June 21st 2021

Prague International Chess Festival 2021 took place from 14-20 June in Hotel Don Giovanni in Prague, Czech Republic.

The historically third winner of the Masters tournament is the American grandmaster Sam Shankland. Shankland scored 5.5/7 points to be the sole winner of the event, followed by GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof with 5 points, and GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw with 4 points.

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Final rankings – Masters:

1	GM	Shankland Sam	2691	USA	5.5
2	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2729	POL	5
3	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2687	POL	4
4	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2577	CZE	3.5
5	GM	Abasov Nijat	2665	AZE	3.5
6	GM	Grandelius Nils	2670	SWE	2.5
7	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2701	NED	2.5
8	GM	Navara David	2697	CZE	1.5

In the Futures tournament, the first place went to Jakub Vojta who had better tiebreaks than Warchol Kamil who had the same score of 5 points.

Final rankings – Futures

1		Vojta Jakub	CZE	2111	5
2	CM	Warchol Kamil	POL	2126	5
3		Hlavina Matous	CZE	2119	4
4	WFM	Nadzamova Viktoria	SVK	2014	4
5		Smolik Jachym	CZE	2073	3.5
6		Brozka Karel	CZE	2080	3
7		Paseka Matyas	CZE	2069	2.5
8		Balint Peter	AUT	1978	1

The narrowest possible victory (number of black pieces being the last tiebreak) in Open went to the Polish GM Marcin Krzyzanowski. IM Blohberger Felix took the second place with the same score of 7/9 points.

Final rankings – Open:

1	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	POL	2503	7
2	IM	Blohberger Felix	AUT	2475	7
3	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	POL	2512	6.5
4	GM	Petr Martin	CZE	2489	6.5
5	GM	Greenfeld Alon	ISR	2507	6.5
6	GM	Plat Vojtech	CZE	2521	6.5
7	IM	Kraus Tomas	CZE	2466	6
8	FM	Sorm Daniel	CZE	2345	6
9	GM	Neuman Petr	CZE	2394	6
10	IM	Pavlidis Anastasios	GRE	2333	6
11	FM	Finek Vaclav	CZE	2359	6
12	FM	Simek Petr	CZE	2251	6
13		Dahl Christoph	GER	2212	6
14	FM	Colbow Collin	GER	2339	6
15	WIM	Navrotescu Andreea	FRA	2253	6
16	FM	Hollan Petr	CZE	2275	5.5
17	GM	Rasik Vitezslav	CZE	2451	5.5
18		Wachinger Nikolas	GER	2369	5.5
19	FM	Seemann Jakub	POL	2305	5.5
20	CM	Pein Jonathan	ENG	2239	5.5
21		Pahl Theis	GER	2123	5.5
22	FM	Frank Emanuel	AUT	2182	5.5
23	FM	Jedlicka Ales	CZE	2195	5.5
24	IM	Jurek Josef	CZE	2213	5.5
25	FM	Sreyas Payyappat	IND	2303	5.5
26		Novotny Martin	CZE	2117	5.5
27	FM	Ludvik Tomas	CZE	2203	5.5
28	IM	Hrabusa Matej	SVK	2359	5
29	FM	Serrano Salvador Eduardo	CZE	2280	5
30	FM	Nemec Pavel	CZE	2235	5
31		Nemec Jachym	CZE	2197	5
32	FM	Holemar David	CZE	2229	5
33		Soural Jan	CZE	2246	5
34		Docekal Jan	CZE	2238	5
35		Pahl Erik	GER	2110	5
36		Toman Jan	CZE	2096	5
37		Mlynek Petr	CZE	2053	5
38	WCM	Starosta Martyna	POL	1910	5
39	FM	Real Thibault	BEL	2267	5
40	WIM	Pavlidou Ekaterini	GRE	2157	5
41	IM	Kulhanek Tomas	CZE	2315	4.5
42	FM	Hajiyev Kanan	AZE	2102	4.5
43		Mach Petr	CZE	2089	4.5
44		Slepov Kyryl	CZE	2027	4.5
45		Stanetzek Carsten	GER	2174	4.5
46		Maloberti David	FRA	2084	4.5
47		Vorisek Jakub	CZE	2114	4.5
48		Panek Bartosz	POL	1878	4.5
49	FM	Pacl Vaclav	CZE	2015	4.5
50		Ret Adam Josef	CZE	2109	4.5
51		Peglau Dora	GER	1673	4.5
52		Peglau Sarah	GER	1733	4.5
53	FM	Valenta Vit Vaclav	CZE	2067	4.5
54		Plesek Jiri	CZE	2030	4.5
55		Pavlicek Lukas	CZE	2001	4.5
56		Perkampus Laurin	GER	1920	4
57		Voriskova Anna	CZE	1911	4
58		John Tom	IRL	1907	4
59		Bouska Jiri	CZE	1804	4
60	CM	Llopis De Aysa Manuel	ESP	2060	4
61		Matthes Aaron	GER	2074	4
62		Peglau Charis	GER	1726	4
63		Rudiano Nicolas	FRA	2029	3.5
64		Jirousek Jan	CZE	1985	3.5
65		Lhotska Anna	CZE	1784	3.5
66		Benes Miroslav	CZE	1977	3.5
67		Machala Vladislav	CZE	1968	3.5
68		Fruth David	GER	1657	3.5
69		Szeko Ludovit	SVK	2025	3.5
70		Mach Ondrej	CZE	1824	3.5
71		Skokan Frantisek	CZE	1899	3.5
72		Pressler Tobias	CZE	1599	3.5
73		Zauner Christoph	AUT	2018	3
74		Juhanak Daniel	CZE	1691	3
75		Bartos Karel	CZE	1851	3
76		Pavlicek Petr	CZE	1844	3
77		Le Anh Dung	CZE	1721	3
78		Veselsky Jan	CZE	1545	3
79		Ocelak Jakub	CZE	2043	2.5
80		Soucek Jan	CZE	1916	2.5
81		Marek Jakub	CZE	1776	2.5
82		Martirosyan David	CZE	1709	2.5
83		Zeman Arnost	CZE	1821	2.5
84		Hozda Max	CZE	1701	2.5
85		Soucek Petr	CZE	1954	2.5
86		Mencik Pavel	CZE	1766	2.5
87		Krauskopfova Lenka	CZE	1922	2.5
88		Melnikov Ivan	CZE	1285	2.5
89		Bezdek Tomas	CZE	1601	2.5
90		Zak Daniel	CZE	1375	2.5
91		Svoboda Daniel	CZE	1414	2.5
92		Popov Roman	CZE	1687	2
93		Novotny David	CZE	1985	1.5
94		Kulhanek Jachym	CZE	1947	1.5
95		Arugadoss Bharath	GER	1781	1
96		Kleprlik Jan	CZE	1569	1
97		Dobsa Emma	CZE	1401	1
98		Tomanek Karel	CZE	1373	1
99		Lickova Anna	CZE	0	0