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The 8th Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 24th Feb to Fri 6th Mar 2026. Players Masters: Vincent Keymer, D Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Moke, Niemann, Parham Maghsoodloo, Jorden Van Foreest, Aravindh Chithambaram V, Nodirbek Yakubboev, David Anton Guijarro and David Navara. There's a strong Challengers section, Futures and an open too.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won his third classical tournament in a row after London and Tata Steel. He won three and drew six games. Jorden Van Foreest took an early lead but defeats in the final two rounds took him down to a tie for second place with Maghsoodloo and Aravindh. World Champion Gukesh finished tied for last place with David Anton, his only win came in the last round against Anton. Top seed Vincent Keymer tied for 8th place. Vaclav Finek won the challengers.

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8th Prague Masters 2026 Prague CZE (CZE), 24 ii-6 iii 2026															cat. XIX (2710)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2751	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	6	2830
2.	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2708	½	*	½	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	5	2753
3.	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	g	IND	2700	0	½	*	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	5	2754
4.	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2705	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	0	1	5	2754
5.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2628	0	1	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	4½	2719
6.	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2691	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	4½	2712
7.	Keymer, Vincent	g	GER	2776	½	0	1	0	½	0	*	½	1	½	4	2660
8.	Niemann, Hans Moke	g	USA	2725	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	4	2665
9.	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2666	½	½	1	1	½	0	0	0	*	0	3½	2635
10.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2754	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	3½	2625

Round 1 (February 25, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	1-0	55	C41	Philidor's Defence
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	50	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	1-0	40	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	43	C53	Giuoco Piano
Gukesh, D	- Niemann, Hans Moke	½-½	62	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (February 26, 2026)
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	47	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Keymer, Vincent	- Navara, David	½-½	40	A07	Barcza System
Niemann, Hans Moke	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	0-1	53	C41	Philidor's Defence
Anton Guijarro, David	- Van Foreest, Jorden	1-0	27	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Gukesh, D	- Yakubboev, Nodirbek	½-½	30	D36	QGD Exchange
Round 3 (February 27, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	42	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	30	B10	Caro Kann
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Gukesh, D	1-0	48	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Navara, David	- Anton Guijarro, David	½-½	38	E06	Catalan
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Niemann, Hans Moke	½-½	67	B93	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Round 4 (February 28, 2026)
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Van Foreest, Jorden	0-1	59	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Keymer, Vincent	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	1-0	29	C41	Philidor's Defence
Niemann, Hans Moke	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	53	C02	French Advance
Anton Guijarro, David	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	41	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Gukesh, D	- Navara, David	½-½	72	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (March 1, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Gukesh, D	1-0	69	A22	English Opening
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	55	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Anton Guijarro, David	0-1	40	A17	English Opening
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Niemann, Hans Moke	1-0	36	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Navara, David	- Yakubboev, Nodirbek	1-0	48	E08	Catalan
Round 6 (March 3, 2026)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Navara, David	½-½	56	D38	QGD Ragozin
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	47	C42	Petroff's Defence
Niemann, Hans Moke	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	92	C50	Giuoco Piano
Anton Guijarro, David	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	50	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Gukesh, D	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	0-1	48	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Round 7 (March 4, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Van Foreest, Jorden	½-½	44	B35	Sicilian Defence
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Gukesh, D	½-½	49	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Yakubboev, Nodirbek	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Navara, David	- Niemann, Hans Moke	½-½	42	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Keymer, Vincent	- Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	68	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (March 5, 2026)
Van Foreest, Jorden	- Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	0-1	61	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Navara, David	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	0-1	64	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Yakubboev, Nodirbek	- Maghsoodloo, Parham	½-½	35	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Niemann, Hans Moke	- Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	59	C53	Giuoco Piano
Gukesh, D	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	47	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 9 (March 6, 2026)
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Niemann, Hans Moke	½-½	34	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Maghsoodloo, Parham	- Van Foreest, Jorden	1-0	45	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	- Navara, David	1-0	64	C53	Giuoco Piano
Keymer, Vincent	- Yakubboev, Nodirbek	0-1	68	A07	Barcza System
Anton Guijarro, David	- Gukesh, D	0-1	56	D37	QGD 5.Bf4

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8th Prague Challengers Prague CZE (CZE), 24 ii-6 iii 2026															cat. XIII (2552)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Finek, Vaclav	m	CZE	2538	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2719
2.	Yuffa, Daniil	g	ESP	2604	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	6	2671
3.	Divya, Deshmukh	g	IND	2497	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	5	2601
4.	Gledura, Benjamin	g	HUN	2652	½	0	½	*	1	1	0	0	1	½	4½	2540
5.	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	g	DEN	2629	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	4½	2543
6.	Nemec, Jachym	m	CZE	2466	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	4½	2561
7.	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2568	½	½	0	1	½	0	*	0	½	1	4	2507
8.	Beerdsen, Thomas	g	NED	2525	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	*	½	½	4	2512
9.	Hrbek, Stepan	m	CZE	2463	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2481
10.	Zhu, Jiner	g	CHN	2578	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	2½	2383

Round 1 (February 25, 2026)
Finek, Vaclav	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	½-½	81	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Yuffa, Daniil	- Hrbek, Stepan	0-1	54	A08	Barcza System
Divya, Deshmukh	- Gledura, Benjamin	½-½	37	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Beerdsen, Thomas	0-1	52	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Zhu, Jiner	- Nemec, Jachym	0-1	56	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (February 26, 2026)
Divya, Deshmukh	- Yuffa, Daniil	½-½	35	E47	Nimzo Indian
Gledura, Benjamin	- Beerdsen, Thomas	0-1	31	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	½-½	64	A06	Zukertort Opening
Nemec, Jachym	- Finek, Vaclav	0-1	39	E43	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Hrbek, Stepan	- Zhu, Jiner	1-0	45	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 3 (February 27, 2026)
Finek, Vaclav	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	33	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Yuffa, Daniil	- Gledura, Benjamin	1-0	75	B40	Sicilian Classical
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Nemec, Jachym	0-1	33	C43	Petroff's Defence
Beerdsen, Thomas	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	0-1	40	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Zhu, Jiner	- Divya, Deshmukh	1-0	35	A58	Volga Gambit
Round 4 (February 28, 2026)
Yuffa, Daniil	- Zhu, Jiner	1-0	40	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Divya, Deshmukh	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	31	C46	Four Knights
Gledura, Benjamin	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	1-0	25	B50	Sicilian Defence
Nemec, Jachym	- Beerdsen, Thomas	½-½	77	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Hrbek, Stepan	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	½-½	40	A13	Reti Opening
Round 5 (March 1, 2026)
Finek, Vaclav	- Yuffa, Daniil	1-0	43	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Nemec, Jachym	½-½	39	C43	Petroff's Defence
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Divya, Deshmukh	0-1	35	B28	Sicilian Early a7-a6
Beerdsen, Thomas	- Hrbek, Stepan	½-½	47	C49	Four Knights Metger
Zhu, Jiner	- Gledura, Benjamin	½-½	25	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Round 6 (March 3, 2026)
Yuffa, Daniil	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	½-½	42	B50	Sicilian Defence
Divya, Deshmukh	- Beerdsen, Thomas	½-½	34	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Gledura, Benjamin	- Nemec, Jachym	1-0	37	A13	Reti Opening
Hrbek, Stepan	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	½-½	32	A14	Reti Opening
Zhu, Jiner	- Finek, Vaclav	½-½	49	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (March 4, 2026)
Finek, Vaclav	- Gledura, Benjamin	½-½	134	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Divya, Deshmukh	½-½	33	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Nemec, Jachym	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	60	D38	QGD Ragozin
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Zhu, Jiner	1-0	71	D35	QGD Exchange
Beerdsen, Thomas	- Yuffa, Daniil	0-1	42	B45	Sicilian Classical
Round 8 (March 5, 2026)
Finek, Vaclav	- Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	½-½	74	E04	Catalan
Yuffa, Daniil	- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	1-0	44	A13	Reti Opening
Divya, Deshmukh	- Nemec, Jachym	½-½	72	E47	Nimzo Indian
Gledura, Benjamin	- Hrbek, Stepan	1-0	83	C50	Giuoco Piano
Zhu, Jiner	- Beerdsen, Thomas	½-½	34	D79	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 9 (March 6, 2026)
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	- Zhu, Jiner	1-0	27	A05	Various
Nemec, Jachym	- Yuffa, Daniil	0-1	20	D39	QGD Ragozin
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	- Gledura, Benjamin	1-0	49	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Beerdsen, Thomas	- Finek, Vaclav	0-1	56	D40	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Hrbek, Stepan	- Divya, Deshmukh	0-1	26	B08	Pirc Defence

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8th Prague Futures Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	7	RZADKOWSKA Kaja	WCM	POL	1906	7	0	27,75	6
2	10	JORDAN Christina	WCM	SUI	1889	6.5	0	26,75	5
3	3	STARA Zuzana		CZE	1976	5	1	18	5
4	6	ALESSI Clio		ITA	1886	5	2	24,75	4
5	9	NGUYEN DOAN Bao Anh Angelina		POL	1853	5	2	17,75	4
6	2	MARKINA Sofiia		CZE	1867	4.5	0	17	3
7	5	RZADKOWSKA Lila	WCM	POL	1836	4	0	16,75	3
8	8	SCHIRMBECK Lilian	WCM	GER	2035	3	0	11.5	3
9	1	TOLMACEVA Alona	WFM	LAT	1876	2.5	1	9,75	2
10	4	HRCKOVA Anna	WCM	CZE	2039	2.5	2	11	1
10 players

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Prague Int Open 2026 Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Sasikiran, Krishnan	GM	IND	2538	8	51	55	48
2	14	Gloeckler, Christian	IM	GER	2446	7.5	50.5	55.5	44.5
3	20	Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru	FM	ROU	2414	7.5	45	48.5	39,25
4	8	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GM	GRE	2469	7	50.5	55	42,25
5	4	Zhao, Jun	GM	CHN	2533	7	49.5	54	40.5
6	7	Mayank, Chakraborty	IM	IND	2473	7	49.5	53.5	38,25
7	12	Haring, Filip	GM	SVK	2461	7	49	53.5	39,75
8	21	Haug, Havard	FM	NOR	2412	7	47	50	34
9	27	Bulmaga, Irina	IM	ROU	2395	7	46	50	36,75
10	18	Gkoumas, Georgios	IM	GRE	2433	7	45.5	49.5	38,25
11	36	Nurman, Alua	WGM	KAZ	2363	7	45.5	49.5	35,75
12	22	Risteski, Emil	IM	MKD	2410	7	45	49	37,25
13	23	Stalmach, Richard	IM	CZE	2408	6.5	52.5	56	37,25
14	5	Sahidi, Samir	IM	SVK	2522	6.5	51.5	56.5	38
15	30	Ostensen, Nicolai Maxime	FM	NOR	2380	6.5	48.5	53	36
16	35	Vardanyan, Aras	FM	LTU	2366	6.5	48.5	52.5	35,25
17	6	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	GM	POL	2494	6.5	48.5	51.5	34,25
18	28	Eren, Ataberk	IM	TUR	2391	6.5	47.5	51.5	32,75
19	44	Winter, Ondrej	FM	CZE	2321	6.5	46.5	50.5	35.5
20	56	Golis, Wiktor	FM	POL	2288	6.5	46.5	50	32
21	34	Svanda, Ondrej	IM	CZE	2366	6.5	46	50	33.5
22	60	Orujov, Farid	FM	AZE	2282	6.5	46	49.5	33,75
23	37	Atalik, Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2348	6.5	45.5	49.5	33.5
24	1	Moroni, Luca Jr	GM	ITA	2563	6.5	45.5	49	34,25
25	33	Hulka, Valentyn	FM	UKR	2368	6.5	45	48	31
26	10	Yaniv, Yuval	IM	ISR	2467	6.5	43.5	48	34
27	19	Ftacnik, Lubomir	GM	SVK	2422	6.5	43.5	48	33
28	32	Stinka, Jakub	FM	CZE	2375	6.5	43.5	47	31.5
29	15	Isik, Alparslan	IM	TUR	2443	6.5	41.5	45.5	31.5
30	13	Popovic, Dusan	GM	SRB	2452	6.5	41.5	45	30,25
31	16	Nevednichy, Vladislav	GM	ROU	2437	6.5	41	45	32
32	17	Shagbazyan, Taron	IM	CZE	2435	6.5	40	44	30,75
33	58	Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr	FM	UKR	2284	6.5	39	42	28
34	295	Vardanyan, Armen Art.		ARM	1849	6.5	36.5	38.5	26
35	11	Zhao, Yuanhe	IM	CHN	2466	6	48.5	52	32,25
36	43	Jares, Michal	FM	CZE	2324	6	48	51	30,75
37	112	Torfoss, Sivert Schanche	CM	NOR	2150	6	47.5	50.5	31,25
38	84	Campos, Maria Jose	WIM	ARG	2192	6	47	50.5	32
39	48	Eret, Matous	FM	CZE	2310	6	46.5	50	31,25
40	39	Heinrich, John	FM	GER	2333	6	46	50	29
41	40	Prazak, Daniel	FM	CZE	2332	6	46	49.5	29,75
42	41	Adharsh, K	FM	IND	2330	6	45.5	49	30,25
43	26	Salimova, Nurgyul	IM	BUL	2396	6	45	49.5	30,25
44	74	Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon	WFM	UZB	2232	6	44.5	49	29.5
45	9	Guidarelli, Laurent	GM	FRA	2467	6	44	48	30,25
46	31	Holtel, Jasper	FM	GER	2376	6	43.5	47.5	29.5
47	66	Chakrabarty, Reyaansh	FM	AUS	2272	6	43.5	47	30
48	68	Manukyan, Sargis V.	FM	ARM	2253	6	43	46.5	29
49	158	Zadrapa, Radek		CZE	2085	6	42.5	46	28.5
50	64	Ribeiro, Gustavo	FM	POR	2276	6	42.5	46	27,75
357 players

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