The 9th day of the Prague International Chess Festival 2026 in Czech Republic has concluded. After 9 rounds, IM Vaclav Finek scored 4 wins and 5 draws to win the tournament with 6.5/9 points. Finek is one point ahead of the runner-up Daniil Yuffa.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇿 IM Vaclav Finek 6.5
2. 🇪🇸 GM Daniil Yuffa 6
3. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 5
4. 🇭🇺 GM Benjamin Gledura 4.5
5. 🇩🇰 GM Jonas Bjerre 4.5
6. 🇨🇿 IM Jachym Nemec 4.5
7. 🇳🇱 GM Thomas Beerdsen 4
8. 🇮🇳 GM Surya Ganguly 4
9. 🇨🇿 IM Stepan Hrbek 3.5
10. 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner 2.5

The Prague International Chess Festival 2026 takes place in Czech Republic from February 25 to March 6. The event features a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over one Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: Prague International Chess Festival