CHESS SLOVAK OPEN®
FIDE Chess SLOVAK OPEN® Skalica
Date
22. - 30. 8. 2026
Prize fund
15.000 €
News • 30 August 2026
Chess Slovak Open® 2026 Crowns Its Champions: Mittal and Mishra, Rakhmangulova, Sedlák and Rupais
The strongest Masters in Slovak history has two champions — unbeaten Aditya Mittal and Abhimanyu Mishra finished level on points and tie-breaks, with Dardha third. Rakhmangulova won the Queen Masters (7/9), Sedlák Open A and Rupais the Kvarteto Cup.
Read the article →Skalica Chess Festival 2026
Seven tournaments.
One festival.
♕ Closed · By Invitation
Masters
Prize fund €3,900
Players 2026:
- 🇩🇪 GM Alexander Donchenko 2633
- 🇮🇳 GM Leon Luke Mendonca 2631
- 🇺🇸 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 2630
- 🇨🇿 GM David Navara 2619
- 🇺🇦 GM Ihor Samunenkov 2616
- 🇺🇦 GM Anton Korobov 2609
- 🇧🇪 GM Daniel Dardha 2601
- 🇮🇳 GM Aditya Mittal 2593
- 🇧🇷 GM Alexandr Fier 2566
- 🇸🇰 GM Jerguš Pecháč 2536
♕ Closed · Women · By Invitation
Queen Masters
Prize fund € 1,500
Players 2026:
- 🇺🇦 WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova 2321
- 🇺🇦 WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova 2210
- 🇨🇿 WGM Olga Sikorová 2205
- 🇨🇿 WIM Nataša Richterová 2204
- 🇨🇿 WFM Anna Lhotská 2149
- 🇮🇳 WFM Sunyuktha C M N 2148
- 🇭🇷 WFM Tihana Ivekovic 2139
- 🇸🇰 WIM Alena Mrvová 2136
- 🇬🇷 WFM Haritomeni Markantonaki 2113
- 🇸🇰 WFM Ema Walter 2105
♞ Open A · FIDE 2000+
Chess Slovak Open®
1st place €1,300 · Top 6 paid + categories
♟ Open B · No ELO limit
Kvarteto Cup
Prizes: mobile / tablet / watches
⚡ Blitz · 23 Aug · 9:30
Blitz — Mayor of Skalica's Prize
1st €300 · 2nd €200 · 3rd €130
🏃 Rapid · 29 Aug · 9:00
Rapid Tournament
1st €300 · 2nd €200 · 3rd €130
🎲 Fischer Random · 26 Aug · 20:00
Chess 960
Evening side event · All welcome
Classical: 90 min + 30 min + 30s/move
FIDE Standard rating
GM & IM norm calculations
22 – 30 August 2026
House of Culture, Skalica
Live broadcast · All games
Financial rewards
€15,000 total prize fund
Masters
Total prize fund€3,900
Prize details communicated directly by the organizer to invited players.
Queen Masters
Total prize fund€1,500
Prize details communicated directly by the organizer to invited players.
Chess Slovak Open® (FIDE 2000+)
Total prize fund€4,600
🥇 1st place€1,300 + trophy
🥈 2nd place€900
🥉 3rd place€650
4th place€500
5th place€350
6th place€200
7th place€150
8th place€100
9th place€80
10th place€70
Best Woman€100
Best Senior 60+€100
Best Junior U18€100
Rating ≤2300€100
Prizes not shared. Category prizes require min. 6 players. Prize accumulation permitted. Winner earns a Masters spot the following year!
Blitz & Rapid
Blitz — prize fund€1,000
Rapid — prize fund€1,000
Entry Fees — Chess Slovak Open® (FIDE 2000+)
| GM, IM, WGM | FREE |
| FM, WIM | €25 |
| FIDE 2300+ | €45 |
| FIDE 2200–2299 | €60 |
| FIDE 2100–2199 | €75 |
| FIDE 2000–2099 | €95 |
| Exception (under 2000) | €150 |
Entry Fees — Open B
| FIDE 1901+ | €25 |
| FIDE 1801–1900 | €30 |
| FIDE 1701–1800 | €40 |
| FIDE 1601–1700 | €50 |
| FIDE up to 1600 | €60 |
| No FIDE ELO | €80 |
Discounts (one applies — whichever is higher):
Disability / Under 18 / Seniors 60+ → −€10 · ŠK Skalica members → −€15
The 2026 edition is over · registration for the 2027 edition opens in spring 2027
Masters 2026 — final standings
Co-champions Mittal and Mishra
both 5.5 / 9 · unbeaten
🇮🇳GMAditya Mittal1. · 5.5 / 9 · India
🇺🇸GMAbhimanyu Mishra1. · 5.5 / 9 · USA
🇧🇪GMDaniel Dardha3. · 5.5 / 9 · Belgium
🇺🇦GMAnton Korobov4. · 5 / 9 · Ukraine
🇮🇳GMLeon Luke Mendonca5. · 4.5 / 9 · India
🇨🇿GMDavid Navara6. · 4.5 / 9 · Czechia
🇸🇰GMJerguš Pecháč7. · 4 / 9 · Slovakia
🇧🇷GMAlexandr Fier8. · 4 / 9 · Brazil
🇩🇪GMAlexander Donchenko9. · 3.5 / 9 · Germany
🇺🇦GMIhor Samunenkov10. · 3 / 9 · Ukraine
▶ The strongest chess tournament ever held in Slovakia (avg. ELO 2 603). Ján Plachetka Prize for the most beautiful game: GM Alexandr Fier
Live commentary: GM Sergei Movsesian
Beyond the leaderboard
Special Prizes
♟ Ján Plachetka Prize
For the most beautiful game of the tournament — named after the first Slovak Grandmaster.
📈 Sergei Movsesian Prize
For the greatest ELO rating gain, presented by GM Sergei Movsesian — Olympic champion, former world rapid champion, peak rating 2751.
⭐ Game of the Day
Each round, our sponsor awards a prize for the most brilliant game. Creativity and attacking play are rewarded every single day.
Next edition · Save the date
Chess Slovak Open® 2027
21 – 29 August 2027
Saturday 21 – Sunday 29 August 2027
House of Culture, Skalica
9th edition of the international chess festival
The detailed schedule, regulations and registration will be published in spring 2027. Follow our news and social media.
Since 2019
Hall of Champions
♕ Masters · closed grandmaster tournament
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 🇮🇳🇺🇸 GM Aditya Mittal & GM Abhimanyu Mishra | 5.5 / 9 | Co-champions, both unbeaten · 3rd GM Daniel Dardha 🇧🇪 · avg. ELO 2 603 |
| 2021 | 🇺🇦 GM Anton Korobov | — | 2nd GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy 🇺🇦 · 3rd Leon Luke Mendonca 🇮🇳 |
| 2020 | 🇭🇷 GM Ivan Šarić | — | Croatian grandmaster |
♛ Queen Masters · closed women's tournament
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 🇺🇦 WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova | 7 / 9 | First edition · 2nd WFM H. Markantonaki 🇬🇷 (WIM norm) · 3rd WGM E. Doluhanova 🇺🇦 |
♞ Open A · main open tournament (FIDE 2000+)
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 🇷🇸 GM Nikola Sedlak | 7.5 / 9 | Serbian grandmaster · qualifies for Masters 2027 · 18 countries |
| 2025 | 🇦🇹 IM Valentin Baidetskyi | 7.5 / 9 | First Austrian champion · WIM norm: T. Iveković · 19 countries |
| 2024 | 🇸🇰 FM Martin Jablonický | 6.5 / 9 | Shared 1st · ŠK Osuské · 14 countries |
| 2023 | 🇸🇰 GM Jerguš Pecháč | 7.5 / 9 | 2nd title · 240+ players · Top 50 world FIDE |
| 2022 | 🇸🇰 IM Filip Haring | 7.0 / 9 | GM norm · FIDE recognition · 222 players, 16 countries |
| 2021 | 🇸🇰 GM Jerguš Pecháč | 7.5 / 9 | First title |
| 2020 | 🇮🇳 IM Leon Luke Mendonca | — | Aged 13 · future 2600+ GM |
| 2019 | 🇷🇺 IM Mikhail Demidov | — | 1st edition of Chess Slovak Open® |
Where we play
Skalica — A royal city worth the trip
Skalica has been a Free Royal City since 1372. Its medieval walls, Romanesque rotunda, and Art Nouveau Dom kultúry create a unique atmosphere that makes this festival unforgettable.
The venue — Dom kultúry — is an Art Nouveau masterpiece designed by architect Dušan Jurkovič in 1905, featuring original mosaics and preserved period interiors. Since 2025, the home of Chess Slovak Open®.
Easily reachable: Vienna ~90 min · Bratislava ~60 min · Brno ~60 min · Prague ~2.5 hrs
Dom kultúry — 1905Art Nouveau building designed by Dušan Jurkovič. Original mosaics, paintings, preserved interiors. All tournaments under one roof.
Cycling & Baťa CanalScenic trails and boat trips along the historic Baťa Canal — perfect rest between rounds.
Skalický rubín & Wine TastingEU Protected Designation wine. Organized tasting at local Záhorie winemakers.
AccommodationPenzión Skalica (5 min walk) · +421 907 227 214 · www.penzionskalica.sk
Results · chess-results.com
Final Standings 2026
Official final results of all events from chess-results.com.
Source: Masters ↑ · Queen Masters ↑ · Open A ↑ · Open B ↑ · Rapid ↑ · Chess 960 ↑
More than chess
Side Events & Activities
⚽ Football Tournament
🎾 Tennis Tournament
🏓 Table Tennis
🍷 Wine Tasting
🚴 Cycling — Baťa Canal
🚤 Boat Trip
⛳ Golf nearby
🏖 Beach Volleyball
🧊 Ice Hockey (seasonal)
History
Chess Slovak Open® 2026 Crowns Its Champions: Mittal and Mishra, Rakhmangulova, Sedlák and Rupais
The nine-day Chess Slovak Open® 2026 festival in Skalica is over. The strongest Masters in Slovak history has two champions: unbeaten Aditya Mittal and Abhimanyu Mishra finished with identical points and tie-breaks, with Daniel Dardha third. Anastasiya Rakhmangulova dominated the Queen Masters with 7/9, Nikola Sedlák won Open A with 7.5 points and a place in the 2027 Masters, and the Kvarteto Cup went to Gustavs Rupais.
CHESS Slovak OPEN® 2025 in Skalica: a week of top chess, lively atmosphere and international successes
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CHESS Slovak OPEN® 2025 (OPEN 2000+) in Skalica: Baidetskyi won, Pechac second, Assylov third
The main OPEN tournament of the Skalica Chess Festival brought quality nine-round duels with the standard pace of 90 min/40 moves + 30 s, then 30 min + 30 s. In the House of Culture in Skalica was played 23.-31. August 2025, the director was IO Milan Roman, the chief judge was IA Rastislav…
Partners
Tournament is financially supported by FIDE Open Aid Project
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Where you can find us
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Ing. Milan Roman - Tournament director
info@chessslovakopen.sk
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