The first day of the Prague International Chess Festival 2026 in Czech Republic has concluded. After 1 round, 3 players share the lead with 1 point each, with Thomas Beerdsen leading on tiebreaks.

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh forced a threefold repetition with 🇭🇺 Benjamin Gledura after she made a mistake on move 32.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇳🇱 GM Thomas Beerdsen 1
2. 🇨🇿 IM Stepan Hrbek 1
3. 🇨🇿 IM Jachym Nemec 1
4. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 0.5
5. 🇩🇰 GM Jonas Bjerre 0.5
6. 🇭🇺 GM Benjamin Gledura 0.5
7. 🇨🇿 IM Vaclav Finek 0.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Surya Ganguly 0
9. 🇪🇸 GM Daniil Yuffa 0
10. 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner 0

The Prague International Chess Festival 2026 takes place in Czech Republic from 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