Exemplary sportsmanship at the 2011 FIDE World Chess Cup

http://ChessNoir.com David Navara and Alexander Moiseenko displaying excellent sportsmanship in a game of chess at the 2011 FIDE World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansysk, Russia.

This is truly a memorable event and should be seen as a great example for other players and for the sport.

Just compare this with dirtiness that occurred at the Mayweather - Ortiz fight the just the other night.

I sincerely think spreading this video would be good for chess, and awareness.

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[LuxusOhr]

David Navara is a very friendly and humble person, and also a great player!

[ChessNoir]

@LuxusOhr Yes he is. He and Luke McShane scored evenly for first place at Wijk aan Zee. When they gave Luke top spot due to tiebreak, Navara said, "Luke therefore became the deserved winner of the tournament. There were many other participants who played well, but I was luckier this time."

[randalph]

lol did she say "thank you for your existence on this earth" at the end? :D :D

Cooomoooon ;)

Nice vid though

[4rkatyp3]

@randalph it's one of the most beautiful expressions i've ever heard actually, and very fitting for these two gentlemen.

[Mrjimibanez]

@saiAhikaru During the game,David at some point had his Bishop next to his King hanging.The obvious move was to save his bishop but by accident he touched both his King and his Bishop,without being very clear which one first.Moiseenko said there is nothing be arguing about,because it is very obvious that the Bishop is the piece that must be moved and not the King(no way David would choose to move his King). The game continued and when David had a win, remembered the scene and offered a draw.

[saiAhikaru]

wait what exactly happened? i dont understand :/

[tanukitejon]

If people were like Navara, the world would be a better place to live.

[Russianboyz95]

@randalph thats what the Russian commentator actually said

lol

[AlanWattParrot]

@BitmapMc0wnage yes

[BitmapMc0wnage]

@teogialigous Chessbase does not organise any such events. It's done by the local authorities in cooperation with FIDE. I must say that the broadcast was pretty good, though. You get an HD broadcast with live GM commentary in Russian and in English for free, that's really good. I think it's the first time they've had English commentary, they only had Russian commentary before that.

I think Landa was quite ok. The girl was a bit annoying sometimes, but I didn't care. I just wish I knew Russian.

[teogialigous]

@BitmapMc0wnage by who then?by FIDE.Anyway whoever put them on the broadcast made a big mistake

[BitmapMc0wnage]

@teogialigous the broadcast was not organised by chessbase

[YtubeUserr]

Why are people trashing Alexander in the comments? The arbiter forced David to move the king and lose the Bishop. David stopped the clock and resigned! Alexander allowed the move back! Allowing a move back even when the arbiter agreed and the opponent resigned is sportsmanship for sure! David's fans stop hating! A draw was a fair result.