PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2023
DON GIOVANNI
5th International Chess Festival
20th – 30th June, Prague, the Czech Republic
Venue: Don Giovanni Hotel, Vinohradska 157a, Praha 3
Organizer: 1. Novoborsky Chess Club, z.s.
Festival Director: Petr Boleslav
Deputy Festival Director: Petr Lausman
Chief Arbiter: IA Pavel Votruba
Announced Tournaments:
A) 20–30 June 2023: MASTERS – round-robin super GM tournament
— confirmed participants: last year’s Masters winner GM Pentala Harikrishna, last year’s Challengers winner
GM Vincent Keymer or David Navara (names of other participants will be gradually announced)
B) 20–30 June 2023: CHALLENGERS – round-robin GM tournament
— confirmed participants: Winner of the Open 2022 GM Alexander Motylev (names of other participants will
be gradually announced)
— winner of the tournament will obtain the right to participate in MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2024
C) 20–30 June 2023: FUTURES – round-robin youth tournament
— round robin tournament for youths under 13 y.o.
— winner of the tournament will obtain the right to participate in OPEN TOURNAMENT 2024
D) 22–30 June 2023: open master tournament with GM norm
— 9 rounds by Swiss system, 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s/move
— rating tournament with rating for ELO FIDE
— participation of players without age and ratings limitations
— waiting time 1 h in case of late arrival
— winner of the tournament will obtain the right to participate in CHALLENGERS TOURNAMENT 2024
— financial prizes in CZK:
1. 25 000, 2. 15 000, 3. 10 000, 4. 8 000, 5. 6000, 6. 5000, 7. 4000, 8. 3 000, 9. 2 000, 10. 2 000 (80 000
CZK altogether, 15% tax will be deducted from prizes in excess of 10 000 CZK)
— material prizes for other players
Complete your obligatory applications for D and E tournaments together with accommodation orders
by 11th June 2023 on https://praguechessfestival.com/registration or by e-mail to
registration@praguechessfestival.com
