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PRAGUE OPEN 2026 - A - IM open

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150 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 16 Jan 2026 in Praha, Czech Republic. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2415, and top seed was Luca Jr Moroni (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2560).

Luca Jr Moroni (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2560) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Neelash Saha (7.0) and Maksym Pankiv (7.0). Moroni shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Onbin Lee (1708) beat Viktor Dovzhenko (IM, 2050), a +342-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
🇮🇹GMLuca Jr Moroni2560
Avg top 10
2,415
Participants
150
Titled players · 31
GM×5
IM×8
FM×5
CM×4
WGM×1
WFM×6
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇨🇿Czech Republic×63
🇵🇱Poland×13
🇺🇦Ukraine×10
🇩🇪Germany×9
🇫🇷France×5
🇸🇰Slovakia×5
🇸🇮Slovenia×4
🇰🇷South Korea×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Luca Jr Moroni led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
61
23
8
2
1
1
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Prokofiev takes leadMoroni takes lead
Moroni7.5Pankiv7Saha7Korneev6.5Kuegel6.5Klys6.5— ex-leaders:Prokofievled R6, #10
R6 · LEADER CHANGE13 Jan

IM Valentyn Prokofiev takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Luca Jr Moroni 3+3 wins (R2–R4, R6–R8)FM Maksym Pankiv 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Neelash Saha 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMLuca Jr Moroni*
1
2FMMaksym Pankiv*
0
3IMNeelash Saha
0
1
*
4GMOleg Korneev*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Moroni, Luca JrGM2560ITA=62N+145N+18B+24B=6N+12N+4B+2B=5N7.548.550.041.252565+2.9
2Neelash SahaIM2474IND+45B+40N+12B+7N+21B4N+3B1N+13B7.050.055.041.002499+4.6
3Pankiv, MaksymFM2296UKR+72B+59N+22B=4N+14B=5B2N+23N+17B7.047.552.038.502452+37.8
4Prokofiev, ValentynIM2464UKR+123N+52B+8N=3B+16N+2B1N=6N=7B6.552.055.037.502426-0.4
5Poetsch, HagenGM2441GER+131B+15N+23B=16N+13B=3N=6B=17N=1B6.550.553.036.502379-2.8
6Kuegel, TobiasIM2388GER+73N=43B+33N+31B=1B+23N=5N=4B=9N6.548.553.037.002365+1.6
7Karwowski, KacperCM2267POL+32N+60B+86N2B+15N=22B=8N+37B=4N6.547.051.034.752294+10.0
8Terhuven, Patrick2167GER+85B+122N4B+60N+41B=21N=7B+14N=10B6.544.547.531.752347+43.0
9Klys, KacperCM2076POL+97B+133N=14B13N+83B+29N=28B+21N=6B6.543.045.530.502305+99.9
10Korneev, OlegGM2427ESPF+94B+58N=30B+53N+31B=17N+48B=8N6.542.042.033.002325-6.0
11Stojanovic, MihajloGM2388SRB+84B=57N+46B=82N17B+89N+18B=12N+22B6.541.045.031.752232-12.5
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14Dobosiewicz, DawidFM2391POL+112N+47B=9N+48B3N=16B+40N8B+53N6.046.049.529.752220-30.6
15Didmanidze, Tengiz2042GEO+70N5B+32N+33B7B+45N+82B13N+42B6.044.548.529.502192+33.8
16Ejsymont, BlankaWFM2051POL+139N+119B+25N=5B4B=14N13B+76N+29B6.043.545.526.752282+94.6
17Lieberwirth, Kasimir2071GER+94N=147B=95N+119B+11N+28N=10B=5B3N6.043.044.528.252269+43.4
18Peglau, Paul David2022GER+146N=19B1N+91B=104N+33B11N+44B+51N6.043.044.525.752087+30.8
19Lalic, BogdanGM2320CRO+102B=18N+69B=57N=40B+50N=30B=22N=12B6.042.046.029.752162-14.8
20Korniichuk, Oleksandra1980CZE+39N24B119N+111B+109N+104B=25N=27B+47N6.037.540.526.502072+23.2
21Lukiyanchuk, Vladislav2299UKR+124N+68B+66N+27B2N=8B=22N9B=37N5.545.548.526.252196-19.8
22Lihotsky, Lukas2135CZE+114N+100B3N+63B+44N=7N=21B=19B11N5.545.048.526.002205+19.6
23Krivanek, Vladimir2179CZE+64N+89B5N+100B+38N6B+86N3B=33N5.543.547.524.752152-2.4
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105Badenhorst, Daniel1777RSA+53N31B60N+123B=95N35B58N73B+131N3.536.539.012.501886+46.4
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111Conradie, Dirk Cornelis Uys1828RSA40B29N+150B20N=126B+145N=123N=65B73N3.533.033.06.751770-27.2
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142Krasnyi, Timofei0GER31N=103B114N81B134N115B=130B+149NF2.028.528.53.5016030.0
143Havlin, Milan1609CZE95N=114B103NFF+130N=125B129B139N2.024.524.56.251680+8.4
144Sboev, Kirill1758CZE60B+77N122BF62NF115N+148BF2.021.021.05.501708-17.2
145Slusarczyk, Agnieszka1643POL+38N1B63N109B=146N111B113N112NF1.533.033.06.251642-4.4
146Horslund, Mikael1793DEN18B84N+98B45N=145B102N128B118N148N1.531.032.04.751531-57.0
147Lutskiy, Mikhail1946CZE+150B=17N57B51NFFFFF1.515.515.53.001748-38.0
148Dickson, Eric1535USA41BF38N127B135N79B136N144N+146B1.026.526.51.501496-7.2
149Glaser, Jan1617CZE122B137N78B97NF132B129N142BF0.023.023.00.001046-25.8
150Parsch, Marek1517CZE147N109B111NF55B140N118B130NF0.022.022.00.00985-52.4

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