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The 7th Prague International Chess Festival takes place Wed 26th Feb to Fri 7th Mar 2025. The main event is the Masters with Chithambaram VR. Aravindh, R Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer, David Navara, Le Quang Liem, Anish Giri, Sam Shankland, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, Ediz Gurel and Wei Yi. The Challengers is also very strong and there's a Futures group and a number of opens.

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7th Prague Masters 2025 Prague CZE (CZE), 26 ii-7 iii 2025															cat. XIX (2706)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	g	IND	2729	*	.	1	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2991
2.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2741	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	½	.	2	2781
3.	Keymer, Vincent	g	GER	2731	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2	2843
4.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2677	.	½	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2736
5.	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2739	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	.	1½	2676
6.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2728	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	1½	2723
7.	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2670	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	1	.	1½	2674
8.	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2668	½	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	1	2588
9.	Gurel, Ediz	g	TUR	2624	.	½	.	.	½	.	0	.	*	.	1	2591
10.	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2755	0	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	½	2456

Round 1 (February 26, 2025)
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	½-½	76	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Navara, David	½-½	66	D38	QGD Ragozin
Keymer, Vincent	- Wei, Yi	1-0	55	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Le, Quang Liem	- Giri, Anish	½-½	41	D20	QGA
Shankland, Sam	- Gurel, Ediz	1-0	53	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 2 (February 27, 2025)
Keymer, Vincent	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	0-1	45	D22	QGA
Navara, David	- Le, Quang Liem	½-½	44	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	- Shankland, Sam	½-½	64	E94	King's Indian Classical
Gurel, Ediz	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	46	C07	French Tarrasch
Wei, Yi	- Giri, Anish	½-½	45	C55	Two Knights Defence
Round 3 (February 28, 2025)
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Wei, Yi	1-0	44	D38	QGD Ragozin
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	1-0	29	E20	Nimzo Indian
Le, Quang Liem	- Gurel, Ediz	½-½	37	C43	Petroff's Defence
Giri, Anish	- Navara, David	½-½	37	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shankland, Sam	- Keymer, Vincent	0-1	54	A21	English Opening

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7th Prague Challengers Prague CZE (CZE), 26 ii-7 iii 2025															cat. XIII (2555)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2659	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	2½	2845
2.	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	g	DEN	2640	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	1	2½	2815
3.	Nemec, Jachym	f	CZE	2433	.	.	*	.	1	½	½	.	.	.	2	2677
4.	Ma, Qun	g	CHN	2645	½	.	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	1½	2572
5.	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	g	ESP	2599	.	½	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2521
6.	Finek, Vaclav	m	CZE	2478	.	.	½	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	1½	2552
7.	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	g	GRE	2580	.	0	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	2392
8.	Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	g	FRA	2581	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	2459
9.	Divya, Deshmukh	m	IND	2490	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	1	1	2444
10.	Stalmach, Richard	m	CZE	2449	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	½	2297

Round 1 (February 26, 2025)
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Ma, Qun	½-½	34	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Nemec, Jachym	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	30	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Salgado Lopez, Ivan	- Divya, Deshmukh	1-0	53	D32	Tarrasch Defence
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	0-1	29	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Stalmach, Richard	- Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	½-½	51	E04	Catalan
Round 2 (February 27, 2025)
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Salgado Lopez, Ivan	½-½	35	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nemec, Jachym	- Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	½-½	86	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Finek, Vaclav	- Ma, Qun	½-½	49	D13	Slav Exchange
Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	- Yakubboev, Nodirbek	0-1	56	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Divya, Deshmukh	- Stalmach, Richard	1-0	50	D35	QGD Exchange
Round 3 (February 28, 2025)
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Divya, Deshmukh	1-0	33	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Ma, Qun	- Maurizzi, Marc'Andria	½-½	31	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Salgado Lopez, Ivan	- Nemec, Jachym	0-1	38	E49	Nimzo Indian
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	73	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Stalmach, Richard	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	0-1	25	E11	Bogo Indian Defence

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7th Prague Futures Prague CZE (CZE), 26 ii-7 iii 2025
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1.	Viti, Greta		ITA	1971	*	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	3
2.	Sunea, Sara Maria		ROU	1854	.	*	.	1	.	.	0	.	.	1	2	1912
3.	Stara, Zuzana		CZE	1919	.	.	*	.	0	1	.	.	.	1	2	1922
4.	Rzadkowska, Lila		POL	1743	.	0	.	*	.	.	.	1	.	1	2	1972
5.	Tolmaceva, Alona		LAT	1839	0	.	1	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1½	1881
6.	Schirmbeck, Lilian		GER	1754	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	.	1	.	1½	1857
7.	Anistoroaei, Maria		ROU	1820	0	1	.	.	.	.	*	0	.	.	1	1780
8.	Markina, Sofiia		CZE	1891	.	.	.	0	.	.	1	*	0	.	1	1667
9.	Jakubse, Tamae Severina	wf	CZE	1815	0	.	.	.	.	0	.	1	*	.	1	1747
10.	Rzadkowska, Kaja		POL	1798	.	0	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (February 26, 2025)
Rzadkowska, Lila	- Rzadkowska, Kaja	1-0	56	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tolmaceva, Alona	- Viti, Greta	0-1	33	C45	Scotch Game
Schirmbeck, Lilian	- Stara, Zuzana	0-1	37	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Anistoroaei, Maria	- Sunea, Sara Maria	1-0	45	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Jakubse, Tamae Severina	- Markina, Sofiia	1-0	52	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Round 2 (February 27, 2025)
Viti, Greta	- Jakubse, Tamae Severina	1-0	49	C50	Giuoco Piano
Sunea, Sara Maria	- Rzadkowska, Lila	1-0	96	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Stara, Zuzana	- Rzadkowska, Kaja	1-0	38	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Schirmbeck, Lilian	- Tolmaceva, Alona	½-½	65	A43	Old Benoni
Markina, Sofiia	- Anistoroaei, Maria	1-0	64	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (February 28, 2025)
Rzadkowska, Lila	- Markina, Sofiia	1-0	58	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Tolmaceva, Alona	- Stara, Zuzana	1-0	60	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Anistoroaei, Maria	- Viti, Greta	0-1	43	D10	Slav Defence
Jakubse, Tamae Severina	- Schirmbeck, Lilian	0-1	58	C43	Petroff's Defence
Rzadkowska, Kaja	- Sunea, Sara Maria	0-1	72	D31	Semi-Slav Defence

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Prague Int Open 2025 Prague CZE Wed 26th Feb 2025 - Fri 7th Mar 2025 Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	GM	UKR	2529	2	1	2	2,00
2	6	Raja, Rithvik R	GM	IND	2522	2	1	2	2,00
3	7	Beerdsen, Thomas	GM	NED	2511	2	1	2	2,00
4	9	Popovic, Dusan	GM	SRB	2494	2	1	2	2,00
5	10	Ghazarian, Kirk	GM	USA	2493	2	1	2	2,00
6	11	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GM	GRE	2484	2	1	2	2,00
7	13	Vykouk, Jan	IM	CZE	2478	2	1	2	2,00
8	15	Haring, Filip	IM	SVK	2470	2	1	2	2,00
9	16	Agmanov, Zhandos	IM	KAZ	2469	2	1	2	2,00
10	19	Kraus, Tomas	GM	CZE	2451	2	1	2	2,00
11	22	Gkoumas, Georgios	IM	GRE	2438	2	1	2	2,00
12	23	Neuman, Petr	GM	CZE	2436	2	1	2	2,00
13	25	Baenziger, Fabian	IM	SUI	2430	2	1	2	2,00
14	28	Prokofiev, Valentyn	FM	UKR	2420	2	1	2	2,00
15	29	Vantika, Agrawal	IM	IND	2411	2	1	2	2,00
16	32	Boros, Denes	GM	HUN	2401	2	1	2	2,00
17	36	Sofronie, Iulian	IM	ROU	2380	2	1	2	2,00
18	37	Stinka, Jakub	FM	CZE	2377	2	1	2	2,00
19	38	Dehtiarov, Roman	FM	UKR	2376	2	1	2	2,00
20	39	Kistrup, Nicolai	IM	DEN	2374	2	1	2	2,00
21	42	Rybka, Simon	FM	SVK	2342	2	1	2	2,00
22	44	Gloeckler, Christian	FM	GER	2334	2	1	2	2,00
23	46	Stevik, Patrik	FM	SVK	2331	2	1	2	2,00
24	48	Polyakov, Maxim	IM	UKR	2327	2	1	2	2,00
25	49	Kukelko, Alexey	FM	UKR	2327	2	1	2	2,00
26	50	Simek, Petr	FM	CZE	2322	2	1	2	2,00
27	52	Prazak, Daniel	FM	CZE	2319	2	1	2	2,00
28	57	Knudsen, Simon	FM	GER	2312	2	1	2	2,00
29	58	Eret, Matous	FM	CZE	2304	2	1	2	2,00
30	62	Walek, Petr	FM	CZE	2279	2	1	2	2,00
31	64	Sieber, Fiona	WGM	GER	2274	2	1	2	2,00
32	65	Gallasch, Jonas	FM	GER	2264	2	1	2	2,00
33	66	Mohylnyi, Stepan		UKR	2252	2	1	2	2,00
34	67	Weidemann, Jakob		GER	2250	2	1	2	2,00
35	1	Pechac, Jergus	GM	SVK	2603	2	1	1.5	1.50
36	2	Nyzhnyk, Illya	GM	UKR	2569	2	1	1.5	1.50
37	4	Sasikiran, Krishnan	GM	IND	2548	2	1	1.5	1.50
38	31	Eren, Ataberk	IM	TUR	2402	2	1	1.5	1.50
39	43	Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe	IM	BRA	2335	2	1	1.5	1.50
40	75	Flajsman, Pavel		CZE	2203	2	1	1.5	1.50
41	3	Grigoryan, Karen H.	GM	ARM	2554	2	1	1	1,00
42	18	Zhao, Yuanhe	IM	CHN	2466	2	1	1	1,00
43	20	Rubes, Jan	IM	CZE	2444	2	1	1	1,00
44	21	Druska, Juraj	IM	SVK	2442	2	1	1	1,00
45	30	Kolb, Tobias	FM	GER	2410	2	1	1	1,00
46	34	Stork, Oliver	FM	GER	2395	2	1	1	1,00
47	35	Svanda, Ondrej	IM	CZE	2383	2	1	1	1,00
48	45	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	WGM	CAN	2333	2	1	1	1,00
49	56	Chittka, Julius	FM	GER	2313	2	1	1	1,00
50	60	Klek, Hanna Marie	WGM	GER	2289	2	1	1	1,00
306 players

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