{"id":14730,"date":"2021-06-21T22:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T22:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=14730"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:36:31","slug":"sam-shankland-wins-prague-chess-festival-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/sam-shankland-wins-prague-chess-festival-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Shankland wins Prague Chess Festival Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Prague International Chess Festival 2021, a big chess forum that included Masters, Open and Futures tournaments, concluded last Sunday in the capital of the Czech Republic.<\/p>

American GM\u00a0Sam Shankland<\/strong>\u00a0emerged as the winner of the most prestigious Masters event scoring an impressive 5.5 out of 7 and picked 18 rating points. Thanks to this excellent\u00a0performance Sam is returning to a prestigious 2700+ club.<\/p>

On his way to the victory, Shankland defeated the rating favourite\u00a0Jan-Krzysztof Duda<\/strong>\u00a0in their second-round encounter and earned the Award of Grandmaster Lubomir Kav\u00e1lek for the best game of the festival which was awarded for the first time.<\/p>

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Jan-Krzysztof \u00a0Duda (Poland) finished just a half-point behind the champion; another Polish GM\u00a0Radoslaw Wojtaszek<\/strong>\u00a0came in third.<\/p>

Final standings Masters<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

USA<\/p><\/td>

2691<\/p><\/td>

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

2<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Duda, Jan-Krzysztof<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2729<\/p><\/td>

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

3<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2687<\/p><\/td>

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

4<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2577<\/p><\/td>

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

5<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Abasov, Nijat<\/p><\/td>

AZE<\/p><\/td>

2665<\/p><\/td>

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

6<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Grandelius, Nils<\/p><\/td>

SWE<\/p><\/td>

2670<\/p><\/td>

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

7<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Van Foreest, Jorden<\/p><\/td>

NED<\/p><\/td>

2701<\/p><\/td>

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

8<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2697<\/p><\/td>

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


In the other round-robin – Futures tournament –\u00a0Jakub Vojta<\/strong>\u00a0took the title whereas the narrowest possible victory (number of black pieces being the last tiebreak) in Open Swiss tournament goes to Polish GM\u00a0Marcin Krzyzanowski<\/strong>.<\/p>

\"\"Chief arbiter IA Pavel Votruba, tournament director Petr Boleslav, silver Kamil Warchol, victorious Jakub Vojta, bronze Matou\u0161 Hlavina, Futures tournament manager Petr Pisk<\/em><\/p>

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

1<\/p><\/td>

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

POL<\/p><\/td>

2503<\/p><\/td>

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

2<\/p><\/td>

Blohberger, Felix<\/p><\/td>

AUT<\/p><\/td>

2475<\/p><\/td>

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

3<\/p><\/td>

Nasuta, Grzegorz<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2512<\/p><\/td>

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

4<\/p><\/td>

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

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2489<\/p><\/td>

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

5<\/p><\/td>

Greenfeld, Alon<\/p><\/td>

ISR<\/p><\/td>

2507<\/p><\/td>

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

6<\/p><\/td>

Plat, Vojtech<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2521<\/p><\/td>

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

7<\/p><\/td>

Kraus, Tomas<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2466<\/p><\/td>

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

8<\/p><\/td>

Sorm, Daniel<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2345<\/p><\/td>

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

9<\/p><\/td>

Neuman, Petr<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2394<\/p><\/td>

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

10<\/p><\/td>

Pavlidis, Anastasios<\/p><\/td>

GRE<\/p><\/td>

2333<\/p><\/td>

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


\"\"Futures tournament manager Petr Pisk, chief arbiter IA Pavel Votruba, tournament director Petr Boleslav, silver Felix Blohberger, winner of the Open Marcin Krzyzanowski, bronze Grzegorz Nasuta, Open tournament manager Ji\u0159\u00ed Petru\u017e\u00e1lek<\/em><\/p>

Photo: official website<\/p>

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

Prague International Chess Festival 2021, a big chess forum that included Masters, Open and Futures tournaments, concluded last Sunday in the capital of the Czech Republic. American GM\u00a0Sam Shankland\u00a0emerged as the winner of the most prestigious Masters event scoring an impressive 5.5 out of 7 and picked 18 rating points. Thanks to this excellent\u00a0performance Sam is returning to a prestigious 2700+ club. On his way to the victory, Shankland defeated the rating favourite\u00a0Jan-Krzysztof Duda\u00a0in their second-round encounter and earned the Award of Grandmaster Lubomir Kav\u00e1lek for the best game of the festival which was awarded for the first time. Jan-Krzysztof \u00a0Duda (Poland) finished just a half-point behind the champion; another Polish GM\u00a0Radoslaw Wojtaszek\u00a0came in third. Final standings Masters:\u00a0 1 GM Shankland, Sam USA 2691 5\u00bd 2 GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2729 5 3 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2687 4 4 GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van CZE 2577 3\u00bd 5 GM Abasov, Nijat AZE 2665 3\u00bd 6 GM Grandelius, Nils SWE 2670 2\u00bd 7 GM Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2701 2\u00bd 8 GM Navara, David CZE 2697 1\u00bd In the other round-robin – Futures tournament –\u00a0Jakub Vojta\u00a0took the title whereas the narrowest possible victory (number of black pieces being the last tiebreak) in Open Swiss tournament goes to Polish GM\u00a0Marcin Krzyzanowski. Chief arbiter IA Pavel Votruba, tournament director Petr Boleslav, silver Kamil Warchol, victorious Jakub Vojta, bronze Matou\u0161 Hlavina, Futures tournament manager Petr Pisk Final standings Open: 1 Krzyzanowski, Marcin POL 2503 7 2 Blohberger, Felix AUT 2475 7 3 Nasuta, Grzegorz POL 2512 6\u00bd 4 Petr, Martin CZE 2489 6\u00bd 5 Greenfeld, Alon ISR 2507 6\u00bd 6 Plat, Vojtech CZE 2521 6\u00bd 7 Kraus, Tomas CZE 2466 6 8 Sorm, Daniel CZE 2345 6 9 Neuman, Petr CZE 2394 6 10 Pavlidis, Anastasios GRE 2333 6 Futures tournament manager Petr Pisk, chief arbiter IA Pavel Votruba, tournament director Petr Boleslav, silver Felix Blohberger, winner of the Open Marcin Krzyzanowski, bronze Grzegorz Nasuta, Open tournament manager Ji\u0159\u00ed Petru\u017e\u00e1lek Photo: official website Official website:\u00a0praguechessfestival.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14732,"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-14730","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\/14730","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=14730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14735,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14730\/revisions\/14735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14730"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=14730"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=14730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}