Prague International Festival Round 9

by ChessBase

I like it! | 0 Comments

3/14/2019 – The 1st Prague Chess Festival is being played in the Czech capital between March 5th and 15th 2019. In total there are three tournaments: the Masters, the Challengers and the Open A tournament. Top seeds in the Masters are Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Rapport Richard and David Navara. Live broadcasts of the games via live.chessbase.com | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

ChessBase 18 - Mega package

Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.

More...

Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > 8 million games online! Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games. With Live Book and Let’s Check!
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > My Games – Access your games from everywhere. Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Annotate, analyze and share.
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Sac, sac, mate! Solve tactical positions of your playing strength. Boost your calculation skills. Enjoy adrenalin rush with tactic fights!
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training. Openings, Middlegame, Endgame Lessons. Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz. Beginner, club and master levels. Assisted play and calculation training.
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire. Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer.
Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, PlayChess.com welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.

Round 9

The venue is the four-star hotel, "Don Giovanni" in the centre of Prague. Organized by the Chess Club Novy Bor, the idea of the tournament is to facilitate opportunities for young star players of the Czech Republic to participate in a tournament with players of the international elite in their own country.

Masters

Nikita Vitiugov finished in clear first maintaining his half point lead over Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Jan-Krzysztof Duda for one more round.

Live games and video

More video playlists available on Prague International Festival's YouTube Channel

All games

Current standings

Schedule of Masters

Date	Time	Round
06.03.2019	15:00	1
07.03.2019	15:00	2
08.03.2019	15:00	3
09.03.2019	15:00	4
10.03.2019	15:00	5
12.03.2019	15:00	6
13.03.2019	15:00	7
14.03.2019	15:00	8
15.03.2019	15:00	9

Challengers

Round 9

GM David Anton Guijarro took clear first place and will be invited to the 2020 Masters tournament.

Challengers group

The Challengers group at the closing ceremony | Photo: Vladimír Jagr

All games

Final standings

Schedule of Challengers

Date	Time	Round
06.03.2019	15:00	1
07.03.2019	15:00	2
08.03.2019	15:00	3
09.03.2019	15:00	4
10.03.2019	15:00	5
11.03.2019	15:00	6
12.03.2019	15:00	7
13.03.2019	15:00	8
14.03.2019	15:00	9