Sara Maria Sunea clinches Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Futures
Sara Maria Sunea (ROU) scored 7/9 to win Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Futures. Despite starting the tournament with a loss, she finished a full point ahead. After scoring only 3/5 in the first five rounds, Sara won four games consecutively to become the champion. Winning this tournament earned her an opportunity to play the Karel Janeček Open next year. Zuzana Stara (CZE) and Greta Viti (ITA) scored 6/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Sara defeated both Zuzana and Greta in Round 4 and 6 respectively. Zuzana also won Best Pair award as she had the best score with her Masters' pair - GM Wei Yi (CHN). Their combined score was 11/18. Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Sara wins four in-a-row
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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.
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