Groups
MASTERS
| 1 | Abdusattorov, N. (UZB) | 6.5 |
| 2 | Nguyen, Van (CZE) | 5 |
| 3 | Maghsoodloo, P. (IRI) | 5 |
| 4 | Praggnanandhaa R (IND) | 5 |
| 5 | Navara, David (CZE) | 4.5 |
| 6 | Rapport, Richard (ROU) | 4.5 |
| 7 | Gukesh D (IND) | 4.5 |
| 8 | Bartel, Mateusz (POL) | 3.5 |
| 9 | Keymer, Vincent (GER) | 3.5 |
| 10 | Vidit, Gujrathi (IND) | 3 |
| ∅ 2710 | ||
CHALLENGERS
| 1 | Gurel, Ediz (TUR) | 6.5 |
| 2 | Santos Latasa (ESP) | 6 |
| 3 | L'Ami, Erwin (NED) | 5.5 |
| 4 | Mishra, Abhimanyu (USA) | 5.5 |
| 5 | Korobov, Anton (UKR) | 5 |
| 6 | Rodshtein, Maxim (ISR) | 4.5 |
| 7 | Stalmach, Richard (CZE) | 4 |
| 8 | Vaishali R (IND) | 3 |
| 9 | Hrbek, Stepan (CZE) | 2.5 |
| 10 | Finek, Vaclav (CZE) | 2.5 |
| ∅ 2546 | ||
FUTURES
| 1 | Aansh N. Nerurkar (IND) | 8 |
| 2 | Brzezina, Pawel (POL) | 6.5 |
| 3 | André, Tomáš (SVK) | 5 |
| 4 | Jakubse, T. Severina (CZE) | 5 |
| 5 | Markina, Sofiia (CZE) | 4 |
| 6 | Siskou, Evangelia (GRE) | 4 |
| 7 | Stara, Zuzana (CZE) | 3.5 |
| 8 | Guntaka, Aayansh R (USA) | 3.5 |
| 9 | Peglau, Paul David (GER) | 3 |
| 10 | Mrozowski, Nikodem (POL) | 2.5 |
| ∅ 1772 | ||
Lubomir Kavalek Prize
8th round
Best game
Abdusattorov
vs
Maghsoodloo
1-0
Best game
Abdusattorov
vs
Maghsoodloo
1-0
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
White to move and mate in 2.
R. Kofman, 1926
Submit your solution to assistant@praguechessfestival.com until the midnight of 7th March.
Correct solution of the puzzle from 6.3. (N. Kasheev, 1964) is 1.Ne2! The winner is Luboš Drahotský.
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