Prague Chess Festival#Masters 6

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The Prague International Chess Festival, abbreviated as PICF, is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, since 2019.

It consists of several separate groups including Masters, Challengers, and Futures (organized under the round-robin system), an open tournament (held using the Swiss system), and a series of side tournaments.{{cite news |title=Prague Chess Festival to take place in February 2024 |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/prague-festival-2024-announcement |access-date=21 January 2024 |agency=ChessBase |date=19 September 2023}} The winner of Challengers group receives an invitation to the Masters group the following year, while the winner of the open tournament receives an invitation to the Challengers group.

The festival is organized by the Nový Bor Chess Club and the playing venue is the Don Giovanni Hotel Prague.{{cite news |last1=Doggers |first1=Peter |title=2nd Prague Chess Festival: The Czech Wijk aan Zee? |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-prague-chess-festival-preview |access-date=21 January 2024 |agency=Chess.com}}

Participants and winners

The average rating of the Masters group is usually around 2700 and the average rating of the Challengers group is about 2550. The tournament has featured a number of participants of the Candidates Tournament, including Alireza Firouzja, Richárd Rapport, Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh Dommaraju, R Praggnanandhaa, Wang Hao, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nijat Abasov, the World Chess Championship 2012 challenger Boris Gelfand and Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun.

In each group there is a couple of Czech players nominated by the Chess Federation of the Czech Republic.{{cite news |title=Kapitán české reprezentace Pavel Šimáček odhalil nominaci na PICF 2022 |url=https://www.chess.cz/kapitan-ceske-reprezentace-pavel-simacek-odhalil-nominaci-na-picf-2022/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |agency=Šachový svaz České republiky z. s. |date=21 March 2022}}

Winners of the Masters group:

:

class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner(s)
align="center"\|1	2019	{{flagathlete\|Nikita Vitiugov\|Russia}}
align="center"\|2	2020	{{flagathlete\|Alireza Firouzja\|FIDE}}
align="center"\|3	2021	{{flagathlete\|Sam Shankland\|USA}}
align="center"\|4	2022	{{flagathlete\|Pentala Harikrishna\|India}}
align="center"\|5	2023	{{flagathlete\|Ray Robson\|USA}}
align="center"\|6	2024	{{flagathlete\|Nodirbek Abdusattorov\|Uzbekistan}}{{cite news \|title=The 19-year-old Uzbek defeated Parham Maghsoodloo in a direct clash for the glory and became the sixth winner in the main tournament of the Prague International Chess Festival. \|url=https://praguechessfestival.com/en/2024/clanek?id=450 \|date=6 March 2024}}
align="center"\|7	2025	{{flagathlete\|Aravindh Chithambaram\|India}}

Winners of the Challengers group:

:

class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Winner(s)
align="center"\|1	2019	{{flagathlete\|David Antón Guijarro\|Spain}}
align="center"\|2	2020	{{flagathlete\|Jorden van Foreest\|Netherlands}}
	2021	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
align="center"\|3	2022	{{flagathlete\|Vincent Keymer\|Germany}}
align="center"\|4	2023	{{flagathlete\|Mateusz Bartel\|Poland}}
align="center"\|5	2024	{{flagathlete\|Ediz Gurel\|Turkey}}
align="center"\|6	2025	{{flagathlete\|Nodirbek Yakubboev\|Uzbekistan}}

2019

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Nikita Vitiugov|Russia}}

|2726

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5½

2

|{{flagathlete|Vidit Gujrathi|India}}

|2711

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|0

|½

|1

|½

|5

3

|{{flagathlete|Radosław Wojtaszek|Poland}}

|2722

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|5

4

|{{flagathlete|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|Poland}}

|2731

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|1

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|Boris Gelfand|Israel}}

|2655

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|5

6

|{{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|United States}}

|2731

|½

|1

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Pentala Harikrishna|India}}

|2730

|0

|½

|1

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

8

|{{flagathlete|Richárd Rapport|Hungary}}

|2738

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|4

9

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2739

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|4

10

|{{flagathlete|Viktor Láznička|Czech Republic}}

|2670

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|3

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr420482.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Masters 2019|website=Chess-results.com}}

= Challengers =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|David Antón Guijarro|Spain}}

|2643

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6

2

|{{flagathlete|Jan Krejčí|Czech Republic}}

|2570

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5½

3

|{{flagathlete|Ju Wenjun|China}}

|2580

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|0

|½

|0

|1

|½

|5

4

|{{flagathlete|Peter Michalik|Czech Republic}}

|2565

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|0

|½

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|Jiří Štoček|Czech Republic}}

|2592

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|0

|1

|4½

6

|{{flagathlete|Alexei Shirov|Spain}}

|2667

|0

|½

|1

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|1

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2546

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|4

8

|{{flagathlete|R Praggnanandhaa|India}}

|2532

|½

|0

|1

|0

|½

|1

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|4

9

|{{flagathlete|David Paravyan|Russia}}

|2627

|0

|½

|0

|1

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|4

10

|{{flagathlete|Mateusz Bartel|Poland}}

|2600

|0

|½

|0

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|2½

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr420486.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2019|website=Chess-results.com}}

2020

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

!Tie-break

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Alireza Firouzja|FIDE}}

|2726

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5

|2

2

|{{flagathlete|Vidit Gujrathi|India}}

|2721

|1

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|½

|1

|0

|½

|5

|0

3

|{{flagathlete|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|Poland}}

|2755

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|5

|

4

|{{flagathlete|David Antón Guijarro|Spain}}

|2697

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|5

|

5

|{{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|United States}}

|2683

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|5

|

6

|{{flagathlete|Nikita Vitiugov|Russia}}

|2731

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4½

|

7

|{{flagathlete|Pentala Harikrishna|India}}

|2713

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|4½

|

8

|{{flagathlete|Markus Ragger|Austria}}

|2670

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

|

9

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2717

|½

|1

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|4

|

10

|{{flagathlete|Nils Grandelius|Sweden}}

|2659

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|3

|

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr515248.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020|website=Chess-results.com}}

= Challengers =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Jorden van Foreest|Netherlands}}

|2667

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6

2

|{{flagathlete|Nijat Abasov|Azerbaijan}}

|2670

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|0

|½

|1

|½

|5½

3

|{{flagathlete|Andrey Esipenko|Russia}}

|2654

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5½

4

|{{flagathlete|Kacper Piorun|Poland}}

|2611

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|Mateusz Bartel|Poland}}

|2639

|½

|1

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5

6

|{{flagathlete|Hannes Stefánsson|Iceland}}

|2529

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5

7

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2560

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|4½

8

|{{flagathlete|Lukáš Černoušek|Czech Republic}}

|2442

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|3½

9

|{{flagathlete|Tadeáš Kriebel|Czech Republic}}

|2524

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|2½

10

|{{flagathlete|Jan Krejčí|Czech Republic}}

|2559

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|2½

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr515249.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2020|website=Chess-results.com}}

2021

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"|

|1

|{{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|United States}}

|2691

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5½

2

|{{flagathlete|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|Poland}}

|2729

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|5

3

|{{flagathlete|Radosław Wojtaszek|Poland}}

|2687

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|4

4

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2577

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3½

5

|{{flagathlete|Nijat Abasov|Azerbaijan}}

|2665

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|3½

6

|{{flagathlete|Nils Grandelius|Sweden}}

|2670

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|2½

7

|{{flagathlete|Jorden van Foreest|Netherlands}}

|2701

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|2½

8

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2697

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1½

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr563934.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2020|website=Chess-results.com}}

2022

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Pentala Harikrishna|India}}

|2701

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|6½

2

|{{flagathlete|Lê Quang Liêm|Vietnam}}

|2709

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|6

3

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2610

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5

4

|{{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|United States}}

|2718

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2681

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5

6

|{{flagathlete|Francisco Vallejo Pons|Spain}}

|2703

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Vidit Gujrathi|India}}

|2723

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

8

|{{flagathlete|Parham Maghsoodloo|Iran}}

|2718

|0

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

9

|{{flagathlete|Salem Saleh|United Arab Emirates}}

|2679

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|3

10

|{{flagathlete|David Antón Guijarro|Spain}}

|2692

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|2

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr645708.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Masters 2022|website=Chess-results.com}}

= Challengers =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

!TB

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Vincent Keymer|Germany}}

|2675

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6½

|2

2

|{{flagathlete|Hans Niemann|United States}}

|2678

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|0

|1

|6½

|0

3

|{{flagathlete|Nodirbek Abdusattorov|Uzbekistan}}

|2661

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6

|

4

|{{flagathlete|Krishnan Sasikiran|India}}

|2635

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5

|

5

|{{flagathlete|Jerguš Pecháč|Slovakia}}

|2598

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|1

|½

|0

|4

|

6

|{{flagathlete|Max Warmerdam|Netherlands}}

|2613

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|0

|1

|4

|

7

|{{flagathlete|Marcin Krzyżanowski|Poland}}

|2535

|½

|0

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|0

|3½

|

8

|{{flagathlete|Jiří Štoček|Czech Republic}}

|2541

|½

|1

|0

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3½

|

9

|{{flagathlete|Zbyněk Hráček|Czech Republic}}

|2564

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|1

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3

|

10

|{{flagathlete|Peter Michalik|Czech Republic}}

|2577

|0

|1

|0

|1

|½

|{{CNone}}

|3

|

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr645709.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2022|website=Chess-results.com}}

2023

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

!Tie-break

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Ray Robson|United States}}

|2689

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|½

|5½

|1½

2

|{{flagathlete|Bogdan-Daniel Deac|Romania}}

|2693

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|5½

|½

3

|{{flagathlete|Pentala Harikrishna|India}}

|2704

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|5

|

4

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2689

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4½

|

5

|{{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|United States}}

|2711

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4½

|

6

|{{flagathlete|Haik M. Martirosyan|Armenia}}

|2685

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|4½

|

7

|{{flagathlete|Vincent Keymer|Germany}}

|2690

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|4½

|

8

|{{flagathlete|Wang Hao|China}}

|2722

|0

|½

|0

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|4

|

9

|{{flagathlete|Boris Gelfand|Israel}}

|2668

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3½

|

10

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2653

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|3½

|

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr782794.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Masters 2023|website=Chess-results.com}}

= Challengers =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Mateusz Bartel|Poland}}

|2609

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6½

2

|{{flagathlete|Alexander Motylev|Romania}}

|2597

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|6

3

|{{flagathlete|Paulius Pultinevičius|Lithuania}}

|2530

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|0

|1

|½

|1

|5

4

|{{flagathlete|Benjamin Gledura|Hungary}}

|2645

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|Jan Vykouk|Czech Republic}}

|2467

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|0

|1

|5

6

|{{flagathlete|Erwin l'Ami|Netherlands}}

|2645

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|1

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Jerguš Pecháč|Slovakia}}

|2611

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|½

|4

8

|{{flagathlete|Václav Finěk|Czech Republic}}

|2409

|0

|½

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|3½

9

|{{flagathlete|Richard Stalmach|Czech Republic}}

|2436

|0

|½

|1

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|0

|3

10

|{{flagathlete|G. Akash|India}}

|2483

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|2½

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr782806.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2023|website=Chess-results.com}}

2024

= Masters =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Nodirbek Abdusattorov|Uzbekistan}}

|2744

|{{CNone}}

|1

|0

|1

|½

|1

|½

|6½

2

|{{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2630

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|0

|1

|½

|5

3

|{{flagathlete|Parham Maghsoodloo|Iran}}

|2715

|0

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5

4

|{{flagathlete|R Praggnanandhaa|India}}

|2747

|1

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|5

5

|{{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2667

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|4½

6

|{{flagathlete|Richárd Rapport|Romania}}

|2717

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Gukesh D|India}}

|2743

|½

|1

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|½

|4½

8

|{{flagathlete|Mateusz Bartel|Poland}}

|2630

|0

|½

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3½

9

|{{flagathlete|Vincent Keymer|Germany}}

|2738

|0

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|3½

10

|{{flagathlete|Vidit Gujrathi|India}}

|2747

|½

|0

|½

|0

|{{CNone}}

|3

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr896936.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Masters 2024|website=Chess-results.com}}

= Challengers =

class=wikitable

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

|{{flagathlete|Ediz Gurel|Turkey}}

|2560

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6½

2

|{{flagathlete|Jaime Santos Latasa|Spain}}

|2612

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6

3

|{{flagathlete|Erwin l'Ami|Netherlands}}

|2636

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|5½

4

|{{flagathlete|Abhimanyu Mishra|United States}}

|2627

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|5½

5

|{{flagathlete|Anton Korobov|Ukraine}}

|2666

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5

6

|{{flagathlete|Maxim Rodshtein|Israel}}

|2590

|½

|0

|½

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|0

|½

|4½

7

|{{flagathlete|Richard Stalmach|Czech Republic}}

|2434

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|½

|4

8

|{{flagathlete|Vaishali Rameshbabu|India}}

|2481

|0

|½

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|3

9

|{{flagathlete|Štěpán Hrbek|Czech Republic}}

|2426

|0

|½

|0

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|2½

10

|{{flagathlete|Václav Finěk|Czech Republic}}

|2429

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|2½

Source: {{cite web|url=https://archive.chess-results.com/tnr896925.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Prague Chess Festival Challengers 2024|website=Chess-results.com}}

2025

= Masters =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;

|+7th Prague Chess Festival Masters, 26 February–7 March 2025, Prague, Czech Republic, Category XIX (2706.2){{cite web|title=

Prague International Chess Festival 2025 - Masters|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1120692.aspx|website=Chess Results}}

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Aravindh Chithambaram|India}}

|2729

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|½

|6

2

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|Netherlands}}

|2728

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|5

3

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wei Yi|China}}

|2755

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5

4

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa|India}}

|2741

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|5

5

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vincent Keymer|Germany}}

|2731

|0

|½

|1

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|4.5

6

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ediz Gurel|Turkey}}

|2624

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|4.5

7

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sam Shankland|USA}}

|2670

|½

|0

|½

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|4

8

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|David Navara|Czech Republic}}

|2677

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

9

|align="left" | {{flagathlete|Le Quang Liem|Vietnam}}}

|2739

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|4

10

|align="left" | {{flagathlete|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|Czech Republic}}

|2668

|½

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|3

Source:{{cite web|title=Prague Chess Festival, with Pragg, Keymer and Giri, kicks off next week|author=Carlos Alberto Colodro|date=February 16, 2025|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/prague-festival-2025-announcement|website=Chessbase.com}}

= Challengers =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;

|+6th Prague Chess Festival Challengers, 26 February–7 March 2025, Prague, Czech Republic, Category XIII (2555.2){{cite web|title=

Prague International Chess Festival 2025 - Challengers|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1120693.aspx|website=Chess Results}}

!

!Player

!Rating

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!Points

!Tie-break

style="background:#ccffcc"

|1

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Nodirbek Yakubboev|Uzbekistan}}

|2659

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|½

|1

|7

|1½

2

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Jonas Buhl Bjerre|Denmark}}

|2640

|½

|{{CNone}}

|1

|½

|1

|7

|½

3

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Marc'Andria Maurizzi|France}}

|2581

|0

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|6

|

4

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ma Qun|China}}

|2645

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|½

|1

|5.5

|

5

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Václav Finěk|Czech Republic}}

|2478

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|½

|1

|½

|4

|

6

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ivan Lopez|Spain}}

|2599

|0

|½

|0

|½

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|1

|0

|4

|

7

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis|Greece}}

|2580

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|½

|0

|½

|3

|

8

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Richard Stalmach|Czech Republic}}

| 2478

|0

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|0

|1

|3

|

9

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Divya Deshmukh|India}}

|2490

|0

|½

|0

|1

|{{CNone}}

|½

|3

|

10

| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Jáchym Němec|Czech Republic}}

|2433

|0

|½

|1

|½

|0

|½

|{{CNone}}

|2.5

|

Source:

References

External links

{{official website|https://praguechessfestival.com/}}

Category:Invitational chess tournaments

Category:Chess in the Czech Republic

Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Czech Republic

Category:2019 establishments in the Czech Republic

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2019