All five games ended in draws at the fourth round of Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters. They were all well-contested draws. The most important result was for Praggnanandhaa as he lost the last two rounds. So any result apart from a loss, was a good result for him against the Czech Republic no.2 - Thai Dai Van Nguyen. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) and Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) are still the coleaders 3/4, followed by D Gukesh and Richard Rapport (ROU) at 2.5/4 each. GM Vaishali R scored her second win in-a-row in the Challengers section. Aansh Nandan Nerurkar drew to maintain his sole lead 3.5/4 in the Futures section. Round 5 for Masters, Challengers and Futures start today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Vaishali wins again, Aansh Nerurkar maintains his sole lead
Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) vs R Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India
Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) - R Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5
Vidit Gujrathi vs Mateusz Bartel | Video: ChessBase India
Vidit Gujrathi - Mateusz Bartel (POL): 0.5-0.5
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs D Gukesh | Video: ChessBase India
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) - D Gukesh: 0.5-0.5
David Navara analyzes his game with IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) receiving his Best Game of Round 3 prize
Ceremonial first move of Round 4
Challengers: IM Richard Stalmach (CZE) - GM R Vaishali: 0-1
Futures: Aansh Nandan Nerurkar maintains his sole lead after he drew against Pawel Brzezina (POL)
Round 4 in progress
Audience view during Round 4
This is how chess can be made fun for little kids | Video: ChessBase India
The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 27th February to 7th March 2024. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day. The ninth round game on 7th March will start at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST.
Replay Round 4 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India