The Prague International Chess Festival 2026 is scheduled to take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from February 25 to March 06. This prestigious event features four main categories: Masters, Challengers, Futures, and Open.
The Challengers section will be a 10-player round-robin tournament. Participants will compete under 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.
The lineup for the Challengers section includes:
- GM Benjamin Gledura (2652)
- GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (2629)
- GM Daniil Yuffa (2604)
- GM Jiner Zhu (2578)
- GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2568)
- IM Vaclav Finek (2538)
- GM Thomas Beerdsen (2525)
- GM Divya Deshmukh (2497)
- IM Jachym Nemec (2466)
- IM Stepan Hrbek (2463)
