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The 50th Biel Chess Festival took place 23rd July to 2nd August 2017. Players main GM event: David Navara, Pentala Harikrishna, Etienne Bacrot, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Hou Yifan, Rafael Vaganian, Nico Georgiadis and Noel Studer. There was an initial 8 player Rapid tournament including Anatoly Karpov. Hou Yifan scored the finest result of her career in taking clear first place with 6.5/9. For a similar result by a woman one would have to go back to Judit Polgar's shared first at the Essent tournament of 2006 or even Polgar's first place alone in April / May 2000 in the Japfa Classic Denpasar (Cat 16)..

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50th Biel GM 2017 Biel (SUI), 23 vii-2 viii 2017															cat. XVI (2646)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2666	*	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	6½	2809
2.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2715	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2763
3.	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2737	1	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2715
4.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2699	½	½	0	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	5	2682
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2678	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	5	2685
6.	Georgiadis, Nico	m	SUI	2496	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	2705
7.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2675	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	1	1	1	5	2685
8.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2737	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	*	1	½	4	2592
9.	Vaganian, Rafael A	g	ARM	2562	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	*	1	2	2435
10.	Studer, Noel	m	SUI	2493	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	2311

Round 1 (July 24, 2017)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	44	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Georgiadis, Nico	- Navara, David	½-½	59	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Morozevich, Alexander	- Hou, Yifan	0-1	37	A08	Barcza System
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	21	D39	QGD Ragozin
Studer, Noel	- Leko, Peter	0-1	66	A62	Benoni
Round 2 (July 25, 2017)
Hou, Yifan	- Studer, Noel	½-½	57	C11	French Defence
Bacrot, Etienne	- Vaganian, Rafael A	1-0	33	C17	French Winawer
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Georgiadis, Nico	½-½	55	A05	Various
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Leko, Peter	1-0	46	C53	Giuoco Piano
Navara, David	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	40	A62	Benoni
Round 3 (July 26, 2017)
Leko, Peter	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	30	C42	Petroff's Defence
Georgiadis, Nico	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	37	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Morozevich, Alexander	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	41	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	40	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Studer, Noel	- Navara, David	½-½	83	A62	Benoni
Round 4 (July 27, 2017)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	40	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Studer, Noel	1-0	24	C11	French Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Hou, Yifan	½-½	49	C24	Bishop's Opening
Navara, David	- Leko, Peter	1-0	39	D38	QGD Ragozin
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Georgiadis, Nico	0-1	39	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 5 (July 28, 2017)
Hou, Yifan	- Navara, David	1-0	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	57	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Georgiadis, Nico	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	29	B35	Sicilian Defence
Morozevich, Alexander	- Vaganian, Rafael A	1-0	43	C16	French Winawer
Studer, Noel	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	46	E06	Catalan
Round 6 (July 30, 2017)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Leko, Peter	½-½	37	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Hou, Yifan	1-0	52	B36	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Navara, David	1-0	39	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Georgiadis, Nico	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	42	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Studer, Noel	1-0	55	A13	Reti Opening
Round 7 (July 31, 2017)
Hou, Yifan	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	36	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter	- Vaganian, Rafael A	1-0	65	C10	French Rubinstein
Morozevich, Alexander	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	29	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Navara, David	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	24	C07	French Tarrasch
Studer, Noel	- Georgiadis, Nico	0-1	60	E15	Queens Indian
Round 8 (August 1, 2017)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Navara, David	½-½	43	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Harikrishna, Pentala	0-1	58	C09	French Tarrasch
Georgiadis, Nico	- Leko, Peter	½-½	22	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Morozevich, Alexander	- Studer, Noel	1-0	31	D20	QGA
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Hou, Yifan	0-1	33	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 9 (August 2, 2017)
Hou, Yifan	- Georgiadis, Nico	1-0	29	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	29	C53	Giuoco Piano
Leko, Peter	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	66	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Navara, David	- Vaganian, Rafael A	1-0	42	C09	French Tarrasch
Studer, Noel	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	40	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)

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50th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sun 23rd Jul 2017 - Wed 2nd Aug 2017 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	10	Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2608	7.0	45.0	426.0
2	12	Baklan Vladimir	GM	UKR	2600	7.0	44.0	413.0
3	3	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2658	6.5	45.5	422.0
4	23	Kuljasevic Davorin	GM	CRO	2546	6.5	45.5	420.0
5	4	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2638	6.5	45.0	426.5
6	14	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	GM	IND	2593	6.5	43.5	429.0
7	16	Antipov Mikhail Al.	GM	RUS	2580	6.5	42.0	412.5
8	11	Perunovic Milos	GM	SRB	2606	6.5	41.5	403.5
9	8	Hera Imre (junior)	GM	HUN	2611	6.0	48.5	420.5
10	35	Bellaiche Anthony	IM	FRA	2463	6.0	47.5	405.5
11	25	Ali Marandi Cemil Can	IM	TUR	2515	6.0	46.5	416.5
12	17	Karthikeyan Murali	GM	IND	2579	6.0	44.5	406.5
13	13	Banusz Tamas	GM	HUN	2600	6.0	44.0	420.5
14	5	Erdos Viktor	GM	HUN	2628	6.0	44.0	411.5
15	19	Rambaldi Francesco	GM	ITA	2568	6.0	43.5	399.0
16	20	Demuth Adrien	GM	FRA	2558	6.0	43.5	392.5
17	26	Al-Sayed Mohammed	GM	QAT	2508	6.0	41.0	396.5
18	9	Lagarde Maxime	GM	FRA	2609	6.0	39.0	395.5
19	27	Shevchenko Kirill	IM	UKR	2502	5.5	48.5	394.0
20	1	Shankland Samuel L	GM	USA	2671	5.5	45.5	417.5
21	2	Kovalenko Igor	GM	LAT	2659	5.5	45.5	410.0
22	24	Vishnu Prasanna. V	GM	IND	2538	5.5	45.0	388.0
23	32	Hambleton Aman	IM	CAN	2471	5.5	44.5	401.5
24	45	Mroziak Maciej	IM	POL	2401	5.5	43.0	382.5
25	21	Vaibhav Suri	GM	IND	2558	5.5	42.0	385.5
26	15	Goganov Aleksey	GM	RUS	2592	5.5	40.5	405.5
27	36	Saduakassova Dinara	IM	KAZ	2444	5.5	40.5	382.5
28	52	Baenziger Fabian	FM	SUI	2354	5.5	40.0	390.0
29	7	Dragun Kamil	GM	POL	2621	5.5	39.5	393.5
30	54	Radovanovic Mihajlo	IM	SRB	2337	5.5	39.0	351.5
31	30	Henrichs Thomas	IM	GER	2491	5.5	38.5	382.5
32	34	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2463	5.5	38.5	378.0
33	29	Dragnev Valentin	IM	AUT	2495	5.5	37.5	374.5
34	37	Swayams Mishra	IM	IND	2440	5.0	45.5	388.0
35	42	Mesaros Florian	IM	AUT	2415	5.0	42.5	386.5
36	33	Bellahcene Bilel	IM	FRA	2466	5.0	42.5	384.5
37	28	Korpa Bence	IM	HUN	2497	5.0	42.0	397.0
38	43	Wallace John Paul	IM	AUS	2411	5.0	40.5	371.0
39	6	Ivanisevic Ivan	GM	SRB	2623	5.0	39.5	389.5
40	53	Schnepp Gunnar	FM	AUT	2348	5.0	39.5	383.0
41	39	Seyb Alexander	IM	GER	2425	5.0	39.5	359.0
42	48	Haimovich Tal	IM	ISR	2380	5.0	38.5	374.0
43	44	Colmenares Aurelio	FM	SUI	2407	5.0	37.5	380.5
44	108	Kakumanu Kautil		IND	1913	5.0	36.5	368.0
45	67	Pomini Aurélien	FM	SUI	2206	5.0	35.5	355.0
46	41	Gaehwiler Gabriel	IM	SUI	2416	4.5	43.5	401.5
47	51	Omar Noaman	IM	UAE	2354	4.5	43.5	354.5
48	46	Venkatesh M.R.	GM	IND	2400	4.5	42.0	384.5
49	47	Gindi Shachar	FM	ISR	2397	4.5	41.5	369.0
50	55	Blohberger Felix	FM	AUT	2319	4.5	41.0	390.0
109 players

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