Honza Cervenka Member since Sep-04-02 · Last seen Jan-10-26 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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Jan-09-26 J Cervenka vs P Kopta, 2026   Honza Cervenka: If 57...Ke4, then 58.Ke1! f3 59.Bg3 f2+ 60.Bxf2 exf2+ 61.Kxf2 +-      Jan-07-26 Short vs Kramnik, 1996   Honza Cervenka: It looks like white forgot to insert 45.Bxg7+ with idea 45...Kh7 46.Qf4 +-. Or did he miss that after 46.Qh6+ black has 46...Qh7? Anyway, instead of 42...Bh6(?) black should have played 42...Qf5 43.Rh2 Bf4 with decisive attack. 41...Bxe3 was also inaccurate for eventual ...      Jan-06-26 Kramnik vs Short, 1995    Honza Cervenka: Ugly 20...Bc8 was the only chance to avoid quick disaster, though white's advantage would be still great and probably decisive anyway.      Jan-06-26 Capablanca vs Lasker, 1924   Honza Cervenka: <which begs the question if Honza was here on the 30th June why did he not wish me a happy birthday?> Mea culpa!      Jan-06-26 Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky, 1952   Honza Cervenka: Instead of 14...Nd4 it was correct to play 14...gxf5. Also 15...gxf5 would have been a lesser evil. 16...Bxh6 was another mistake but the position of black was then bad anyway.      Jan-06-26 T Luther vs O Touzane, 1990   Honza Cervenka: This is quite strange coincidence. But first 10 moves are just a standard opening line, and most of moves after black's three consecutive mistakes (14...Nd4, 15...Bxe4 and 16...Bxh6) are more or less forced or at least fairly obvious.      Jan-05-26 A Pomar vs Hort, 1965   Honza Cervenka: Instead of 15.Nf6+ white should have played 15.Qxf7+ Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Nxh3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Bxd4 20.Rb1 with roughly equal game.      Jan-02-26 N Theodorou vs L Dominguez Perez, 2025    Honza Cervenka: 37.Rb7! was a lovely shot. But black's position was already precarious anyway. For example, 36...f6 37.Qg3 Rc6 38.h6 Qe7 39.Nxe6 +-, or 36...Nf5 37.Bxf5 exf5 38.h6 f6 39.Qg3 Rb8 40.Nd7!! +-      Jan-02-26 A Elo vs Fischer, 1957   Honza Cervenka: 42.c4 was absolutely incomprehensible move giving black practical chance to play for win. 46.Kg3 was decisive mistake but it was just a logical consequence of the bad decision made four moves earlier.      Jan-02-26 Goutham Krishna H vs A Tabatabaei, 2025    Honza Cervenka: 30...Bxc4 was necessary. Black was badly spanked for his too passive approach to this game.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 22 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-24-20    thegoodanarchist: <OhioChessFan: I've heard passed Pawns must be pushed...> I have been told Yasser Seirawan said <Push 'em, baby!> Sep-08-20    Ron: Here's a game with a Missed Chance: C G M Watson vs D Marotti, 1922 Jan-24-21    jessicafischerqueen: Good afternoon. I wanted to let you know that your latest uploads went through ok on 69/70, but this one here was rejected because it is already in our database: J Lendl vs F Zita, 1964 Jan-28-21    Honza Cervenka: <jessicafischerqueen> That's okay. I am trying to sort and upload just those games which are missing in database but sometimes I can overlook the fact that the game is already there. Jan-30-21    Stonehenge: <Honza> Is this maybe the same player? Gyorgy Meszaros Gyula Meszaros Jan-30-21    Honza Cervenka: Yes, it is Gyorgy Meszaros. 365Chess.com attributes this game to Gyula Meszaros but it is apparently a mistake, as IM Gyula Meszaros was born in 1967. Jan-30-21    Stonehenge: Thanks, I've merged the player files. Feb-03-21    Stonehenge: Alexandre Van Hoorde vs J Fichtl, 1954 http://www.belgianchesshistory.be/t... has Ghent (Gent) and Edouard van Hoorde. Feb-03-21    Honza Cervenka: <Stonehenge> Edouard is correct name. Once again my source attributed by mistake games of a historical player to a current one with the same surname. I have no exact information in which city that friendly match of Belgium and Czechoslovakia took place but I guess that a Belgian source focused on history of Belgian chess should know it better. So it is Ghent. But it applies to the other games from the match as well. Feb-03-21    Stonehenge: Thanks, it's fixed: BEL-CSR (1954). Sep-09-21    juan31: Thanks <Mr. Cervenka >, Gracias Dec-27-21    sachistu: Hello <Honza Cervenka>. Can you tell me what the somewhat cryptic letters 'ar' mean at the end of game notes in Ceskoslovensky Sach? I saw the same two characters ('ar') used at the end of some of the notes in the Trencanske Teplice 1949 tournament book. I did not recognize those letters compared to ones used for Pachman, Louma, Richter, and others. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Jan-06-22    MissScarlett: Your pun entry, <One-Cent Magenta>, does it have any special relevance to the game? Jan-17-22    Honza Cervenka: <MissScarlett: Your pun entry, <One-Cent Magenta>, does it have any special relevance to the game?> Yes, there is a connection with the surname of the player with black pieces, as "One-Cent Magenta" or "British Guiana 1c magenta", which is probably the most famous rare postage stamp among philatelists, was autographed by a post office clerk named Edmond D. Wight. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smit... Jan-17-22    Honza Cervenka: <sachistu> It is quite difficult question, as now I have not access to old volumes of Ceskoslovensky Sach but I guess that "ar" can be Jaroslav Sajtar or Ladislav Alster. I will try to investigate this matter. Jan-17-22    Stonehenge: I believe I have seen "ar" after incomplete game scores, but I'm not sure. Don't take my word for it. Jan-24-22    sachistu: I appreciate your time <Honza Cervenka>. I have quite a number of older years of Ceskoslovensky Sach. Usually, when Alster is the annotator, you will see L.A., or if it is Louma, it will be J.L. or Pachman (L.P) etc. However, quite often I see the lower-case 'ar'. I always assumed this was a group editorial collaboration, but I have never seen any confirmation. Again, anything you discover is welcome and appreciated. Jan-24-22    Stonehenge: Maybe it's an abbreviation of arbitrážní? Just speculating :) Jan-24-22    sachistu: <Stonehenge> Are you suggesting this meant adjudication? If so, I doubt it very much (1) it occurs far too often and (2) it appears with a space between the last move of the game score and the string 'ar'. My experience has been that a note of adjudication appears immediately after the last move, or depending upon the page layout, immediately on the next line after the last move of the score. It's a thought, though. I thought it best to ask someone like <Honza> who was familiar with the language. That's the problem with these 2 and 3-letter abbreviations; you are left with speculation (unless it's quite obvious what was intended). Regardless, thanks for your input as well. 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. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 24) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 22 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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