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1st Prague International Chess Festival 2019 (Games and Results)

1st Prague International Chess Festival 2019

The 1st Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 5th Mar to Sat 16th Mar 2019. There is a strong Masters Group Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nikita Vitiugov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Pentala Harikrishna, Boris Gelfand, Samuel Shankland, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, David Navara, Richard Rapport and Viktor Laznicka. The Challengers group was also of interest including includes Women's World Champion Wenjun Ju, Alexei Shirov, young Indian player R Praggnanandhaa David Anton Guijarro etc Nikita Vitiugov won the Masters with 5.5/9. David Anton Guijarro won the Challengers with 6/9 and Hannes Stefansson won the open with 7.5/9.

1st Prague International Chess Festival 2019 (Prague CZE)
Tue 5th Mar 2019 - Sat 16th Mar 2019 - Official Site - Results - Live

1st Prague Masters 2019 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters

1st Prague Challengers (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers

Prague International Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open

1st Prague Masters 2019 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters

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1st Prague Masters 2019 Prague CZE (CZE), 5-16 iii 2019 cat. XIX (2715)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2726 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2794
2. Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi g IND 2711 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2758
3. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2722 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2757
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2655 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2765
5. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2731 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 5 2756
6. Shankland, Samuel g USA 2731 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 2713
7. Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2730 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4 2670
8. Navara, David g CZE 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 4 2669
9. Rapport, Richard g HUN 2738 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 4 2669
10. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2670 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 3 2595
Round 1 (March 6, 2019)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 27 D38 QGD Ragozin
Harikrishna, Pentala - Shankland, Samuel ½-½ 45 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 100 C42 Petroff's Defence
Rapport, Richard - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1 94 B08 Pirc Defence
Laznicka, Viktor - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 30 A22 English Opening
Round 2 (March 7, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 46 C42 Petroff's Defence
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Rapport, Richard 1-0 49 E94 King's Indian Classical
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 41 A09 Reti Opening
Shankland, Samuel - Navara, David ½-½ 23 E15 Queens Indian
Round 3 (March 8, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris - Shankland, Samuel 1-0 59 D12 Slav Defence
Harikrishna, Pentala - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 28 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Navara, David - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 34 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Rapport, Richard - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 30 A33 English Symmetrical
Laznicka, Viktor - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 36 A13 Reti Opening
Round 4 (March 9, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 56 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Shankland, Samuel 0-1 52 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 35 E06 Catalan
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Navara, David 1-0 40 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Rapport, Richard - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 38 C28 Vienna Game
Round 5 (March 10, 2019)
Gelfand, Boris - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 25 E06 Catalan
Shankland, Samuel - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 37 D35 QGD Exchange
Harikrishna, Pentala - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 42 C15 French Winawer
Navara, David - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 35 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Laznicka, Viktor - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 35 A22 English Opening
Round 6 (March 12, 2019)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 27 E04 Catalan
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 17 A33 English Symmetrical
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Shankland, Samuel ½-½ 36 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Rapport, Richard - Navara, David ½-½ 53 A20 English Opening
Laznicka, Viktor - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 28 A13 Reti Opening
Round 7 (March 13, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 51 A50 Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Shankland, Samuel - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Harikrishna, Pentala - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 32 C53 Giuoco Piano
Navara, David - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 39 C45 Scotch Game
Round 8 (March 14, 2019)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof ½-½ 55 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 26 E04 Catalan
Harikrishna, Pentala - Navara, David ½-½ 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Rapport, Richard - Shankland, Samuel ½-½ 48 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Laznicka, Viktor - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 34 A35 English Symmetrical
Round 9 (March 15, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gelfand, Boris - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 24 E06 Catalan
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 24 D38 QGD Ragozin
Shankland, Samuel - Laznicka, Viktor ½-½ 36 D27 QGA
Navara, David - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 57 D38 QGD Ragozin

1st Prague Challengers (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers

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1st Prague Challengers Prague CZE (CZE), 5-16 iii 2019 cat. XIV (2592)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2643 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2711
2. Krejci, Jan g CZE 2570 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2674
3. Michalik, Peter g CZE 2565 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 5 2638
4. Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2580 ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2636
5. Stocek, Jiri g CZE 2592 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 2592
6. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2667 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 2583
7. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2532 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 4 2555
8. Paravyan, David g RUS 2627 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ * 0 1 4 2545
9. Nguyen, Thai Dai Van g CZE 2546 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 4 2554
10. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2600 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ * 2425
Round 1 (March 6, 2019)
Krejci, Jan - Michalik, Peter 0-1 58 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Anton Guijarro, David 0-1 30 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Praggnanandhaa, R - Bartel, Mateusz 0-1 34 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Paravyan, David - Stocek, Jiri 1-0 23 B62 Sicilian Rauzer
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - Ju, Wenjun ½-½ 37 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 2 (March 7, 2019)
Anton Guijarro, David - Krejci, Jan ½-½ 38 D35 QGD Exchange
Ju, Wenjun - Michalik, Peter 1-0 31 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Stocek, Jiri - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 52 A21 English Opening
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - Paravyan, David 1-0 33 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bartel, Mateusz - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 31 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Round 3 (March 8, 2019)
Krejci, Jan - Bartel, Mateusz 1-0 34 E00 Catalan
Michalik, Peter - Anton Guijarro, David 1-0 67 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Shirov, Alexei - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 40 C02 French Advance
Praggnanandhaa, R - Nguyen, Thai Dai Van ½-½ 60 C42 Petroff's Defence
Paravyan, David - Ju, Wenjun 0-1 44 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (March 9, 2019)
Ju, Wenjun - Anton Guijarro, David ½-½ 37 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Stocek, Jiri - Krejci, Jan ½-½ 31 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Paravyan, David - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 45 A21 English Opening
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 58 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bartel, Mateusz - Michalik, Peter ½-½ 49 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (March 10, 2019)
Anton Guijarro, David - Bartel, Mateusz 1-0 60 A21 English Opening
Krejci, Jan - Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 1-0 36 A22 English Opening
Michalik, Peter - Stocek, Jiri ½-½ 51 E16 Queens Indian
Shirov, Alexei - Paravyan, David 1-0 64 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Praggnanandhaa, R - Ju, Wenjun 1-0 57 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 6 (March 11, 2019)
Ju, Wenjun - Bartel, Mateusz ½-½ 35 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Stocek, Jiri - Anton Guijarro, David ½-½ 61 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Praggnanandhaa, R - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 60 C53 Giuoco Piano
Paravyan, David - Krejci, Jan ½-½ 60 C50 Giuoco Piano
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - Michalik, Peter ½-½ 33 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (March 12, 2019)
Anton Guijarro, David - Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 1-0 48 E20 Nimzo Indian
Krejci, Jan - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 47 A05 Various
Michalik, Peter - Paravyan, David 0-1 46 B99 Sicilian Najdorf
Shirov, Alexei - Ju, Wenjun 1-0 24 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Bartel, Mateusz - Stocek, Jiri 0-1 58 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 8 (March 13, 2019)
Ju, Wenjun - Stocek, Jiri 1-0 39 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shirov, Alexei - Krejci, Jan ½-½ 34 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Praggnanandhaa, R - Michalik, Peter 0-1 72 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Paravyan, David - Anton Guijarro, David 0-1 41 A45 Trompowsky
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van - Bartel, Mateusz ½-½ 39 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Round 9 (March 14, 2019)
Anton Guijarro, David - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 59 A21 English Opening
Krejci, Jan - Ju, Wenjun ½-½ 67 D38 QGD Ragozin
Michalik, Peter - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 31 C53 Giuoco Piano
Stocek, Jiri - Nguyen, Thai Dai Van ½-½ 31 A28 English Four Knights
Bartel, Mateusz - Paravyan, David 0-1 24 A01 Larsen Opening

Prague International Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open

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Prague International Open Prague CZE Tue 5th Mar 2019 - Sat 16th Mar 2019
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Stefansson HannesGMISL25237.550.554.544.25
23Zubov AlexanderGMUKR26057.048.553.040.00
312Gasanov EldarGMUKR25007.048.553.039.00
421Bakhmatsky VladislavUKR24197.048.552.538.75
511Stany G.A.IMIND25077.047.552.038.75
610Kriebel TadeasIMCZE25077.045.549.537.50
717Cernousek LukasIMCZE24296.547.051.536.00
81Van Den Doel ErikGMNED26106.547.051.535.50
92Sedlak NikolaGMSRB26056.547.050.536.00
104Bernadskiy VitaliyGMUKR25816.545.550.034.50
1132Lavrov MaximIMRUS23876.545.048.533.25
125Vorobiov Evgeny E.GMRUS25666.544.548.032.50
1313Kashlinskaya AlinaIMRUS24706.544.048.033.25
149Demuth AdrienGMFRA25106.543.046.533.25
1520Nguyen PiotrIMPOL24196.048.052.532.75
1616Stachowiak KamilIMPOL24336.046.551.031.25
1714Rasik VitezslavGMCZE24636.045.550.032.00
1826Rakotomaharo Fy AntenainaIMMAD24096.044.549.030.25
1927Plischki SebastianIMGER23976.044.048.028.75
2023Rakesh Kumar JenaIMIND24166.044.047.529.25
2119Shagbazyan TaronFMUKR24216.043.047.029.75
2222Pulpan JakubIMCZE24176.043.046.529.50
2324Salimova NurgyulFMBUL24146.042.546.029.75
2440Kozusek DanielCZE23506.042.546.028.00
2518Souleidis GeorgiosIMGRE24236.041.545.529.00
2653Goluch PiotrFMPOL23006.041.544.527.00
2737Gschnitzer AdrianFMGER23646.038.542.027.50
2879Dong Bao NghiaVIE21805.549.052.029.00
2931Vedrickas TautvydasFMLTU23905.548.052.028.00
307Sivuk VitalyGMUKR25145.548.051.529.00
3141Martin Duque JesusFMESP23475.547.552.029.50
3239Sharashenidze AkakiFMCZE23535.545.549.027.25
3325Akash GIMIND24115.545.049.528.25
3438Ashwath R.IND23645.544.048.025.25
3546Gajic MladenFMSWE23225.543.547.024.75
3634Szotkowski JakubIMCZE23835.543.046.527.00
3754Svanda OndrejFMCZE22985.543.046.526.00
3858Chittka JuliusGER22885.543.046.525.50
3945Skomorokhin RomanIMRUS23235.543.046.525.00
4028Suarez Uriel AdrianIMESP23955.542.546.526.50
4157Simek Petr (86)FMCZE22905.541.544.523.75
4243Rudolf MichalFMPOL23345.541.045.024.50
4342Klima LukasIMCZE23435.541.045.023.75
4461Docekal JanCZE22695.541.044.023.25
4560Vybiral ZdenekCZE22745.540.544.025.25
4650Kueppers TimoFMGER23035.540.043.524.50
4782Ludvik TomasCZE21725.540.042.022.75
4852Belous MikhailFMUKR23005.539.543.024.75
4959Henni MohamedIMALG22825.539.543.023.25
5063Kunal M.IND22585.538.542.022.25
172 players

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