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Monday, 23 May 2022 00:29
Czech Championship: David Navara clinches 11th title



GM David Navara came out as a winner of the Czech Championship 2022. It is the eleventh national title in his distinguished career.

The Czech Championship, a 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control, took place from May 14-22, 2022, in Ústí nad Labem. The event brought together 48 best Czech players, including the rating favourite David Navara (pictured below) and the defending champion Vojtech Plat. 


Photo: Milan Nemec

The tournament turned into a very close race, with several players battling for the title to the very end. Suffice it to say that after Round 7, the eventual champion was only second, a half-point behind IM Vojtech Zwadron, who led the field with an excellent score of 6/7.

However, in Round 8, the leader suffered a defeat at the hands of Vlasitimil Babula (pictured below), while Navara beat Plat and shot ahead, coming into the final round a half-point ahead of Babula and Zwadron. 


 Photo: Lenka Kusova

In Round 9, Navara drew his game with Jiri Stocek and clinched the title, netting 7/9 as his main rivals did not manage to win – Babula drew with Tomas Kraus, while Jan Krejci took down Zwadron and tied for the second place. Vlastimil Babula claimed silver thanks to better Buchholz; Jan Krejci had to settle for bronze. 

FM Richard Stalmach (pictured below) won a special prize for the best junior player, scoring 5½/9 and finishing 12th. 


Photo: Milan Nemec

Final standings:

1

GM

Navara, David

2682

7

2

GM

Babula, Vlastimil

2576

3

GM

Krejčí, Jan

2520

4

IM

Zwardoň, Vojtěch

2482

6

5

GM

Štoček, Jiří

2533

6

6

GM

Plát, Vojtěch

2547

6

7

IM

Kraus, Tomáš

2472

6

8

GM

Rašík, Vítězslav

2433

6

9

GM

Hráček, Zbyněk

2570

10

IM

Černoušek, Lukáš

2440


Photo: Lenka Kusova and Milan Nemec

Official website: sachyusti.cz/