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44th Biel Chess Festival 2011 (3)
Carlsen finally held as Shirov beats Caruana in Biel
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 20th July 2011
Magnus Carlsen pressed quite hard eventually against Alexander Morozevich in an interesting game. Photo © | http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen drew a fascinating and difficult Gruenfeld in the ACCENTUS GM section of the 44th Biel Chess Festival. Alexei Shirov ground down Caruana and Vachier gave perpetual check against Pelletier. There is a rest day Thursday. Round 4 July 22nd 1 pm UK time Shirov-Vachier-Lagrave, Morozevich-Pelletier, Carlsen-Caruana.
Alexei Shirov beat Fabiano Caruana in the only decisive game of the day of the top section in Biel. Caruana had more than enough compensation for a pawn but once he lost his passed d-pawn it was only a matter of time before Shirov ground him down.
Alexander Morozevich and Magnus Carlsen halved the points in a very complicated and interesting Gruenfeld Defence with 4.Bg5. Carlsen looked to be taking quite a few risks and eventually emerged with a slightly better position but it was not enough.
Yannick Pelletier looked to have slightly the better of it early on against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's King's Indian but once black sacrificed a piece to open up his king a draw was the most likely result.
Note that the organisers are using three points for a win. Round 4 22nd July 2011.
| Biel ACCENTUS GM 2011 Biel (SUI), 18-29 vii 2011 | cat. XIX (2709) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2821 | * | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 7 | 2939 |
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2694 | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2877 |
| 3. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2714 | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 2742 |
| 4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2722 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | 2 | 2540 |
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2711 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | . | 2 | 2550 |
| 6. | Pelletier, Yannick | g | SUI | 2590 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | * | 2 | 2626 |
| Round 3 (July 20, 2011) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 52 | D80 | Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 | |
| Shirov, Alexei | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 63 | C24 | Bishop's Opening | |
| Pelletier, Yannick | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 34 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
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