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David Navara wins his 12th Czech Champion title!

by L'immortale
David Navara

GM David Navara clinched the 2023 Czech Chess Championship to become the National Chess Champion of Czech Republic for the 12th time in his career!

Navara scored unbeaten 7.5/9 points to emerge as the sole Winner of the event, point and a half ahead of the runner-up IM Tomas Kraus who claimed silver with 6 points. Two-time Czech Champion GM Vlastimil Babula (1993, 2008) won bronze medal scoring 5.5 points.

Czech Chess Championship 2023 – final results:

Rk. NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1
1GMNavara, DavidCZE26787.529.8
2IMKraus, TomรกลกCZE2473623
3GMBabula, VlastimilCZE25335.522.3
4GMKrejฤรญ, JanCZE2517521.5
5GMล toฤek, Jiล™รญCZE2525521.3
6GMล imรกฤek, PavelCZE24663.514.5
7IMZwardoล„, Vojtฤ›chCZE24943.513.5
8GMPetr, MartinCZE24783.512.8
9FMFinฤ›k, VรกclavCZE2410310.8
10GMPlรกt, Vojtฤ›chCZE25352.511.3

The 2023 Czech Chess Championship took place from 9-17 May in Bystrice nad Pernstejnem. The event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

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