All tournaments this year were tense until the last moves. In the Masters, two players Deac and Robson pairing took the lead after nine rounds played. Both players met in a tiebreak, in which Ray Robson showed stronger nerves and became the winner of the main event. The bronze went to the defending champion Pentala Harikrishna.

Decisive tiebreak in the Masters

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2693	ROU		1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5,5	1	24,25
2.	GM ROBSON Ray	2689	USA	0		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	5,5	0	23,00
3.	GM HARIKRISHNA Pentala	2704	IND	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	0	22,00
4.	GM NAVARA David	2689	CZE	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	4,5	1,5	20,25
5.	GM SHANKLAND Sam	2711	USA	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	4,5	1,5	20,25
6.	GM MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	2685	ARM	½	½	½	½	½		½	0	½	1	4,5	1,5	20,00
7.	GM KEYMER Vincent	2690	GER	½	0	½	½	½	½		1	½	½	4,5	1,5	19,50
8.	GM WANG Hao	2722	CHN	½	0	0	½	½	1	0		1	½	4	0	17,00
9.	GM GELFAND Boris	2668	ISR	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0		½	3,5	0,5	16,00
10.	GM NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	2653	CZE	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½		3,5	0,5	15,75

* The winner of the tournament was decided by a tiebreak in which Ray Robson won 1.5:0.5.

(from left) the tournament director Petr Boleslav, GM Bogdan Deac, the winer of the Masters tournament Ray Robson, Penatala Harikrishna and prezident of Novy Bor Chess club Roman Mužík

In the Challengers competition, the last round spoke even more significantly to the final standings. Alexander Motylev was looking for first place with his victory, but Mateusz Bartel also managed to outplay his opponent and celebrate the individual tournament victory. The Polish Grandmaster can look forward to an invitation to the 2024 Masters. Jan Vykouk was the best of the Czech trio, leapfrogging three Grandmaster title holders in the standings.

The always smiling Mateusz Bartel

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM BARTEL Mateusz	2609	POL		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6,5	0	26,25
2.	GM MOTYLEV Alexander	2597	ROU	½		½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	6	0	25,25
3.	GM PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	2530	LTU	0	½		1	½	0	1	½	½	1	5	1,5	20,25
4.	GM GLEDURA Benjamin	2645	HUN	½	0	0		1	1	½	1	½	½	5	1	21,00
5.	IM VYKOUK Jan	2467	CZE	½	½	½	0		1	½	1	0	1	5	0,5	21,25
6.	GM L'AMI Erwin	2645	NED	½	½	1	0	0		½	0	1	1	4,5	0	18,75
7.	GM PECHAC Jergus	2611	SVK	½	½	0	½	½	½		0	1	½	4	0	17,75
8.	FM FINEK Vaclav	2409	CZE	0	0	½	0	0	1	1		0	1	3,5	0	13,50
9.	IM STALMACH Richard	2436	CZE	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	1		0	3	0	13,50
10.	GM AKASH G	2483	IND	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	1		2,5	0	10,50

Patryk Cieslak confirmed his well-deserved first place among the Futures, the Polish youngster managed the last duel perfectly and imitated his compatriot Bartel with a solo victory. Jiri Bouska, who also did not know the bitterness of defeat in the tournament, took silver with his victory in the last round.

The Futures Tournament podium

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	PTS	DE	SB
1.	FM CIESLAK Patryk	2280	POL		½	1	½	1	1	4	0	8,00
2.	BOUSKA Jiri	2189	CZE	½		½	1	½	1	3,5	0	7,25
3.	FM WARCHOL Kamil	2082	POL	0	½		1	0	1	2,5	1	4,75
4.	FM BALINT Peter	2233	AUT	½	0	0		1	1	2,5	0	4,50
5.	BROZKA Karel	2180	CZE	0	½	1	0		½	2	0	4,50
6.	JUHANAK Daniel	2137	CZE	0	0	0	0	½		0,5	0	1,00

The Karel Janeček Open tournament was also at least equal to the main tournaments in terms of combativeness. Until the last round, everything was open and the fight for the first place and a seat in Challengers was changing every move. Vojtech Plat made a significant impact by winning the second table and his 7.5 points were enough. The first four places were divided between players from the Czech Republic and Polish. Detailed results can be viewed here.

Rk.	SNo	Title	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	7,5	52	56
2	13	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	7,5	49,5	53,5
3	3	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2503	7,5	49	54
4	16		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	7,5	49	53,5
5	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	7	51,5	55

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