I am a Czech grandmaster born in 1985. I have written a book My Chess World (Thinkers Publishing, 2020), containing my games, essays and observations. I am also a co-author of the book The Secret Ingredient (Quality Chess, 2021), which has been written mostly by a Slovak GM Ján Markoš.

My latest book Lessons on Uncompromising Play (Thinkers Publishing, 2024) contains my games and game fragments, grouped into many chapters, equipped with useful general recommendations and interesting training questions. I eventually finished it after a three-year-break.

I almost never play long strings of games here, mostly just a few games to get into shape. I am mostly playing some nonsense here, but sometimes it is high-quality nonsense!

This is the nicest mate which I have ever delivered on chess.com: FormerProdigy vs. Mikhail_Bryakin | Analysis - Chess.com

And here are a few other nice games:

Chess: penguingm1 vs FormerProdigy - 57906012877 - Chess.com

Chess: FormerProdigy vs nissou-ach - 61614647447 - Chess.com

I am a big fan of Chess960 as well. I would be glad to play some blitz Chess960 games against other GMs from time to time.

This is my favourite photo from 2022:

Please forgive me for rejecting or even blocking friendship requests. It is nothing personal, I am just not a big fan of social media and would find it strange to have hundreds of internet friends whom I don't really know, when I often lack time to meet my long-time friends in person. I also often disable messages here to concentrate on other things, typically on my OTB tournaments. That said, I generally like other people (like you)!

Thank you for your understanding!