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Prague International Festival Round 9

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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

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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

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