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The seventh edition of the Prague International Chess Festival will take place from 25 February to 7 March 2025 as mentioned on the tournament’s homepage.
Round 1: Praggnanandhaa - Keymer
Attack & Master Advanced Tactics and Calculations like a Super Grandmaster
Two Super Grandmasters from India explain the ins & outs of Attack, Tactics an Calculations in these two video courses.
R Praggnanandhaa v. Vincent Keymer — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
Game of the day winner — GM R Praggnanandhaa | Photo: Petr Vrabec
Round 2: Maghsoodloo - Praggnanandhaa
Parham Maghsoodloo v. R Praggnanandhaa — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
Round 3: Abdusattorov - Navara
Nodirbek Abdusattorov v. R Praggnanandhaa — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
Round-3 winner of the game of the day prize — Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Photo: Petr Vrabec
Round 4: Stalmach - Vaishali
GM R Vaishali receives the prize for her win over Richard Stalmach | Photo: Petr Vrabec
Round 5: Praggnanandhaa - Vidit
R Praggnanandhaa v. Vidit Gujrathi — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
Round 6: Thai Dai Van - Maghsoodloo
Master Class Vol.16 - Judit Polgar
In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Judit Polgar. Let them show you which openings Polgar chose to play, where her strength in middlegames were, or how she outplayed her opponents in the endgame.
One of the best wins in GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen’s career
GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen smilingly receives his prize | Photo: Petr Vrabec
Round 7: Maghsoodloo - Vidit
Parham Maghsoodloo v. Vidit Gujrathi — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
Round 8: Abdusattorov - Maghsoodloo
Nodirbek Abdusattorov v. Parham Maghsoodloo — commentary by IM Sagar Shah
The Lubomír Kaválek Prize for the best game of the tournament was awarded for the first time at the Prague International Chess Festival 2021. The award is named after the late Czech-American Grandmaster Lubomír Kaválek (1943-2021), who has been awarded many times during his career for playing the best, most beautiful or, if you like, the most interesting games.
The eighth-round game between Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) and Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) won the Most Spectacular Game of the Tournament prize.
Round 9: Korobov - Gurel
15-year-old Ediz Gurel won the Challengers section and became Türkiye’s youngest GM
Ediz Gurel became Türkiye’s youngest Grandmaster, won the Challengers and earned himself a place in the Masters next year | Photo: Anežka Kružíková
Improve your pieces - a winning system you need to know
In this course, we will learn how to identify passively placed pieces in any given situation and how to improve their health by bringing them into active squares.
The legend of chess compositions — Yochanan Afek | Video: ChessBase India
A visionary billionaire who ran for president in Czechia and regularly practices skydiving — Karel Janecek | Video: ChessBase India
This man is building chess in the Czech Republic in a massive way step by step — Roman Mužík | Video: ChessBase India
This 11-year-old who won the Prague Futures speeds like young Vishy — Aansh Nerurkar | Video: ChessBase India
The life story of Dina Belenkaya — Woman Grandmaster, content creator and interviewer | Video: ChessBase India
9 things that made the Prague International Festival 2024 special | Video: ChessBase India
