25. February - 7. March 2025

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Groups

MASTERS

1 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (IND) 6
2 Giri, Anish (NED) 5
3 Wei, Yi (CHN) 5
4 Praggnanandhaa R (IND) 5
5 Gurel, Ediz (TUR) 4.5
6 Keymer, Vincent (GER) 4.5
7 Shankland, Sam (USA) 4
8 Navara, David (CZE) 4
9 Le, Quang Liem (VIE) 4
10 Nguyen, Thai Dai Van (CZE) 3
∅ 2706

CHALLENGERS

1 Yakubboev, Nodirbek (UZB) 7
2 Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (DEN) 7
3 Maurizzi, Marc`Andria (FRA) 6
4 Ma, Qun (CHN) 5.5
5 Salgado Lopez, Ivan (ESP) 4
6 Finek, Vaclav (CZE) 4
7 Divya Deshmukh (IND) 3
8 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis (GRE) 3
9 Stalmach, Richard (CZE) 3
10 Nemec, Jachym (CZE) 2.5
∅ 2555

FUTURES

1 Sunea, Sara Maria (ROU) 7
2 Stara, Zuzana (CZE) 6
3 Viti, Greta (ITA) 6
4 Rzadkowska, Lila (POL) 5
5 Anistoroaei, Maria (ROU) 4.5
6 Rzadkowska, Kaja (POL) 4
7 Tolmaceva, Alona (LAT) 4
8 Jakubse, Tamae Severina (CZE) 3.5
9 Schirmbeck, Lilian (GER) 3
10 Markina, Sofiia (CZE) 2
∅ 1840
Prediction by StaChesstics

MASTERS

Name FirstShared firstSecondThird
 GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. 82.61%15.93%1.47%0%
 GM Praggnanandhaa R 1.47%15.6%60.9%6.81%
 GM Wei, Yi 0%0.33%2.7%56.76%
 GM Giri, Anish 0%0%19%3.41%
 GM Keymer, Vincent 0%0%0%13.46%
 GM Le, Quang Liem 0%0%0%11.09%
 GM Gurel, Ediz 0%0%0%8.41%
 GM Shankland, Sam 0%0%0%0.1%
 GM Navara, David 0%0%0%0%
 GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 0%0%0%0%

CHALLENGERS

Name FirstShared firstSecondThird
 GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek 75.72%20.23%4.04%0%
 GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl 4.04%20.23%75.72%0%
 GM Maurizzi, Marc`Andria 0%0%0%50.52%
 GM Ma, Qun 0%0%0%44.51%
 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 0%0%0%4.97%
 FM Nemec, Jachym 0%0%0%0%
 GM Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis 0%0%0%0%
 IM Divya Deshmukh 0%0%0%0%
 IM Finek, Vaclav 0%0%0%0%
 IM Stalmach, Richard 0%0%0%0%
Lubomir Kavalek Prize
7th round

Giri - Aravindh 0-1

The Lubomír Kaválek Prize for the best game of the tournament was awarded for the first time within the Prague International Chess Festival 2021. The award is named after the late Czech-American Grandmaster Lubomír Kaválek (1943-2021), who has been awarded many times during his chess career for playing the best, most beautiful or, if you like, the most interesting games.

Game of the day
Solving competition

Correct solution of the puzzle from 6.3 (M. Gronroos, 1980) is 1.Ve3! The winner is Adéla Nováková.

Congratulation!

Thank you all for participating, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

 

 

 

 

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