GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis convincing at the Karel Janecek Chess Open 2024

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The Karel Janecek Chess Open 2024 took place from 28 February – 7 March within the scope of the Prague Chess Festival 2024. The event gathered more than 250 players who competed for a total prize fund of 100.000 CZK (~4.000) and the qualification spot for the next Prague Chess Challengers tournament.

GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (Greece, 2556) emerged convincing winner of the event with the score of 8/9 points. The Greek grandmaster went unbeaten, and qualified himself for the Prague Challengers 2025. As many as nine players followed with 7 points (each), but IM Tsvetan Stoyanov (Bulgaria, 2465) and IM Zeyu Xiang (China, 2407) had the best tiebreaks to finish the event in second and third positions. All games can be replayed here.

The event attracted 97 titled players and famous chess streamers: Botez sisters and WGM Dina Belenkaya. WFM Alexandra Botez (Canada, 1977) and Andrea Botez (Canada, 1708) finished the event with the score of 3.5 points, while WGM Dina Belenkaya (Israel, 2164) scored 5.5 points to be the third-ranked female player in the tournament. Final rankings are shown below

Karel Janecek Chess Open 2024 – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GRE	2556	8
2	IM	Stoyanov, Tsvetan	BUL	2465	7
3	IM	Xiang, Zeyu	CHN	2407	7
4	GM	Neuman, Petr	CZE	2390	7
5	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2506	7
6	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2614	7
7	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2515	7
8	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2603	7
9	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe	CHN	2449	7
10	IM	Isik, Alparslan	TUR	2452	7
11	IM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2567	6.5
12	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2392	6.5
13		Rohit, S	IND	2215	6.5
14	GM	Barbosa, Evandro Amorim	BRA	2491	6.5
15	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra,	IND	2443	6.5
16	IM	Muthaiah, AL	IND	2454	6.5
17	IM	Sofronie, Iulian	ROU	2395	6.5
18	GM	Jarmula, Lukasz	POL	2434	6.5
19	FM	Abdilkhair, Abilmansur	KAZ	2357	6.5
20	GM	Sadzikowski, Daniel	POL	2498	6.5
21	IM	Nguyen, Piotr	POL	2404	6.5
22	GM	Akash, G	IND	2411	6.5
23	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2563	6
24	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2414	6
25	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	UKR	2572	6
26	FM	Chkhaidze, Nikoloz	GEO	2209	6
27	FM	Kusa, Jakub	CZE	2348	6
28	GM	Quintiliano, Renato R.	BRA	2493	6
29	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan	BIH	2497	6
30	FM	Kokoszczynski, Jan	POL	2272	6
31	GM	Neverov, Valeriy	UKR	2438	6
32	FM	Cieslak, Patryk	POL	2300	6
33	FM	Kalogeris, Ioannis	GRE	2429	6
34	FM	Chinguun, Sumiya	MGL	2319	6
35	FM	Svanda, Ondrej	CZE	2369	6
36	CM	Assylov, Miras	KAZ	2176	6
37	IM	Kraus, Tomas	CZE	2497	6
38	IM	Csonka, Balazs	HUN	2480	6
39	GM	Simacek, Pavel	CZE	2463	6
40	FM	Mis, Mieszko	POL	2325	6
41		Mikes, Jan	CZE	2348	6
42	FM	Jares, Michal	CZE	2346	6
43	FM	Simek, Petr	CZE	2290	6
44	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2405	6
45		Brzezina, Piotr	POL	2050	6
46	FM	Ivanov, Mike	CAN	2382	6
47		Mohylnyi, Stepan	UKR	2160	6
48	FM	Miszler, Levente	HUN	2282	6
49	FM	Shagbazyan, Taron	UKR	2388	5.5
50	IM	Kilic, Eray	TUR	2439	5.5
51	WIM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2282	5.5
52	GM	Popovic, Dusan	SRB	2504	5.5
53	FM	Novotny, Michal	CZE	2265	5.5
54		Klepek, Witold	POL	2262	5.5
55	WGM	Belenkaya, Dina	ISR	2164	5.5
56		Walek, Petr	CZE	2266	5.5
57	CM	Deveci, Huseyin Said	TUR	2250	5.5
58	FM	Sorm, Daniel	CZE	2280	5.5
59	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2246	5.5
60		Mueller, Magnus	GER	2157	5.5
61	FM	Serrano Salvador, Eduardo	CZE	2280	5.5
62		Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr	UKR	1894	5.5
63	CM	Ocelak, Jakub	CZE	2183	5.5
64	WGM	Rodshtein, Tereza	CZE	2157	5.5
65	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	KAZ	2040	5.5
66	FM	Sahin, Ozgun	TUR	2168	5.5
67		Radzimski, Antoni	POL	2133	5.5
68	FM	Smolik, Jachym	CZE	2363	5.5
69	WIM	Kanakova, Natalie	CZE	2169	5.5
70		Rakovsky, Jakub	SVK	2145	5.5
71		Dauren, Darmen	KAZ	1727	5.5
72	FM	Senthil, Maran K	IND	2275	5
73	CM	Tan, Jun Ying	MAS	2315	5
74	IM	Welling, Gerard	NED	2221	5
75		Hu, Zhening	CHN	1641	5
76	FM	Daakshin, Arun	IND	2274	5
77		Panjer, Sidney	GER	2059	5
78	CM	Smietanska, Wiktoria	POL	1937	5
79	FM	Nemitz, Alfred	GER	2208	5
80		Kratochvil, Vit	CZE	2182	5
81		Budrewicz, Krzysztof	POL	2184	5
82	FM	Valenta, Vit Vaclav	CZE	2021	5
83		Topencik, Bruno	CZE	1988	5
84		Roubalik, Jakub	CZE	2343	5
85	WIM	Pujari, Rucha	IND	2071	5
86	FM	Vojta, Jakub	CZE	2251	5
87		Nesse, David	NOR	2002	5
88		Leskiewicz, Ignacy	POL	2180	5
89		Verner, Matej	CZE	1928	5
90	FM	Dauner, Benedikt	GER	2369	5
91		Kudrytskyi, Stanislav	UKR	1998	5
92		Zaragoza Alanis, Miguel Arnulfo	MEX	2098	5
93		Van den Bersselaar, Jeroen	NED	2082	5
94		Grimault, Nathan	FRA	2094	5
95		Filindash, Nikita	CZE	2014	5
96		Zuziak, Petr	CZE	1788	5
97		Tripathi, Pratyush	SWE	1797	5
98		Kaczmarek, Arkadiusz	POL	2099	5
99		Kondys, Piotr	POL	2047	5
100		Phatak, Aanjaneya	IND	1999	5
101	WCM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2035	5
102		Bezeyko, Olexander	UKR	1983	5
103	FM	Rudolf, Michal	POL	2295	5
104		Bravetti, Antonio	ITA	2227	5
105	FM	Muzik, Martin	CZE	2077	5
106		Zvolensky, David	CZE	2179	5
107	FM	Bigabylov, Zhuban	KAZ	1972	5
108		Kurek, Pavel	CZE	1982	5
109		Heyl, Thomas	GER	1819	5
110		Hujo, Jozef	SVK	1916	5
111	FM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2354	4.5
112	GM	Heberla, Bartlomiej	POL	2552	4.5
113		Lever, Erwan	FRA	2231	4.5
114	FM	Babula, Vlastimil	CZE	2312	4.5
115		Durana, Jonas	SVK	1861	4.5
116		Dushatov, Timur	KAZ	2016	4.5
117		Orzechowski, Jacek	POL	2058	4.5
118		Bunk, Wolfgang	GER	2014	4.5
119	FM	Lacrosse, Marc	BEL	2076	4.5
120		Tesar, Jakub	CZE	1995	4.5
121	CM	Vincenti, Leonardo	ITA	2085	4.5
122		Toniolo, Samuel	ITA	1982	4.5
123		Garcia Martinez, Marcos	ESP	2187	4.5
124		Pressler, Tobias	CZE	1943	4.5
125		Trapl, Dalibor	CZE	2115	4.5
126		Shamian, Artur	UKR	2074	4.5
127		Knitl, Anton	GER	2120	4.5
128		Siles, Jan	CZE	1856	4.5
129		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	ESP	1989	4.5
130		Velikov, Nikola	BUL	1909	4.5
131		Hurtak, Otto	CZE	1977	4.5
132		Slacky, Stanislav	SVK	2017	4.5
133		Yagiz, Bora	TUR	1759	4.5
134		Hanak, Tomas	CZE	1983	4.5
135	CM	Grot, Blazej	POL	2102	4.5
136	FM	Hrbolka, Ladislav	CZE	2046	4.5
137		Kosut, Tomas	CZE	1912	4.5
138		Rychlik, Michal	POL	1852	4.5
139		Ilandzis, Spyridon	GRE	1996	4.5
140		Kaewpitakkun, Pantham	NOR	1962	4.5
141		Tykhonov, Yurii	CZE	2044	4.5
142		Randziak, Martin	SVK	1916	4.5
143		Benes, Miroslav	CZE	1858	4.5
144		Dolas, Aarush	IND	1400	4.5
145		Di Paolo, Marco	ITA	1842	4.5
146		Blome, Simon	GER	0	4.5
147		Striskova, Lucia	SVK	1947	4.5
148	IM	Sedina, Elena	ITA	2161	4
149	WFM	Shivika, Rohilla	IND	2003	4
150		Ouaki, Mark	BEL	2092	4
151		Mametev, Artem	CZE	2091	4
152		Sokolovsky, Jakub	SVK	1961	4
153	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia	GRE	1825	4
154		Sevcik, Matej	SVK	2184	4
155		Wecker, Martin	GER	2075	4
156		Wijnen, Thomas	NED	0	4
157		Rutten, Bram	NED	1911	4
158		Plesek, Jiri	CZE	1945	4
159	FM	Karas, Marek	CZE	2228	4
160		Petranek, Marian	CZE	1857	4
161		Boudey, Simon	FRA	1892	4
162		Yin, Milo	FRA	1803	4
163		Benci, Jozef	SVK	1804	4
164		Taus, Martin	CZE	1992	4
165	CM	Mifsud, Timothy	MLT	2234	4
166	IM	Lirindzakis, Timotheos	GRE	2120	4
167		Pasek, Josef	CZE	1478	4
168		Sofronie, Vladimir	ROU	1983	4
169	WFM	Vrbova, Niki	SVK	2075	4
170		Janik, Marek Tobias	SVK	1946	4
171		De Maria, Isaia	ITA	1657	4
172		Rubin, Andrej	CZE	1458	4
173		Lajdamik, Kinga	POL	1619	4
174		Prieto, Alberto	USA	1834	4
175		Bondarenko, Vova	CZE	1598	4
176		Orman, Attila	AZE	1337	4
177		Rathbone-Jones, Ifan	WLS	1941	3.5
178		Babula, Matej	CZE	1840	3.5
179		Kotrba, Matej	CZE	1966	3.5
180		Botez, Andrea	CAN	1708	3.5
181		Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana	ROU	1910	3.5
182		Vavruska, Antonin	CZE	1912	3.5
183		Roch, Florian	FRA	1896	3.5
184		Tan, Jimmy	SGP	1825	3.5
185		Koffeman, Timo	NED	2186	3.5
186		Zawal, Krzysztof	POL	1487	3.5
187		Narr, Kevin	GER	2007	3.5
188	WFM	Botez, Alexandra	CAN	1977	3.5
189		Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	1804	3.5
190		Mrazek, Adam	CZE	1829	3.5
191		Lilliehook, Victor	SWE	2042	3.5
192	FM	Taborsky, Rostislav	CZE	2074	3.5
193		Giertli, Vladimir	SVK	1950	3.5
194		Mikhno, Artem	CZE	1820	3.5
195		Dome, Michal	CZE	1913	3.5
196		Bertram, Johannes	GER	1896	3.5
197		Vrchotka, Josef	CZE	1901	3.5
198		De Martino, Daniele	FRA	1756	3.5
199		Kaderabek, Jiri	CZE	2014	3.5
200		Berikkyzy, Alanna	KAZ	1783	3.5
201		Pejrimovsky, Tadeas Rubel	CZE	1806	3.5
202	IM	Chubar, Vladimir	UKR	1763	3.5
203		Stojkovic, Andreja	CRO	1778	3.5
204		Gernert, Tomas	CZE	1489	3.5
205	WIM	Sahithi, Varshini M	IND	2173	3
206		Svoboda, Daniel	CZE	1819	3
207		Reichel, Lukasz	POL	1871	3
208		Holliman, Bob	USA	1909	3
209		Novotny, Dominik	CZE	1899	3
210	WCM	Sipos, Stefania	HUN	1769	3
211		Svizensky, Lubos	CZE	1803	3
212		Stary, Simon	CZE	1783	3
213		Migalko, Dmitriy	CZE	1787	3
214		Bohlin, Jan	SWE	1798	3
215		Kadonas, Kestutis	LTU	1686	3
216		Steiner, Juraj	CZE	1826	3
217		Pogorelskiy, Boris	CZE	1578	3
218	FM	Vokoun, Jan	CZE	1873	3
219		Muzik, Roman	CZE	1741	3
220		Gierhardt, Vito	GER	1680	3
221	WCM	Milner, Romi	USA	1716	3
222		Kammova, Katerina	CZE	1635	3
223		Konvalinka, Vladislav	CZE	1656	3
224		Muenz, Werner	GER	0	3
225	WFM	Svobodova, Michaela	CZE	2003	3
226		Poliakov, Mykhailo	CZE	1558	3
227		Havlik, David	CZE	1300	3
228		Schwartz, Michael	RSA	1350	3
229		Kallesen, Jesper	DEN	1621	3
230		Hosova, Sandra	CZE	1636	2.5
231		Rajnys, Vladimir	CZE	2009	2.5
232		Hollstein, Frank, Dr.	GER	2039	2.5
233		Mathisen, Pal Strande	NOR	1639	2.5
234		Agarwal, Anay	ENG	1490	2.5
235		Sboev, Kirill	CZE	1575	2.5
236		Tolhuizen, Ludo	NED	1993	2.5
237		Dubsky, Lukas	CZE	1357	2.5
238		Agarwal, Amaya	ENG	1517	2.5
239		Baratov, Iman	CAN	1204	2.5
240		Nguyen Nhat, Minh Thu	CZE	1272	2.5
241	FM	Hajiyev, Kanan	AZE	2081	2
242		Feierfeil, Jiri	CZE	1568	2
243		Tomasic, Ivan	CRO	1462	2
244		Temirbek, Amirali	CZE	1383	2
245		Rut, Vojtech	CZE	2061	2
246		Le, Duc Thang	CZE	1384	2
247		Maksimovic, Savo	BIH	1378	2
248		Pejrimovska, Viola Ruby	CZE	1848	2
249		Kusova, Nikola	CZE	1234	2
250		Bukovskij, Dmitri	CZE	1442	2
251		Sander, Antonin	CZE	1452	2
252		Mihal, Sergej	CZE	1815	2
253		Balzerowski, Patrick	GER	0	2
254		Hartos, Marek	CZE	0	2
255		Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman	KUW	1854	1.5
256		Zabehlicky, Jiri	CZE	1423	1.5
257		Zeman, Arnost	CZE	1546	1.5
258		Dobsinsky, Petr	CZE	1231	1.5
259		Eidi, Eisa	KUW	1306	1
260		Luckily, Mikhail	CZE	1460	1
261		Jekky, Pierre	FRA	0	1
262		Ellender, Asher	RSA	1097	1
263		Dranka, Jowita	POL	1676	0.5
264		Alsaqer, Meshal	KUW	1753	0.5
265		Menkov, Ivan	CZE	1206	0.5
266		Lau, Lut Yin Luke	HKG	2142	0
267		Fontaine, Sean	BEL	0	0