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Prague Masters 2023 R1: Harikrishna draws with Czech Republic no.2 Thai Dai Van Nguyen

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/06/2023

Pentala Harikrishna started his title defense with a relatively quiet draw in the fifth edition of Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Masters. The result against the Czech Republic no.2 Thai Dai Van Nguyen turned out to be the same as their last two encounters. Germany no.1 Vincent Keymer scored the sole victory of the round against Hao Wang (CHN). A sharp middlegame liquidated into a rook endgame where the Chinese made some technical mistake which cost him the game. In the Challengers section, 12-year-old prodigy, FM Vaclav Finek (CZE) scored the sole win of the round against GM Akash G. Round 2 for Masters and Challengers, and Round 1 Open starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. All photos in the article are by Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

12-year-old prodigy Vaclav stuns Akash

Peter Leko made the ceremonial first move of the first round on Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Pentala Harikrishna's board

Leko's student Vincent Keymer scored the sole win of the round in the Masters section against Hao Wang

Thai Dai Van Nguyen had a relatively quiet draw against...

...Pentala Harikrishna

David Navara (CZE) - Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU): 0.5-0.5

Sam Shankland (USA) - Boris Gelfand (ISR): 0.5-0.5

Haik Martirosyan (ARM) - Ray Robson (USA): 0.5-0.5

12-year-old FM Vaclav Finek (CZE) got the better of GM Akash G

Masters section

The tournament hall at Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic

The playing area for the Masters and Challengers section of Prague International Chess Festival

Warning sign for the spectators to avoid any disturbance to the players

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 21st to 30th June 2023. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST). Monday 26th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 30th June will start at 11 a.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

Masters Crosstable after Round 1 | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Challengers Crosstable after Round 1 | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Replay Round 1 Masters games

Replay Round 1 Challengers games

Masters:

Round 1 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
112653
GMNGUYEN Thai Dai Van½ - ½GMHARIKRISHNA Pentala
270410PGN
222690
GMKEYMER Vincent1 - 0GMWANG Hao
27229PGN
332689
GMNAVARA David½ - ½GMDEAC Bogdan-Daniel
26938PGN
442711
GMSHANKLAND Sam½ - ½GMGELFAND Boris
26687PGN
552685
GMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.½ - ½GMROBSON Ray
26896PGN

Details

Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
12
GMKEYMER VincentGER2690100,000
26
GMROBSON RayUSA26890,500,251
7
GMGELFAND BorisISR26680,500,251
8
GMDEAC Bogdan-DanielROU26930,500,251
10
GMHARIKRISHNA PentalaIND27040,500,251
61
GMNGUYEN Thai Dai VanCZE26530,500,250
3
GMNAVARA DavidCZE26890,500,250
4
GMSHANKLAND SamUSA27110,500,250
5
GMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.ARM26850,500,250
109
GMWANG HaoCHN2722000,001

Details

Round 2 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102704
GMHARIKRISHNA PentalaGMROBSON Ray
26896
272668
GMGELFAND BorisGMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.
26855
382693
GMDEAC Bogdan-DanielGMSHANKLAND Sam
27114
492722
GMWANG HaoGMNAVARA David
26893
512653
GMNGUYEN Thai Dai VanGMKEYMER Vincent
26902

Details

Challengers

Round 1 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
112609
GMBARTEL Mateusz½ - ½GMGLEDURA Benjamin
264510PGN
222436
IMSTALMACH Richard½ - ½GMPULTINEVICIUS Paulius
25309PGN
332409
FMFINEK Vaclav1 - 0GMAKASH G
24838PGN
442611
GMPECHAC Jergus½ - ½IMVYKOUK Jan
24677PGN
552597
GMMOTYLEV Alexander½ - ½GML'AMI Erwin
26456PGN

Details

Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
13
FMFINEK VaclavCZE2409100,000
26
GML'AMI ErwinNED26450,500,251
7
IMVYKOUK JanCZE24670,500,251
9
GMPULTINEVICIUS PauliusLTU25300,500,251
10
GMGLEDURA BenjaminHUN26450,500,251
61
GMBARTEL MateuszPOL26090,500,250
2
IMSTALMACH RichardCZE24360,500,250
4
GMPECHAC JergusSVK26110,500,250
5
GMMOTYLEV AlexanderROU25970,500,250
108
GMAKASH GIND2483000,001

Details

Round 2 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102645
GMGLEDURA BenjaminGML'AMI Erwin
26456
272467
IMVYKOUK JanGMMOTYLEV Alexander
25975
382483
GMAKASH GGMPECHAC Jergus
26114
492530
GMPULTINEVICIUS PauliusFMFINEK Vaclav
24093
512609
GMBARTEL MateuszIMSTALMACH Richard
24362

Details

Time Control

The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations: Masters, Challengers and Open

Prague Chess Festival: fbtwitter, instagram and youtube



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