First day results:
Game 1: Navara, David – Polgar, Judit ½-½
Game 2: Polgar, Judit – Navara, David 1-0
Game 3: Navara, David – Polgar, Judit 0-1
Navara, David (2708) – Polgar, Judit (2682) [C80]
Cez Trophy, Prague (1), 22.04.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 0–0 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Rfd1 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.b4 cxb3 16.axb3 a5 17.Bg5 c5 18.Ra4 d4 19.Ra3 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 dxc3 21.Qc1 Qe7 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Qxc3 Rfd8 24.Rda1 Rd5 25.g3 Qb7 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Qxa5 Rxe5 28.h4 h5 29.Qc3 Qd5 30.Rc1 Re4 31.Qc2 Rd4 32.Qg6 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd5 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Qf7 Kh6 37.Qf4+ ½–½
Polgar, Judit (2682) – Navara, David (2708) [C95]
Cez Trophy Prague (2), 22.04.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5 13.d5 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.a5 g6 16.b4 cxb3 17.Nxb3 Rc8 18.Re3 Nfd7 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Ba3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Rxe5 Rc7 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Bxf5 Qxd5 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Re1 Bf8 28.c4 Qg8 29.Bb2+ Bg7 30.Bxh7 Qf8 31.Bxg7+ Rxg7 32.Bg6 Kg8 33.cxb5 axb5 34.Re5 Bc8 35.Qe2 Rxg6 36.Re8 Bb7 37.f3 Ne6 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Qxb5 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Bxf3+ 41.Kg3 1–0
Navara, David (2708) – Polgar, Judit (2682) [A33]
Cez Trophy Prague CZE (3), 22.04.2010
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 a6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.e3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nxd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.0–0–0 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 e5 15.Rd6 Be6 16.Be2 Rac8 17.Rhd1 Rc7 18.h3 Nc8 19.Rd8 Nb6 20.Kb1 Nd7 21.Nd5 Rxd8 22.Nxc7 Bf5+ 23.Ka1 Rc8 24.Nd5 Kf8 25.g4 Be6 26.Nc3 f5 27.gxf5 Bxf5 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Ke7 30.Rh1 h6 31.Rh5 Nf6 32.Rxe5+ Kd6 33.Rf5 Nxg4 34.Kb1 Ke6 35.Rf4 Ne5 36.Rb4 b5 37.a4 Rc4 38.Rxc4 bxc4 39.Kc2 h5 40.f4 Ng4 41.e4 h4 42.Ne2 Nf2 43.Nd4+ Kd7 44.e5 h3 45.Nf3 Nd3 46.Kc3 Nxf4 47.Kxc4 g5 48.Nh2 Ke6 49.b4 Ng6 50.b5 Nxe5+ 51.Kc5 axb5 52.Kxb5 g4 53.Nf1 h2 54.Ng3 Nf7 55.a5 Nd6+ 56.Kb4 Nf5 57.Nh1 g3 0–1
Replay the games here: http://www.praguechess.cz/en/online_akce.php?nazev_akce=22&akce=online&chat=1
After 3 games (of 8), Judit is leading 2.5 – 0.5.
Congrats to Judit, the one and true Chess Queen.
Judit proves that she’s a chess queen by her play on the board and not some cheap marketing ploy and condescending gimmick like Kosteniuk who’s barely over 2500.
Go Judit!
I’m pleased that Judit is doing so well here. I’d like to see her play the Sicilian against 1e4! I hate the Ruy Lopez, but as long as she wins it’s fine by me.
Why do you guys bother to compare Judit vs Kosteniuk. They’re not in the same class and they’ll never be. Judit’s peak rating is 200 points higher than Kosteniuk. We all know this so leave it be. Kosteniuk can brag about herself as much as she wants. I personally think it’s cheap and demeaning to her own self inflated image but that’s her right.
I think Kosteniuk’s image is overinflated by her husband’s efforts and the chess crowd in Moscow.
She probably plays a small part in her own self promotion because she is too busy with children and a busy chess schedule.
Again, the disparity against women in chess is evident. We can have many kings, but only one queen.
gettem KostaRook!!! hahaha.MEDUSA hehe.
4.5-1.5 is super good!