National Championships Round-Up
The world chess championship crowded some tournaments out of the chess headlines, so by way of a round-up here are the results of three recent national championships.
David Navara won his fourth Czech Championship with an undefeated score of 7/9 points.
The 2012 event was a 9-round Swiss with 47 players held in Kouty nad Desnou from 12-20 May.
Navara just edged out Alexej Kislinsky by virtue of a superior tie-break score.
More details can be found at the official website.
The top finishers were:
| Name | Elo | Pts | TB | |
| 1 | Navara David | 2706 | 7.0 | 40.5 |
| 2 | Kislinsky Alexej | 2532 | 7.0 | 38.5 |
| 3 | Babula Vlastimil | 2563 | 6.5 | 40.5 |
| 4 | Cvek Robert | 2563 | 6.0 | 37.5 |
| 5 | Bernášek Jan | 2476 | 6.0 | 35.5 |
| 6 | Rašík Vítězslav | 2495 | 6.0 | 31.0 |
| 7 | Černoušek Lukáš | 2440 | 6.0 | 29.0 |
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Cuban Chess Championships
Leinier Dominguez won his fourth Cuban Championship when he defeated rival Lazaro Bruzon in the second game of their final match to win by a score of 1½-½.
Despite his victory, Dominguez is still one short of Bruzon's haul of 5 national titles.
Defending champion Quesada Yuniesky won the 3/4th place playoff match to finish 3rd.
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Baadur Jobava achieved his third national title with a crushing victory in the 71st Georgian Championships.
Jobava was a heavy ratings favourite, but even so his undefeated score of 10/11 in the 12 player single round-robin event was an excellent result.
Merab Gagunashvili took second place after winning a blitz playoff with Davit Zarkua 1½-½.
The final standings:
| Name | Elo | Pts | |
| 1 | Jobava, Baadur | 2721 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Gagunashvili, Merab | 2570 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Zarkua, Davit | 2446 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Paichadze, Luka | 2480 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Shanava, Konstantine | 2589 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Beradze, Irakli | 2298 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Lomsadze, Davit | 2345 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Arutinian, David | 2561 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Quparadze, Giga | 2471 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Javakhadze, Zurab | 2418 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2581 | 1.5 |
| 12 | Chighladze, Iveri | 2390 | 1.5 |
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