{"id":46382,"date":"2026-05-16T21:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=46382"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:45:07","slug":"david-navara-and-joanna-worek-crowned-czech-republic-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/david-navara-and-joanna-worek-crowned-czech-republic-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"David Navara and Joanna Worek crowned Czech Republic Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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GM David Navara<\/strong> and WGM Joanna Worek<\/strong> emerged victorious at the 2026 Czech National Championship. David claimed his 14th (!) title \u2013 a remarkable achievement \u2013 edging out rising star V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk, while Joanna captured her second national crown.<\/p>

The 2026 Czech Championship, held in open and women’s sections, took place at the Bowling Brno area from May 7\u201316, 2026, and attracted most of the country\u2019s top players. The open event was a 10-player round-robin, while the women’s competition followed an elimination system, comprising a preliminary round followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The open event evolved into a gripping duel between the two top seeds: Navara and Czech chess\u2019s brightest young talent, V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk<\/strong>. Navara seized an early lead, but Fin\u011bk caught up with him after Round 5. The direct clash in Round 7 ended in a draw leaving them tied for the top position.<\/p>

Both finished strongly, winning their last two games and totaling 7.5\/9 points, but the superior Sonneborn\u2013Berger tiebreaker awarded the title to Navara. Both the champion and the runner-up completed the competition unbeaten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The bronze medal went to the experienced grandmaster \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n \u017dilka<\/strong>, who secured a draw against Richard Stalmach in the last round. The entire tournament was marked by uncompromising battles, with only 16 games out of 45 ending in a draw.<\/p>

Final standings \u2013 Open<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>

The women’s competition was arguably even more dramatic, with all medals matches decided in Armageddon tiebreak games. In the end, Joanna Worek won the gold medal, defeating WGM Krist\u00fdna Petrova<\/strong>. In the match for third place, WGM Tereza Rodshtein<\/strong> claimed bronze after overcoming WGM Olga Sikorov\u00e1<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Final standings \u2013 Women<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>

The PR manager of the Czech Chess Association and tournament director, Josef Bedna\u0159\u00edk, gave his thoughts on the Czech Championship during the closing ceremony: “I am thrilled with the course of this year’s Czech Championship. I would like to thank all the players for their fighting spirit and fair-play approach. The spectators certainly enjoyed the exciting games and the course of the tournaments, and I did too.”<\/p>

The 2026 Czech Championship was supported by the statutory city of Brno, the South Moravian Region, the Bowling Brno area, and the Hotel Velk\u00e1 Klajdovka. Special thanks go to the Mayor of the statutory city of Brno, JUDr. Mark\u00e9ta Va\u0148kov\u00e1, and the 1st Deputy Governor of the South Moravian Region, Ji\u0159\u00ed Crh, who served as personal patrons of the tournament.<\/p>

Photos: Czech Chess Federation (Facebook)<\/p>

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GM David Navara and WGM Joanna Worek emerged victorious at the 2026 Czech National Championship. David claimed his 14th (!) title \u2013 a remarkable achievement \u2013 edging out rising star V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk, while Joanna captured her second national crown. The 2026 Czech Championship, held in open and women’s sections, took place at the Bowling Brno area from May 7\u201316, 2026, and attracted most of the country\u2019s top players. The open event was a 10-player round-robin, while the women’s competition followed an elimination system, comprising a preliminary round followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The open event evolved into a gripping duel between the two top seeds: Navara and Czech chess\u2019s brightest young talent, V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk. Navara seized an early lead, but Fin\u011bk caught up with him after Round 5. The direct clash in Round 7 ended in a draw leaving them tied for the top position. Both finished strongly, winning their last two games and totaling 7.5\/9 points, but the superior Sonneborn\u2013Berger tiebreaker awarded the title to Navara. Both the champion and the runner-up completed the competition unbeaten. The bronze medal went to the experienced grandmaster \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n \u017dilka, who secured a draw against Richard Stalmach in the last round. The entire tournament was marked by uncompromising battles, with only 16 games out of 45 ending in a draw. Final standings \u2013 Open The women’s competition was arguably even more dramatic, with all medals matches decided in Armageddon tiebreak games. In the end, Joanna Worek won the gold medal, defeating WGM Krist\u00fdna Petrova. In the match for third place, WGM Tereza Rodshtein claimed bronze after overcoming WGM Olga Sikorov\u00e1. Final standings \u2013 Women The PR manager of the Czech Chess Association and tournament director, Josef Bedna\u0159\u00edk, gave his thoughts on the Czech Championship during the closing ceremony: “I am thrilled with the course of this year’s Czech Championship. I would like to thank all the players for their fighting spirit and fair-play approach. The spectators certainly enjoyed the exciting games and the course of the tournaments, and I did too.” The 2026 Czech Championship was supported by the statutory city of Brno, the South Moravian Region, the Bowling Brno area, and the Hotel Velk\u00e1 Klajdovka. Special thanks go to the Mayor of the statutory city of Brno, JUDr. Mark\u00e9ta Va\u0148kov\u00e1, and the 1st Deputy Governor of the South Moravian Region, Ji\u0159\u00ed Crh, who served as personal patrons of the tournament. Photos: Czech Chess Federation (Facebook) Official website: https:\/\/www.chess.cz\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[222,297],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-46382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-czechrepublic","tag-national-championship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46392,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46382\/revisions\/46392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46382"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=46382"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=46382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}