Nice chess fair play show by Navara, Moiseenko at World Cup of Chess
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It was inevitable for the advantage or checkmate would follow if the latter tried to save the situation... and Navara offered draw. This is what both the grandmasters have to say.
David Navara: – On the 35th move I accidentally touched both pieces, the King and the Bishop. I wanted to move my bishop on d6, but clipped the King also, however, Moiseenko claims that I have first touched the King, but I am not sure about that. Any move with the King would lead to the loss of the piece, however, Moiseenko did not insist that I make a move according to the touch rule. I did not want to be referred to as an unethical chess player who managed to win in an unfair way, that is why at the end, having achieved the winning position, I offered a draw.
Alexander Moiseenko: – Navara on the 35th move first touched the King. I told him: the King moves. However, I realized that my opponent accidentally made this mistake, it is not possible that he could so easily blunder the piece. This is the reason I did not insist on his move with the King.
Let us remind you that if you are knocked out in the 3rd round you get 12800 dollars, and the qualification for the 4th one guarantees you the minimum prize of 20 000 dollars. Besides, the winner of this match will continue fighting for three tickets to the World Championship.
The extraordinary situation was commented by Chessdom expert – Grandmaster Sergey Shipov:
- I think that both opponents acted in an extremely honorable way. Today, in these difficult times, our heroes are risking the qualification to the next round, which means jeopardizing serious money for the sake of preserving their reputation.
This story came to knowledge of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Governor. Natalia Komarova declared on her decision to establish a special prize of the World Cup – 'Fair play':
- No doubt that the whole world will highly appreciate the mutually noble deed of the Ukrainian and Czech chess players. We go for nobility, at the chess board as well as in the everyday life.
- I am very proud of both sportsmen who acted in accordance with FIDE motto: Gens Una Sumus, – summed up
Hi everyone,
In these times of cheating in chess, there's been a fair play show! Chessdom has carried a nice story about David Navara (Czech Republic) and Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine). Navara was on the verge of converting a decisive material advantage (Queen vs Rook) against Moiseenko.
It was inevitable for the advantage or checkmate would follow if the latter tried to save the situation... and Navara offered draw. This is what both the grandmasters have to say.
David Navara: – On the 35th move I accidentally touched both pieces, the King and the Bishop. I wanted to move my bishop on d6, but clipped the King also, however, Moiseenko claims that I have first touched the King, but I am not sure about that. Any move with the King would lead to the loss of the piece, however, Moiseenko did not insist that I make a move according to the touch rule. I did not want to be referred to as an unethical chess player who managed to win in an unfair way, that is why at the end, having achieved the winning position, I offered a draw.
Alexander Moiseenko: – Navara on the 35th move first touched the King. I told him: the King moves. However, I realized that my opponent accidentally made this mistake, it is not possible that he could so easily blunder the piece. This is the reason I did not insist on his move with the King.
Let us remind you that if you are knocked out in the 3rd round you get 12800 dollars, and the qualification for the 4th one guarantees you the minimum prize of 20 000 dollars. Besides, the winner of this match will continue fighting for three tickets to the World Championship.
The extraordinary situation was commented by Chessdom expert – Grandmaster Sergey Shipov:
- I think that both opponents acted in an extremely honorable way. Today, in these difficult times, our heroes are risking the qualification to the next round, which means jeopardizing serious money for the sake of preserving their reputation.
This story came to knowledge of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Governor. Natalia Komarova declared on her decision to establish a special prize of the World Cup – 'Fair play':
- No doubt that the whole world will highly appreciate the mutually noble deed of the Ukrainian and Czech chess players. We go for nobility, at the chess board as well as in the everyday life.
- I am very proud of both sportsmen who acted in accordance with FIDE motto: Gens Una Sumus, – summed up
Also see her personal blog at
Labels: chess cheating, fair play, moiseenko, navara, World Cup of Chess
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 11:11 PM
7 Comments:
At September 5, 2011 at 1:55 AM ,
Saira Fernandes, Madrid said...
Wow
At September 5, 2011 at 2:09 AM ,
Alexis Cochran, New Zealand said...
Did Navara really touch the King or he thought he touched it?
At September 5, 2011 at 9:00 AM ,
Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New Delhi said...
Surely this is the chess news of the year.
At September 5, 2011 at 9:42 AM ,
Sainath, Colombo said...
Chess gentlemen. I think most people who play chess and love chess truly are good its the few who spoil the show like in any profession. But certainly a commendable show at the World Cup considering so much is at stake there.
At September 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM ,
Anonymous said...
David Navara and Alexander Moiseenko are the noblest representatives of the chess world. Let’s remember their names…
At September 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM ,
Aaron, Wurzburg said...
And only the other day we were discussing the heartbreaking puzzle here on chessblog about being guilty beating your opponent. Navara is quite a guy to do this in Khanty Mansiysk. I hope he wins the tiebreaks.
At September 6, 2011 at 2:08 PM ,
Anonymous said...
It looks opposite to a bee sting...
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