player and frequent annotator and/or editor, so while this may not be 100% conclusive, it's close enough for me to believe he was the mysterious -ar I often saw in magazines like Ceskoslovensky Sach and others. Just wanted to let you know...no need to research further. Sorry I failed to notice this earlier. May-24-22    Honza Cervenka: <sachistu> So my first guess that "ar" can be Jaroslav Sajtar was correct after all. May-26-22    sachistu: Yes <Honza Cervenka> your instincts were correct! I'm still puzzled why '-ar' would be used, but it's a moot point now since we know who it was. May-26-22    Honza Cervenka: <sachistu> "-ar" are last two letters of Sajtar's surname and it was free for use then unlike "js" (used by Jan Sefc). Jul-25-22    MissScarlett: Are you there? Aug-01-22    belgradegambit: Is there anyone with an older member since day than Honza? Aug-02-22    stone free or die: <belgradegambit> that's an interesting question. I thought I once had a list of some of the more significant early members of <CG>, but I just spent 5-10 minutes looking for it with no success. I think I used Wayback to look at very early kibitzing history on <CG>, and culled out the names I recognized. Easy to redo - but I won't be doing so just now. We can agree though that <Honza> is one of the early's. Aug-08-22    Honza Cervenka: <belgradegambit: Is there anyone with an older member since day than Honza?> I am here nearly 20 years since September 2002. There were many people here already then but many of them are inactive for a long time and some of them are unfortunately dead. And some of them like User: refutor occasionally pop up after long time just to say hello to old friends. But quite a lot of people are here since 2003 or 2004. Aug-09-22    Benzol: Well I for one am glad that Honza was and is still here. How are you doing old friend ? 😊 Aug-10-22    Honza Cervenka: <Benzol> I am still alive, and that is quite satisfactory. Aug-14-22    Ron: Here's a suggestion for Missed Chance: E Kharous vs Tarig Elther Mohammed, 2015 Jan-19-23    Honza Cervenka: White to move wins. click for larger view For solution see the first comment in J Cervenka vs J Kovar, 2010 (I missed that over the board). Jan-19-23    waddayaplay: Oh you are still here. I was trying to remember all the power users from when I was active. I wonder what happened to this site? When I was here it seemed to be getting bigger, with GMs joining, but now it's like it has been in decline for 5-10 years. Jan-20-23    Honza Cervenka: <I wonder what happened to this site?> The main problem is that both co-founders of this site, Alberto A Artidiello and Daniel Freeman, unfortunatelly passed away in 2015 and 2018. But the site is still alive. Jan-21-23    waddayaplay: Oh that sucks. I always enjoyed chessgames.com being an active user. It's weird when you leave a community and come back to a sort of ghost town. Jan-22-23    technical draw: <Is there anyone with an older member since day than Honza?> I'll be here 20 years in November. Hello, <Honza>. We used to chat in the early days but nowadays I just stick mainly to my forum. (Except when I want to bother <WannaBe>!) Jan-31-23    Bishoprick: I'm in Prague and or in Blatna at least once a year. I am probably much older than you, but it might be fun to get together. In the 70's I reached a USCF rating of 2026, but now I'm only around 1800, but still having fun with chess. My favorite players used to be Tarrasch, E.Lasker, and Rubenstein, and in more modern times, Fischer and Karpov. But I would say that young Carlsen is also fun to watch. Mar-11-23    Honza Cervenka: Just for record one of my games played today. [Event "Blitz game"] [Site "lichess.com"] [Date "2023.03.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Jan Cervenka"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "Tarrasch, Closed, 7.Ne2"] [TimeControl "5+3"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. b5 Na5 15. a4 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nb2 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ Kg8 21. Qxb2 Nf6 22. a5 Qd8 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Qe8 25. Ra7 Qh5 26. Rxb7 Bd8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. b7 Rb8 29. Bxb8 Nd7 30. Bd6 Rh8 31. h3 e5 32. dxe5 Kf7 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. e6+ Kg8 35. exd7 1-0 Jun-22-23    Honza Cervenka: White to play (of course, as he is in check) wins. click for larger view Jun-23-23    Stonehenge: That's a very interesting puzzle. Obviously not Kh3 but the other two options... Stockfish knows the answer but I still don't understand it :( Jun-23-23    Honza Cervenka: <Stonehenge> The problem with 1.Kh1(?) is, that it gives black sufficient defense after 1...Kf8! =. That was the move, which was actually played in a real game, and it led just to a draw. Fuller answer you can find at Hort vs O Kinnmark, 1961. Sep-08-23    Obvious Troll: <Honza Cervenka> Hey, Mr. Winawer, you got reincarnated! Must've done something right in your previous life. Not bad, not bad. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 23) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 23 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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