Prague International Chess Festival is halfway through. Before it concludes on Friday, June 17th June there are five more rounds ahead for all 360 participants, that are to decide the final winner. 

Most eyes are of course on the Masters tournament. Four rounds in, Liem Le Quang and Pentala Harikrishna are currently in the lead. Czech team member Van Nguyen claimed his first victory in the Masters tournament and is just a half-point behind the leading pair. Czech #1 David Navara's score is also 2,5 points after the 4th round with a worse tie-breaking rating. 

 

Link to chess-results

RK.	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM Le Quang Liem	2709	VIE			½		1	1	½				3,0	0,0	6,50
2.	GM Harikrishna Pentala	2701	IND				½		½	1	1			3,0	0,0	5,25
3.	GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2610	CZE	½				½		½			1	2,5	0,0	4,00
4.	GM Vallejo Pons Francisco	2703	ESP		½						½	½	1	2,5	0,0	3,25
5.	GM Navara David	2681	CZE	0		½						1	1	2,5	0,0	2,75
6.	GM Shankland Sam	2718	USA	0	½						½	1		2,0	0,0	3,25
7.	GM Maghsoodloo Parham	2716	IRI	½	0	½						½		1,5	0,0	3,25
8.	GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2723	IND		0		½		½				½	1,5	0,0	2,50
9.	GM Salem A.R. Saleh	2679	UAE				½	0	0	½				1,0	0,0	2,00
10.	GM Anton Guijarro David	2692	ESP			0	0	0			½			0,5	0,0	0,75

In the Challengers tournament, young promising players are shining the most. Vincent Keymer from Germany is in the lead with three points. Jerguš Pecháč from Slovakia is currently 2nd and Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan is 3rd. All Czechs have gained 1,5 points so far, placing 8th–10th. 

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RK.	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM Keymer Vincent	2675	GER		½		½		1			1		3,0	0,0	5,75
2.	GM Pechac Jergus	2598	SVK	½				½	½		1			2,5	0,0	5,00
3.	GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2661	UZB				½			½		½	1	2,5	0,0	4,00
4.	GM Niemann Hans Moke	2678	USA	½		½		1			0			2,0	0,0	4,75
5.	GM Warmerdam Max	2613	NED		½		0		½				1	2,0	0,0	3,75
6.	GM Sasikiran Krishnan	2635	IND	0	½			½				1		2,0	0,0	3,75
7.	GM Krzyzanowski Marcin	2535	POL			½					1	0	0	1,5	0,0	2,75
8.	GM Stocek Jiri	2541	CZE		0		1			0			½	1,5	0,0	2,75
9.	GM Hracek Zbynek	2564	CZE	0		½			0	1				1,5	0,0	2,75
10.	GM Michalik Peter	2577	CZE			0		0		1	½			1,5	0,0	2,25

In the Futures tournament of young prodigies, Atilla Kuru lost just a half-point which got him in the lead. Kamil Warchol of 2nd place and Jiří Bouška of 3rd place both have three points. Timofey Bokhnak is currently in 5th place and Lada Zelbová in 9th place is mostly gaining valuable experience for now.

Link to chess-results

RK.	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	Kuru Atilla	1949	TUR			1					1	½	1	3,5	0,0	4,75
2.	FM Warchol Kamil	1991	POL				½	1	½	1				3,0	0,0	6,25
3.	Bouska Jiri	2191	CZE	0						1		1	1	3,0	0,0	2,50
4.	Sowinski Pawel	2066	POL		½				1	½	½			2,5	0,0	4,75
5.	Bokhnak Timofey	2112	CZE		0						1	1	½	2,5	0,0	1,75
6.	Kovalskyi Roman	2065	UKR		½		0				½	1		2,0	0,0	2,50
7.	Tolmacevs Artjoms	2032	LAT		0	0	½						1	1,5	0,0	1,75
8.	Balint Peter	2097	AUT	0			½	0	½					1,0	0,0	2,25
9.	Zelbova Lada	1980	CZE	½		0		0	0					0,5	0,0	1,75
10.	Peglau Charis	2008	GER	0		0		½		0				0,5	0,0	1,25