PRAGUE OPEN 2026 30 plus - FIDE open

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53 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 16 Jan 2026 in Praha, Czech Republic. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2093, and top seed was Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2371).

Stefan Arndt (🇩🇪 GER, 2128) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Keith C Arkell (6.5) and Vit Zemlicka (6.5). Arndt shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Stefan Arndt (2128) beat Keith C Arkell (GM, 2371), a +243-point gap.

Location

🇨🇿Praha, Czech Republic

Dates

09 Jan 2026 → 16 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMKeith C Arkell2371

Avg top 10

2,093

Participants

Titled players · 5

GM×1

CM×2

WIM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇿Czech Republic×30

🇩🇪Germany×10

🇸🇰Slovakia×3

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇯🇪Jersey×1

🇸🇪Sweden×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
Stefan Arndt
🇩🇪GER·2128
7.0pts·2264perf+30.2
🥈
GMKeith C Arkell
🇬🇧ENG·2371
6.5pts·2217perf-12.4
🥉
Vit Zemlicka
🇨🇿CZE·2081
6.5pts·2139perf+16.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Stefan Arndt led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Arndt7Zemlicka6.5Arkell6.5Hanl6Piotraschke6Porschberg5.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jan

Stefan Arndt takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stefan Arndt drew with Vit Zemlicka (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Stefan Arndt 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)GM Keith C Arkell 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stefan Arndt	*	½	1	0
2Vit Zemlicka	½	*	½	—
3GMKeith C Arkell	0	½	*	1
4CMFrantisek Hanl	1	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Arndt, Stefan	2128	GER	+7B	+29N	+9B	−5N	+15B	+6N	+2N	=3B	=16B	7.0	45.5	49.5	37.75	2264	+30.2
2	Arkell, Keith CGM	2371	ENG	+14B	+27N	+21B	=15N	+5B	=3N	−1B	=4N	+6N	6.5	45.5	49.5	33.75	2217	-12.4
3	Zemlicka, Vit	2081	CZE	=22B	+41N	+28B	=6N	+10B	=2B	+16N	=1N	=4B	6.5	44.0	47.0	32.25	2139	+16.6
4	Piotraschke, Jens, Dr.	2030	GER	+48B	+10N	=5B	=13N	+7B	=8B	=20N	=2B	=3N	6.0	45.5	47.5	30.25	2122	+21.2
5	Hanl, FrantisekCM	2165	CZE	+33N	+12B	=4N	+1B	−2N	+21B	+8N	=6B	F	6.0	44.5	44.5	32.25	2233	+15.0
6	Porschberg, Thomas	1978	GER	+30B	+18N	=8B	=3B	+17N	−1B	+15N	=5N	−2B	5.5	46.5	50.5	28.00	2133	+36.2
7	Hrebicek, Petr	1821	CZE	−1N	+38B	+12N	+20B	−4N	=31B	+18N	=8B	=9B	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.00	2021	+47.8
8	Zemlickova, OlenaWIM	2042	CZE	=37N	+35B	=6N	+23B	+13B	=4N	−5B	=7N	=10B	5.5	42.0	45.5	26.50	1984	-11.2
9	Heller, Jan	1939	CZE	+24N	+42B	−1N	=11B	=14N	=13B	=23N	+25B	=7N	5.5	42.0	45.0	25.00	1909	-4.6
10	Rajnys, Vladimir	1912	CZE	+40N	−4B	+43N	+48B	−3N	=14B	+21N	=13B	=8N	5.5	39.5	41.5	21.00	1975	+16.8
11	Padevet, Pavel	1861	CZE	+52N	−20B	+42N	=9N	−16B	+24B	−14N	+26B	+23N	5.5	36.5	37.0	19.75	1873	+5.2
12	Hujo, Jozef	1925	SVK	+50B	−5N	−7B	+32N	−28B	+36N	+30B	=22N	+21B	5.5	36.0	38.0	20.25	1911	-1.8
13	Donauer Daniel	1846	SUI	=49B	+53N	+45B	=4B	−8N	=9N	+27B	=10N	=20B	5.5	36.0	36.5	19.25	1968	+31.2
14	Steinbach, Wolfgang	1836	GER	−2N	+26B	=27B	+22N	=9B	=10N	+11B	=20N	−19B	5.0	41.5	45.5	24.25	1954	+25.8
15	Flasik, Radoslav	2116	SVK	+46N	+31B	+20N	=2B	−1N	−16B	−6B	=28N	+43B	5.0	39.5	42.0	19.25	2017	-21.4
16	Ilandzis, Spyridon	1997	GRE	F	=34N	+49B	+46B	+11N	+15N	−3B	F	=1N	5.0	37.0	37.0	20.25	2056	+15.0
17	Holliman, Bob	1936	USA	+34B	=28N	+22B	=21N	−6B	+27N	+19B	F	F	5.0	36.0	36.0	21.25	2039	+20.2
18	Andre, Jan	1881	SVK	+44N	−6B	=24N	+35B	−20N	=25B	−7B	+41N	+31N	5.0	35.0	38.0	18.00	1849	-7.2
19	Kaluzny, Michal	1888	CZE	=41B	−22N	+34B	=28N	+30B	F	−17N	+31B	+14N	5.0	33.0	36.0	20.00	1901	+2.8
20	Schindele, Andreas	1952	GER	F	+11N	−15B	−7N	+18B	+28N	=4B	=14B	=13N	4.5	41.5	45.5	22.75	1949	-0.2
21	Tykhonov, YuriiCM	2022	CZE	+43N	+23B	−2N	=17B	+29N	−5N	−10B	+35B	−12N	4.5	40.5	43.5	17.50	1955	-16.2
22	Kalveus, Jan	1799	SWE	=3N	+19B	−17N	−14B	+48N	+29B	=31N	=12B	F	4.5	37.0	37.0	19.00	1954	+33.2
23	Muzik, Roman	1870	CZE	+51B	−21N	+30B	−8N	=36B	+41N	=9B	=27N	−11B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.50	1834	-7.8
24	Horesovsky, Jan	1694	CZE	−9B	+47N	=18B	−27N	+32B	−11N	=41B	=36N	+34B	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.75	1775	+37.2
25	Pavlicek, Petr	1859	CZE	=53B	=49N	+32B	=29N	−27B	=18N	+34B	−9N	=30B	4.5	32.0	32.5	15.25	1784	-16.6
26	Kubecek, Michal	1681	CZE	−27B	−14N	+53B	−45N	=49B	+52N	+33B	−11N	+35N	4.5	27.5	28.0	9.50	1778	+22.2
27	Trebicky, Jiri	1930	CZE	+26N	−2B	=14N	+24B	+25N	−17B	−13N	=23B	F	4.0	40.0	40.0	18.25	1881	-12.2
28	Halousek, Jaroslav	1856	CZE	+39N	=17B	−3N	=19B	+12N	−20B	=35N	=15B	F	4.0	38.5	38.5	18.25	1905	+9.8
29	Jaeger, Andre	1925	GER	+38N	−1B	+37N	=25B	−21B	−22N	=36B	=34N	=32B	4.0	35.0	38.5	14.75	1771	-35.2
30	Klozova, Zuzana	1758	CZE	−6N	+44B	−23N	+40B	−19N	+42B	−12N	=39B	=25N	4.0	35.0	38.0	13.50	1732	-5.8
31	Tot, Aleksandar	1913	SRB	+36B	−15N	−48B	+38N	+43B	=7N	=22B	−19N	−18B	4.0	35.0	37.0	15.00	1776	-31.8
32	Sazlik, Mucahit	1723	TUR	F	+52B	−25N	−12B	−24N	+38B	=46N	+37B	=29N	4.0	32.5	33.0	10.75	1786	+12.8
33	Magura, Jan	1828	GER	−5B	=50N	=36B	+52N	−45B	−34N	−26N	+44B	+51N	4.0	27.5	28.0	8.25	1708	-29.4
34	Marko, Ondrej	1693	CZE	−17N	=16B	−19N	+42B	=35N	+33B	−25N	=29B	−24N	3.5	35.5	38.5	13.25	1743	+9.2
35	Hoerhold, Karola	1734	GER	=45B	−8N	+41B	−18N	=34B	+48N	=28B	−21N	−26B	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.25	1763	+3.8
36	Krueger, Thomas	1657	GER	−31N	=46B	=33N	+37B	=23N	−12B	=29N	=24B	F	3.5	32.5	32.5	13.25	1801	+28.0
37	Skaba, Ladislav	1784	CZE	=8B	=45N	−29B	−36N	=52B	+49N	−40B	−32N	+41B	3.5	28.5	29.0	9.50	1682	-25.8
38	Stodola, Zdenek	1663	CZE	−29B	−7N	+51B	−31B	−42N	−32N	=49B	+52N	+46B	3.5	27.0	27.5	6.00	1654	-4.4
39	Ashbrooke, MonikaWCM	1608	JCI	−28B	F	=44N	−41N	+51B	=50N	+48B	=30N	F	3.5	23.0	23.0	8.50	1716	+19.8
40	Kleprlik, Jan	1656	CZE	−10B	−48N	+47B	−30N	=50B	+51N	+37N	F	F	3.5	21.5	21.5	9.00	1742	+15.6
41	Rehacek, Oldrich	1652	CZE	=19N	−3B	−35N	+39B	+46N	−23B	=24N	−18B	−37N	3.0	36.0	38.5	10.75	1689	+5.8
42	Veselsky, Jan	1544	CZE	+47B	−9N	−11B	−34N	+38B	−30N	+50B	F	F	3.0	31.0	33.0	8.00	1697	+24.6
43	Lavrincik, Pavel	1760	CZE	−21B	+51N	−10B	+49N	−31N	F	+44B	F	−15N	3.0	29.0	29.0	7.00	1786	+1.6
44	Werner, Roman	1647	CZE	−18B	−30N	=39B	=50N	=47N	=46B	−43N	−33N	+52B	3.0	26.5	27.0	5.75	1607	-10.0
45	Jeute, Peter	1977	GER	=35N	=37B	−13N	+26B	+33N	F	F	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	12.00	1846	-15.6
46	Andersen, Carsten	1811	DEN	−15B	=36N	+50B	−16N	−41B	=44N	=32B	−47B	−38N	2.5	29.5	31.5	7.25	1587	-55.4
47	Kral, Jiri	1641	CZE	−42N	−24B	−40N	−51N	=44B	F	+52B	+46N	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.50	1558	-16.4
48	Papirnik, Milan	1783	CZE	−4N	+40B	+31N	−10N	−22B	−35B	−39N	−51B	F	2.0	32.5	32.5	7.50	1594	-39.6
49	Cyhelsky, Ludek	1597	CZE	=13N	=25B	−16N	−43B	=26N	−37B	=38N	F	F	2.0	31.5	31.5	9.00	1640	+4.2
50	Polnarova, Tatana	1674	CZE	−12N	=33B	−46N	=44B	=40N	=39B	−42N	F	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	7.00	1559	-23.0
51	Rychtecky, Pavel	1642	CZE	−23N	−43B	−38N	+47B	−39N	−40B	F	+48N	−33B	2.0	26.5	26.5	4.50	1533	-22.4
52	Zakoucky, Otto	1624	CZE	−11B	−32N	F	−33B	=37N	−26B	−47N	−38B	−44N	0.5	30.5	30.5	1.75	1284	-48.0
53	Baraniuk, Andrej	1614	UKR	=25N	−13B	−26N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	14.5	14.5	2.25	1521	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hrebicek, PetrCZE
+47.8
5.5 pts · #13
2Horesovsky, JanCZE
+37.2
4.5 pts · #22
3Porschberg, ThomasGER
+36.2
5.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Andersen, CarstenDEN
-55.4
2.5 pts · #47
2Zakoucky, OttoCZE
-48.0
0.5 pts · #52
3Papirnik, MilanCZE
-39.6
2.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R7+243 Elo gap
Arndt, Stefan2128 beat GMArkell, Keith C2371
R7+175 Elo gap
WCMAshbrooke, Monika1608 beat Papirnik, Milan1783
R8+170 Elo gap
Kral, Jiri1641 beat Andersen, Carsten1811