Honza Cervenka Member since Sep-04-02 · Last seen Apr-19-25 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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Apr-17-25 Bronstein vs Szabo, 1950    Honza Cervenka: The pun apparently refers to Botvinnik's private comment to the game made in his legendary notebook on Bronstein. I can just agree with his conclusion that ... in general, 'Br' played well.      Apr-16-25 G Baumstark vs N Khurtsidze, 1989   Honza Cervenka: 19...Nde5 was a little combination, which had a great tactical hole. 22.Rf3 with a threat Rg3 refutes black's idea. 22...g6 would not have helped black for 23.Rg3 Qf4 24.Rf1 Qxe5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 Qg5 27.Nf6 and black must give up the Queen. Anyway, white could have played ...      Apr-14-25 Uhlmann vs E German, 1962   Honza Cervenka: Black played the game quite well to the move 47...Rf4??, which is hard to explain. There was no need to be afraid of 47...Kb5 48.Nxe4 fxe4 49.Rf5+ Ka6 50.b4 Rxh2 51.Ka4 Rxe2 52.b5+ Ka7 53.b6+ Ka6 54.Rf7 Ra2+ 55.Kb4 Rb2+ 56.Kc5 Rb5+ 57.Kxd4 Kxa5 etc.      Apr-11-25 E Grivas vs N Skalkotas, 1985   Honza Cervenka: Of course, 16...Qa3 was an absurd blunder but black had no good moves anyway. After 16...Qa5 the game could continue with 17. Bd4 d5 18. Bh5 Rg8 19. Qe3 g6 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bh3 g5 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Bxc5 gxh3 24. Bb6 and white wins.      Apr-11-25 Tal vs Smyslov, 1959    Honza Cervenka: Well, after 40...Qd7! this pirate could have been hanged. Btw, 41.Rg6 was winning too. Especially 41.Rg6 Bg7 42.Qf8+ Rxf8 43.Rxf8+ Bxf8 44.Rg8# is a juicy final. 41.Rg6 hxg6 42.Qh6+ Rh7 43.Rf8+ Rxf8 44.Qxf8# is quite cute too.      Apr-10-25 V Buerger vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927    Honza Cervenka: 27.Ne4 was worth of consideration.      Apr-10-25 W Schmidt vs Bobotsov, 1967   Honza Cervenka: Model demolition of the Dragon.      Apr-10-25 W Schmidt vs Velimirovic, 1964   Honza Cervenka: 40.e8=N+ would have been better finish. Instead of 26...Ra2 it was necessary to play 26...h6.      Apr-09-25 Fischer vs J Bednarski, 1966   Honza Cervenka: A cute alternative finish could be 22.Qxb7+ Nc7 23.Nd5 Qb8 24.Ne5+ dxe5 25.Nb6+ Ke8 26.Qc6+ Kf7 27.Rd7+ Be7 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Qd7+ Kf6 31.h4 Ne6 32.Rf1+ Nf4 33.Nd5#      Apr-09-25 J Magem Badals vs Shabalov, 2001   Honza Cervenka: Why 18.Rf1 instead of 18.Bxc6+? And after 19.Bf4(?), why not 19...0-0 pinning the Bishop? There must be something wrong with the gamescore or both players were drunken.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 24 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. Jan-04-24    thegoodanarchist: <belgradegambit: Is there anyone with an older member since day than Honza?> He has bested me by about 11 months. Jan-04-24    thegoodanarchist: <Honza Cervenka: <Benzol> I am still alive, and that is quite satisfactory.> Please, sir, who is your avatar? I want to say Sigmund Freud but that can't possibly be true. Jan-04-24    thegoodanarchist: <belgradegambit: Is there anyone with an older member since day than Honza?> Aha, my friend User: Pawntificator joined before <Honza C>! <pawntificator Member since Aug-12-02> Unfortunately, he hasn't been around these parts in more than 9 years: <...Last seen Jul-21-14> Jan-04-24    thegoodanarchist: Check out this: Sneaky chessforum Jan-10-24    Honza Cervenka: <Please, sir, who is your avatar?> Simon Winawer Jan-13-24    thegoodanarchist: You play the French defense, then? Jan-16-24    Honza Cervenka: <You play the French defense, then?> I am quite universal in the choice of opening, and occasionally I tried almost anything including French defense, Sicilian, Pirc, Caro-Kann, Alekhine's defense or Scandinavian. But (like Mr. Winawer) most often I play 1...e5 after 1.e4, especially in otb serious games just to avoid opening surprises from my oponents, as I am more familiar with opening theory of open games. Mar-25-24    Honza Cervenka: A pretty miniature, which I won today on lichess [Event "Lichess rapid game"] [Site "lichess.com"] [Date "2024.03.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Cervenka Jan"] [Black "seber"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2220"] [ECO "C45"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Rd8 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 Nxe3 12. Qxd8+ Qxd8 13. Nxd8 Nxf1 14. Nxb7 Bxb7 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. b4 1-0 Jun-13-24    Raginmund: Hello Mr. Cervenka... Do you play at chess. com and lichess? What's your handle? I like your comments so much, I think you are a super GM cheers Jun-18-24    Honza Cervenka: <Raginmund> Occasionally I play at lichess under nick Honza73. But I play there only on my smartphone, usually blitz 3+2 or 5+3, and my current rating there 2065 is nothing special. Aug-31-24    Honza Cervenka: Mate in 2 (original by Josef Volf of Židenice): click for larger view Mate in 3 (original by H. Procházka of Komárov): click for larger view Source: Lidové noviny, Sunday, 12. 3. 1905. Dec-02-24    Freelance Assassin: <Honza Cervenka> Hello. After reading your bio, I wanted to ask: Why do you like to view the games of old masters in particular? Dec-16-24    Honza Cervenka: <Freelance Assassin> I was always fond of chess history, and I grew up with Tarrasch's 300 games of chess and some other old books. Dec-17-24    Freelance Assassin: <Honza Cervenka> It is amazing how some of those players played despite having relatively sparse chess books (compared to today), no engines, no internet chess sites, and, for the very top players, having to travel to different countries just to practice against other players near their level. I believe that is one of the more enjoyable aspects of viewing the games of old masters. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 24) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 24 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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