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Prague International Chess Festival 2026 | Challengers

25 Feb to 6 Mar 2026 · Prague, Czech Republic · 10-player round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Divya Deshmukh ★: No. 3, 5/9, performance 2601 (+13)
GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre ★: No. 5, 4½/9, performance 2543 (-10)
GM Jiner Zhu ★: No. 10, 2½/9, performance 2383 (-23)

Standings

Standings, Prague International Chess Festival 2026 | Challengers
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM FINEK Vaclav	CZE	2538	6.5	0	28.25	4
2	GM YUFFA Daniil	ESP	2604	6	0	24.5	5
3	GM DIVYA Deshmukh ★	IND	2497	5	0	22.5	2
4	GM GLEDURA Benjamin	HUN	2652	4.5	1	19.5	3
5	GM BJERRE Jonas Buhl ★	DEN	2629	4.5	2	18.25	2
6	IM NEMEC Jachym	CZE	2466	4.5	2	16.75	3
7	GM BEERDSEN Thomas	NED	2525	4	1	16.25	2
8	GM GANGULY Surya Shekhar	IND	2568	4	2	17.25	2
9	IM HRBEK Stepan	CZE	2463	3.5	0	14.75	2
10	GM ZHU Jiner ★	CHN	2578	2.5	0	12.5	1

TB1 Direct Encounter (DE) · TB2 Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break variable · TB3 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Matchpoints, Forfeited games count)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
2.1	Stepan Hrbek – Jiner Zhu	1-0
2.4	Divya Deshmukh – Daniil Yuffa	½-½
2.5	Jonas Buhl Bjerre – Surya Shekhar Ganguly	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.