Prague Chess Festival: Masters and Challengers live

by ChessBase
3/7/2025 – From 26 February to 7 March, ten top grandmasters, including Wei Yi, Praggnanandhaa, Le Quang Liem and Vincent Keymer, will play for tournament victory and prize money in the Prague Masters. The Masters is part of the 7th Prague Chess Festival that also includes a Challengers tournament, an Open and many attractive side events. Round 6 of the Masters and the Challengers starts at 15.00 local time. Follow the games live and with commentary by Sagar Shah and Harshit Raja.

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Standings after round 8

Masters

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
Aravindh,C
2729
5.5
8
½
1
1
1
½
½
½
½
21.50
2855
2
Praggnanandhaa R
2741
5.0
8
½
½
1
½
½
½
½
1
18.75
2794
3
Wei,Y
2755
4.5
8
0
½
0
½
½
1
1
1
16.00
2739
4
Keymer,V
2731
4.0
8
0
0
1
½
½
½
½
1
15.50
2708
5
Gurel,E
2624
4.0
8
½
½
½
½
½
½
0
1
14.75
2714
6
Giri,A
2728
4.0
8
0
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
14.50
2699
7
Le,Q
2739
3.5
8
½
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
14.25
2653
8
Navara,D
2677
3.5
8
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
14.25
2671
9
Shankland,S
2670
3.5
8
½
½
0
0
1
0
1
½
14.00
2671
10
Nguyen,T
2668
2.5
8
½
0
0
0
½
½
½
½
10.00
2567
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Challengers

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
Yakubboev,N
2659
6.5
8
½
1
½
1
½
1
1
1
23.25
2803
2
Bjerre,J
2640
6.0
8
½
1
½
½
½
1
1
1
22.25
2753
3
Maurizzi,M
2581
5.0
8
0
0
½
1
1
½
1
1
14.75
2642
4
Ma,Q
2645
4.5
8
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
17.50
2601
5
Salgado Lopez,I
2599
4.0
8
0
½
½
1
½
½
0
1
13.75
2547
6
Finek,V
2478
3.5
8
½
0
½
0
½
½
½
1
11.50
2509
7
Kourkoulos-Arditis,S
2580
3.0
8
½
0
0
½
½
½
½
½
12.00
2474
8
Stalmach,R
2449
3.0
8
0
0
½
½
½
½
1
0
10.25
2471
9
Nemec,J
2433
2.5
8
0
0
0
1
½
½
0
½
8.25
2419
10
Divya Deshmukh
2490
2.0
8
0
0
0
½
0
0
1
½
6.50
2368
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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Live commentary with Sagar Shah and Harshit Raja

Participants Masters 2025

  • Wei, Yi (China) 2755
  • Praggnanandhaa R (India) 2741
  • Le, Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2739
  • Keymer, Vincent (Germany) 2731
  • Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (India) 2729
  • Giri, Anish (Netherlands) 2728
  • Navara, David (Czech Republic) 2677
  • Shankland, Sam (United States) 2670
  • Nguyen, Thai Dai Van (Czech Republic) 2668
  • Gürel, Ediz (Türkiye) 2624

Participants Challengers 2025

  • Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) 2659
  • Ma Qun (China) 2645
  • Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark) 2640
  • Ivan Salgado Lopez (Spain) 2599
  • Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (Greece) 2580
  • Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France) 2579
  • Divya Deshmukh (India) 2490
  • Vaclav Finek (Czech Republic) 2478
  • Richard Stalmach (Czech Republic) 2449
  • Jachym Nemec (Czech Republic) 2433

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