Decades have passed and chess fans felt that they saw another such \u201emonster\u201c in the person of Magnus Carlsen. However, he seems to be slowly closing his chapter in classical chess. Fortunately, he has a more than worthy successor.<\/p>\n After another triumph of the Uzbek number one in Prague, I dare say that the new \u201emonster\u201c is already in sight. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, at twenty-one years old, possesses practical strength which is \u2013 without exaggeration \u2013 truly terrifying!<\/p>\n The Prague festival was surely followed by many not only Czech spectators, more than even some stronger or longer tournaments. (In this context, I might just add that the Prague Masters tournament also climbed to category XIX. The same as this year's Wijk aan Zee!)<\/p>\n Those who wanted could follow the tournament nicely round by round, choose the form of videos or self-study, and cheer for their favourites.<\/p>\n Of course, here I join the large number of viewers or readers who wished success and cheered for our legendary number one David Navara<\/strong>. What he showed us in at least three games I cannot leave unnoticed, although I guess for many readers it will not be anything new for the most part. Still, I will try to select moments and adjust notes in a way that no one has yet presented to readers! So I dedicate a separate chapter to David, but\u2026 that must wait.<\/p>\n This time I primarily divided my \u201etournament report\u201c according to<\/strong> individual players<\/strong>! Readers of my articles know that there are at least two other ways. The thematic division suits my chess school website better, while in magazines it is not uncommon to find reports by individual rounds.<\/p>\n However, we cannot start any other way than traditionally: with the overall results \u2013 after all, the Challengers tournament was also played \u2013, examples of gross mistakes, but also brilliant calculations and other interesting things.<\/p>\n The final round of the main tournament with four decisive results (!) changed the table almost beyond recognition! Well, and for +1 to be enough for second place? That is not seen every day either, although it must be added that in Prague it is slowly becoming a habit \ud83d\ude42. .<\/p>\n According to the rules, in case of equal points the first tiebreak was the head-to-head game, so the world champion finally pulled away from last place with a win in the last round. But for the Prague festival 2026 nevertheless<\/em> he will certainly not remember it fondly. In the article, of course, we dedicate a whole chapter to him as always.<\/p>\n The high scoring of the tournament \u2013 and who is surprised by that today, right? \u2013 was ensured by the fourth Indian musketeer Aravindh and the Dutchman Jorden Van Foreest.<\/p>\n scoring rate = 51.1 %<\/strong>!<\/p>\n I admit that the main reason I followed the Challengers tournament with greater interest this time was the participation of the charismatic Divya Deshmukh. On the one hand, it is more pleasant to watch video recordings of the games, on the other hand, I was professionally curious about the strength of her play before the upcoming Candidates tournament. The final table looked as follows:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/skolasachu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kasparov-Miles-1986.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe results shout again: death to draw death!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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