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48th Biel Chess Festival 2015 (Games and Results)
48th Biel Chess Festival 2015
Mark Crowther - Thursday 30th July 2015
The 48th Biel Chess Festival took place Monday 20th Jul 2015 - Thursday 30th Jul 2015. Players in the main GM group: Michael Adams, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Pavel Eljanov and Richard Rapport. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took clear first on 6.5/10 after a nervy final round where he won and Radoslaw Wojtaszek failed to convert a winning position. The event will also probably be remembered for the complete collapse of Richard Rapport who lost all his second half games. There's always a danger when inviting creative players that they're out of form that they'll suffer multiple losses but this was an extreme example but surely better to risk this than invite someone very solid who is all but guaranteed to draw most of their games. In addition there is a master open which finishes on Friday.
48th Biel Chess Festival 2015 (Biel SUI)
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| 48th Biel GM 2015 Biel (SUI), 20-30 vii 2015 | cat. XIX (2720) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2731 | * | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2828 |
| 2. | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2733 | ½ | 1 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2789 |
| 3. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2740 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2752 |
| 4. | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2724 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2755 |
| 5. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2723 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2683 |
| 6. | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2671 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | * | 2 | 2490 |
| Round 1 (July 20, 2015) | ||||||
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| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 56 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Rapport, Richard | ½-½ | 42 | D07 | Tchigorin Defence | |
| Adams, Michael | - Navara, David | 1-0 | 56 | B91 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 | |
| Round 2 (July 21, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 33 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Navara, David | 0-1 | 46 | A49 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 33 | C36 | Kings Gambit Modern Variation | |
| Round 3 (July 22, 2015) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 | 58 | E17 | Queens Indian | |
| Adams, Michael | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 36 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Navara, David | - Rapport, Richard | 1-0 | 48 | D07 | Tchigorin Defence | |
| Round 4 (July 23, 2015) | ||||||
| Adams, Michael | - Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | 50 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
| Navara, David | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 1-0 | 48 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 43 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Round 5 (July 24, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Navara, David | ½-½ | 36 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 46 | E07 | Catalan | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Rapport, Richard | ½-½ | 44 | A95 | Dutch Stonewall | |
| Round 6 (July 25, 2015) | ||||||
| Navara, David | - Adams, Michael | 0-1 | 37 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 47 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 0-1 | 34 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
| Round 7 (July 27, 2015) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 46 | D83 | Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 | |
| Adams, Michael | - Rapport, Richard | 1-0 | 118 | C03 | French Tarrasch | |
| Navara, David | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 40 | A33 | English Symmetrical | |
| Round 8 (July 28, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 42 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 101 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Navara, David | 0-1 | 40 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran | |
| Round 9 (July 29, 2015) | ||||||
| Adams, Michael | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 41 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin | |
| Navara, David | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 34 | A37 | English Symmetrical | |
| Rapport, Richard | - Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | 28 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Round 10 (July 30, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Rapport, Richard | 1-0 | 48 | C41 | Philidor's Defence | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Navara, David | ½-½ | 42 | D98 | Gruenfeld Smyslov | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Adams, Michael | 0-1 | 59 | E06 | Catalan | |
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| 48th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Mon 20th Jul 2015 - Thu 30th Jul 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | - | = | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Sutovsky, Emil | GM | ISR | 2619 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8.0 | 70.0 | 658.5 |
| 2 | Adhiban, Baskaran | GM | IND | 2627 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 68.5 | 665.5 |
| 3 | Gharamian, Tigran | GM | FRA | 2649 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.5 | 69.0 | 670.0 |
| 4 | Fridman, Daniel | GM | GER | 2639 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 658.0 |
| 5 | Bartel, Mateusz | GM | POL | 2631 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7.5 | 67.0 | 660.0 |
| 6 | Wagner, Dennis | GM | GER | 2569 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7.5 | 66.0 | 643.0 |
| 7 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | GM | SRB | 2662 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7.5 | 63.0 | 631.5 |
| 8 | Solak, Dragan | GM | TUR | 2622 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 70.0 | 662.5 |
| 9 | Fier, Alexandr | GM | BRA | 2628 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 69.0 | 668.5 |
| 10 | Bok, Benjamin | GM | NED | 2562 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7.0 | 69.0 | 663.0 |
| 11 | Donchenko, Alexander | GM | GER | 2567 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 68.5 | 659.0 |
| 12 | Erdos, Viktor | GM | HUN | 2610 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 | 68.0 | 654.0 |
| 13 | Moiseenko, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2710 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 | 66.5 | 637.5 |
| 14 | Bogner, Sebastian | GM | SUI | 2544 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 63.0 | 629.5 |
| 15 | Svane, Rasmus | IM | GER | 2531 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 59.5 | 608.5 |
| 16 | Dragun, Kamil | GM | POL | 2586 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6.5 | 68.5 | 658.0 |
| 17 | Esen, Baris | GM | TUR | 2567 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6.5 | 64.0 | 619.5 |
| 18 | Yilmaz, Mustafa | GM | TUR | 2582 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6.5 | 63.0 | 629.0 |
| 19 | Romanishin, Oleg M | GM | UKR | 2475 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 62.5 | 612.0 |
| 20 | Rambaldi, Francesco | IM | ITA | 2513 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6.5 | 62.0 | 620.0 |
| 21 | Lampert, Jonas | IM | GER | 2448 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 61.0 | 617.5 |
| 22 | Can, Emre | GM | TUR | 2547 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 59.5 | 612.0 |
| 23 | Haimovich, Tal | IM | ISR | 2361 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 58.5 | 599.5 |
| 24 | Nezad, Husein Aziz | IM | QAT | 2405 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6.0 | 66.5 | 637.5 |
| 25 | Wirig, Anthony | GM | FRA | 2511 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 64.5 | 624.5 |
| 26 | Ulybin, Mikhail | GM | RUS | 2520 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 62.5 | 614.5 |
| 27 | Heimann, Andreas | IM | GER | 2557 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6.0 | 59.5 | 585.0 |
| 28 | Wallace, John Paul | IM | AUS | 2385 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6.0 | 59.0 | 614.0 |
| 29 | Studer, Noel | IM | SUI | 2416 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 58.5 | 596.0 |
| 30 | Raetsky, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2405 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 57.5 | 590.5 |
| 31 | Kiewra, Keaton F | IM | USA | 2421 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 57.5 | 579.0 |
| 32 | Ivanov, Mike | CAN | 2192 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 56.5 | 574.0 | |
| 33 | Andersen, Mads | IM | DEN | 2467 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 56.0 | 585.5 |
| 34 | Meins, Gerlef | IM | GER | 2436 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 55.5 | 585.5 |
| 35 | Bigg, Andrw J | FM | ENG | 2313 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6.0 | 52.5 | 551.0 |
| 36 | Brkic, Ante | GM | CRO | 2607 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 65.5 | 612.5 |
| 37 | Zoler, Dan | GM | ISR | 2498 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 63.0 | 619.5 |
| 38 | Cebalo, Miso | GM | CRO | 2397 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 61.0 | 603.5 |
| 39 | Cherniaev, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2483 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 60.5 | 586.5 |
| 40 | Derakhshani, Dorsa | WIM | IRI | 2280 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5.5 | 59.5 | 583.0 |
| 41 | Donchenko, Anatoly | IM | GER | 2326 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5.5 | 58.5 | 574.0 |
| 42 | Kamber, Bruno | FM | SUI | 2291 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 58.0 | 571.0 |
| 43 | Griffith, Kyron W | FM | USA | 2320 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 57.5 | 588.0 |
| 44 | Kaufmann, Werner | FM | SUI | 2208 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 51.5 | 544.0 |
| 45 | Watson, John L | IM | USA | 2323 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5.5 | 50.5 | 549.5 |
| 46 | Sayadyan, Edvard | ARM | 1974 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5.0 | 57.5 | 577.5 | |
| 47 | Schaerer, Julian | SUI | 2245 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5.0 | 57.0 | 575.0 | |
| 48 | Hasenohr, Benedict | FM | SUI | 2317 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5.0 | 57.0 | 568.0 |
| 49 | Giulian, Philip M | FM | SCO | 2136 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5.0 | 55.5 | 562.0 |
| 50 | Vojinovic, Jovana | WGM | SRB | 2292 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5.0 | 53.5 | 551.0 |
| 78 players | ||||||||||
