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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.

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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	5½	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	4½	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

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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	5½	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	4½	2592
6.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2667	0	½	½	1	0	*	0	1	½	1	4½	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	*	2½	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

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Prague International Open Prague CZE Tue 5th Mar 2019 - Sat 16th Mar 2019 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2523	7.5	50.5	54.5	44.25
2	3	Zubov Alexander	GM	UKR	2605	7.0	48.5	53.0	40.00
3	12	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2500	7.0	48.5	53.0	39.00
4	21	Bakhmatsky Vladislav		UKR	2419	7.0	48.5	52.5	38.75
5	11	Stany G.A.	IM	IND	2507	7.0	47.5	52.0	38.75
6	10	Kriebel Tadeas	IM	CZE	2507	7.0	45.5	49.5	37.50
7	17	Cernousek Lukas	IM	CZE	2429	6.5	47.0	51.5	36.00
8	1	Van Den Doel Erik	GM	NED	2610	6.5	47.0	51.5	35.50
9	2	Sedlak Nikola	GM	SRB	2605	6.5	47.0	50.5	36.00
10	4	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	GM	UKR	2581	6.5	45.5	50.0	34.50
11	32	Lavrov Maxim	IM	RUS	2387	6.5	45.0	48.5	33.25
12	5	Vorobiov Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	2566	6.5	44.5	48.0	32.50
13	13	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	RUS	2470	6.5	44.0	48.0	33.25
14	9	Demuth Adrien	GM	FRA	2510	6.5	43.0	46.5	33.25
15	20	Nguyen Piotr	IM	POL	2419	6.0	48.0	52.5	32.75
16	16	Stachowiak Kamil	IM	POL	2433	6.0	46.5	51.0	31.25
17	14	Rasik Vitezslav	GM	CZE	2463	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.00
18	26	Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina	IM	MAD	2409	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.25
19	27	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2397	6.0	44.0	48.0	28.75
20	23	Rakesh Kumar Jena	IM	IND	2416	6.0	44.0	47.5	29.25
21	19	Shagbazyan Taron	FM	UKR	2421	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.75
22	22	Pulpan Jakub	IM	CZE	2417	6.0	43.0	46.5	29.50
23	24	Salimova Nurgyul	FM	BUL	2414	6.0	42.5	46.0	29.75
24	40	Kozusek Daniel		CZE	2350	6.0	42.5	46.0	28.00
25	18	Souleidis Georgios	IM	GRE	2423	6.0	41.5	45.5	29.00
26	53	Goluch Piotr	FM	POL	2300	6.0	41.5	44.5	27.00
27	37	Gschnitzer Adrian	FM	GER	2364	6.0	38.5	42.0	27.50
28	79	Dong Bao Nghia		VIE	2180	5.5	49.0	52.0	29.00
29	31	Vedrickas Tautvydas	FM	LTU	2390	5.5	48.0	52.0	28.00
30	7	Sivuk Vitaly	GM	UKR	2514	5.5	48.0	51.5	29.00
31	41	Martin Duque Jesus	FM	ESP	2347	5.5	47.5	52.0	29.50
32	39	Sharashenidze Akaki	FM	CZE	2353	5.5	45.5	49.0	27.25
33	25	Akash G	IM	IND	2411	5.5	45.0	49.5	28.25
34	38	Ashwath R.		IND	2364	5.5	44.0	48.0	25.25
35	46	Gajic Mladen	FM	SWE	2322	5.5	43.5	47.0	24.75
36	34	Szotkowski Jakub	IM	CZE	2383	5.5	43.0	46.5	27.00
37	54	Svanda Ondrej	FM	CZE	2298	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.00
38	58	Chittka Julius		GER	2288	5.5	43.0	46.5	25.50
39	45	Skomorokhin Roman	IM	RUS	2323	5.5	43.0	46.5	25.00
40	28	Suarez Uriel Adrian	IM	ESP	2395	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.50
41	57	Simek Petr (86)	FM	CZE	2290	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.75
42	43	Rudolf Michal	FM	POL	2334	5.5	41.0	45.0	24.50
43	42	Klima Lukas	IM	CZE	2343	5.5	41.0	45.0	23.75
44	61	Docekal Jan		CZE	2269	5.5	41.0	44.0	23.25
45	60	Vybiral Zdenek		CZE	2274	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.25
46	50	Kueppers Timo	FM	GER	2303	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.50
47	82	Ludvik Tomas		CZE	2172	5.5	40.0	42.0	22.75
48	52	Belous Mikhail	FM	UKR	2300	5.5	39.5	43.0	24.75
49	59	Henni Mohamed	IM	ALG	2282	5.5	39.5	43.0	23.25
50	63	Kunal M.		IND	2258	5.5	38.5	42.0	22.25
172 players

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