Category Archives: Biel 2015

Vachier-Lagrave

This extraordinary event has come to an end. Vachier-Lagrave won the 1st place with 6.5 points out of 10 games, Wojtaszek was 2nd with 6, while Adams and Navara shared 3rd-4th places with 5.5 points.

Results of the last round

Pavel Eljanov – Michael Adams 0 – 1
Radoslaw Wojtaszek – David Navara ½ – ½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Richard Rapport 1 – 0

Final standings

1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 6.5
2. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 6
3-4. David Navara 2724 CZE, Michael Adams 2740 ENG 5.5
5. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 4.5
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2

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Vachier-Lagrave

Wojtaszek and Vachier-Lagrave share 1st-2nd with 5.5 points out of 9, Navara is 3rd with 5.

Results of the 9th round

Richard Rapport – Pavel Eljanov 0 – 1
David Navara – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 – 1
Michael Adams – Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½ – ½

Standings after 9 rounds

1-2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA, Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 5.5
3. David Navara 2724 CZE 5
4-5. Michael Adams 2740 ENG, Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 4.5
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2

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Rapport-Navara

Navara and Wojtaszek lead with 5 points, Vachier-Lagrave is on 4.5 out of 8.

Results of the 8th round

Pavel Eljanov – Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½ – ½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Michael Adams 1 – 0
Richard Rapport – David Navara 0 – 1

Standings after 8 rounds

1-2. David Navara 2724 CZE, Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 5
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 4.5
4. Michael Adams 2740 ENG 4
5. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 3.5
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2

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Pairings of the 9th round

Richard Rapport – Pavel Eljanov
David Navara – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Michael Adams – Radoslaw Wojtaszek

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Wojtaszek

Wojtaszek leads with 4.5 out of 7 games, Navara and Adams are on 4.

Results of the 7th round

David Navara – Pavel Eljanov ½ – ½
Michael Adams – Richard Rapport 1 – 0
Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1 – 0

Standings after 7 rounds

1. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 4.5
2-3. David Navara 2724 CZE, Michael Adams 2740 ENG 4
4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 3.5
5. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 3
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2

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Three players lead with 3.5 points out of 6 games – Navara, Wojtaszek and Vachier-Lagrave. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 6th round

Pavel Eljanov – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ – ½
Richard Rapport – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 0 – 1
David Navara – Michael Adams 0 – 1

Standings after 6 rounds

1. David Navara 2724 CZE 3.5
2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 3.5
3. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 3.5
4. Michael Adams 2740 ENG 3
5. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 2.5
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 2

Games of the round

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.25"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Navara, David"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D35"]  [WhiteElo "2724"]  [BlackElo "2740"]  [PlyCount "74"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2  Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Nc1  Rad8 15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Bxc4 dxc4  21. g3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Qh2 Rxe3 25. Nd1 Rxe1 26. Qxh3 Bxh3  27. Rxe1 b6 28. Ne4 Rxd4 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Ndc3 Rd3 31. b5 cxb5 32. Nxb5 Bd7 33.  a4 a6 34. Nc7 Bxa4 35. Nxa6 c3 36. Nb4 Rd4 37. Na2 Rd2+ 0-1 

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.25"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A29"]  [WhiteElo "2723"]  [BlackElo "2731"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.  a3 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.  Rc1 a4 16. Nce4 Ra5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Bg4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. e3 h6 21. Rfe1  Be6 22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Bg2 Ra6 24. c5 Ra5 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Bc3 Rb3 27. Ra1 Be6 28.  Bf1 f5 29. Nd2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd2 31. Rb1 f4 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 fxe3 34.  fxe3 Ra2 35. Rc3 Na5 36. Rb4 Nb3 37. Rxa4 Nxc5 38. Ra8 b6 39. Rc1 Rd2 40. Rf1  Ne6 41. Re8 Rd6 42. Rf5 e4 43. h4 Rc6 44. g4 Kh7 45. Re5 Nc5 46. Rxf8 Nd7 47.  Rfe8 1/2-1/2 

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.25"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Rapport, Richard"]  [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2671"]  [BlackElo "2733"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8.  Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14. Rxa4  Ba6 15. Ra2 Bb5 16. Rfa1 O-O 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5  21. Qe3 Kg7 22. h4 Qd6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Raa1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Qc3 a4 27.  Qa1 a3 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. e3 Rb8 32. Bf1 Bxe3 33. Rc2 Bc5  34. Rd2 Qb1 0-1 

Pairings of the 7th round

Navara – Eljanov
Adams – Rapport
Wojtaszek – Vachier-Lagrave

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