Sasikiran in the Challengers

Apart from Vidit, Shankland and Harikrishna, the remaining participants are - Iran no.1 Parham Maghsoodloo, World Blitz 2013 winner Le Quang Liem, Spain no.1 Francisco Vallejo Pons, Spain no.2 David Anton Guijarro, Czech Republic no.1 David Navara, UAE no.1 Salem Saleh and Czech Republic no.3 Nguyen Thai Dai Van are there. The average rating of the Masters event is 2693. That should give a good clue about the strength of this event. Krishnan Sasikiran is playing in the Challengers section which has the exact same format and schedule. The average rating of the Challengers section is 2608.

Vidit Gujrathi is the highest rated player in the field | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Participants

The participants are - Vidit Gujrathi, Sam Shankland (USA, 2718), Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI, 2716), Le Quang Liem (VIE, 2709), Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP, 2703), Pentala Harikrishna (2701), David Anton Guijarro (ESP, 2692), David Navara (CZE, 2681), Salem Saleh (UAE, 2679) and Nguyen Thai Dai Van (CZE, 2610).

GM Francischo Vallejo Pons drew the number seven | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Czech Republic's very own GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van got the number two | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Pairings and Schedule

The Round-Robin tournament will take place from 8th to 17th June 2022. Everyday except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Sunday 12th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 17th June will start at 11 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST).

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: Prague International Chess Festival

Round 1 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
112681
GMNavara DavidGMAnton Guijarro David
269210
222610
GMNguyen Thai Dai VanGMMaghsoodloo Parham
27169
332709
GMLe Quang LiemGMShankland Sam
27188
442679
GMSalem A.R. SalehGMVallejo Pons Francisco
27037
552701
GMHarikrishna PentalaGMVidit Santosh Gujrathi
27236

Complete pairings

Time Control

The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.

Links

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