Best games of the Prague Chess Festival 2024

by Shahid Ahmed
3/23/2024 – Saving the best for the last is a popular saying. The sixth edition of the Prague International Chess Festival awarded best-game prizes for each round. There was also a prize for the most spectacular game of the tournament named Lubomír Kaválek Prize. Nodirbek Abdusattorov won it for his round-8 victory over Parham Maghsoodloo. In this article, we share with you the games which won the prize each round, with commentary by ChessBase India’s Amruta Mokal and Sagar Shah | Photo: Petr Vrabec
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Best of the best

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

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 a6 6.c3 Ba7 7.a4 d6 8.Re1 0-0 9.h3 Nh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.d4 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Kh7 15.Qf3 Kg6 15...Kg7 16.Bh4 exd4 17.Qg3+ Kh7 18.Bg5 Rh8 19.Nd2 Qg8 20.e5 Nh5 21.Qh4 Qg6 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Bd5 Bf5 24.Bf3 Rae8 25.g3 Kh6 25...dxc3 26.Ne4 Kh6 27.Bg5+ Qxg5 28.Nxg5 Rxg5 29.Bxh5 Rxh5 26.g4!+- dxc3 27.bxc3 Nxe5 28.g5+ Qxg5+ 29.Bxg5+ Rxg5+ 30.Kh2 Ng6 31.Qxg5+ Kxg5 32.Rxe8 Nhf4 33.Bxb7 a5 34.Ra8 Bb6 35.Nc4 Bxf2 36.Rxa5 d5 37.Rf1 Bb6 38.Nxb6 cxb6 39.Rb5 Bxh3 40.Rxf4 Nxf4 41.Rxb6 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa,R2747Keymer,V27381–02024C54Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters1

R Praggnanandhaa v. Vincent Keymer — commentary by IM Sagar Shah

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Game of the day winner — GM R Praggnanandhaa | Photo: Petr Vrabec

Round 2: Maghsoodloo - Praggnanandhaa

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nb6 8.Be2 a5 9.a3 c6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.f3 a4 12.Qd1 Nfd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.e4 Bg6 15.Nh3 0-0 16.0-0 f6 17.f4 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.f5 Bf7 20.Qe1 Nc5 21.Qg3 Bc4 22.Rae1 Rad8 23.Nf2 Bxe2 24.Rxe2 Nc4 25.Ng4 Kh8 26.Rf3 Rd4 27.h3 b5 28.f6 gxf6 29.Ref2 Nd7 30.Nh6 Nd2 31.Re3 Qe6 32.Qh4 Nc5 33.Rf5 b4 34.axb4 Rxb4 35.Qg4 Rbb8 36.Rg3 Qd7 37.Kh1 Ne6?? 37...Qe7 38.Rxf6 1–0
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Maghsoodloo,P2715Praggnanandhaa,R27471–02024D00Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters2

Parham Maghsoodloo v. R Praggnanandhaa — commentary by IM Sagar Shah

Round 3: Abdusattorov - Navara

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.0-0 Ng6 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qb3 c6 15.Re1 Nb4 16.Ne4 cxb5 17.axb5 Bf5 18.Nfg5 Qd7 19.Ba3 Rad8 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Nc5 Qc7 22.Rac1 Nf4 23.Bxf7+ Kh8 24.Qf3 h6 25.Nxb7 Ne2+ 26.Qxe2 Qxb7 27.Rc6 Bxd4 28.Kh1 Rxf7?? 28...Bh7!-+ 29.Qh5 29.Nxh7 Rxf7 29...Bxf2 29.Rd6+- Rc8 30.Nxf7+ Qxf7 31.Rxd4 b3 32.b6 Rc2 33.Qf3 b2 34.b7 Qf8 35.Rdd1 Rc5 36.Qb3 1–0
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Abdusattorov,N2744Navara,D26671–02024C54Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters3

Nodirbek Abdusattorov v. R Praggnanandhaa — commentary by IM Sagar Shah

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Round-3 winner of the game of the day prize — Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Photo: Petr Vrabec

Round 4: Stalmach - Vaishali

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.0-0 c6 7.a4 a5 8.Qc2 b5 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.axb5 cxb5 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Ra7 15.b3 Bc5 16.bxc4 b4 17.Kg2 0-0 18.f4 a4 19.f5 Re8 20.Rf4 b3 21.Qe4 b2 22.e6 f6 23.e7+ Kh8 24.Rh4 bxc1Q 25.Rxc1 h6 26.Rb1 Qd6 27.Qg4 Raxe7 28.e4 a3 29.Qg6 Qe5 30.Bf7 Rxf7 31.Qxf7 a2 32.Ra1 Rf8 33.Rxh6+ gxh6 34.Qg6 Qxe4+ 0–1
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Stalmach,R2434Vaishali,R24810–12024E04PICF 2024 - Challengers4

Vaishali Rameshbabu

GM R Vaishali receives the prize for her win over Richard Stalmach | Photo: Petr Vrabec

Round 5: Praggnanandhaa - Vidit

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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.d3 0-0 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.a3 h6 10.b4 Bd6 11.0-0 a6 12.Bc1 Bf5 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Na4 Bh3 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.Qc2 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qe6 19.e4 Rd7 20.Qc4 Qe7 21.Qb3 Red8 22.Re1 Qe8 23.h3 Nh7 24.Nc3 Ng5 25.Nxg5 Nd4 26.Qd1 hxg5 27.Nd5 Ne6 28.Qg4 Bf8 29.h4 c6 30.Nb6 Rxd3 31.hxg5 Be7 32.g6 Bg5 33.gxf7+ Qxf7 34.Rcd1 Bd2 35.Re2 Bc3 36.Rxd3 Rxd3 37.Nc4 Qf6 38.Bxc3 Rxc3 39.Ne3 Rxa3 40.Rd2 Nd4 41.Nf5 a5 42.Nxd4 exd4 43.e5! Qxe5 44.Rxd4 axb4?? 44...Rb3 45.Re4 Qd5 46.Kh2 Rxb4 47.Re8+ Kh7 45.Re4+- Qd5 46.Kh2 Ra2 47.Qc8+ Kh7 48.Rh4+ Kg6 49.Qe8+ Kg5 50.Qe7+ Kf5 51.Rf4+ Kg6 52.Rg4+ 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa,R2747Vidit,S27471–02024A29Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters5

R Praggnanandhaa v. Vidit Gujrathi — commentary by IM Sagar Shah

Round 6: Thai Dai Van - Maghsoodloo

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 8.Nf3 Ba6 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qc2 0-0 11.Bg5 c5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Rd1 Qb7 15.h4 Nd7? 15...Nc6 16.Qd2 Nxc5 17.Qh6 Ne4 18.Rh3+- Rc5 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.f3 Ng3 21.b4 21.Kf2 Nh5 21...Rh5 22.Qxf6 Qc3+ 23.Kf2 Nf5 24.f4 Nd6 25.Kg1 Ne4 26.Qe7 Qc8 27.b5 Bxb5 27...Bb7 28.Re3 28.Re3 Ba4 29.Rdd3 Qc5 30.Rg3+ Kh8 31.Qxf7 Rg5 32.Rxg5 32.fxg5 Rf8 1–0
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Nguyen,T2630Maghsoodloo,P27151–02024E36Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters6

One of the best wins in GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen’s career

Thai Dai Van Nguyen

GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen smilingly receives his prize | Photo: Petr Vrabec

Round 7: Maghsoodloo - Vidit

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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.b3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d4 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Re8 11.d3 Bb4 12.Nbd2 e5 13.a3 Bd6 14.b4 Bf5 15.c5 Bc7 16.Nc4 a6 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.Rad1 Bg4 19.Rd2 Qf5 20.Nh4 Qh5 21.h3 Be6 22.Rde2 Bd5 23.Nd2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nd5 25.Ndf3 Rad8 26.Qc4 Nf6 27.Bc1 h6 28.Re4 Nxe4 29.Rxe4 g5 30.g4 Qxh4 31.Nxh4 gxh4 32.Bxh6 1–0
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Maghsoodloo,P2715Vidit,S27471–02024A14Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters7

Parham Maghsoodloo v. Vidit Gujrathi — commentary by IM Sagar Shah

Round 8: Abdusattorov - Maghsoodloo

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.0-0-0 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nf8 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.Rhe1 Nd7 15.Kb1 Bg5 16.c4 0-0 17.Bf1 Nh4 18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Qd3 Ng6 20.Ne3 Rc6 21.Qd2 b6 22.Nd5 a5 23.a4 Nf4 24.Re3 g6 25.Nc3 Nf6 26.f3 Kh7 27.Nd5 Kg7 28.h4 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Rc8 30.hxg5 Nh7 31.Ba6 Rc7 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Nxg5 34.Qc6 Ng2 35.Rc3 Ne1 36.Nd2 Rh8 37.Re3 Rh2 38.Nf1 Nc2 39.Rc3 Nb4 40.Nxh2 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Ne6 42.Bc4 Nc7 43.Nf1 Qe8 44.Bd5 b5 45.Ne3 bxa4 46.Rc2 Qb8 47.Bc4 a3 48.Nd5 Ne6 49.b3 Nd4 50.c7 Qh8 51.Rd2 Qh1+ 52.Ka2 Qc1 53.Rh2 a4 54.g5 Nxf3 55.Rf2 axb3+ 56.Bxb3 Nd2 57.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 58.Kxa3 Qa5+ 59.Ba4 Qa6 60.Kb4 Qb7+ 61.Bb5 Kh7 62.Kc4 Kg7 63.Bd7 Qa6+ 64.Kb3 Qb7+ 64...Qd3+ 65.Nc3 65.Kc2 Qa6 66.c8Q Qe2+ 67.Kb3 Qxe4 68.Qg8+ 1–0
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Abdusattorov,N2744Maghsoodloo,P27151–02024B90Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Masters8

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

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1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Qe1 d4 8.c3 0-0 9.Na3 Be6 10.Bd2 Qd7 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nc4 h6 13.Nf3 Bh3 14.Nce5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 dxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Bxh3 Qxh3 18.Qf2 Rac8 19.c4 Nb6 20.Rab1 Rc7 21.Ba5 Qe6 22.Rb5 Rfc8 23.h4 Rc6 24.Kg2 a6 25.Rb3 Nd7 26.d4 cxd4 27.Nxd4 Qxc4 28.e6 Qd5+ 29.Qf3 Qxd4 30.exd7 Qxd7 31.Qxf7+ Kh7 32.Rd3 Qe6 33.Rf2 Qe4+ 34.Qf3 Qa4 35.Bd8 Qxa2 36.Bxe7 Qe6 37.Bb4 h5 38.Re3 Qc4 39.Re4 Qd5 40.Re7 Qxf3+ 41.Rxf3 R8c7 42.Rff7 Rxe7 43.Rxe7 b5 44.Ra7 Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Kf3 Bh6 48.e3 g5 49.Be7+ Kg6 50.Ke4 gxh4 51.Bxh4 Re6+ 52.Kd5 Bxe3 53.Ra8 Kf7 54.Rd8 Rb6 55.Ke4 Bh6 56.Kf5 Rb7 57.Rd6 Bg7 58.Bf6 b4 59.Bxg7 Kxg7 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Rxa6 b3 62.Ra1 b2 63.Rb1 Kg7 0–1
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Korobov,A2666Gurel,E25600–12024A03PICF 2024 - Challengers9

15-year-old Ediz Gurel won the Challengers section and became Türkiye’s youngest GM

Ediz Gurel

Ediz Gurel became Türkiye’s youngest Grandmaster, won the Challengers and earned himself a place in the Masters next year | Photo: Anežka Kružíková

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Shahid Ahmed is the senior coordinator and editor of ChessBase India. He enjoys covering chess tournaments and also likes to play in chess events from time to time.
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