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The 2nd Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 11th Feb to Sat 22nd Feb 2020. In the Gujrathi Vidit Santosh, Alireza Firouzja (the top two on tie-break). Jan-Krzysztof Duda and David Anton Guijarro all scored 5/9. Firouzja beat Vidit 2-0 in a tie-break match to win the event.

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2nd Prague Masters TB Prague CZE Tue 11th Feb 2020 - Sat 22nd Feb 2020 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FID	2726	1	1	2
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2721	0	0	0
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2nd Prague Masters 2020 Prague CZE Tue 11th Feb 2020 - Sat 22nd Feb 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2721	5.0	2.5	22.50	4
2	2	Firouzja Alireza	GM	FID	2726	5.0	2.0	22.25	4
3	6	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2755	5.0	2.0	22.00	5
4	8	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2697	5.0	2.0	21.25	5
5	7	Shankland Sam	GM	USA	2683	5.0	1.5	21.25	5
6	3	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2731	4.5	0.5	20.25	4
7	10	Harikrishna Pentala	GM	IND	2713	4.5	0.5	19.75	5
8	9	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2670	4.0	0.5	18.00	5
9	5	Navara David	GM	CZE	2717	4.0	0.5	17.25	4
10	1	Grandelius Nils	GM	SWE	2659	3.0	0.0	14.00	4
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2nd Prague Challengers Prague CZE (CZE), 11-22 ii 2020															cat. XIV (2586)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2667	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	6	2701
2.	Abasov, Nijat	g	AZE	2670	½	*	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2656
3.	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2654	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2657
4.	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2639	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	5	2622
5.	Piorun, Kacper	g	POL	2611	½	0	0	1	*	1	½	½	½	1	5	2625
6.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2529	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	5	2634
7.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2560	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	4½	2588
8.	Cernousek, Lukas	m	CZE	2442	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	3½	2521
9.	Krejci, Jan	g	CZE	2559	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	2½	2422
10.	Kriebel, Tadeas	m	CZE	2524	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	*	2½	2426

Round 1 (February 12, 2020)
Bartel, Mateusz	- Esipenko, Andrey	½-½	31	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Piorun, Kacper	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	52	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Stefansson, Hannes	- Kriebel, Tadeas	1-0	48	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Abasov, Nijat	½-½	46	A37	English Symmetrical
Krejci, Jan	- Cernousek, Lukas	½-½	46	C01	French Exchange
Round 2 (February 13, 2020)
Abasov, Nijat	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	30	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Esipenko, Andrey	- Stefansson, Hannes	½-½	30	E20	Nimzo Indian
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Krejci, Jan	½-½	45	A14	Reti Opening
Cernousek, Lukas	- Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	49	C47	Four Knights
Kriebel, Tadeas	- Piorun, Kacper	0-1	53	E91	King's Indian Classical
Round 3 (February 14, 2020)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Kriebel, Tadeas	½-½	41	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Bartel, Mateusz	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	46	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Piorun, Kacper	- Esipenko, Andrey	0-1	64	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Stefansson, Hannes	- Cernousek, Lukas	1-0	51	C11	French Defence
Krejci, Jan	- Abasov, Nijat	½-½	34	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Round 4 (February 15, 2020)
Abasov, Nijat	- Kriebel, Tadeas	1-0	37	A18	English Opening
Esipenko, Andrey	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	30	D26	QGA
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Stefansson, Hannes	½-½	46	C43	Petroff's Defence
Cernousek, Lukas	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	75	B40	Sicilian Classical
Krejci, Jan	- Bartel, Mateusz	0-1	43	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 5 (February 16, 2020)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Cernousek, Lukas	½-½	39	C11	French Defence
Bartel, Mateusz	- Abasov, Nijat	1-0	36	E01	Catalan
Piorun, Kacper	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	22	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Stefansson, Hannes	- Krejci, Jan	1-0	33	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Kriebel, Tadeas	- Esipenko, Andrey	0-1	35	E04	Catalan
Round 6 (February 18, 2020)
Abasov, Nijat	- Esipenko, Andrey	1-0	39	C44	Scotch Gambit
Bartel, Mateusz	- Stefansson, Hannes	½-½	34	E01	Catalan
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Van Foreest, Jorden	0-1	53	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Cernousek, Lukas	- Kriebel, Tadeas	1-0	47	C47	Four Knights
Krejci, Jan	- Piorun, Kacper	½-½	25	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Round 7 (February 19, 2020)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Krejci, Jan	1-0	31	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Esipenko, Andrey	- Cernousek, Lukas	1-0	47	D35	QGD Exchange
Piorun, Kacper	- Bartel, Mateusz	1-0	86	C15	French Winawer
Stefansson, Hannes	- Abasov, Nijat	½-½	31	E16	Queens Indian
Kriebel, Tadeas	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	36	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 8 (February 20, 2020)
Abasov, Nijat	- Cernousek, Lukas	½-½	47	C11	French Defence
Bartel, Mateusz	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	48	D12	Slav Defence
Stefansson, Hannes	- Piorun, Kacper	0-1	50	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Esipenko, Andrey	½-½	55	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Krejci, Jan	- Kriebel, Tadeas	0-1	62	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 9 (February 21, 2020)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Stefansson, Hannes	1-0	43	C50	Giuoco Piano
Esipenko, Andrey	- Krejci, Jan	½-½	53	A19	English Opening
Piorun, Kacper	- Abasov, Nijat	0-1	40	B45	Sicilian Classical
Cernousek, Lukas	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	0-1	35	B56	Sicilian Defence
Kriebel, Tadeas	- Bartel, Mateusz	½-½	50	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4

Prague International Open Prague CZE Tue 11th Feb 2020 - Sat 22nd Feb 2020 Leading Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	19	AKASH G	IM	IND	2449	7.0	39.0	42.5	36.50
2	1	CHRISTIANSEN Johan-Sebastian	GM	NOR	2600	6.5	38.0	41.0	32.25
3	11	KANAREK Marcel	GM	POL	2476	6.5	37.0	41.0	32.25
4	7	PECHAC Jergus	GM	SVK	2499	6.5	36.5	39.0	28.50
5	28	SOULEIDIS Georgios	IM	GRE	2414	6.5	36.0	39.0	31.25
6	2	PETROV Nikita	GM	RUS	2592	6.5	34.5	38.5	31.00
7	6	KANTANS Toms	GM	LAT	2499	6.5	34.5	38.0	30.50
8	13	ROUSSEL-ROOZMON Thomas	GM	CAN	2473	6.5	31.0	33.5	27.25
9	9	MIKAELYAN Arman	GM	ARM	2479	6.0	38.0	41.5	28.50
10	4	SARIC Ante	GM	CRO	2531	6.0	38.0	41.5	28.25
11	23	KISLINSKY Alexey	GM	CZE	2440	6.0	37.5	41.5	26.75
12	5	KRZYZANOWSKI Marcin	IM	POL	2519	6.0	37.0	40.5	29.25
13	24	TECLAF Pawel	IM	POL	2440	6.0	35.5	39.5	28.00
14	12	ALSINA LEAL Daniel	GM	ESP	2474	6.0	34.0	37.0	26.50
15	27	NGUYEN Piotr	IM	POL	2415	6.0	33.5	36.5	25.75
16	22	BARSKI Radoslaw	IM	POL	2444	6.0	33.0	36.5	26.25
17	14	KAPNISIS Spyridon	GM	GRE	2471	5.5	41.5	44.5	27.00
18	21	SHUVALOVA Polina	WGM	RUS	2445	5.5	39.5	43.5	28.25
19	45	PRIEHODA Vitezslav	IM	CZE	2330	5.5	38.5	41.5	26.25
20	29	KRAMER Julian	FM	GER	2400	5.5	38.0	41.5	27.00
21	8	PRIASMORO Novendra	IM	INA	2493	5.5	38.0	41.5	26.00
22	10	JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof	GM	POL	2478	5.5	37.5	41.5	26.75
23	3	FEDOROV Alexei	GM	BLR	2536	5.5	37.0	39.5	25.75
24	30	STRAKA Vojtech	FM	CZE	2398	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.00
25	18	BIOLEK Richard Jr.	IM	CZE	2451	5.5	36.0	40.0	25.25
26	41	BELOUS Mikhail	FM	UKR	2355	5.5	35.5	39.0	25.00
27	47	SIMEK Petr	FM	CZE	2313	5.5	35.0	38.5	24.75
28	44	KUCUKSARI Kaan	FM	SWE	2337	5.5	35.0	38.5	24.50
29	43	GULLAKSEN Eirik	IM	NOR	2337	5.5	35.0	38.5	23.75
30	16	PETR Martin	GM	CZE	2466	5.5	35.0	38.0	24.75
31	84	STALMACH Richard	FM	CZE	2203	5.5	34.5	38.0	25.00
32	17	RASIK Vitezslav	GM	CZE	2462	5.5	33.5	37.0	24.25
33	42	KULHANEK Tomas	IM	CZE	2345	5.5	33.5	36.5	24.00
34	20	BAKHMATSKY Vladislav	IM	UKR	2447	5.5	33.5	36.5	23.75
35	53	BILYCH Olexiy	FM	UKR	2300	5.5	33.5	36.5	22.75
36	32	MOSESOV Danyil	FM	UKR	2379	5.5	33.5	36.0	21.25
37	59	KUSHKO Dmitry		UKR	2283	5.5	33.0	36.0	21.75
38	35	MOLENDA Marcin	FM	POL	2372	5.5	32.0	35.5	23.75
39	52	SERRANO SALVADOR Eduardo	FM	CZE	2303	5.5	32.0	35.5	23.00
40	15	HAMBLETON Aman	GM	CAN	2469	5.5	31.0	35.0	23.75
41	66	ZEMAN Matyas		CZE	2262	5.5	30.5	33.5	21.25
42	95	IVANOV Igor		LAT	2172	5.5	29.5	32.5	21.25
43	82	FRANK Adam		CZE	2205	5.5	29.5	32.0	19.25
44	56	PUNIN Andrii	FM	UKR	2291	5.5	29.0	32.0	22.25
45	38	PLISCHKI Sebastian	IM	GER	2367	5.0	37.0	40.5	21.25
46	37	NEUMAN Petr	GM	CZE	2370	5.0	36.5	39.5	22.25
47	49	SORM Daniel	FM	CZE	2311	5.0	36.0	39.0	21.00
48	33	SOKOLOV Alexander	FM	CZE	2376	5.0	35.5	39.0	23.25
49	67	PETRAN Peter	IM	SVK	2261	5.0	34.0	38.0	21.00
50	46	PACAN-MILEJ Kosma	FM	POL	2327	5.0	34.0	37.0	19.50
248 players

2nd Prague Futures Prague CZE Tue 11th Feb 2020 - Sat 22nd Feb 2020 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	Finek Vaclav	FM	CZE	2220	6.0	0.5	27.25	5
2	2	Gurel Ediz	CM	TUR	2125	6.0	0.5	26.25	4
3	5	Nemec Jachym		CZE	2069	5.0	0.5	19.75	4
4	9	Klimkowski Jan		POL	2229	5.0	0.5	19.50	5
5	4	Vagman Roy	CM	ISR	2141	4.5	2.0	19.25	4
6	7	Kanov Nikola	CM	BUL	2129	4.5	0.5	17.75	5
7	1	Aydin Gulenay	WCM	TUR	1964	4.5	0.5	17.75	4
8	10	Nadzamova Viktoria	WFM	SVK	1960	4.0	0.0	16.50	5
9	8	Chinguun Bayaraa	CM	MGL	2049	3.0	0.0	16.75	5
10	3	Brozka Karel		CZE	2045	2.5	0.0	10.25	4
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