The Prague International Chess Festival is an annual event held in Prague, Czech Republic. It includes several tournaments, Masters, Challengers, Futures, and Janecek Open Chess Tournament.
The Prague Masters 2025 edition starts on 26 February and will conclude on 7 March 2025 at 9 am ET/ 3 pm CET/ 7:30 pm IST. The competition will be held at the Don Giovanni Hotel in Prague. A total of 10 players will take part in the tournament in a round-robin format where each player will face one another once. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the rest of the game with a 30-second increment per move.
Prague Masters Lineup: The Top Players Competing
There will be a lot of key players to watch out for at the Prague Masters so let’s take a look at the participants.
- GM Wei Yi (China) 2755
- GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (India) 2741
- GM Liem Le (Vietnam) 2739
- GM Vincent Keymer (Germany) 2731
- GM Aravindh Chithambaram (India) 2729
- GM Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2728
- GM David Navara (Czech) 2677
- GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2670
- GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (Czech) 2668
- GM Ediz Gurel (Turkey) 2624
Prague Masters Schedule: Dates, Times and Matches
| Date | Event | Event Local Time |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Round 1 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Round 2 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Round 3 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Round 4 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 2, 2025 | Round 5 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Round 6 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Round 7 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Round 8 | 7:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Round 9 | 3:30 PM GMT+5:30 |
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