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Prague International Chess Festival 2026 – Open Section

July 11, 2026Carlos Mendoza11 мин

The prestigious Prague International Chess Festival 2026 is scheduled to take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from February 25 to March 06. This grand event features four distinct categories: Masters, Challengers, Futures, and the Open section. The Open section, a

The prestigious Prague International Chess Festival 2026 is scheduled to take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from February 25 to March 06. This grand event features four distinct categories: Masters, Challengers, Futures, and the Open section.

The Open section, a highlight of the festival, will be contested as a 9-round Swiss system tournament. Players will adhere to a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by an additional 30 minutes, with a 30-second increment per move from the start.

Top-Seeded Players in the Open Section

The Open section promises intense competition with a strong lineup of participants. Here are the top-seeded players:

GM Luca Jr Moroni (ITA, 2563)
GM Simen Agdestein (NOR, 2562)
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND, 2538)
GM Jun Zhao (CHN, 2533)
IM Samir Sahidi (SVK, 2522)
GM Marcin Krzyzanowski (POL, 2494)
IM Chakraborty Mayank (IND, 2473)
GM Evgenios Ioannidis (GRE, 2469)
GM Laurent Guidarelli (FRA, 2467)
IM Yuval Yaniv (ISR, 2467)
IM Yuanhe Zhao (CHN, 2466)
GM Filip Haring (SVK, 2461)
GM Dusan Popovic (SRB, 2452)
IM Christian Gloeckler (GER, 2446)
IM Alparslan Isik (TUR, 2443)
GM Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU, 2437)
IM Taron Shagbazyan (CZE, 2435)
IM Georgios Gkoumas (GRE, 2433)
GM Lubomir Ftacnik (SVK, 2422)
FM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (ROU, 2414)

Full Participants List: Prague International Chess Festival 2026 – Open

Below is the complete list of participants registered for the Open section of the festival.

No. Title Name FED Rtg Sex
1 GM Moroni, Luca Jr ITA 2563
2 GM Agdestein, Simen NOR 2562
3 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2538
4 GM Zhao, Jun CHN 2533
5 IM Sahidi, Samir SVK 2522
6 GM Krzyzanowski, Marcin POL 2494
7 IM Mayank, Chakraborty IND 2473
8 GM Ioannidis, Evgenios GRE 2469
9 GM Guidarelli, Laurent FRA 2467
10 IM Yaniv, Yuval ISR 2467
11 IM Zhao, Yuanhe CHN 2466
12 GM Haring, Filip SVK 2461
13 GM Popovic, Dusan SRB 2452
14 IM Gloeckler, Christian GER 2446
15 IM Isik, Alparslan TUR 2443
16 GM Nevednichy, Vladislav ROU 2437
17 IM Shagbazyan, Taron CZE 2435
18 IM Gkoumas, Georgios GRE 2433
19 GM Ftacnik, Lubomir SVK 2422
20 FM Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru ROU 2414
21 FM Haug, Havard NOR 2412
22 IM Risteski, Emil MKD 2410
23 IM Stalmach, Richard CZE 2408
24 FM Smolik, Jachym CZE 2401
25 FM Radzimski, Antoni POL 2400
26 IM Salimova, Nurgyul BUL 2396 w
27 IM Bulmaga, Irina ROU 2395 w
28 IM Eren, Ataberk TUR 2391
29 IM Bochnicka, Vladimir SVK 2385
30 FM Ostensen, Nicolai Maxime NOR 2380
31 FM Holtel, Jasper GER 2376
32 FM Stinka, Jakub CZE 2375
33 FM Hulka, Valentyn UKR 2368
34 IM Svanda, Ondrej CZE 2366
35 FM Vardanyan, Aras LTU 2366
36 WGM Nurman, Alua KAZ 2363 w
37 IM Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2348 w
38 FM Kreken, Eivind Grunt NOR 2347
39 FM Heinrich, John GER 2333
40 FM Prazak, Daniel CZE 2332
41 FM Adharsh, K IND 2330
42 IM Kourousis, Epameinondas CZE 2327
43 FM Jares, Michal CZE 2324
44 FM Winter, Ondrej CZE 2321
45 FM Jun, Rudolf CZE 2314
46 IM Utsab, Chatterjee IND 2313
47 FM Brnusak, Tomas SVK 2312
48 FM Eret, Matous CZE 2310
49 FM Manoeuvre, Antoine FRA 2305
50 FM Eliseev, Sergey NOR 2303
51 FM Saatdjian, Thomas FRA 2299
52 FM Walek, Petr CZE 2296
53 FM Gales, Randi-Ioan ROU 2296
54 FM Simek, Petr CZE 2293
55 CM Filindash, Nikita CZE 2289
56 FM Golis, Wiktor POL 2288
57 FM Safarov, Deniel GEO 2287
58 FM Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr UKR 2284
59 FM Domanskiy, Mykola SVK 2283
60 FM Orujov, Farid AZE 2282
61 FM Ciric, Pavle SRB 2280
62 FM Wallis, Christopher AUS 2277
63 WIM Schippke, Manon FRA 2277 w
64 FM Ribeiro, Gustavo POR 2276
65 IM Pigott, John C ENG 2274
66 FM Chakrabarty, Reyaansh AUS 2272
67 FM Topencik, Bruno CZE 2258
68 FM Manukyan, Sargis V. ARM 2253
69 FM Khoo-Thwe, Louis NOR 2252
70 FM Juhanak, Daniel CZE 2251
71 Husek, Martin CZE 2242
72 FM Elci, Eren TUR 2240
73 IM Welling, Gerard NED 2234
74 WFM Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon UZB 2232 w
75 Loos, Roland GER 2230
76 CM Harish, Neeraj USA 2223
77 FM Sahin, Ozgun TUR 2222
78 Mametev, Artem CZE 2217
79 FM Laurent, Julien G. FRA 2216
80 Ivanov, Igor LAT 2213
81 WGM Chernyak, Viktoria ISR 2198 w
82 Brzezinski, Adam SWE 2196
83 WGM Yakubbaeva, Nilufar UZB 2195 w
84 WIM Campos, Maria Jose ARG 2192 w
85 Hrbek, Jachym CZE 2191
86 Aamodt, Peder Marcus NOR 2189
87 Gollner, Martin SVK 2189
88 CM Kapechun, Mikhailo UKR 2186
89 FM Novotny, Michal CZE 2183
90 FM Sramek, Vojtech CZE 2182
91 WFM Salimova, Asal UZB 2179 w
92 CM Dodoi, Matei-Teodor ROU 2176
93 CM Mani, Sarbartho IND 2176
94 CM Korszanski, Stanislaw POL 2175
95 FM Holemar, David CZE 2173
96 Martirosyan, David CZE 2172
97 Lilliehook, Victor SWE 2171
98 Janik, Marek Tobias SVK 2170
99 CM Rusu, Lucas ROU 2169
100 FM Atares Buisan, Sergio ESP 2168
101 Bech, Havard Eriksen NOR 2168
102 Ouaki, Mark BEL 2168
103 CM Dushatov, Timur KAZ 2167
104 FM Lorscheid, Gerhard GER 2165
105 WIM Sucikova, Svetlana SVK 2165 w
106 Holly, Andrej SVK 2165
107 CM Popov, Roman CZE 2159
108 Praveen, K B IND 2158
109 Olsen, William Alexander NOR 2155
110 Blanchet, Mathieu FRA 2153
111 FM Jedlicka, Ales CZE 2152
112 CM Torfoss, Sivert Schanche NOR 2150
113 CM Mnatsakanyan, Aren ARM 2148
114 Jaime Galeano, Alcher ESP 2148
115 WFM Christodoulaki, Antonia GRE 2144 w
116 CM Andre, Tomas SVK 2140
117 Stepanyan, Ararat ARM 2140
118 Babula, Matej CZE 2139
119 Stary, Simon CZE 2137
120 Wecker, Martin GER 2132
121 Preissler, Niklas GER 2131
122 WFM Ejsymont, Blanka POL 2130 w
123 Durana, Jonas SVK 2129
124 WFM Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana ROU 2128 w
125 Horstmann, Olaf GER 2128
126 Slaby, Matej CZE 2126
127 WGM Tarleva, Diana NOR 2125 w
128 Ponnio, Toni FIN 2117
129 FM Senel, Hayri Beyhun TUR 2116
130 Wiger-Nordas, Felix NOR 2116
131 Kiili, Markus FIN 2115
132 Hopfgartner, Heinz AUT 2114
133 CM Tesar, Jakub CZE 2113
134 FM Guntaka, Aayansh USA 2112
135 Moreto Quintana, Alex ESP 2111
136 Jires, Jiri CZE 2107
137 WGM Gu, Xiaobing CHN 2106 w
138 WFM Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle SGP 2105 w
139 Hasala, Richard SVK 2104
140 Kaewpitakkun, Pantham NOR 2102
141 Zadrapova, Amalie CZE 2101 w
142 Novotny, Dominik CZE 2101
143 CM Kunz, Andre GER 2101
144 WFM Sneha, Halder IND 2101 w
145 Sekova, Olivia SVK 2099 w
146 IM Dobrovolsky, Ladislav CZE 2098
147 Kuhn, Ulf GER 2097
148 Lizzul Coppe, Mirko ITA 2097
149 WFM Khachatryan, Anna ARM 2096 w
150 Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen NED 2096
151 Binboga, Yaman TUR 2095
152 Costache, Andrei Eugeniu ROU 2094
153 WFM Ivekovic, Tihana CRO 2092 w
154 Avanesyan, Aleksandr ARM 2090
155 IM Umarbekov, Aziz KGZ 2087
156 Durczak, Mathieu FRA 2087
157 Plesek, Jiri CZE 2086
158 Zadrapa, Radek CZE 2085
159 Kraemer, Stefan GER 2085
160 Duda, Antonin CZE 2083
161 WIM Malikova, Marjona UZB 2081 w
162 Avetisyan, Ani ARM 2076 w
163 FM Svadlenka, Dominik CZE 2075
164 CM Schnell, Sebastian Narayana PAN 2073
165 Podgorski, Maciej POL 2073
166 FM Muzik, Martin CZE 2071
167 Verner, Matej CZE 2069
168 Kaderabek, Jiri CZE 2067
169 Sharapova, Polina UKR 2067 w
170 Gallo, Ivan ITA 2066
171 Arvola, Daniel NOR 2063
172 Bergero, Simone ITA 2062
173 Peglau, Paul David GER 2062
174 Quante, Lennart GER 2060
175 Narr, Kevin GER 2055
176 Sanz Pueyo, Adrian ESP 2051
177 CM Gokturk, Murat Kutay TUR 2047
178 Lukasiewicz, Aleksander POL 2046
179 Chernyy, Andrey CZE 2045
180 Nasta, Kiren Vivek USA 2043
181 WCM Swara, Lakshmi S Nair IND 2041 w
182 Bunk, Wolfgang GER 2039
183 Jiricek, Jakub CZE 2038
184 Kudrytskyi, Stanislav UKR 2035
185 Melkonyan, Davit ARM 2035
186 Dryglas, Maciej JPN 2033
187 CM Willim, Michael GER 2029
188 Hanak, Tomas CZE 2027
189 Kurek, Pavel CZE 2023
190 FM Giulian, Philip M SCO 2023
191 Weber, Jannis GER 2020
192 FM Lacrosse, Marc BEL 2018
193 Korniichuk, Oleksandra CZE 2017 w
194 Cziko, Eduard-Carol ROU 2017
195 Lorenc, Adam CZE 2016
196 Novotny, David CZE 2015
197 Straka, Vojtech CZE 2015
198 Svoboda, Daniel CZE 2015
199 WFM Striskova, Lucia SVK 2015 w
200 CM Fikh, Anthony AUS 2014
201 Slacky, Stanislav SVK 2014
202 Lysenko, Yuri UKR 2012
203 Ng, Chun Hei HKG 2012
204 Pranav, Pradeep Nair IND 2012
205 WFM Sunea, Sara Maria ROU 2011 w
206 Szvetits, Rene AUT 2009
207 Triger, Eitan ISR 2009
208 Vasylchuk, Diana SVK 2008 w
209 WCM Drishtee, Ghosh IND 2007 w
210 Sichnenko, Grigorij SVK 2007
211 Mehta, Hursh USA 2000
212 FM Valenta, Vit Vaclav CZE 1999
213 Perez Tomas, Juan Manuel ESP 1998
214 WFM Varney, Zoe ENG 1994 w
215 Durovka, Marek SVK 1994
216 Mulhem, Laith. SYR 1993
217 Navajas Alvarez, Josep ESP 1992
218 FM Hrbolka, Ladislav CZE 1986
219 Marcinkowski, Adam POL 1986
220 Sedlak, Milan CZE 1985
221 Schmidt, Florian Pascal GER 1983
222 Budil, Vaclav CZE 1981
223 Sramek, Ondrej CZE 1979
224 De Maupeou D`ableiges, Alexandre NZL 1979
225 Kemper, Meinolf GER 1975
226 Maly, Jiri CZE 1973
227 Ejsymont, Eryk POL 1973
228 Codru, Raul Cristian ROU 1970
229 De Kaey, Pascal BEL 1970
230 Petranek, Marian CZE 1969
231 Pisar, Tomas CZE 1967
232 CM Den Roover, Nikolay Jorgensen NOR 1966
233 Kantekin, Baha TUR 1964
234 Kopecny, Filip SVK 1964
235 Finke, Kelvin AUS 1963
236 Jario Garcia, Ricardo ESP 1963
237 Teloeken, Daniel GER 1960
238 WFM Svobodova, Michaela CZE 1959 w
239 Vavruska, Antonin CZE 1956
240 Heppert, Lars GER 1955
241 Markovic, Kosta SRB 1955
242 Vrchotka, Josef CZE 1954
243 Popczynska, Michalina POL 1953 w
244 Weber, Meikel GER 1952
245 Sochor, Martin CZE 1948
246 Fuxz, Diego ARG 1948
247 Prochazka, Michal SVK 1948
248 Haberkamp, Carl GER 1947
249 Hinson, Miles USA 1946
250 Paldus, Petr CZE 1945
251 Jandacek, Krystof CZE 1944
252 Borecky, Andrej CZE 1941
253 Avetisyan, Ashot A. ARM 1941
254 Martinkovic, Adam CZE 1940
255 Sknouril, Jakub CZE 1937
256 Jannur, Kupjasar MGL 1934 w
257 Jario Dominguez, Diego ESP 1932
258 Rajnys, Vladimir CZE 1930
259 Machala, Vladislav CZE 1926
260 Heyl, Thomas GER 1926
261 Steiner, Juraj CZE 1921
262 Migalko, Dmitriy CZE 1919
263 Leonardo, Franklin SGP 1918
264 Czeremcha, Piotr POL 1917
265 Wites, Adam POL 1917
266 Hurtak, Otto CZE 1914
267 Dehmel, Jens GER 1914
268 Simajchl, Adam CZE 1912
269 IM Chubar, Vladimir UKR 1908
270 Dizdar, Orkun TUR 1905
271 Palka, Dominika Katarzyna CZE 1901 w
272 Lisiecki, Robert POL 1901
273 Zawal, Krzysztof POL 1900
274 Belchev, Emil FRA 1894
275 Kolat, Ata TUR 1892
276 Sleboda, Tomas SVK 1892
277 Dudarec, Elias CZE 1891
278 Artamonov, Mikhail CZE 1891
279 Dubsky, Lukas CZE 1890
280 Skoloud, Barnabas CZE 1889
281 Donauer, Daniel SUI 1881
282 WFM Jakubse, Tamae Severina CZE 1878 w
283 Yu, Tianxiang Carlos CHN 1878
284 Reitinger, Petr CZE 1874
285 Nahapetyan, Ani ARM 1870 w
286 Voracek, Zdenek CZE 1869
287 Blauhut, Anna NOR 1868 w
288 Kralik, Frantisek CZE 1867
289 Horak, Hanus CZE 1866
290 Kubica, Radek CZE 1859
291 Nasui, Andrei-Catalin ROU 1856
292 Pistol, Mats-Erik SWE 1855
293 Kravchenko, Andrey CZE 1852
294 Brandl, Michael AUT 1851
295 Vardanyan, Armen Art. ARM 1849
296 Kopecny, Adam SVK 1846
297 Muzik, Roman CZE 1839
298 Elci, Yigit TUR 1836
299 Damen, Josephine NED 1835 w
300 Giulian, Rosemary A SCO 1834 w
301 Kricensky, Lukas CZE 1830
302 Dembele, Marcel FRA 1824
303 Haynes, Noah NOR 1819
304 Guerreiro, Jose Velho POR 1816
305 Kammova, Katerina CZE 1814 w
306 Rendl, Lubos CZE 1813
307 Lizuch, Lukas CZE 1813
308 Fadrny, Jachym CZE 1811
309 Krish Ryan, Krishna IND 1811
310 Esmer, Ege BUL 1803
311 Rudowski, Szymon POL 1802
312 Klokow, John CAN 1798
313 Pistek, Zdenek CZE 1796
314 Wallasch, Stefan GER 1791
315 Gernert, Tomas CZE 1789
316 Dale, Svein NOR 1774
317 Macakova, Bianka SVK 1767 w
318 Joensen, Henrik W. FAI 1756
319 Papay, Aurel SVK 1754
320 Stepanyan, Artyom ARM 1750
321 Sboev, Kirill CZE 1737
322 Menkov, Ivan CZE 1711
323 Fekar, Tomas CZE 1703
324 Balent, Sara CRO 1703 w
325 Christoffersen, Odd NOR 1700
326 Kralik, Jan CZE 1689
327 Yildiz, Selim TUR 1683
328 Slonek, Richard CZE 1682
329 Ospanova, Adelya KAZ 1681 w
330 Stepankova, Linda CZE 1680 w
331 Kukacka, Ladislav CZE 1678
332 Feierfeil, Jiri CZE 1672
333 Rehacek, Oldrich CZE 1667
334 Zeman, Arnost CZE 1656
335 Toraman, Yahya TUR 1633
336 Rithik, Heman Odhrani IND 1626
337 Cejchan, Teodor CZE 1621
338 Ticha, Barbora CZE 1610 w
339 Gencheva, Alexandra BUL 1610 w
340 Glacner, Karel CZE 1608
341 Young, Anna Ovidia NOR 1602 w
342 Glaser, Jan CZE 1591
343 Steinschuld, Jo NED 1588
344 Zadrapova, Gabriela CZE 1553 w
345 Chilingaryan, Ariana ARM 1547 w
346 Lerch, Vaclav CZE 1542
347 Pacin, Ondrej CAN 1538
348 Polansky, Matej CZE 1535
349 Valiyev, Adil CZE 1523
350 Perusic, Ondrej CZE 1334
351 Adamczyk, Marek CZE 0
352 Dewulf, Victor FRA 0
353 Chavan, Sanjeev CZE 0
354 Pomian-Saatdjia, Joanna FRA 0 w
355 Prochazka, Martin SVK 0
356 Rodriguez Torrealba, Hugo Martin VEN 0
357 Straka, Pavel CZE 0
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