The Prague Open 2026 will take place from January 09 to January 16 in Prague, Czech Republic. This tournament has 2 categories – Open A and Open B. The Open A section is a 9-round Swiss systemtournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Czech Republic, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Luca Jr Moroni (2560), Saha Neelash (2474), Valentyn Prokofiev (2464), Hagen Poetsch (2441), Oleg Korneev (2427), Dawid Dobosiewicz (2391), Mihajlo Stojanovic (2388), Tobias Kuegel (2388), Bogdan Lalic (2320), Vladislav Lukiyanchuk (2299), Maksym Pankiv (2296), Artjoms Tolmacevs (2293), Tomas Kulhanek (2286), Kacper Karwowski (2267), Sebastian Mueer (2206), Stephen R Mannion (2202), Tomas Andre (2202), Vit Vilimek (2192), Dominik Svadlenka (2185), Yunus Emre Gunebakan (2182). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Prague Open 2026 – IM Open A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Moroni, Luca Jr
ITA
2560
2
IM
Neelash, Saha
IND
2474
3
IM
Prokofiev, Valentyn
UKR
2464
4
GM
Poetsch, Hagen
GER
2441
5
GM
Korneev, Oleg
ESP
2427
6
FM
Dobosiewicz, Dawid
POL
2391
7
GM
Stojanovic, Mihajlo
SRB
2388
8
IM
Kuegel, Tobias
GER
2388
9
GM
Lalic, Bogdan
CRO
2320
10
Lukiyanchuk, Vladislav
UKR
2299
11
FM
Pankiv, Maksym
UKR
2296
12
FM
Tolmacevs, Artjoms
LAT
2293
13
IM
Kulhanek, Tomas
CZE
2286
14
CM
Karwowski, Kacper
POL
2267
15
Mueer, Sebastian
GER
2206
16
IM
Mannion, Stephen R
SCO
2202
17
CM
Andre, Tomas
SVK
2202
18
FM
Vilimek, Vit
CZE
2192
19
FM
Svadlenka, Dominik
CZE
2185
20
Gunebakan, Yunus Emre
TUR
2182
21
WFM
Ricken, Katharina
NED
2180
22
Krivanek, Vladimir
CZE
2179
23
Terhuven, Patrick
GER
2167
24
Lihotsky, Lukas
CZE
2135
25
Ouaki, Mark
BEL
2128
26
IM
Alexikov, Alexander
UKR
2125
27
Novotny, David
CZE
2093
28
Ocelak, David
CZE
2076
29
CM
Klys, Kacper
POL
2076
30
Lieberwirth, Kasimir
GER
2071
31
Zienkiewicz, Geoffroy
FRA
2070
32
Ghazaryan, Raffi
ARM
2063
33
WFM
Ejsymont, Blanka
POL
2051
34
Pogorelskiy, Boris
CZE
2050
35
IM
Dovzhenko, Viktor
UKR
2050
36
Kampus, Andrej
SLO
2045
37
Legrand, Hugo
FRA
2045
38
Lysenko, Volodymyr
UKR
2043
39
Didmanidze, Tengiz
GEO
2042
40
Tolmacevs, Romans
LAT
2035
41
Ivanov, Sergei V.
FID
2029
42
Rutkowski, Feliks
POL
2028
43
Blazek, Matej
CZE
2023
44
Engert, Marvin
GER
2023
45
Peglau, Paul David
GER
2022
46
Keyser, Philipp
GER
2021
47
Stromhaug, Kristoffer Wang
NOR
2019
48
Serafin, Franciszek
POL
2012
49
Temirbek, Amirali
CZE
2011
50
Mojzis, Jan
CZE
2008
51
Govers, Marc
NED
2008
52
Jiricek, Jakub
CZE
2006
53
Bacak, Petr
CZE
2002
54
WFM
Badenhorst, Chloe
RSA
1997
55
Munier, Alexis
FRA
1996
56
ACM
Markovic, Kosta
SRB
1991
57
Mikhno, Artem
CZE
1989
58
WGM
Suleimanova, Ava
UKR
1984
59
Marcinkowski, Adam
POL
1983
60
Korniichuk, Oleksandra
CZE
1980
61
ACM
Ejsymont, Eryk
POL
1979
62
WFM
Strade, Arita
GCI
1978
63
Kapolkova, Greta
SVK
1972
64
Sedmihradsky, Tomas
CZE
1968
65
Bartak, Josef
CZE
1963
66
Sedlak, Milan
CZE
1957
67
Maly, Jiri
CZE
1957
68
Vavruska, Antonin
CZE
1954
69
Bohatyrov, Mykola
CZE
1953
70
Kolar, Edvard
CZE
1950
71
Cote, Frederic
FRA
1948
72
Budil, Vaclav
CZE
1947
73
Lutskiy, Mikhail
CZE
1946
74
Steiner, Juraj
CZE
1946
75
Beroun, Libor
CZE
1942
76
Tuetuencue, Emirhan
AUT
1939
77
Willemsen, Jasper
NED
1927
78
AFM
Derypasko, Oleksii
UKR
1922
79
Barkasheva, Sofia
EST
1921
80
Novak, Josef Jan
CZE
1920
81
Picek, Miroslav
CZE
1915
82
Kolar, Dan
CZE
1912
83
Surnak, Peter
CZE
1912
84
WFM
Tolmaceva, Alona
LAT
1909
85
WFM
Park, Sunwoo
KOR
1908
86
Simakhin, Martin
CZE
1906
87
Lee, Younggyu
KOR
1905
88
Munkhbayar, Unurbayar
CZE
1902
89
Bouton, Christophe
FRA
1895
90
WCM
Nicolas, Nika Juris
PHI
1893
91
Smisek, Robin
CZE
1892
92
IM
Chubar, Vladimir
UKR
1888
93
Kapolka, Juraj
SVK
1887
94
Migalko, Dmitriy
CZE
1883
95
Zapalowska, Wiktoria
POL
1882
96
Brandl, Michael
AUT
1880
97
Alshnaiber, Yazeed
KSA
1877
98
Brida, Lukas
SVK
1877
99
Koper, Stefan
CZE
1868
100
Artamonov, Mikhail
CZE
1863
101
AFM
Kravchenko, Andrey
CZE
1849
102
Stefaniv, Vladislav
CZE
1844
103
Dubsky, Lukas
CZE
1842
104
Macakova, Bianka
SVK
1841
105
Malkhasyan, Andrey
USA
1841
106
CM
Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy
GAB
1840
107
Sulcova, Tereza Radmila
CZE
1839
108
Marsalek, Dan
CZE
1832
109
Tsyrulnikov, Andrey
ISR
1829
110
Conradie, Dirk Cornelis Uys
RSA
1828
111
Rubin, Andrej
CZE
1826
112
Mojzisova, Barbora
CZE
1825
113
Borecky, Andrej
CZE
1816
114
AFM
Havlik, David
CZE
1814
115
Barabas, Ales
CZE
1811
116
Rawlings, Benjamin
CZE
1811
117
Rendl, Lubos
CZE
1807
118
AFM
Lickova, Anna
CZE
1806
119
Almutairi, Abdullah Mohammed
KSA
1793
120
Horslund, Mikael
DEN
1793
121
Markina, Sofiia
CZE
1790
122
Bukovskij, Dmitri
CZE
1784
123
Badenhorst, Daniel
RSA
1777
124
Hosova, Sandra
CZE
1769
125
AGM
Kalvach, Ladislav
CZE
1765
126
Rabiej, Mateusz
POL
1765
127
Cabart, Pavel
CZE
1760
128
Sboev, Kirill
CZE
1758
129
Kammova, Katerina
CZE
1757
130
Kosem, Rok
SLO
1731
131
Cerny, Zbysek
CZE
1724
132
Chkhartishvili, Lazare
GEO
1722
133
Hlynsky, Bogdan
UKR
1720
134
Lee, Onbin
KOR
1708
135
Repe, Jure
SLO
1706
136
Stepankova, Linda
CZE
1703
137
Magerl, Zan
SLO
1702
138
Andersen, Peter 1967
SWE
1692
139
Han, Yongsu
KOR
1691
140
Woytitzki, Maja
POL
1678
141
Kralik, Jan
CZE
1670
142
Vanacek, Jan
CZE
1667
143
Woytitzki, Sophie
POL
1656
144
Amloyan, Haig
USA
1650
145
ACM
Slusarczyk, Agnieszka
POL
1643
146
Glaser, Jan
CZE
1617
147
Havlin, Milan
CZE
1609
148
Dickson, Eric
USA
1535
149
Parsch, Marek
CZE
1517
150
Krasnyi, Timofei
GER
0