Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel plays his famous game against Bessel Kok at the opening ceremony of the tournament Prague 1990. Jiri Krizan (President's advisor) and Lubomir Kavalek are watching.The photo is from the archive of the Czech chess magazine Sachinfo. Size 15,4 x 10,7 cm.

Havel - Kok, Prague 1990: 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Ned7 12.Rg1 c6 13.a3 Ba5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxa5 Qxa5 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qe7 Rab8 19.Bc4 Qf5 20.Rd4 c5 21.Rg5 1:0

Lubomir Kavalek wrote a nice article about this game for the Washington Post.

Prague 1990 was the first international chess tournament in Czechoslovakia after the fall of communism as a tribute to democracy. The tournament was held on the initiative of Lubomir Kavalek and with the assistance of the World Grandmaster Association GMA and its chairman Bessel Kok from 27 August to 2 September 1990 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Prague. The tournament was under the auspices of President Vaclav Havel.

Participants of the tournament were Jan Timman, Nigel Short, Vlastimil Hort, Lubomir Kavalek, Jan Smejkal and Lubomir Ftacnik. The main commentator was Vlastimil Jansa. During the tournament there was a GMA meeting and some of its members played a simul against the public (Bent Larsen, Alexander Beliavsky, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Jan Timman, Nigel Short, Bachar Kouatly)

Crosstable of the tournament

Condition - Very Good