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51st Biel Chess Festival 2018 (Games and Results)

51st Biel Chess Festival 2018

MVL vs Carlsen in Biel Round 2. Photo ©

MVL vs Carlsen in Biel Round 2. Photo © | https://www.bielchessfestival.ch

The 51st Biel Chess Festival took place Sun 22nd July (Round 1) to Wed 1st Aug 2018. World Champion Magnus Carlsen heads a strong field of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler, David Navara and Nico Georgiadis. 6 players 10 rounds. Shakhriyar Mamedayarov took clear first place defeating World Champion Magnus Carlsen in round 9 to clinch it. Carlsen won his first couple of rounds but then had to wait until the final round for his third win against Georgiadis who blundered in a better position.

51st Biel Chess Festival 2018 (Biel SUI)
Sun 22nd Jul 2018 - Wed 1st Aug 2018 - Official Site

51st Biel GM 2018 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

51st Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

51st Biel GM 2018 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

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51st Biel GM 2018 Biel (SUI), 22 vii-1 viii 2018 cat. XX (2740)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2801 * * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 2921
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2842 ½ 0 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 2792
3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2779 0 ½ 0 ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2768
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2753 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * ½ ½ 1 1 2773
5. Navara, David g CZE 2741 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * 1 ½ 4 2668
6. Georgiadis, Nico g SUI 2526 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * * 2487
Round 1 (July 22, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Georgiadis, Nico 1-0 28 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Carlsen, Magnus - Navara, David 1-0 64 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 39 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 2 (July 23, 2018)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 79 B07 Pirc Defence
Svidler, Peter - Georgiadis, Nico 1-0 56 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Navara, David - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 44 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 3 (July 24, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 32 A04 Dutch System
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 26 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Georgiadis, Nico - Navara, David 0-1 39 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 4 (July 25, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 41 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Navara, David - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 28 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Georgiadis, Nico - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 58 C17 French Winawer
Round 5 (July 26, 2018)
Carlsen, Magnus - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 67 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Georgiadis, Nico 1-0 36 A18 English Opening
Svidler, Peter - Navara, David ½-½ 40 A28 English Four Knights
Round 6 (July 27, 2018)
Svidler, Peter - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 31 A34 English Symmetrical
Navara, David - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 45 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Georgiadis, Nico - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 7 (July 29, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Navara, David 1-0 68 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Carlsen, Magnus - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Georgiadis, Nico - Svidler, Peter 0-1 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (July 30, 2018)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 42 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 36 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Navara, David - Georgiadis, Nico ½-½ 51 E52 Nimzo Indian
Round 9 (July 31, 2018)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 57 E65 King's Indian Fianchetto
Navara, David - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 40 A33 English Symmetrical
Georgiadis, Nico - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 42 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Round 10 (August 1, 2018)
Carlsen, Magnus - Georgiadis, Nico 1-0 47 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Navara, David 1-0 39 C50 Giuoco Piano
Svidler, Peter - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 38 A18 English Opening

51st Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))

51st Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sun 22nd Jul 2018 - Wed 1st Aug 2018
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
119Vaibhav SuriIND25567.048.0416.0
218Wagner DennisGER25586.549.0422.5
31Eljanov PavelUKR27066.548.0424.5
421Kuljasevic DavorinCRO25456.547.0423.0
53Salem A.R. SalehUAE26426.547.0419.5
629Bilguun SumiyaMGL24906.546.0410.0
79Donchenko AlexanderGER26016.545.0424.5
824Lalith Babu M RIND25296.545.0411.0
923Abdusattorov NodirbekUZB25346.543.5421.0
1012Baklan VladimirUKR25956.045.5411.0
1136Prithu GuptaIND24366.045.5409.5
1248Arjun KalyanIND23706.045.5401.5
1315Kovchan AlexanderUKR25726.044.5421.5
1417Moussard JulesFRA25596.044.0401.5
157Karthikeyan MuraliIND26096.042.0401.0
166Antipov Mikhail Al.RUS26266.041.5410.5
178Bartel MateuszPOL26046.041.5394.5
185Romanov EvgenyRUS26366.041.0403.0
1916Michalik PeterCZE25626.039.5378.5
202Iturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN26525.546.0416.0
2145Tania SachdevIND23935.544.5402.0
2220Lampert JonasGER25465.544.0398.5
2328Erigaisi ArjunIND24995.544.0392.0
244Gordievsky DmitryRUS26385.543.0388.5
2513Dragun KamilPOL25945.542.5404.0
2633Kaczmarczyk DennisGER24445.542.0397.0
2738Gähwiler GabrielSUI24195.542.0383.5
2825Zoler DanISR25285.541.5386.0
2940Radovanovic MihajloSRB24025.540.0376.5
3010Indjic AleksandarSRB25995.539.5386.0
3114Krejci JanCZE25785.538.0376.0
3222Aryan ChopraIND25365.045.5415.0
3326Flom GabrielFRA25155.045.0400.0
3411Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND25975.044.0403.5
3530Stojanovic MihajloSRB24865.044.0388.0
3632Iniyan PIND24515.043.5382.0
3735Ikeda JuntaAUS24375.042.5372.0
38112Rohith Krishna SIND20155.041.5391.0
3939Meins GerlefGER24095.041.0366.5
4083Chinguun SumiyaMGL21625.040.0383.0
4150Ravi Teja S.IND23605.039.5361.0
4252Omar NoamanUAE23535.039.0380.0
4344Kaasen Tor FredrikNOR23965.039.0373.0
4431Bellaiche AnthonyFRA24595.038.5352.5
4580Poliakov ArtemRUS21755.038.0366.0
4642Pfreundt JakobGER23995.038.0359.0
4759Mamedjarova TurkanAZE23095.036.5380.5
4857Gantner MatthiasSUI23235.036.5373.0
4951Soham DasIND23595.035.0375.0
5027AL-Sayed MohammedQAT25115.035.0357.5
117 players

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