PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E4 round-robin tournament
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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Feb 2026 to 06 Mar 2026 in Praha, Czech Republic. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1331, and top seed was Jiri Zabehlicky (🇨🇿 CZE, 1674).
Tobias Bartak (🇨🇿 CZE, 1674) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Martin Lebl (7.5) and Olga Popadyuk (6.0). Bartak won solo starting round 5.
Location
🇨🇿Praha, Czech Republic
Dates
26 Feb 2026 → 06 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇿Czech Republic×7
🇫🇷France×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTobias Bartak led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
5
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Tobias Bartak never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Tobias Bartak drew with Martin Lebl (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Tobias Bartak 8 wins (R1–R8)Martin Lebl 6 wins (R3–R8)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇿Bartak, Tobias | 1674 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 32.75 | 36.5 | +112.0 | 2082 |
| 2 | 🇨🇿Lebl, Martin | 1659 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 28.25 | 37.5 | +87.6 | 1895 |
| 3 | 🇺🇦Popadyuk, Olga | 1656 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 20.00 | 39.0 | +11.6 | 1713 |
| 4 | 🇨🇿Levinsky, Ladislav | 1640 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.75 | 40.0 | -5.8 | 1615 |
| 6 | 🇨🇿Svaton, Jan | 1664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.00 | 40.5 | -40.8 | 1560 |
| 5 | 🇨🇿Prochazka, Pavel | 1670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 13.00 | 41.0 | -11.4 | 1611 |
| 9 | 🇨🇿Kleprlik, Jan | 1668 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 11.75 | 42.0 | -41.2 | 1431 |
| 7 | 🇨🇿Zabehlicky, Jiri | 1674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.50 | 42.0 | -32.6 | 1503 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Hegel, Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 7.50 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 1469 |
| 10 | FIDE 533071780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 1.50 | 44.5 | 0.0 | 1218 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bartak, TobiasCZE+112.08.5 pts · #1
- 2Lebl, MartinCZE+87.67.5 pts · #2
- 3Popadyuk, OlgaUKR+11.66.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Kleprlik, JanCZE-41.23.0 pts · #9
- 2Svaton, JanCZE-40.84.5 pts · #6
- 3Zabehlicky, JiriCZE-32.63.0 pts · #7