{"id":22677,"date":"2023-07-01T01:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=22677"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:49:23","slug":"ray-robson-wins-2023-prague-chess-festival-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/ray-robson-wins-2023-prague-chess-festival-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Robson wins 2023 Prague Chess Festival Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The fifth edition of the Prague Chess Festival is in the books. The event, held in several sections, took place from June 21-30, 2023 in the capital of the Czech Republic.<\/p>

All tournaments this year saw tense, exciting battles until the very end. In the Masters, a round robin with ten top GMs participating,\u00a0Bogdan-Daniel Deac<\/strong>\u00a0(Romania) and\u00a0Ray Robson<\/strong>\u00a0(USA) tied for first place scoring 5.5\/9 each after all final games were drawn. To determine the champion the two played a tiebreaker. The American GM won the first game with Black then drew the second one with White and became the winner of the main event. The bronze went to the last-year champion Pentala Harikrishna.<\/p>

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

1<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Robson, Ray<\/p><\/td>

ROU<\/p><\/td>

2693<\/p><\/td>

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

2<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Deac, Bogdan-Daniel<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2689<\/p><\/td>

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

3<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

IND<\/p><\/td>

2704<\/p><\/td>

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

4<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2689<\/p><\/td>

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

5<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Shankland,\u00a0Sam<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2711<\/p><\/td>

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

6<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Martirosyan, Haik<\/p><\/td>

ARM<\/p><\/td>

2685<\/p><\/td>

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

7<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

GER<\/p><\/td>

2690<\/p><\/td>

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

8<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Wang, Hao<\/p><\/td>

CHN<\/p><\/td>

2722<\/p><\/td>

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

9<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Gelfand, Boris<\/p><\/td>

ISR<\/p><\/td>

2668<\/p><\/td>

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

10<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2653<\/p><\/td>

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


\"\"Tiebreaker in the Masters<\/em><\/p>

In the Challengers competition, both main contenders for the title,\u00a0Mateusz Bartel<\/strong>\u00a0(Poland) and\u00a0Alexander Motylev<\/strong>\u00a0(Romania) scored last-round victories. As a result, the Polish GM retained his half-point lead over his rival, finished clear first and punched his ticket to the 2024 Masters.<\/p>

Motylev is second while as many as three players tied for third position with\u00a0Paulius Pultinevicius<\/strong>\u00a0(Lithuania) taking bronze thanks the best score in their direct encounters.<\/p>

\"\"Always smiling Mateusz Bartel<\/em><\/p>

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

1<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Bartel, Mateusz<\/p><\/td>

POL<\/p><\/td>

2609<\/p><\/td>

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

2<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

ROU<\/p><\/td>

2597<\/p><\/td>

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

3<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Pultinevicius, Paulius<\/p><\/td>

LTU<\/p><\/td>

2530<\/p><\/td>

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

4<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Gledura, Benjamin<\/p><\/td>

HUN<\/p><\/td>

2645<\/p><\/td>

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

5<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Vykouk, Jan<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2467<\/p><\/td>

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

6<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

L’Ami, Erwin<\/p><\/td>

NED<\/p><\/td>

2645<\/p><\/td>

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

7<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

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

SVK<\/p><\/td>

2611<\/p><\/td>

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

8<\/p><\/td>

FM<\/p><\/td>

Finek, Vaclav<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2409<\/p><\/td>

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

9<\/p><\/td>

IM<\/p><\/td>

Stalmach, Richard<\/p><\/td>

CZE<\/p><\/td>

2436<\/p><\/td>

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

10<\/p><\/td>

GM<\/p><\/td>

Akash G<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2483<\/p><\/td>

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


Patryk Cieslak (Poland) pulled off a crucial last-round victory win the Futures, while the rating favorite Vojtech Plat tied for first place in the Open and became the champion by dint of better Buchholz.<\/p>

\"\"The Futures tournament podium<\/em><\/p>

Detailed results of all tournaments can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>

Masters<\/strong><\/p>

Robson, Ray<\/p><\/td>

18,80<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Deac, Bogdan-Daniel<\/p><\/td>

16,82<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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

13,85<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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

5,44<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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

5,44<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Martirosyan, Haik<\/p><\/td>

5,44<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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

5,44<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Challengers<\/strong><\/p>

Bartel Mateusz<\/p><\/td>

7,34<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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

5,87<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Pultinevicius Paulius<\/p><\/td>

4,40<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Gledura Benjamin<\/p><\/td>

4,40<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Vykouk Jan<\/p><\/td>

4,40<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Photos: 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":"

The fifth edition of the Prague Chess Festival is in the books. The event, held in several sections, took place from June 21-30, 2023 in the capital of the Czech Republic. All tournaments this year saw tense, exciting battles until the very end. In the Masters, a round robin with ten top GMs participating,\u00a0Bogdan-Daniel Deac\u00a0(Romania) and\u00a0Ray Robson\u00a0(USA) tied for first place scoring 5.5\/9 each after all final games were drawn. To determine the champion the two played a tiebreaker. The American GM won the first game with Black then drew the second one with White and became the winner of the main event. The bronze went to the last-year champion Pentala Harikrishna. Final standings Masters: 1 GM Robson, Ray ROU 2693 5\u00bd 2 GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel USA 2689 5\u00bd 3 GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2704 5 4 GM Navara, David CZE 2689 4\u00bd 5 GM Shankland,\u00a0Sam USA 2711 4\u00bd 6 GM Martirosyan, Haik ARM 2685 4\u00bd 7 GM Keymer, Vincent GER 2690 4\u00bd 8 GM Wang, Hao CHN 2722 4 9 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2668 3\u00bd 10 GM Nguyen Thai Dai CZE 2653 3\u00bd Tiebreaker in the Masters In the Challengers competition, both main contenders for the title,\u00a0Mateusz Bartel\u00a0(Poland) and\u00a0Alexander Motylev\u00a0(Romania) scored last-round victories. As a result, the Polish GM retained his half-point lead over his rival, finished clear first and punched his ticket to the 2024 Masters. Motylev is second while as many as three players tied for third position with\u00a0Paulius Pultinevicius\u00a0(Lithuania) taking bronze thanks the best score in their direct encounters. Always smiling Mateusz Bartel Final standings Challengers: 1 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2609 6\u00bd 2 GM Motylev, Alexander ROU 2597 6 3 GM Pultinevicius, Paulius LTU 2530 5 4 GM Gledura, Benjamin HUN 2645 5 5 IM Vykouk, Jan CZE 2467 5 6 GM L’Ami, Erwin NED 2645 4\u00bd 7 GM Pechac, Jergus SVK 2611 4 8 FM Finek, Vaclav CZE 2409 3\u00bd 9 IM Stalmach, Richard CZE 2436 3 10 GM Akash G IND 2483 2\u00bd Patryk Cieslak (Poland) pulled off a crucial last-round victory win the Futures, while the rating favorite Vojtech Plat tied for first place in the Open and became the champion by dint of better Buchholz. The Futures tournament podium Detailed results of all tournaments can be found\u00a0here. Masters Robson, Ray 18,80 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 16,82 Harikrishna, Pentala 13,85 Navara, David 5,44 Shankland Sam 5,44 Martirosyan, Haik 5,44 Keymer, Vincent 5,44 Challengers Bartel Mateusz 7,34 Motylev Alexander 5,87 Pultinevicius Paulius 4,40 Gledura Benjamin 4,40 Vykouk Jan 4,40 Photos: official website Official website:\u00a0praguechessfestival.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22679,"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-22677","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\/22677","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=22677"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22682,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22677\/revisions\/22682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22677"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=22677"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=22677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}