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49th Biel Chess Festival 2016 (Games and Results)
49th Biel Chess Festival 2016
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 3rd August 2016
The 49th Biel Chess Festival takes place 23rd July to 3rd August. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Peter Svidler 3-1 in a four game match in the main event. Vachier-Lagrave won the initial rapid match 2.5-1.5. There were two Junior matches alongside Benjamin Bok beat Nico Georgiadis 5-1 and Fracesco Rambaldi beat Noel Studer 3.5-2.5 (both over 6 games). The main Open tournament was won by Sam Shankland.
49th Biel Chess Festival 2016 (Biel SUI)
Sat 23rd Jul 2016 - Wed 3rd Aug 2016 -
Official Site - Live
49th Biel Masters Rapid (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:15m+3spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid
49th Biel Masters Match (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Classical
Biel Exhibition Blitz RR (6 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
49th Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
Exhibition Blitz Final (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz Final
49th Biel Juniors Match (2 players 6 Rds Match Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1))
49th Biel Juniors Rapid (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:15m+3spm) - Games in PGN: Games Junior Rapid
49th Biel Masters Match (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Classical
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| 49th Biel Masters Biel | ||||||
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| Svidler, Peter | - | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 34 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 47 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall |
| Svidler, Peter | - | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 37 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 40 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |
| 49th Biel Masters Biel (SUI), 24-24 vii 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Perf | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2798 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2952 | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2759 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2605 | ||||||
49th Biel Masters Rapid (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC: 15m+3spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid
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| 49th Biel Masters Rapid Biel | ||||||
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| Svidler, Peter | - | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 42 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 49 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Svidler, Peter | - | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 46 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 33 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack |
| 49th Biel Masters Rapid Biel (SUI), 24-24 vii 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Perf | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2798 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2854 | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2759 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | 2711 | ||||||
Biel Exhibition Blitz RR (6 players 5 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
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49th Biel Juniors Match (2 players 6 Rds Match Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1))
| 49th Biel Juniors Match Biel SUI Sat 23rd Jul 2016 - Wed 3rd Aug 2016
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts |
| 1 | Rambaldi, Francesco | GM | ITA | 2544 | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 3.5 |
| 2 | Studer, Noel | IM | SUI | 2462 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | 2.5 |
| 1 | Bok, Benjamin | GM | NED | 2613 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Georgiadis, Nico | IM | SUI | 2470 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| 4 players | |||||||||||
49th Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
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| 49th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sat 23rd Jul 2016 - Wed 3rd Aug 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | - | = | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Shankland, Samuel L | GM | USA | 2661 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 48.0 | 366.5 |
| 2 | Safarli, Eltaj | GM | AZE | 2678 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7.0 | 47.5 | 361.5 |
| 3 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR | GM | IND | 2543 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 | 49.0 | 351.0 |
| 4 | Bachmann, Axel | GM | PAR | 2649 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 347.5 |
| 5 | Salem, A R. Saleh | GM | UAE | 2608 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 352.0 |
| 6 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | GM | IND | 2639 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 | 45.0 | 348.5 |
| 7 | Baklan, Vladimir | GM | UKR | 2618 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 352.0 |
| 8 | Khairullin, Ildar | GM | RUS | 2629 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 347.5 |
| 9 | Saric, Ivan | GM | CRO | 2660 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 351.0 |
| 10 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2576 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 357.5 |
| 11 | Vitiugov, Nikita | GM | RUS | 2728 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 47.0 | 348.0 |
| 12 | Kraemer, Martin | GM | GER | 2567 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 355.0 |
| 13 | Erdos, Viktor | GM | HUN | 2578 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 332.0 |
| 14 | Henrichs, Thomas | IM | GER | 2471 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 322.0 |
| 15 | Brkic, Ante | GM | CRO | 2585 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 349.0 |
| 16 | Meier, Georg | GM | GER | 2657 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 346.0 |
| 17 | Edouard, Romain | GM | FRA | 2639 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 340.5 |
| 18 | Donchenko, Alexander | GM | GER | 2583 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 337.0 |
| 19 | Balogh, Csaba | GM | HUN | 2635 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6.0 | 40.5 | 335.5 |
| 20 | Rodshtein, Maxim | GM | ISR | 2698 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 39.5 | 338.5 |
| 21 | Bartel, Mateusz | GM | POL | 2649 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 334.5 |
| 22 | Kunin, Vitaly | GM | GER | 2592 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 46.0 | 347.5 |
| 23 | Gozzoli, Yannick | GM | FRA | 2571 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 338.5 |
| 24 | Bellahcene, Bilel | IM | FRA | 2498 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 330.0 |
| 25 | Karthikeyan, Murali | GM | IND | 2513 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 327.0 |
| 26 | Sethuraman, S P | GM | IND | 2656 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 351.0 |
| 27 | Jumabayev, Rinat | GM | KAZ | 2613 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 346.5 |
| 28 | Horvath, Adam | GM | HUN | 2498 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 42.0 | 334.0 |
| 29 | Swayams, Mishra | IM | IND | 2457 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 337.5 |
| 30 | Baron, Tal | GM | ISR | 2557 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 319.5 |
| 31 | Tabatabaei, M amin | IM | IRI | 2481 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 325.0 |
| 32 | Liang, Awonder | IM | USA | 2430 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 39.0 | 321.0 |
| 33 | Siva Mahadevan | IM | IND | 2352 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 318.0 |
| 34 | Riff, Jean-Noel | GM | FRA | 2494 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 313.5 |
| 35 | Stany, G A | IM | IND | 2476 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 319.0 |
| 36 | Haimovich, Tal | IM | ISR | 2383 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 43.5 | 336.0 |
| 37 | AL-Sayed, Mohammed | GM | QAT | 2524 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 43.5 | 334.5 |
| 38 | Shyam, Sundar M | GM | IND | 2526 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5.0 | 43.0 | 324.5 |
| 39 | Bellaiche, Anthony | IM | FRA | 2499 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 41.0 | 323.0 |
| 40 | Baskin, Robert | FM | GER | 2375 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 306.0 |
| 41 | Perske, Thore | FM | GER | 2383 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 323.0 |
| 42 | Das, Arghyadip | IM | IND | 2457 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 309.0 |
| 43 | Teh, Eu Wen Aron | FM | MAS | 2328 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 316.0 |
| 44 | Schaerer, Julian | SUI | 2260 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 312.5 | |
| 45 | Mroziak, Maciej | POL | 2306 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 44.5 | 333.0 | |
| 46 | Nezad, Husein Aziz | IM | QAT | 2419 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 44.0 | 333.5 |
| 47 | Gaehwiler, Gabriel | FM | SUI | 2392 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 43.5 | 327.5 |
| 48 | Vernay, Clovis | IM | FRA | 2507 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 42.5 | 314.5 |
| 49 | Bartel, Marta | WGM | POL | 2260 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | 40.0 | 317.5 |
| 50 | Kambrath, Yannick | FM | FRA | 2376 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 40.0 | 314.5 |
| 56 players | ||||||||||
Exhibition Blitz Final (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz Final
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| Exhibition Blitz Final Biel SUI Sat 23rd Jul 2016 - Wed 3rd Aug 2016
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Vachier Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2798 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2759 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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49th Biel Juniors Rapid (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC: 15m+3spm) - Games in PGN: Games Junior Rapid
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| 49th Biel Juniors Rapid Biel SUI Sat 23rd Jul 2016 - Wed 3rd Aug 2016
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
| 1 | Bok, Benjamin | GM | NED | 2613 | = | = | 1 | = | 2.5 |
| 2 | Georgiadis, Nico | IM | SUI | 2470 | = | = | 0 | = | 1.5 |
| 1 | Studer, Noel | IM | SUI | 2462 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 2 |
| 1 | Rambaldi, Francesco | GM | ITA | 2544 | 1 | 0 | = | = | 2 |
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