Sara wins four in-a-row
Futures Top 3 (L to R): 3rd Greta Viti (ITA) 6/9, 1st Sara Maria Sunea (ROU) 7/9, 2nd Zuzana Stara (CZE) 6/9, and Petr Boleslav, Tournament Director | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Interview with Sara Maria Sunea | Video: Prague International Chess Festival
Best Pair - GM Wei Yi (CHN) 5/9 and Zuzana Stara (CZE) 6/9, combined total - 11/18 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Jaroslav Svoboda, Founder and Owner of Czech Inn hotels, made the ceremonial first move of Round 9 on David Navara and Sam Shankland's board
| Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 9 in progress
| Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Futures participants with IM FT IO Petr Pisk (CZE) | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
For more Round 9 and Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.
Schedule
The Round-Robin tournaments took place from 26th February to 7th March 2025. Every day except the last round, games started at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Monday 3rd March was a rest day. The ninth round game on 7th March started at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST.
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Round 9 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1743 | WCM | RZADKOWSKA Lila | ½ - ½ | STARA Zuzana | 1919 | 10 | PGN | |||
| 2 | 6 | 1798 | RZADKOWSKA Kaja | 0 - 1 | ANISTOROAEI Maria | 1820 | 4 | PGN | ||||
| 3 | 7 | 1854 | SUNEA Sara Maria | 1 - 0 | WFM | JAKUBSE Tamae Severina | 1815 | 3 | PGN | |||
| 4 | 8 | 1891 | MARKINA Sofiia | - - + | TOLMACEVA Alona | 1839 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1971 | VITI Greta | 1 - 0 | WCM | SCHIRMBECK Lilian | 1754 | 1 | PGN |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | SUNEA Sara Maria | ROU | 1854 | 7 | 0 | 31,50 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 10 | STARA Zuzana | CZE | 1919 | 6 | 1 | 23,75 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 9 | VITI Greta | ITA | 1971 | 6 | 0 | 22,00 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | WCM | RZADKOWSKA Lila | POL | 1743 | 5 | 0 | 18,50 | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | ANISTOROAEI Maria | ROU | 1820 | 4,5 | 0 | 20,00 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 6 | RZADKOWSKA Kaja | POL | 1798 | 4 | 1 | 15,00 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | TOLMACEVA Alona | LAT | 1839 | 4 | 0 | 15,75 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | WFM | JAKUBSE Tamae Severina | CZE | 1815 | 3,5 | 0 | 13,50 | 4 | |
| 9 | 1 | WCM | SCHIRMBECK Lilian | GER | 1754 | 3 | 0 | 10,00 | 4 | |
| 10 | 8 | MARKINA Sofiia | CZE | 1891 | 2 | 0 | 11,50 | 3 |
Time Control
The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.
Links
Tournament Regulations: Masters, Challengers, Futures and Open
