The 7th day of the Prague International Chess Festival 2026 in Czech Republic has concluded. After 7 rounds, GM Jorden van Foreest leads with 5 points, while GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is in second place with 4.5 points.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช GM Vincent Keymer defeated ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ GM David Anton by promoting his pawn to a knight, forking Davidโ€™s bishop and king on move 66. Keymer played the game with 87.8 accuracy, while Davidโ€™s was 85.3.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ GM Jorden v. Foreest 5
2. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 4.5
3. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ GM David Navara 4.5
4. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช GM Vincent Keymer 3.5
5. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท GM Parham Maghsoodloo 3.5
6. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ GM David Anton 3.5
7. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Aravindh Chithambaram 3
8. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 3
9. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ GM Hans Niemann 2.5
10. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Gukesh Dommaraju 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