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The 1st edition of the Prague International Chess Festival will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 5th to 16th, 2019, organised by the Novy Bor Chess Club.
The Festival consists of two closed invitational tournaments — Masters and Challengers — plus a Main Open tournament, and several round-robin rating tournaments in the range of rating 1500 to 2000.
The Festival Director is Petr Boleslav, who organises the annual Corrida Chess Tournament matches, the eighth edition of which was recently won by Boris Gelfand. Gelfand and his match opponent Viktor Láznička are the two lowest seeds by rating in the Masters group, which features eight players rated over 2700.
Boris Gelfand in Nový Bor, September, 2018 | Photo: Vladimir Jagr
The official venue will be Hotel Don Giovanni, located in Prague's popular residential area of Vinohrady in close proximity to the city centre.
The Masters tournament will be Category 20 (average Elo rating: 2715) and Challengers Category 14 (average Elo: TBD, the tenth player will be added soon).
| # | Name | FED | Elo rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Navara | CZE | 2738 |
| 2 | Richard Rapport | HUN | 2735 |
| 3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | POL | 2731 |
| 4 | Samuel Shankland | USA | 2731 |
| 5 | Harikrishna Pentala | IND | 2726 |
| 6 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | POL | 2722 |
| 7 | Nikita Vitiugov | RUS | 2720 |
| 8 | Vidit Gujarathi | IND | 2711 |
| 9 | Viktor Láznička | CZE | 2670 |
| 10 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2669 |
| # | Name | FED | Elo rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2657 |
| 2 | David Paravyan | RUS | 2627 |
| 3 | Mateusz Bartel | POL | 2606 |
| 4 | Jiří Štoček | CZE | 2588 |
| 5 | Wenjun Ju | CHN | 2575 |
| 6 | Peter Michalík | CZE | 2567 |
| 7 | Jan Krejčí | CZE | 2558 |
| 8 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | CZE | 2542 |
| 9 | Praggnanandhaa | IND | 2532 |
| 10 | To Be Named |
Masters = A, Challengers = B. Time in CET (GMT +1).
| Day | Date/Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | March 5th 18.00 | opening ceremony A,B |
| Wednesday | March 6th 15.00 | 1st round A,B |
| Thursday | March 7th 15.00 | 2nd round A,B |
| Friday | March 8th 15.00 | 3rd round A,B |
| Saturday | March 9th 15.00 | 4th round A,B |
| Sunday | March 10th 15.00 | 5th round A,B |
| Monday | March 11th 15.00 | 6th round B |
| Tuesday | March 12th 15.00 | 6th round A / 7th round B |
| Wednesday | March 13th 15.00 | 7th round A / 8th round B |
| Thursday | March 14th 15.00 | 8th round A / 9th round B |
| 20.00 | Closing ceremony B | |
| Friday | March 15th 15.00 | 9th round A |
| 20.00 | Closing ceremony A |
