The 5th day of the Prague International Chess Festival 2026 in Czech Republic has concluded. After 5 rounds, IM Vaclav Finek leads with 4 points, while GM Thomas Beerdsen is in second place with 3 points.

🇨🇿 IM Vaclav Finek defeated 🇪🇸 GM Daniil Yuffa by sacrificing his Queen on move 38. Finek played the game with 94.7 accuracy, while Yuffa’s was 83.2.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇨🇿 IM Vaclav Finek 4
2. 🇳🇱 GM Thomas Beerdsen 3
3. 🇨🇿 IM Stepan Hrbek 3
4. 🇨🇿 IM Jachym Nemec 3
5. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 2.5
6. 🇩🇰 GM Jonas Bjerre 2.5
7. 🇪🇸 GM Daniil Yuffa 2.5
8. 🇭🇺 GM Benjamin Gledura 2
9. 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner 1.5
10. 🇮🇳 GM Surya Ganguly 1

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