TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
44th Biel Chess Festival 2011 (9)
Carlsen wins the Biel chess tournament with a round to spare
Mark Crowther - Thursday 28th July 2011
Fabiano Caruana ended Alexander Morozevich's chances in the tournament in beating him in Round 9. Photo © | http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Magnus Carlsen scored yet another tournament win in taking the ACCENTUS GM group of the 44th Biel Chess Festival with a round to spare. Carlsen drew a game with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave where only he in the end was in any danger at all, in a generally balanced struggle. Closest rival Alexander Morozevich was worse shortly out of the opening on the white side of a Semi-Slav and just was gradually ground down. Shirov-Pelletier was a dull draw in a French. Rd10 July 29th 10am UK Pairs: Vachier-Lagrave-Shirov, Pelletier-Morozevich and Caruana-Carlsen.
Magnus Carlsen draw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Magnus Carlsen against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Photo © Biel Chess Festival 2011
Magnus Carlsen drew on the white side of a Fianchetto Gruenfeld against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Carlsen of course retained his two bishops for much of the game but in a blocked position they weren't a big factor and decided to give them both up for equality and the draw on move 48.
Alexander Morozevich 0-1 Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Caruana against Alexander Morozevich. Photo © Biel Chess Festival 2011
Alexander Morozevich got the worse of the Semi-Slav against Fabiano Caruana and really just couldn't fix it. and was ground down quite nicely in the end. This loss gave Carlsen the tournament with a round to go.
Alexei Shirov draw Yannick Pelletier
Alexei Shirov against Yannick Pelletier. Photo © Biel Chess Festival 2011
Alexei Shirov made no progress against Yannick Pelletier's French Defence the game was drawn by repetition on move 30.
Note that the organisers are using three points for a win and one for a draw.
| 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 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2849 |
| 2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2694 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | . | 14 | 2805 |
| 3. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2722 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 | 2705 |
| 4. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2714 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 11 | 2706 |
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2711 | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 9 | 2615 |
| 6. | Pelletier, Yannick | g | SUI | 2590 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | 5 | 2570 |
| Round 9 (July 28, 2011) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 48 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 47 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
| Shirov, Alexei | - Pelletier, Yannick | ½-½ | 30 | C10 | French Rubinstein | |
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