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The 47th Biel Chess Festival took place 14th to 25th July 2014. The main GM tournament was the Hans Suri Memorial. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave survived a late wobble to win the event with 6/10 half a point clear of Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

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Hans Suri Mem 2014 Biel (SUI), 14-25 vii 2014											cat. XIX (2717)
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1.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2766	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	6	2779
2.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2733	½	½	*	*	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2749
3.	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2726	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	1	0	½	5	2715
4.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2750	0	1	1	½	0	½	*	*	0	½	1	½	5	2710
5.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2629	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	*	*	½	1	5	2734
6.	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2698	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	*	*	3½	2610

Round 1 (July 14, 2014)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	51	A45	Trompowsky
Hou, Yifan	- Giri, Anish	1-0	28	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Motylev, Alexander	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	0-1	40	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (July 15, 2014)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	40	D10	Slav Defence
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	40	D38	QGD Ragozin
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Giri, Anish	1-0	41	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (July 16, 2014)
Giri, Anish	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0	84	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Hou, Yifan	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	63	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Motylev, Alexander	- Harikrishna, Pentala	1-0	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (July 17, 2014)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	38	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Giri, Anish	- Motylev, Alexander	1-0	53	D12	Slav Defence
Hou, Yifan	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	69	B19	Caro Kann
Round 5 (July 18, 2014)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Giri, Anish	1-0	61	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Motylev, Alexander	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	41	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 6 (July 19, 2014)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	29	D12	Slav Defence
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Giri, Anish	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	69	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 7 (July 21, 2014)
Giri, Anish	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	26	E04	Catalan
Hou, Yifan	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	53	A07	Barcza System
Motylev, Alexander	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (July 22, 2014)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	41	D38	QGD Ragozin
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Giri, Anish	½-½	50	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	29	B18	Caro Kann
Round 9 (July 23, 2014)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Harikrishna, Pentala	1-0	40	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Giri, Anish	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	52	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Hou, Yifan	- Motylev, Alexander	1-0	50	B18	Caro Kann
Round 10 (July 24, 2014)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	42	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Hou, Yifan	1-0	73	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Motylev, Alexander	- Giri, Anish	½-½	19	B67	Sicilian Rauzer

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47th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Mon 14th Jul 2014 - Fri 25th Jul 2014 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	-	=	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Adhiban, B	GM	IND	2610	6	0	5	8.5	71.0	690.0
2	Mikhalevski, Victor	GM	ISR	2539	5	1	5	7.5	71.5	662.0
3	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	POL	2644	4	0	7	7.5	69.5	665.5
4	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2626	5	1	5	7.5	69.0	684.5
5	Shankland, Samuel L	GM	USA	2632	5	1	5	7.5	68.5	670.0
6	Bok, Benjamin	GM	NED	2586	5	1	5	7.5	66.0	657.0
7	Swiercz, Dariusz	GM	POL	2617	5	1	5	7.5	65.0	651.0
8	Erdos, Viktor	GM	HUN	2648	4	0	7	7.5	62.5	638.5
9	Sebenik, Matej	GM	SLO	2516	5	2	4	7.0	71.0	663.5
10	Roiz, Michael	GM	ISR	2572	3	0	8	7.0	70.5	678.0
11	Molner, Mackenzie	GM	USA	2504	3	0	8	7.0	70.5	654.5
12	Hera, Imre Jr	GM	HUN	2561	4	1	6	7.0	68.5	661.0
13	Solak, Dragan	GM	TUR	2639	5	2	4	7.0	68.5	655.0
14	Cvitan, Ognjen	GM	CRO	2535	4	1	6	7.0	65.5	650.5
15	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2619	4	1	6	7.0	63.5	634.5
16	Banusz, Tamas	GM	HUN	2595	5	2	4	7.0	62.0	644.5
17	Donchenko, Alexander	IM	GER	2499	4	2	5	6.5	69.0	625.5
18	Antipov, Mikhail Al	GM	RUS	2502	5	3	3	6.5	67.5	637.0
19	Lampert, Jonas		GER	2421	5	3	3	6.5	67.0	631.0
20	Cherniaev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2434	4	2	5	6.5	66.0	627.0
21	Studer, Noel	FM	SUI	2375	6	4	1	6.5	65.5	627.5
22	Rambaldi, Francesco	FM	ITA	2444	6	4	1	6.5	61.5	615.5
23	Bartel, Marta	WGM	POL	2328	4	2	5	6.5	60.5	608.0
24	Gallagher, Joseph G	GM	SUI	2484	4	2	5	6.5	59.0	600.0
25	Hasenohr, Benedict		SUI	2232	6	4	1	6.5	58.5	612.5
26	Vokarev, Sergey	GM	RUS	2432	4	3	4	6.0	65.0	628.0
27	Raetsky, Alexander	GM	RUS	2431	5	4	2	6.0	63.0	593.5
28	Rudolf, Anna	WGM	HUN	2277	5	4	2	6.0	62.0	617.5
29	Kovacevic, Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2564	3	2	6	6.0	60.5	612.5
30	Antoli Royo, Joaquin Miguel	IM	ESP	2443	4	3	4	6.0	60.5	581.5
31	Cebalo, Miso	GM	CRO	2426	4	3	4	6.0	60.0	601.0
32	Rindlisbacher, Lars	FM	SUI	2332	5	4	2	6.0	60.0	571.5
33	Misiano, Franco	FM	ITA	2288	4	3	4	6.0	59.0	602.0
34	Grandadam, Nicolas	FM	SUI	2306	4	3	4	6.0	57.5	605.0
35	Grandadam, Patrik		SUI	2243	3	2	6	6.0	57.5	598.0
36	Kamber, Bruno	FM	SUI	2258	4	3	4	6.0	56.0	575.0
37	Meier, Volker	FM	GER	2255	5	4	2	6.0	55.0	577.5
38	Karrer, Damian		SUI	2169	6	5	0	6.0	54.5	557.0
39	Hoang, Harry		SUI	1983	5	4	2	6.0	50.0	525.0
40	Moeldner, Juergen		GER	2229	5	5	1	5.5	61.0	588.5
41	Donchenko, Anatoly	IM	GER	2360	4	4	3	5.5	58.5	576.5
42	Minko, Vladimir	FM	RUS	2308	4	4	3	5.5	58.0	574.5
43	Nuri, Kambez	FM	SUI	2322	3	3	5	5.5	57.5	595.0
44	Pomini, Aurelien		SUI	2165	4	4	3	5.5	54.0	575.5
45	Zuse, Peter	FM	GER	2279	4	4	3	5.5	49.0	548.5
46	Berset, Philippe		SUI	2136	3	3	5	5.5	47.0	540.5
47	Benkovic, Petar	IM	SRB	2434	3	4	4	5.0	61.5	591.5
48	Villa, Giorgio		ITA	2000	2	3	6	5.0	55.0	547.0
49	Schiendorfer, Florian		SUI	2192	4	5	2	5.0	52.5	557.5
50	Astengo, Corrado		ITA	2078	2	3	6	5.0	52.0	549.0
82 players

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