Ivanchuk leads by 1 after day 1

Navara vs. Ivanchuk
ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 15.05.2009

The eight-game match in rapid chess, where the best Czech chess player David Navara will play against grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, who belongs to the absolute world chess top, is to take place between 27th to 31st May 2009 at Best Western Kampa hotel in Prague. Forty years old Vassily Ivanchuk has been among the world top players for the last twenty years.

As per 1st January 2009 rated this most successful Ukrainian grandmaster third in the world chart. The match of grandmasters Navara and Ivanchuk is the main attraction of the chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009, which is held by a civic association Prague Chess Society. All games will be commented on for the audience by the Czech-American grandmaster, Lubomír Kaválek.

All games will be shown on-line. The match will be complemented by a chess simul and by lectures by grandmasters Lubomír Kaválek, Vlastimil Hort and Ján Plachetka. The chess festival ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2009 is held in a partnership with the capital city Prague.

Official website: http://www.praguechess.cz/en/index.php

[Event “Chess Match”]
[Date “2009.05.27”]
[Round “2”]
[White “GM Ivanchuk”]
[Black “GM Navara”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D97”]
[WhiteElo “2746”]
[BlackElo “2654”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Nd2 b4 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Nc5 Bb5 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Qc2 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc8 17. f3 Qa6 18. a4 Nd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nb6 Bxe2 21. Nxa8 Bc4 22. Nc7 Qa5 23. Nxd5 b3+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Bxd5 26. O-O-O Rc8 27. Be3 e6 28. Kb1 Rc6 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Rc1 Be5 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rxb3 Kg7 33. h3 Bxa4 34. Ra3 Bd6 35. Bd4+ e5 36. Bc5 Bb8 37. Rc4 Bb5 38. Rb4 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 Rd3 40. Rxb8 Rd2 41. g4 Rd3 42. g5 h6 43. Bf8+ Kh7 44. Be7 {White wins} 1-0

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