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42nd Biel Chess Festival (Concluded)
42nd Biel International Chess Festival
Mark Crowther - Friday 31st July 2009
Morozevich failed to finish off his fine play and lost a winning position against Vachier Lagrave in Round 8, in retrospect this was the key game of the tournament. Photo © Biel Chess Festival. | www.bielchessfestival.ch
The 42nd Biel International Chess Festival took place 18th-31st July 2009. Undefeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took clear first place after all the final round games were drawn.
42nd Biel International Chess Festival (Biel SUI)
Sat 18th Jul 2009 - Fri 31st Jul 2009 -
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GM (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m:60m) - Games in PGN: All
GM (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 120m:60m) - Games in PGN: All
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| GM Biel (SUI), 19-30 vii 2009 | cat. XIX (2716) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2790 | |
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2751 | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5½ | 2745 | |
| 3. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2703 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2754 | |
| 4. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2714 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2716 | |
| 5. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2755 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2636 | |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2670 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 4 | 2653 | |
| Round 1 (July 19, 2009) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 32 | C07 | French Tarrasch | |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Alekseev, Evgeny | 1-0 | 34 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 33 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Round 2 (July 20, 2009) | ||||||
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 | 31 | C24 | Bishop's Opening | |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 22 | C15 | French Winawer | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 34 | D89 | Gruenfeld Alekhine | |
| Round 3 (July 21, 2009) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ | 41 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 49 | C48 | Four Knights Rubinstein | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 27 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Round 4 (July 23, 2009) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 19 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 30 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 | 59 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik | |
| Round 5 (July 24, 2009) | ||||||
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 12 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 52 | B76 | Sicilian Modern Dragon | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 41 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Round 6 (July 25, 2009) | ||||||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 41 | A10 | Dutch, QI and KID Systems | |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 | 55 | B17 | Caro Kann | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 22 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Round 7 (July 27, 2009) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 38 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 61 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 | 48 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Round 8 (July 28, 2009) | ||||||
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 76 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 11 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0-1 | 41 | B07 | Pirc Defence | |
| Round 9 (July 29, 2009) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 21 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 | 38 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 73 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Round 10 (July 30, 2009) | ||||||
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 18 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 14 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 32 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
