{"id":11650,"date":"2022-06-18T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:43:32","slug":"winners-crowned-at-prague-chess-festival-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/winners-crowned-at-prague-chess-festival-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners crowned at Prague Chess Festival 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The fourth edition of the Prague Chess Festival is in the books. The event, held in several sections and financially supported by FIDE Aid Package, took place from 8\u201317 June 2022 in the capital of the Czech Republic.<\/p>

The Prague Chess Festival offered a dramatic spectacle, and the winners were again decided on the last day.<\/p>

In the Masters, a 10-player round-robin with classical time control,\u00a0Le Quang Liem<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Pentala Harikrishna<\/strong>\u00a0entered the final round a full point ahead of\u00a0David Navara<\/strong>, Thai Dai Van Nguyen<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sam Shankland<\/strong>. Ironically, the co-leaders were facing Spanish opponents. Liem managed only a draw facing\u00a0Vallejo Pons<\/strong>\u00a0with black, while Harikrishna took full advantage of his white pieces to beat David Anton, clinching the title with a solid score of 6\u00bd\/9. Liem finished second; Thai Dai Van Nguyen took third place thanks to slightly better Sonneborn-Berger over Shankland and Navara. The top 3 finishers completed the event undefeated.<\/p>

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Final standings Masters<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

Harikrishna Pentala<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2701<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Le Quang Liem<\/p><\/td>

VIE<\/p><\/td>

2709<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Nguyen Thai Dai Van<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2610<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

Shankland Sam<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2718<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

Navara David<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2681<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

Vallejo Pons Francisco<\/p><\/td>

ESP<\/p><\/td>

2703<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2723<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Maghsoodloo Parham<\/p><\/td>

IRI<\/p><\/td>

2716<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Salem A.R. Saleh<\/p><\/td>

UAE<\/p><\/td>

2679<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Anton Guijarro David<\/p><\/td>

ESP<\/p><\/td>

2692<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


The Czech players did not fare well in the previous three editions of the Masters. This year, however, the home fans are happy. Not only will the trophy for the winner remain in Prague (Pentala Harikrishna has been living in the capital for a long time), but the two Czech players performed well and shared third place.\u00a0<\/p>

The Challengers Tournament saw predators battle it out for a place among the elite and the prospect of advancing to the Masters. Indeed, only nineteen games out of forty-five ended in a split of points. As the tournament progressed, there was an increasingly clear trio of players \u2013\u00a0Nodirbek Abdusattorov<\/strong>,\u00a0Vincent Keymer<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Hans Moke Niemann<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0 who had the biggest chance to win. By the last round, everything was still open.<\/p>

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In the final round, Abdusattorov got into trouble against\u00a0 Slovakian youngster\u00a0Jergus Pechac<\/strong>\u00a0who outplayed him with black pieces. It was clear that the World Rapid Champion would fight for a draw in the game. In the end, Nodirbek held the draw, but it was not enough. Hans Moke Niemann and Vincent Keymer had black pieces in their games, but both won, scored 6\u00bd\/9 each and proceeded into a tiebreaker.<\/p>

The German player achieved an overwhelming position in the first game, and just when it looked like Niemann could save himself in the rook ending, he made a crucial mistake, and black-playing Keymer celebrated his first win. Keymer left nothing to chance in the rematch and ended the game with a symbolic checkmate. After winning 2-0, he is happy with the overall victory and, above all, the ticket to next year’s Masters.<\/p>

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Final standings Challengers<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

Keymer Vincent<\/p><\/td>

GER<\/p><\/td>

2675<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Niemann Hans Moke<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2678<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Abdusattorov Nodirbek<\/p><\/td>

UZB<\/p><\/td>

2661<\/p><\/td>

6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

Sasikiran Krishnan<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2635<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

Pechac Jergus<\/p><\/td>

SVK<\/p><\/td>

2598<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

Warmerdam Max<\/p><\/td>

NED<\/p><\/td>

2613<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Krzyzanowski Marcin<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2535<\/p><\/td>

3\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Stocek Jiri<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2541<\/p><\/td>

3\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Hracek Zbynek<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2564<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Michalik Peter<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2577<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


A hallmark of the Prague festival is the Futures Tournament. This year, the organizers once again managed to put together a very interesting lineup of young hopefuls from seven countries. This tournament came down to the wire as well.\u00a0Kamil Warchol,<\/strong>\u00a0the overall winner, challenged\u00a0Atilla Kura<\/strong>\u00a0in the last round and took the overall victory to Poland with a draw.\u00a0Pawel Sowinski<\/strong>, also from Poland, joined them on the podium. The best Czech player\u00a0Jiri Bou\u0161ka<\/strong>\u00a0finished just below the podium.<\/p>

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Final standings Futures<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

Warchol Kamil<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

1991<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Kuru Atilla<\/p><\/td>

TUR<\/p><\/td>

1949<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Sowinski Pawel<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2066<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

Bouska Jiri<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2191<\/p><\/td>

5\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

Bokhnak Timofey<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2112<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

Kovalskyi Roman<\/p><\/td>

UKR<\/p><\/td>

2065<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Tolmacevs Artjoms<\/p><\/td>

LAT<\/p><\/td>

2032<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Balint Peter<\/p><\/td>

AUT<\/p><\/td>

2097<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Zelbova Lada<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

1980<\/p><\/td>

1\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Peglau Charis<\/p><\/td>

GER<\/p><\/td>

2008<\/p><\/td>

\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Over 300 players took part in the Open tournament with an invitation to the Challengers tournament\u00a02023 at stake. The top seed\u00a0Alexander Motylev<\/strong>\u00a0conceded his opponents only two draws and, with a total of eight points, finished a full point ahead of a large group of players tying for the second place.<\/p>

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Final standings Open<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Motylev Alexander<\/p><\/td>

FID<\/p><\/td>

2619<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Stremavicius Titas<\/p><\/td>

LTU<\/p><\/td>

2495<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

\u00a0<\/td>

Kozak Antoni<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2459<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Santiago Yago De Moura<\/p><\/td>

BRA<\/p><\/td>

2509<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Garriga Cazorla Pere<\/p><\/td>

ESP<\/p><\/td>

2495<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Petr Martin<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2488<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Sankalp Gupta<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2505<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Popovic Dusan<\/p><\/td>

SRB<\/p><\/td>

2484<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Iniyan P<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2518<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Alsina Leal Daniel<\/p><\/td>

ESP<\/p><\/td>

2514<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Official website:\u00a0praguechessfestival.com<\/a><\/p>

Text: Official website<\/p>

Photo: Petr Vrabec and Vladimir Jagr<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fourth edition of the Prague Chess Festival is in the books. The event, held in several sections and financially supported by FIDE Aid Package, took place from 8\u201317 June 2022 in the capital of the Czech Republic. The Prague Chess Festival offered a dramatic spectacle, and the winners were again decided on the last day. In the Masters, a 10-player round-robin with classical time control,\u00a0Le Quang Liem\u00a0and\u00a0Pentala Harikrishna\u00a0entered the final round a full point ahead of\u00a0David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen\u00a0and\u00a0Sam Shankland. Ironically, the co-leaders were facing Spanish opponents. Liem managed only a draw facing\u00a0Vallejo Pons\u00a0with black, while Harikrishna took full advantage of his white pieces to beat David Anton, clinching the title with a solid score of 6\u00bd\/9. Liem finished second; Thai Dai Van Nguyen took third place thanks to slightly better Sonneborn-Berger over Shankland and Navara. The top 3 finishers completed the event undefeated. Final standings Masters: 1 Harikrishna Pentala IND 2701 6\u00bd 2 Le Quang Liem VIE 2709 6 3 Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE 2610 5 4 Shankland Sam USA 2718 5 5 Navara David CZE 2681 5 6 Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2703 4\u00bd 7 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 4 8 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2716 4 9 Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2679 3 10 Anton Guijarro David ESP 2692 2 The Czech players did not fare well in the previous three editions of the Masters. This year, however, the home fans are happy. Not only will the trophy for the winner remain in Prague (Pentala Harikrishna has been living in the capital for a long time), but the two Czech players performed well and shared third place.\u00a0 The Challengers Tournament saw predators battle it out for a place among the elite and the prospect of advancing to the Masters. Indeed, only nineteen games out of forty-five ended in a split of points. As the tournament progressed, there was an increasingly clear trio of players \u2013\u00a0Nodirbek Abdusattorov,\u00a0Vincent Keymer\u00a0and\u00a0Hans Moke Niemann\u00a0–\u00a0 who had the biggest chance to win. By the last round, everything was still open. In the final round, Abdusattorov got into trouble against\u00a0 Slovakian youngster\u00a0Jergus Pechac\u00a0who outplayed him with black pieces. It was clear that the World Rapid Champion would fight for a draw in the game. In the end, Nodirbek held the draw, but it was not enough. Hans Moke Niemann and Vincent Keymer had black pieces in their games, but both won, scored 6\u00bd\/9 each and proceeded into a tiebreaker. The German player achieved an overwhelming position in the first game, and just when it looked like Niemann could save himself in the rook ending, he made a crucial mistake, and black-playing Keymer celebrated his first win. Keymer left nothing to chance in the rematch and ended the game with a symbolic checkmate. After winning 2-0, he is happy with the overall victory and, above all, the ticket to next year’s Masters. Final standings Challengers: 1 Keymer Vincent GER 2675 6\u00bd 2 Niemann Hans Moke USA 2678 6\u00bd 3 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2661 6 4 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2635 5 5 Pechac Jergus SVK 2598 4 6 Warmerdam Max NED 2613 4 7 Krzyzanowski Marcin POL 2535 3\u00bd 8 Stocek Jiri CZE 2541 3\u00bd 9 Hracek Zbynek CZE 2564 3 10 Michalik Peter CZE 2577 3 A hallmark of the Prague festival is the Futures Tournament. This year, the organizers once again managed to put together a very interesting lineup of young hopefuls from seven countries. This tournament came down to the wire as well.\u00a0Kamil Warchol,\u00a0the overall winner, challenged\u00a0Atilla Kura\u00a0in the last round and took the overall victory to Poland with a draw.\u00a0Pawel Sowinski, also from Poland, joined them on the podium. The best Czech player\u00a0Jiri Bou\u0161ka\u00a0finished just below the podium. Final standings Futures: 1 Warchol Kamil POL 1991 7 2 Kuru Atilla TUR 1949 6\u00bd 3 Sowinski Pawel POL 2066 6\u00bd 4 Bouska Jiri CZE 2191 5\u00bd 5 Bokhnak Timofey CZE 2112 5 6 Kovalskyi Roman UKR 2065 4\u00bd 7 Tolmacevs Artjoms LAT 2032 4 8 Balint Peter AUT 2097 4 9 Zelbova Lada CZE 1980 1\u00bd 10 Peglau Charis GER 2008 \u00bd Over 300 players took part in the Open tournament with an invitation to the Challengers tournament\u00a02023 at stake. The top seed\u00a0Alexander Motylev\u00a0conceded his opponents only two draws and, with a total of eight points, finished a full point ahead of a large group of players tying for the second place. Final standings Open: 1 GM Motylev Alexander FID 2619 8 2 GM Stremavicius Titas LTU 2495 7 3 \u00a0 Kozak Antoni POL 2459 7 4 GM Santiago Yago De Moura BRA 2509 7 5 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere ESP 2495 7 6 GM Petr Martin CZE 2488 7 7 GM Sankalp Gupta IND 2505 7 8 GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2484 7 9 GM Iniyan P IND 2518 7 10 GM Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2514 7 Official website:\u00a0praguechessfestival.com Text: Official website Photo: Petr Vrabec and Vladimir Jagr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[222,41],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-11650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-czechrepublic","tag-tournaments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11655,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions\/11655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=11650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}