Honza Cervenka Member since Sep-04-02 · Last seen Aug-27-25 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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Aug-27-25 Xiong vs C Aravindh, 2016   Honza Cervenka: <Saniyat24: 29.b3 is an insanely courageous move...!> Well, it's rather forced, though 29.Rxb1 was playable move too. But it is not so difficult to see that 29...Qxb3 is not an option for 30.f7+ Kxg7 31.fxe8=N+ Rxe8 32.Qxd7+ etc.      Aug-15-25 Polugaevsky vs Gligoric, 1962   Honza Cervenka: 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Bc3 39. h4 Bf6 40. g5 Qg6 41. h5 Qxh5 42. Qe4+ Kh8 43. gxf6 would have given white decisive advantage. 56.Qd4 was a losing mistake.      Aug-13-25 J Adamski vs C Jedrzejek, 1969    Honza Cervenka: 19.Bxe6+ was a howler. I have no idea what Adamski wanted to play after 19...Qxe6, as 20.Qxa8 Bc6 21.Qxa7 Qd5 forces white to give up an exchange 22.Rxc6 Nxc6 leaving white without a piece. Well, nominally he has three Pawns but they are weak and by no means they can ...      Aug-13-25 Kotov vs Kavalek, 1968   Honza Cervenka: I would like to know, what Kotov was planning to play after 65...gxh4. 66.Ke3 h3 67.Kxf4 h2 apparently loses. 65.Kg3 looks safe. On the other side 63...Bxe4 was a mistake. 63...Kb4 or 63...Nxh3 should be winning.      Aug-11-25 Kasparov vs Sax, 1982   Honza Cervenka: 15...f6 is bad for 16.Nxg6 fxg5 17.Qxh5 g4 18.Qxg4 etc.      Aug-11-25 J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986    Honza Cervenka: Castling QS was a quite bad idea.      Aug-07-25 Klovans vs Boleslavsky, 1964   Honza Cervenka: 18.Nde2 would have been better. Klovans apparently did not expect 18...Nh3+! 27.Qe7 loses instantly but black was already clearly better anyway.      Aug-07-25 Kostic vs A Matanovic, 1947   Honza Cervenka: To trade DSB for a Knight in the King's Indian Defense is rarely a good idea for white, and this game can serve as a fine illustration of this old wisdom. 17.b3 was a mistake, which could lose quickly after 17...Bxf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qf6 20.Ng5 e4 -+. Matanovic missed this      Jul-29-25 Carlsen vs Wei Yi, 2025   Honza Cervenka: 24.e4 gives nothing after 24...Qd8.      Jul-29-25 E Yuliana vs S Tsolakidou, 2025   Honza Cervenka: Despite of overwhelming difference in ratings white put up quite tough resistance here. She lost the thread only after 40 moves. 41.Nb6 seems to be the most promising continuation.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-13-07    Zebra: What about <me thinks>? Jan-01-08    Ron: This might be a "missed chance" game: Adams vs Topalov, 2007 This game ended in a draw but comment there seem to show that Adams missed a chance to win material. Jan-21-08    Honza Cervenka: <Ron> Thanks.:-) Feb-12-08    suenteus po 147: <Honza> Not sure if you're interested or not, but here's a tournament played in Czechoslovakia way back in 1923: Game Collection: Karlsbad 1923 Incidently, is the proper spelling of Karlsbad with a "K" or a "C"? Feb-17-08    brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday! Feb-17-08    square dance: happy birthday, honza! its nice to have you and your analysis around. Mar-04-08    Knight13: <Honza> I'm going over the World Championship games and I see your post a lot! Seems like you viewed them all, huh. Just wondering: Which World Championship is your most favorite? Mar-06-08    Honza Cervenka: <Knight13> I have no special preference in WCh matches though some like Alekhine vs Capablanca, Botvinnik vs Smyslov matches or Fischer vs Spassky and of course K vs K I have studied quite a lot as I have books about them. But I see all them as top events. The match of Alekhine and Bogoljubov from 1929 I see as one of most undervalued and most entertaining matches in WCh history. Mar-14-08    Knight13: <Honza Cervenka: The match of Alekhine and Bogoljubov from 1929 I see as one of most undervalued and most entertaining matches in WCh history.> Yeah, those definitely are! Bogoljubov got crushed. Alekhine was <at least> slightly better in almost every game, even the drawn ones. And you kibitzed on every single one of those games. :-) Mar-29-08    Honza Cervenka: <suenteus po 147> Karlsbad is German version of the name of city Karlovy Vary. I think that "K" is more usual and correct here but I have seen "Carlsbad" as well. Apr-17-08    positionalgenius: <Honza> Do you play on schemingmind? May-05-08    Ron: Here are two games that might be good for the Missed Chance collection. This game Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951 occurred in their World Championship Match and it seems as pointed out by <Ray Keene> and <KingG>, Bronstein missed the spectacular 22. Bg5 !! Another game, in the 2007 World Chess Cup, Bacrot vs Karjakin, 2007 I had suggested for Bacrot 26. Re1 which probably can lead to a win but then <computer chess guy> pointed out an even stronger move 26. Rb1. Though if I recall correctly this game was one of the faster time control tie breaker games. May-06-08    Honza Cervenka: <Ron> Thanks! 22.Bg5 in B vs B game is really nice find but unfortunately it doesn't force win for white in all lines and black can decline the sac without any harm. I think that with perfect defense the result of game would not be different and so it is not the exact kind of material for my collection of Missed Chances. In the second case both 26.Rb1! and 26.Re1! would have been decisive in white's favour. Sep-06-08    Artar1: <We need your vote in our Battle of the Brains2 game. Can you vote right now? The team needs you. Thanks!> Sep-12-08    artyom2008: hi honza Nov-01-08    gambitfan: Hi Honza ! You raised an interesting question in the game : S Garcia-Martinez vs Karpov, 1973 <Why not 46... ♗xe5 ?> I tried to give an answer which was competled by another player... Have a look ! Jan-15-09    Bakounine: Hello Honza, I browsed with great interest the game collection of Dr M.Filip "We are all learning from them" you put on ChessGames.com. No doubt this is certainly a superb book. Do you know if it has been translated into english ? Or at least can one found it in czech language ? Like you I like the old master's games and also those of the period 1950-1975 because I think them more educational than certain games of to day played by top players often based on microscopic advantage after an endless opening razor-sharp variation. But it's just a matter of taste... Thank you Jan-20-09    Bakounine: Bakounine: Hello Honza, I browsed with great interest the game collection of Dr M.Filip "We are all learning from them" you put on ChessGames.com. No doubt this is certainly a superb book. Do you know if it has been translated into english ? Or at least can one found it in czech language ? Like you I like the old master's games and also those of the period 1950-1975 because I think them more educational than certain games of to day played by top players often based on microscopic advantage after an endless opening razor-sharp variation. But it's just a matter of taste... Thank you Jan-28-09    Honza Cervenka: <Bakounine> I don't know if the book was ever translated into English or any other language but in Czech or Slovak antiquarian bookshops which are focused on chess literature it is available. Try to type "Celý svìt se od nich uèí" into Google and it will show you some links to it. Bellow is one of them: http://chesslady.com/index.php?page... Jan-29-09    Bakounine: Thank you for the answer and for the link. Feb-10-09    jameses: ahoj Honzo, tvoje postrehy patri k temer jedinym ktery stoji za cteni. Kdybys mel volnou chvilku mohl bys mi poradit v cem udelal bily v teto hre chybu/y? http://oliveart.cz/[x]/chess.php (13. hra) Diky za kazdou radu. Mej se. Feb-11-09    Honza Cervenka: <jameses> To bylo docela divoký. V zahájení se mi moc nelíbila ta výmìna na e7, já bych spíš vzal toho støelce na b4 a hrál to na dvojici støelcù, ale to zase taková chyba urèitì nebyla. Dost podezøele ale vypadá 12.d4, zvl᚝ pokud by tam èerný nezaèal takticky "kouzlit" a zahrál docela suše 13...Sg6. Bílý tady sice drží materiální rovnováhu, ale pozice je už docela nic moc. 13...dxc3 je sice celkem vtipné, ale po pravdì øeèeno moc velkou pochvalu to nezaslouží, zvláštì pøi pokraèování, které èerný zvolil v partii. Docela zajímavou možností bylo totiž 14...Sf6!? 15.De2 Dxh5 se slušnou kompenzací za figuru, i když objektivnì je to poøád spíš èerný, kdo bojuje o rovnováhu. Naproti tomu 14...c2 je slabé a po 15.Dd5! (místo 15.Dxc2) by byla partie skoro vyøízená. 16.Kg2 byla minela, místo toho 16.De4 Dxh3 17.Sf4 nebo i 16. Ve3 dávalo bílému poøád ještì solidní výhodu. Po elegantní dvojí vidlièce mìl bílý už asi prohrát, jenže èerný si nechal chytit a odebrat zatoulaného konì, èímž bílého vrátil do partie. K rozboru koncovky dvou støelcù proti vìži jsem se ještì nedostal, ale hádal bych, že z ní více vytìžit mohl bílý. Feb-12-09    jameses: <Honza Cervenka> s Kg2 to byla opravdu s odstupem nepochopitelna chyba (ne jedina) a mas pravdu ze i ta vymena na zacatku byla podivna. diky moc za tvuj cas, a kdybys mel nekdy chvili cas napis na jameses.x@gmail.com a zahrajem si online Feb-16-09    brankat: Wishing You a very happy Birthday Jan! Mar-06-09    whatthefat: <Honza> You input in the Fischerandom game would be appreciated. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 24) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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