DAVID NAVARA (born Mar-27-1985, 40 years old) Czech Republic [what is this?] IM (1999); GM (2002); Czech Champion (2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022). Born in Prague, Grandmaster David Navara has been playing chess since he was six and became a grandmaster in 2002, six days before his seventeenth birthday. Numerous coaches have helped shape his talents, including Josef Pribyl, Ludek Pachman, and Vlastimil Jansa. Championships <Youth> He won the championships of the Czech Republic in his age category in 1993-95. <National> 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. Won the Czech Championship in 2010. In May 2012, he won the Czech Championship for the fourth time. He won the Czech Championship for the fifth time in May 2013 with a round to spare, possibly two as the tiebreakers were in his favour, his final score being an extremely dominant 8/9, 2.5 points clear of the runner up. In May 2015, he won the Czech Championship for the sixth time, on this occasion with a round to spare. <Continental> He scored a relatively meagre 7/11 in the European Championship (2012). He scored 7/10 in the European Championship (2013) (failing to qualify for the 2013 World Cup). He placed second in the European Championship (2015) (EICC), half a point behind Evgeny Najer. This would have qualified him for the World Cup 2015 had he not already qualified for that event in last year's EICC. He placed equal second at the European Championship (2014), scoring 8/11 and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. <World> 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. 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. He was a President's nominee to the World Cup (2013), where he defeated Sandro Mareco in the first round, but lost to Norwegian GM Jon Ludvig Hammer in the second round, and so was eliminated from the event. At the World Cup (2015), he played and defeated the Israeli champion Tamir Nabaty in the first round to progress through to the second round where he lost to Azeri GM Gadir Guseinov to be eliminated from the event. Tournaments In early 2011, he came in =3rd in the category 18 Reggio Emilia (2010/11). In March 2012, he placed equal second (third on tiebreak) at the Reykjavik Open (2012). Navara started 2013 with =5th, his 7.5/10 being a half point behind the co-leaders at Gibraltar Masters (2013), and followed up with a somewhat mediocre 7/10 at the Reykjavik Open (2013). He scored outright first with 8/9 at the Ostravsky konik 2014 - FIDE Open A In Czechia, a point and a half clear of the field. Navara started 2015 with a strong showing at the Tata Steel Challengers (2015) event, scoring 10/13 and placing outright second, half a point behind the winner Wei Yi. He placed =3rd alongside Michael Adams at the category 19 Biel (2015) tournament, behind Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Radoslaw Wojtaszek respectively. Team Events <Olympiad> He hit his stride during the Istanbul 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. <National Representative> His first great achievement was at the 2001 European Team Championship in Leon, where he scored 7 out of 9 points (performance rating: 2775). <National and Continental Leagues> 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 2012, he played in the French Top 12 League, in the Greek League and in the Polish Extraliga. Although he scored 8.5/11 in the 2012/13 season in the Czech Extraliga, it was insufficient to help his team AD Mahrla Praha above 11th (out of 12) place. In October 2013, he played top board for G-Team Novy Bor, scoring 4.5/7 and helping his team to win the European Club Cup (2013). Navara played top board for SV Mülheim Nord in the 2013-14 Bundesliga, his team placing second out of a field of 16. He is playing second board for this team in the 2014-15 Bundesliga. He also played in the last 4 rounds (19-22) for Jiangsu in the Chinese League 2014, helping his team to win gold. Matches He lost 3-1 in the Cez Trophy: Navara - Svidler (2012). In June 2013, he drew the match Navara vs Y Hou, 2013, drawing all four classical games; however, after drawing the blitz tiebreakers 1-1 he lost the Armageddon blitz tiebreaker. He lost the Cez Trophy Navara - Nakamura Match (2014) by 3.5-0.5. In June 2015, he lost the So - Navara Match (2015) by 1-3 (-2 =2). Rapid and Blitz He finished 2014 with =1st with 11/13 at the Czech Blitz Championship, a strong 8.5/13 at the European Rapid Championship and a spectacular first place with 19/22 (2 clear of the field) at the European Blitz Championship. Rating and Ranking Navara's peak rating to date 2751 in May 2015 (when he was ranked world #14), while his peak ranking was world #13 in October 2006 when he was rated 2725. Sources and References Wikipedia article: David Navara; live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/ Last updated: 2022-11-09 15:16:40

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page 1 of 103; games 1-25 of 2,574  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Hajek vs Navara   0-1 45 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 A17 English 2. J Jirka vs Navara   0-1 41 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 B72 Sicilian, Dragon 3. Navara vs R Kaderka 1-0 46 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C47 Four Knights 4. Navara vs J Soukup   1-0 39 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C48 Four Knights 5. Navara vs T Vanek   ½-½ 30 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C47 Four Knights 6. Navara vs M Voracek   1-0 38 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C47 Four Knights 7. P Stehno vs Navara 1-0 17 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C30 King's Gambit Declined 8. E Ardic vs Navara   0-1 21 1994 Wch U10 C02 French, Advance 9. Navara vs N Danilov 1-0 38 1994 Wch U10 C47 Four Knights 10. Navara vs A Fama   ½-½ 66 1994 Wch U10 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. J Chen vs Navara   1-0 58 1994 Wch U10 C10 French 12. Navara vs B Kukovec   ½-½ 41 1994 Wch U10 B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 13. V Bhat vs Navara   1-0 34 1994 Wch U10 C02 French, Advance 14. Navara vs J Werle 1-0 25 1994 Wch U10 B89 Sicilian 15. S Karthick vs Navara   1-0 27 1994 Wch U10 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 16. Navara vs D Rybansky 1-0 32 1994 Wch U10 C05 French, Tarrasch 17. M Vondracek vs Navara   1-0 49 1995 CZE-chT2a 9596 A02 Bird's Opening 18. Navara vs S Mahtesian 1-0 26 1995 EU-ch U10 B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 19. Navara vs C Jeitz   1-0 24 1995 EU-ch U10 C41 Philidor Defense 20. M Szablewski vs Navara   0-1 42 1995 EU-ch U10 B50 Sicilian 21. G Antal vs Navara   1-0 23 1995 EU-ch U10 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 22. Navara vs G Livshits   1-0 44 1995 EU-ch U10 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 23. A Riazantsev vs Navara   1-0 47 1995 EU-ch U10 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Navara vs I Cheparinov   0-1 29 1995 EU-ch U10 C71 Ruy Lopez 25. N Shikov vs Navara   0-1 40 1995 EU-ch U10 A03 Bird's Opening  page 1 of 103; games 1-25 of 2,574

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-10-06    fxenderby: <cg.com> I guess it's past the time to update this page, with a photograph and a proper biography, to match the high standard you've made us all expect! Jul-10-06    fgh: <fxenderby>: Exactly! Jul-11-06    MeatGrinder: Topalov should get Navara as a second. Navara, Jobava and Cheparinov would make a good team. Jul-20-06    Mameluk: After perfect 7/7 in Fischerrandom, Navara scored ugly 6,5/9 in rapid tournament in Pardubice. His way of playing rapid was always strange, and this time more than ever, so I wouldn´t rule him out before A tournament, starting tomorrow. And after all, Wojtaszek scored only 5/9! www.czechopen.net Jul-20-06    TheGladiator: <MeatGrinder> Navara has better things to do than being Topalov's second, I'd presume. Like catching up with Topalov, for instance. Jul-21-06    Mameluk: http://www.czechopen.net/live-games... Here you can watch live top 6 games from Pardubice every day, in case you are one of those few chessplayers, who are not playing there at the moment. Jul-21-06    s4life: <TheGladiator: <MeatGrinder> Navara has better things to do than being Topalov's second, I'd presume. Like catching up with Topalov, for instance.> If indeed he wants to catch up with him, with his natural talent, becoming Topalov's second could be the best thing that happened him (ala Kramnik and Kasparov) Jul-21-06    L13: I suspect that Navara, being autistic, has special methods of learning that work only for him and likes being on his own. I don't think that such people make good seconds. Moreover, he's studying at university, so he hardly needs any new occupations. Anyway, I wish him the best in his career. Go Navara! Jul-21-06    Honza Cervenka: There were no surprise in Pardubice on boards seen on-line today. Navara won quite easily his game but of course his opponent was much weaker according to rating. Jul-22-06    Honza Cervenka: David just drew with black against Darko Doric in Pardubice. Jul-22-06    Honza Cervenka: Doric played very cautiously with the only objective - to get draw and he got it. Jul-22-06    s4life: So this guy, is pulling the "Aronian move" this year uh? 2730 ELO and counting.... he's only 2 years older than Radjabov too. WC material for sure.... Jul-22-06    Mameluk: Tomorrow David plays young supertalent ´Safari´ from Azerbaidzhan. This tournament is not easy for him at all. Jul-22-06    psmith: <Swede> You suggest as common characteristics of all games: (a) they can be played (b) they have a set of rules (c) they have entertainment value. On (a) this doesn't help at all because "play" and "game" obviously go together -- how do you distinguish between "playing" and other activities without knowing already what a game is? On (b), Wittgenstein (in the discussion mentioned above, in his Philosophical Investigations) mentions cases where we change the rules as we go, or make up the rules as we go. There needn't be a definite set of rules we're playing by all the time. Here's another sort of example. Take the game of "catch". What exactly are the rules to this game? (It's true that you aren't playing catch if you don't throw the ball to someone and try to catch it when it comes to you -- but if you accidentally throw it where no one is, or fail to catch it, you haven't broken a rule of the game -- if you try to spell out definite rules you'll end up with something completely vacuous I think). (Another example, from Wittgenstein again: ring-a-ring-a roses -- ring around the rosies for use Americans. What exactly are the "rules" to this game? Can the rules be broken -- can you cheat at this game?) As to (c) Wittgenstein mentions tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses) as a game which lacks entertainment value. Jul-23-06    Swede: <psmith> First of all, (a) wasn't meant very seriously (you may have noticed the word "obviously" within parentheses), so you are right of course. Second, (b) is still true even if the rules change during the course of the game. There are still rules, aren't there? As for playing catch, of course there are rules! You have to stand in a circle (or whatever) and try to catch the ball when it comes to you and then throw it to someone else. If you just put the ball in your pocket and walk away with it you have in a sense broken the rules of the game. I'm not too familiar with "ring-a-ring-a roses", but it seems to be some sort of song or rhyme rather than a game. Maybe you think of children holding hands in a circle and skipping around as a form of game. Well, that's maybe because there are rules: You simply hold hands in a ring and skip around. It's true that there isn't exactly any way to cheat, but the rules can be broken if you for example skip in the wrong direction. About (c), I never wrote that ALL games are entertaining, but the vast majority of them have been created to offer some sort of entertainment. This is highly subjective anyway, maybe Wittgenstein thought that tic-tac-toe lacks entertainment value, but I find it hilarious. ;) Jul-24-06    Honza Cervenka: David has beaten Safari yesterday and just now is facing N. Maiorov. The game goes on-line with five other games of Czech Open at http://www.czechopen.net/live-games... Jul-24-06    tamar: Navara got a bit lucky today. In this position GM Maiorov played 38 Re2? Ne5+ 39 Kf2 Nd3+ 40 Ke3 Rxe2 41 Kxe2 Nc1+ 42 Kd1 Nxa2 and Black went on to win. click for larger view Instead 38 Bc4 would have put David in dire straits Jul-24-06    Gypsy: <tamar: Navara got a bit lucky today. ...> This seems to be Navara's trademark: he is everithing but solid, yet his power of imagination takes him through most of the time. It clearly must be incredibly hard keeping up with his tactical ideas for the 40-60 moves of a game. I understand that it was hard to keep up with Smyslov like that. Except Smyslov's art was briliantly positional. Instead, Navara is a tactical wizzard of the magnitude of Rudolf Charousek or Alexander MacDonnell. Jul-24-06    notyetagm: <Gypsy> Charousek! Now -that- was a great tactician. He even wiped out Dr. Lasker in a King's Gambit! Jul-24-06    notyetagm: <Honza Cervenka: David has beaten Safari yesterday and just now is facing N. Maiorov.> Could you post PGN for the Safarli game? And what is Navara's unofficial FIDE ELO rating up to now? Thanks. Jul-24-06    Gypsy: <Charousek! Now -that- was a great tactician.> Absolutely. <He even wiped out Dr. Lasker in a King's Gambit!> Bishop's gambit, no less. Now, there is a good number of fine tacticians who spin long, overpowering, even accurate attacks and combinations. Yet, most of their tactics have kind of 'ordinary feel' to them. Players like Charousek, on the other hand, consistently produced tactics that had different and original feel; and still somehow worked! (And Navara also seems to produce a good number of 'different feel' tactics.) Jul-24-06    notyetagm: <Gypsy: ... Players like Charousek, on the other hand, consistently produced tactics that had different and original feel; and still somehow worked! (And Navara also seems to produce a good number of 'different feel' tactics.)> Yes, Charousek was a tactical god. Jul-25-06    Honza Cervenka: <Could you post PGN for the Safarli game?> PGN file with games of the third round on official site is incomplete and Navara's game is one of still missing games. I will post it and submit it when I find it out somewhere. Jul-25-06    Honza Cervenka: Today Navara will play with Alexa Evdokimov who has still perfect 4/4 in Pardubice. The game started at 3 p.m. CET. Other pairings can be seen at http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/Tnr3... Six games will be on-line. (Probably six top boards.) Btw, <chessgames.com> Evdokimov's first name is Alexander, not Alexa. Jul-25-06    Honza Cervenka: David just won the game with Evdokimov and has 4,5/5. The leader of the tournament is Grzegorz Gajewski with perfect score 5/5. Also Tomashevsky won his game and has 4,5/5. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 24) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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