18.6.2022 – Pentala Harikrishna je pobedio Davida Antona u poslednjemkolu Mastersa u Pragu i osvojioa čisto prvo mesto sa 6½ od 9 bodova. U Challengersu, dvojica bivših lidera, Hans Niemann i Vincent Keymer pobijedili su u 9. kolu i završili izjednačeno na prvom mjestu. Zanimljivo je da su bili i izjednačeni po svim kriterijumima za taj brejk. Organizatori su odlučili da organizuju blitz meč od 2 partije, koji je Keymer dobio rezultatom 2-0.

| Na slici: Le Quang Liem (2.), Pentala Harikrishna (1.) i Thai Dai Van Nguyen (3.) | Foto: Vladimír Jagr
Masters turnir, konačno stanje
k | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
1 | Harikrishna Pentala | GM | IND | 2701 | 6.5 |
2 | Le Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2709 | 6.0 |
3 | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | GM | CZE | 2610 | 5.0 |
4 | Shankland Sam | GM | USA | 2718 | 5.0 |
5 | Navara David | GM | CZE | 2681 | 5.0 |
6 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | GM | ESP | 2703 | 4.5 |
7 | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | GM | IND | 2723 | 4.0 |
8 | Maghsoodloo Parham | GM | IRI | 2716 | 4.0 |
9 | Salem A.R. Saleh | GM | UAE | 2679 | 3.0 |
10 | Anton Guijarro David | GM | ESP | 2692 | 2.0 |
Harikrishna,Pentala (2701) – Anton Guijarro,David (2692) [A29]
4th Prague Masters 2022 Prague CZE (9.1), 17.06.2022
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.0–0 0–0 8.e3 Bb6 9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 exd4 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.exd4 d5 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 h6 16.b3 Re8 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Re1 Qg5 19.a3 Rad8 20.b4 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Bg2 f5

23.f3 Qxg3 24.fxe4 dxe4 25.Qc2 Rd3 26.Qf2 Qg5 27.h4 Qg4 28.Re3 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Qxh4 30.Rf1 Re5 31.a4 c6 32.b5 Qe7 33.bxc6 bxc6 34.Bh3 g6 35.Qxh6 Kf7 36.Rb1 e3 37.Qh7+ Kf6 38.Qh4+ Kf7 39.Qxe7+ Kxe7 40.a5 Rxc5 41.Ra1 Re5 42.a6 e2 43.Kf2 Kd6 44.Ke1 Re8 45.Bg2 Ra8 46.Bf3 Kc7 47.Bxe2 g5 48.Kf2 Kb6 49.Bd3 f4 50.Kf3 Ka7 51.Rb1 Rh8 52.Rb7+ Ka8 53.Rh7 Rb8 54.Kg4 Rb3 55.Rh3 Rb4 56.Kxg5 Ra4 57.Rf3

1–0
Challenegers turnir, konačno stanje
Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
1 | Keymer Vincent | GM | GER | 2675 | 6.5 |
Niemann Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2678 | 6.5 | |
3 | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2661 | 6.0 |
4 | Sasikiran Krishnan | GM | IND | 2635 | 5.0 |
5 | Pechac Jergus | GM | SVK | 2598 | 4.0 |
6 | Warmerdam Max | GM | NED | 2613 | 4.0 |
7 | Krzyzanowski Marcin | GM | POL | 2535 | 3.5 |
8 | Stocek Jiri | GM | CZE | 2541 | 3.5 |
9 | Hracek Zbynek | GM | CZE | 2564 | 3.0 |
10 | Michalik Peter | GM | CZE | 2577 | 3.0 |

Niemann i Keymer
Warmerdam,Max (2613) – Keymer,Vincent (2675) [A07]
4th Prague Challengers Prague CZE (9.3), 17.06.2022
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Nd7 5.c4 e6 6.h3 Bf5 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.0–0 Be7 11.Nf3 0–0 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Be3 f5 15.h4 Qa6 16.b3 Bd6 17.Ne1 b5 18.c5 Bc7 19.Nd3 Rae8 20.Qb2 Qc8 21.Rac1 Qd8 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 b4 24.Qd4 Qb8 25.Bf4 h6 26.h5 Ng5 27.Bxg5

27…Bxe5 28.Qe3 hxg5 29.Qxg5 Qd8 30.Qxd8 Rxd8 31.Bh3 Kf7 32.Kg2 g5 33.hxg6+ Kxg6 34.e3

34…a4 35.f4 Bc3 36.Kf3 Rh8 37.Rh1 Ra8 38.g4 axb3 39.axb3 Ra3 40.gxf5+ exf5 41.Rb1 Rh5 42.Rbg1+ Kf7 43.Bf1 Rxh1 44.Rxh1 Rxb3 45.Bd3 Bg7 46.Bxf5 d4 47.Re1 Rc3 48.Be4

48…Bf8 49.Bxc6 Bxc5 50.Re2 Kf6 51.Be4 Ke6 52.Bh7 Kf7 53.Be4 Bb6 54.Bd5+ Kf6 55.Ke4 dxe3 56.Kf3 Bd4 57.Be4 Ra3 58.Bd5 b3 59.Be4 Ra1 60.Rh2 b2 61.Rh6+ Ke7 62.Rh7+ Kd6 63.Rb7 Rf1+ 64.Ke2 Rf2+ 65.Kd1 e2+ 66.Ke1 Bc3+ 0–1


