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Born in 1999, Xiang Zeyu is internationally not particularly well-known. He became IM in 2018, after which he played less. With a current rating of 2407, he is ranked 59th in China in the active player rankings and started in Prague as number 29 in the seeding list. However, since he began the Open at the Prague Chess Festival with 5 wins in a row, he has a current Elo performance of 3008.
Among the eight chasers with 4.5 out of 5 is the young Indian A.R. Ilamparthi, born in 2009, U14 World Champion 2022, who also won the Solution Tournament in Prague, one of the numerous side events of the Prague Chess Festival.
A. R. Ilamparthi
He proved his tactical and strategic skills in round 4 against his compatriot Bharat Subramaniyam, whom he defeated with play on both wings.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | IM | Xiang, Zeyu | CHN | 2407 | 5 | 13,5 | 16,5 | |
| 2 | 27 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2414 | 4,5 | 15 | 17,5 | |
| 3 | 33 | IM | Harshavardhan, G B | IND | 2392 | 4,5 | 15 | 17,5 | |
| 4 | 20 | IM | Isik, Alparslan | TUR | 2452 | 4,5 | 14,5 | 16 | |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis | GRE | 2556 | 4,5 | 14 | 16,5 | |
| 6 | 34 | GM | Neuman, Petr | CZE | 2390 | 4,5 | 14 | 16 | |
| 7 | 9 | GM | Polak, Tomas | CZE | 2506 | 4,5 | 13,5 | 16 | |
| 8 | 5 | GM | Li, Di | CHN | 2563 | 4,5 | 13,5 | 15,5 | |
| 9 | 21 | IM | Zhao, Yuanhe | CHN | 2449 | 4,5 | 13 | 15,5 | |
| 10 | 17 | IM | Stoyanov, Tsvetan | BUL | 2465 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |
| 11 | 15 | GM | Barbosa, Evandro Amorim | BRA | 2491 | 4 | 14,5 | 17 | |
| 12 | 42 | FM | Kusa, Jakub | CZE | 2348 | 4 | 14,5 | 17 | |
| 13 | 3 | GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | UKR | 2572 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |
| 14 | 1 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2614 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |
| 15 | 14 | GM | Quintiliano, Renato R. | BRA | 2493 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |
| 16 | 57 | FM | Senthil, Maran K | IND | 2275 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 17 | 22 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | IND | 2443 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 18 | 8 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2515 | 4 | 14 | 15,5 | |
| 19 | 19 | IM | Muthaiah, AL | IND | 2454 | 4 | 13,5 | 16 | |
| 20 | 4 | IM | Amar, Elham | NOR | 2567 | 4 | 13,5 | 16 | |
| 21 | 16 | IM | Csonka, Balazs | HUN | 2480 | 4 | 13 | 15,5 | |
| 22 | 71 | Rohit, S | IND | 2215 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 26 | FM | Kalogeris, Ioannis | GRE | 2429 | 4 | 12,5 | 15 | |
| 24 | 23 | IM | Kilic, Eray | TUR | 2439 | 4 | 12,5 | 13,5 | |
| 25 | 12 | IM | Kraus, Tomas | CZE | 2497 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |
| 26 | 46 | FM | Mis, Mieszko | POL | 2325 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |
| 27 | 35 | FM | Shagbazyan, Taron | UKR | 2388 | 3,5 | 14,5 | 17 |
... 263 participants (Source: chess-results)
