The sixth edition of Prague International Chess Festival 2024 starts today. Four Indian Candidates will be seen in action – R Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, D Gukesh and R Vaishali. The first three will play in the Masters section, while Vaishali will battle in the Challengers. The legend – Vishy Anand opened the festival. ChessBase India cofounders IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal will be the Official Commentators. Round 1 for Masters and Challengers start today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST.
The time control is 90’/40 moves + 30’/end & 30″/move. The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 27th February to 7th March 2024. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day. The ninth round game on 7th March will start at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST.
Preview article:
Day 1 article:
Day 1 Pairings:
Vidit Gujrathi vs David Navara
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Nguyen Thai Dai Van
D Gukesh vs Richard Rapport
Mateusz Bartel vs Parham Maghsoodloo
R Praggnanandhaa vs Vincent Keymer
Video: ChessBase India
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