The 7th day of the Prague International Chess Festival 2026 in Czech Republic has concluded. After 7 rounds, IM Vaclav Finek leads with 5 points, while GM Daniil Yuffa is in second place with 4 points.

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ GM Benjamin Gledura drew with ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ IM Vaclav Finek by threefold repetition on move 134. In the endgame, Finek had one rook left, while Gledura had a rook and a knight. Vaclav played the game with 98.6 accuracy, while Gleduraโ€™s was 98.7.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ IM Vaclav Finek 5
2. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ GM Daniil Yuffa 4
3. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ IM Jachym Nemec 4
4. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Divya Deshmukh 3.5
5. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ GM Jonas Bjerre 3.5
6. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ GM Benjamin Gledura 3.5
7. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ GM Thomas Beerdsen 3.5
8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ IM Stepan Hrbek 3.5
9. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Surya Ganguly 2.5
10. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Zhu Jiner 2

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