{"id":38027,"date":"2025-09-01T13:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=38027"},"modified":"2025-09-02T23:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:52:04","slug":"stepan-hrbek-and-tereza-rodshtein-crowned-czech-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/stepan-hrbek-and-tereza-rodshtein-crowned-czech-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hrbek and Tereza Rodshtein crowned Czech Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The thrilling final round decided this year\u2019s chess champions of the Czech Republic. In the women\u2019s category, Tereza Rodshtein clinched the title, defeating Julia Movsesian in the final of the elimination tournament. In the open round-robin event, seventh seed \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hrbek emerged as a surprise winner, while Jan Vykouk and Tade\u00e1\u0161 Kriebel claimed silver and bronze, respectively.<\/p>

The Czech Championship returned to Plze\u0148 after a five-year break. While David Navara dominated the 2020 open tournament, this year he did not take part due to a scheduling conflict. Nevertheless, he attended the final two rounds at the Plze\u0148 Congress Center Parkhotel as a commentator\u2014much to the delight of the spectators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The games certainly lived up to expectations: only 22 out of 45 ended in draws. With two rounds remaining, eight of the ten players were still in contention for gold, underscoring the tournament\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>

J\u00e1chym N\u011bmec and Jan Vykouk traded the lead for much of the tournament, but neither managed to convert their chances in the decisive final round. Vykouk drew his game, while N\u011bmec lost\u2014to none other than 19-year-old \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hrbek, who thereby secured his unexpected national title. His final score of 5.5\/9 reflected the remarkable balance of the event. The pre-tournament favorites struggled: V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk finished fifth, and \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n \u017dilka placed eighth.<\/p>

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

The women\u2019s championship, held for the third consecutive year in a knockout format, began with a preliminary round followed by quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final. Each round featured two classical games, two rapid games, blitz, and, if necessary, an Armageddon decider. Several junior players also participated but were unable to match the experience of their older opponents.<\/p>

Tereza Rodshtein overcame all challengers on her way to the title, defeating Karol\u00edna Pilsov\u00e1, Anna Lhotsk\u00e1, and finally two-time defending champion Julia Movsesian. In the bronze medal match, Krist\u00fdna Petrov\u00e1 outplayed Anna Lhotsk\u00e1.<\/p>

Tournament director and Chairman of the Czech Chess Association Martin Petr reflected positively on the event:<\/p>

\u201cI am thrilled with the course of this year\u2019s Czech Championship. I would like to thank all the players for their fighting spirit and fair-play approach. The spectators certainly enjoyed the exciting games and the tournaments\u2014and I did too.\u201d<\/p>

The organizer, Chess Club 64 Plze\u0148, expressed gratitude to all who supported the 2025 Czech Championship: the City of Plze\u0148, the Czech Chess Association, Plze\u0148sk\u00e1 tepl\u00e1rensk\u00e1, Parkhotel Plze\u0148, Ubytov\u00e1n\u00ed U Folt\u00fdn\u016f, PROdiamant, Calliditas Edutainment, NODAK, and the 64 Foundation.<\/p>

This article is based on a report by the Czech Chess Federation<\/p>

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The thrilling final round decided this year\u2019s chess champions of the Czech Republic. In the women\u2019s category, Tereza Rodshtein clinched the title, defeating Julia Movsesian in the final of the elimination tournament. In the open round-robin event, seventh seed \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hrbek emerged as a surprise winner, while Jan Vykouk and Tade\u00e1\u0161 Kriebel claimed silver and bronze, respectively. The Czech Championship returned to Plze\u0148 after a five-year break. While David Navara dominated the 2020 open tournament, this year he did not take part due to a scheduling conflict. Nevertheless, he attended the final two rounds at the Plze\u0148 Congress Center Parkhotel as a commentator\u2014much to the delight of the spectators. The games certainly lived up to expectations: only 22 out of 45 ended in draws. With two rounds remaining, eight of the ten players were still in contention for gold, underscoring the tournament\u2019s competitiveness. J\u00e1chym N\u011bmec and Jan Vykouk traded the lead for much of the tournament, but neither managed to convert their chances in the decisive final round. Vykouk drew his game, while N\u011bmec lost\u2014to none other than 19-year-old \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Hrbek, who thereby secured his unexpected national title. His final score of 5.5\/9 reflected the remarkable balance of the event. The pre-tournament favorites struggled: V\u00e1clav Fin\u011bk finished fifth, and \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n \u017dilka placed eighth. Final standings Open The women\u2019s championship, held for the third consecutive year in a knockout format, began with a preliminary round followed by quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final. Each round featured two classical games, two rapid games, blitz, and, if necessary, an Armageddon decider. Several junior players also participated but were unable to match the experience of their older opponents. Tereza Rodshtein overcame all challengers on her way to the title, defeating Karol\u00edna Pilsov\u00e1, Anna Lhotsk\u00e1, and finally two-time defending champion Julia Movsesian. In the bronze medal match, Krist\u00fdna Petrov\u00e1 outplayed Anna Lhotsk\u00e1. Tournament director and Chairman of the Czech Chess Association Martin Petr reflected positively on the event: \u201cI am thrilled with the course of this year\u2019s Czech Championship. I would like to thank all the players for their fighting spirit and fair-play approach. The spectators certainly enjoyed the exciting games and the tournaments\u2014and I did too.\u201d The organizer, Chess Club 64 Plze\u0148, expressed gratitude to all who supported the 2025 Czech Championship: the City of Plze\u0148, the Czech Chess Association, Plze\u0148sk\u00e1 tepl\u00e1rensk\u00e1, Parkhotel Plze\u0148, Ubytov\u00e1n\u00ed U Folt\u00fdn\u016f, PROdiamant, Calliditas Edutainment, NODAK, and the 64 Foundation. This article is based on a report by the Czech Chess Federation Official website: chess.cz\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[222,297],"regular":[361],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-38027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-czechrepublic","tag-national-championship","regular-regular"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38027","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38027"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38035,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38027\/revisions\/38035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38027"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=38027"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=38027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}