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.
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