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 2,554  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Stehno vs Navara 1-0 17 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C30 King's Gambit Declined 2. Navara vs M Voracek   1-0 38 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C47 Four Knights 3. Navara vs T Vanek   ½-½ 30 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 R Kaderka 1-0 46 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 C47 Four Knights 6. J Jirka vs Navara   0-1 41 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 B72 Sicilian, Dragon 7. L Hajek vs Navara   0-1 45 1993 CZE Czechia-ch U12 A17 English 8. Navara vs B Kukovec   ½-½ 41 1994 Wch U10 B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. V Bhat vs Navara   1-0 34 1994 Wch U10 C02 French, Advance 10. Navara vs J Werle 1-0 25 1994 Wch U10 B89 Sicilian 11. S Karthick vs Navara   1-0 27 1994 Wch U10 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 12. Navara vs D Rybansky 1-0 32 1994 Wch U10 C05 French, Tarrasch 13. J Chen vs Navara   1-0 58 1994 Wch U10 C10 French 14. E Ardic vs Navara   0-1 21 1994 Wch U10 C02 French, Advance 15. Navara vs N Danilov 1-0 38 1994 Wch U10 C47 Four Knights 16. Navara vs A Fama   ½-½ 66 1994 Wch U10 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Navara vs S Mahtesian 1-0 26 1995 EU-ch U10 B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 18. M Vondracek vs Navara   1-0 49 1995 CZE-chT2a 9596 A02 Bird's Opening 19. Navara vs C Jeitz   1-0 24 1995 EU-ch U10 C41 Philidor Defense 20. N Shikov vs Navara   0-1 40 1995 EU-ch U10 A03 Bird's Opening 21. Navara vs I Cheparinov   0-1 29 1995 EU-ch U10 C71 Ruy Lopez 22. A Riazantsev vs Navara   1-0 47 1995 EU-ch U10 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. Navara vs G Livshits   1-0 44 1995 EU-ch U10 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 24. G Antal vs Navara   1-0 23 1995 EU-ch U10 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. M Szablewski vs Navara   0-1 42 1995 EU-ch U10 B50 Sicilian  page 1 of 103; games 1-25 of 2,554

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 22 OF 24 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-03-14    waustad: He is leading a tournament that I think is the Czech championship by 1.5 points going into the final round. He's at 7.6/8 so far. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr132... May-03-14    waustad: Oops. Obviously I meant 7.5 not 7.6. Aug-10-14    Mr. V: Beat Grischuk in the Olympiad: Navara vs Grischuk, 2014 Jan-25-15    Penguincw: Great tournament by Navara at David Navara. After participating in Group A in 2013, not participating at all in 2014, and getting "relegated" this year, he's making it clear he wants to return to the Masters group, with his undefeated +7 performance. Unfortunately, he finished in 2nd to Wei Yi, but definitely gave him a run for his money. Feb-12-15    floydAkash: <Penguincw> I think Navara should still be invited to participate in the "A" group. Wei Yi and Navara earned it. Feb-12-15    Penguincw: I agree. Normally the 1st place winner is guaranteed to be invited, but the 2nd place finisher is invited anyway. It happened this year with Saric and Jobava. Feb-24-15    Troller: Along with Nikita Vitiugov David is top seed in the European Open Championships that begin today in Israel. As always, World Cup tickets draw a large host of strong players just below the elite; this year, Eljanov, Nepomniachtchi, Vallejo Pons, Bacrot all start with an elo +2700. Another 25 players have 2650+, among them Inarkiev and Howell. I believe 1st round pairings were supposed to have happened yesterday, but at the time of writing chess-results still do not have them: http://chess-results.com/tnr157274.... Games start at 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) and can be followed live at the official site (http://www.eicc2015.com/) or chessbomb. Feb-24-15    Troller: Pairings are up. Rui Damaso is the unlucky player at 2451 who is highest seed to fall into lower seed bracket and faces Navara on top board in rd 1. In general, this round looks like slaughter of course; smallest rating gaps can be found on top boards, around board 40 the gap has grown to ~400 pts, and this just increases further down. Mar-12-15    Whitehat1963: Climbing quickly in the ratings, but if he starts getting invites to the highest-level tournaments, I think we'll see an immediate and precipitous drop in his Elo. Navara simply has no business playing at those levels. He's definitely a second-tier super-GM, which is a strange statement to make, but it's true nevertheless. And it speaks volumes about just how crowded it is among the 2700-plus level players these days. How long before we have 50 or 60 players rated above 2700? Not very long. May-22-15    TheFocus: <In particular there’s one very important quality which isn’t always mentioned, but which lies on the surface: intelligence, in the broadest meaning of the word. People in chess are educated but, nevertheless, I think even among elite chess players there are few true intellectuals. That’s because they devote a great deal of time to chess and favor chess ahead of other forms of activity. - David Navara. May-23-15    cro777: Navara has just won his 7th Czech Championship. The event took place from 15-23rd May in Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic. http://chess-results.com/tnr161123.... Navara - So match (4 classical games), the main event of the ÈEZ CHESS TROPHY 2015 chess festival, takes place between 13 and 16 June in Prague. 1st game of the match starts on Saturday, June 13th at 16:00 local time. The festival will also include the launch of David Navara’s book “Mùj šachový svìt” (My Chess World). May-24-15    Penguincw: Yeah, congrats to Navara for winning his 7th Czech Championship. It wasn't really hard, as he was undefeated +5 (7/9) against 2523 opposition. He did lose 0.3 rating points, but that's equivalent to nothing. Jun-10-15    cro777: The traditional ÈEZ Chess Trophy 2015 Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, is approaching. In this year's edition the main guest of the festival is Wesley So. The event will begin with a Wesley So simul on Friday (June 12th). The highlight of the festival is a 4 games match between David Navara and Wesley So. The first game starts on Saturday (June 13th) at 16:00 local time. One our prior to the start of the first game David Navara will launch his book “Mùj šachový svìt” (“My chess world”). This book, published by the Prague Chess Society, features Navara's 51 most interesting games with commentary, his autobiography, observations and experiences from chess tournaments, matches and leagues, and also the grandmaster’s own poems. In the last year's edition Nakamura defeated Navara 3.5-0.5. http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/45... ÈEZ (Èeské Energetické Závody) Group is a conglomerate of 96 companies, 72 of them in the Czech Republic. It is involved in the electricity generation, trade, distribution and heat, as well as coal mining. Jun-10-15    cro777: At the ÈEZ Chess Trophy 2008, Navara met Kramnik in a 8 rapid games match. A documentary school film about Navara you can find here https://vimeo.com/4146577 Jan-20-16    epistle: You cannot afford to lose David. Remember what awaits you if you lose: THE KISS. Jan-24-16    tamar: The Pride and Sorrow of Czechs! Jan-24-16    ndg2: Seeing this docu on Vimeo I think David is something like the Ludwig Wittgenstein of chess. Jan-24-16    ndg2: David's diploma thesis in logic (2010) as download: https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/down... Jan-24-16    epistle: He could be a character in a Twilight sequel Mar-27-16    diagonal: Happy birthday, King David :) Navara vs R Wojtaszek, 2015 Disclaimer: Winners of the Czech Championship The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows: • 7 titles: David Navara (2005-2015) • 7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946–1966) • 6 titles: Vlastimil Hort (1969–1977) • 5 titles: Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1981–1989) • 3 titles: Oldřich Duras (1905–1911), Karel Opočenský (1927–1938), Miroslav Filip (1950–1954), Vlastimil Jansa (1964–1984), Jan Smejkal (1973–1986) Mar-27-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, David Navara. May-11-16    waustad: He's the highest rated player in the European Individual Championships, which start tomorrow in Kosovo. May-12-16    cbpatzer: Currently playing on board 1 in the EICC http://www.chessdom.com/european-in... Jun-03-16    sonia91: Today the <Čez Chess Trophy 2016> starts in Prague. This year Navara faces Richard Rapport in the 14th edition of the annual event (match Navara vs a world class player; his Wikipedia page lists all his opponents of the previous editions). Curiously (for advertising purposes, I suppose) the organisers call Rapport the "World Junior Champion" (actually he is the top junior player in the world, while the actual world junior champion is Mikhail Antipov). http://en.chessbase.com/post/david-... Jul-05-16    spysfi: Totaly cushed in the caro today by Mastrovasilis (2600) 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Bxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. c3 e6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Bxe4 Ra7 16. Bd2 g6 17. O-O-O N8d7 18. h4 c5 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. h5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Bb4 Nc5 23. Qc2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rg8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qd4 Nd5 28. Qxa7 Nxb4 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qxg8 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 Qb1+ 33. 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