Prague Chess Festival: Navara loses again
Prague Chess Festival, Masters, Round 4
Three draws, one win – that was the score of round 4 in the Masters Tournament at Prague Chess Festival. David Navara was again involved in the decisive game but unfortunately again on the “wrong” side.
Navara played with the black pieces against Nijat Abasov and the Azeri Grandmaster chose an aggressive set-up in the London System. With an early g4 and a subsequent piece sacrifice he energetically played for a win but after an inaccuracy by White it was Black who gained the upper hand, but…
Standings Masters
Games Masters
Open
In the Open, the Polish Grandmaster Grzegorz Nasuta and Felix Blohberger from Austria are leading after 5 rounds with 4.5 points each.
Standings Open
1 |
| GM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 2512 | 4,5 | 14,5 |
2 |
| IM | Blohberger Felix | 2475 | 4,5 | 13,0 |
3 |
| GM | Petr Martin | 2489 | 4,0 | 15,0 |
4 |
| GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | 2503 | 4,0 | 14,0 |
5 |
| IM | Kraus Tomas | 2466 | 4,0 | 13,0 |
6 |
| IM | Hrabusa Matej | 2359 | 4,0 | 12,5 |
7 |
| GM | Neuman Petr | 2394 | 4,0 | 12,5 |
8 |
| GM | Greenfeld Alon | 2507 | 3,5 | 15,0 |
9 |
| GM | Plat Vojtech | 2521 | 3,5 | 15,0 |
10 |
| FM | Hollan Petr | 2275 | 3,5 | 14,5 |
11 |
| FM | Sorm Daniel | 2345 | 3,5 | 14,0 |
12 |
| FM | Finek Vaclav | 2359 | 3,5 | 13,5 |
13 |
| IM | Pavlidis Anastasios | 2333 | 3,5 | 13,5 |
14 |
| IM | Kulhanek Tomas | 2315 | 3,5 | 13,5 |
15 |
| Wachinger Nikolas | 2369 | 3,5 | 13,0 |
Games Open