The Masters and Challengers tournaments continued with three more rounds and the lead is still open before Monday's day off. In the Masters, Deac, Keymer, and Robson trio has settled into the lead. Ray Robson managed to pull into the lead despite one defeat, compensating with two wins.

Ray Robson defeated Boris Gelfand in the third round

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2693	ROU			1		½	½	½	½			3	0	7,75
2.	GM KEYMER Vincent	2690	GER				½	½	½			½	1	3	0	6,75
3.	GM ROBSON Ray	2689	USA	0			½			½	1		1	3	0	6,50
4.	GM HARIKRISHNA Pentala	2704	IND		½	½		½			½	½		2,5	0	6,25
5.	GM NAVARA David	2689	CZE	½	½		½					½	½	2,5	0	6,25
6.	GM SHANKLAND Sam	2711	USA	½	½						½	½	½	2,5	0	6,00
7.	GM MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	2685	ARM	½		½					½	1	0	2,5	0	6,00
8.	GM GELFAND Boris	2668	ISR	½		0	½		½	½				2	0	5,25
9.	GM NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	2653	CZE		½		½	½	½	0				2	0	5,25
10.	GM WANG Hao	2722	CHN		0	0		½	½	1				2	0	5,00

In the Challengers tournament, Benjamin Gledura took the individual lead with four points. Mateusz Bartel is only half a point behind him. The annual combativeness of this tournament is also confirmed this year, especially in the last rounds. Of the twenty-five games played, thirteen ended with one player winning.

The current Challengers tournament leader defeated Vaclav Finek in the fifth round

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PTS	DE	SB
1.	GM GLEDURA Benjamin	2645	HUN		½	1				1	½	1		4	0	9,75
2.	GM BARTEL Mateusz	2609	POL	½			½	½			1	1		3,5	0	8,00
3.	IM VYKOUK Jan	2467	CZE	0			½	½		1			1	3	0	6,00
4.	GM MOTYLEV Alexander	2597	ROU		½	½			½	½			½	2,5	0	6,25
5.	GM PECHAC Jergus	2611	SVK		½	½			0		1		½	2,5	0	5,75
6.	GM PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	2530	LTU				½	1		0	½	½		2,5	0	5,50
7.	GM L'AMI Erwin	2645	NED	0		0	½		1				1	2,5	0	4,75
8.	IM STALMACH Richard	2436	CZE	½	0			0	½			1		2	0	4,75
9.	FM FINEK Vaclav	2409	CZE	0	0				½		0		1	1,5	0	2,25
10.	GM AKASH G	2483	IND			0	½	½		0		0		1	0	2,50

On Saturday, the Futures Tournament also jumped into the whirlwind of the festival. This year, six talented players from Poland, Austria, and the Czech Republic are taking part. Kamil Warchol leads with two wins so far.

RK	Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	PTS	DE	SB
1.	FM WARCHOL Kamil	2082	POL				1		1	2	0	0,50
2.	FM CIESLAK Patryk	2280	POL				½	1		1,5	0	0,75
3.	BOUSKA Jiri	2189	CZE					½	1	1,5	0	0,25
4.	FM BALINT Peter	2233	AUT	0	½					0,5	0	0,75
5.	BROZKA Karel	2180	CZE		0	½				0,5	0	0,75
6.	JUHANAK Daniel	2137	CZE	0		0				0	0	0,00

Unlike the main tournaments, players in the Karel Janeček Open have completed four rounds and will continue to play on Monday. Seven players are in the lead with full points.

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	4	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2485	4		4	FM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2248	76
2	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	4		4	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	13
3	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2373	4		4		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	16
4	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	3½		4	FM	Anand, Batsukh	MGL	2242	80
5	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2507	3½		3½	FM	Pasti, Aron	HUN	2335	45

Rapid and blitz chess tournaments were also played. The Czech grandmaster Vojtech Plat won in the rapid tournament, and the German international master Maximilian Berchtenbreiter won the blitz tournament.

DAY OFF

Monday's free day will be filled with many activities for the players of the three main tournaments, but also for the spectators and visitors of the festival. In the morning there will be a football tournament, in the afternoon the players of the Futures tournament will have a simul, where GM Peter Léko will be their opponent, and in the evening the Czech Gambit is scheduled at the D21 Theatre.

26 JUNE 2023 09:00 - 12:00		Pražačka	Football tournament Each team will consist of 5 field players and 1 goalkeeper. Matches would take around 10 minutes or so within the tournament system
26 JUNE 2022 15:00-17:00			A simul exhibition of GM Peter Léko with players of the Futures tourn.
26 JUNE 2022 19:30		Theatro D21	Czech Gambit

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