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Biel 2015

By Yelena Dembo | July 24, 2015 - 06:48 |July 24, 2015 Biel 2015

Navara

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Navara is leading the event with 3 points after winning against a co-leader Wojtaszek with a fantastic King walk (will be a great example for our “King-Traveller” theme!).

Results of the 4th round

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

Standings after 4 rounds

1. David Navara 2724 CZE 3
2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2731 FRA 2.5
3. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2733 POL 2
4. Pavel Eljanov 2723 UKR 1.5
5. Michael Adams 2740 ENG 1.5
6. Richard Rapport 2671 HUN 1.5

Games of the round

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.23"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Rapport, Richard"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A15"]  [WhiteElo "2671"]  [BlackElo "2731"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6  8. h4 h5 9. e5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Kf7 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. e6+ Kg6 14. Ng1  Bh6 15. Ne2 Rad8+ 16. Kc2 Rd6 17. Nf4+ Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxe5  Rhd8 21. Re2 Kf6 22. Rae1 Ra6 23. Re5 Rdd6 24. Rc5 Rac6 25. Ra5 a6 26. Ra4 Rxe6  27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28. Kd2 Rd6+ 29. Ke2 e5 30. Rc4 c6 31. a4 a5 32. b4 Rd5 33. bxa5  Rxa5 34. Rb4 Ra7 35. f3 f4 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a5 Kf6 38. Ke4 Rxa5 39. Rxb7 Ra4+  40. Kd3 Ra2 41. Rh7 Rxg2 42. Rh6+ Kf5 43. Rxh5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.23"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Navara, David"]  [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2724"]  [BlackElo "2733"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3  Be7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Nxe3 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. fxe3 Bh4+ 14. Kf1  Nc6 15. Nc5 Bc4+ 16. Kg1 O-O-O 17. b3 Bg5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Kf2 Bh4+  21. Kf3 e4+ 22. Kf4 g5+ 23. Kf5 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Re5+ 25. Kf6 Rg8 26. bxc4 Rg6+  27. Kxf7 Re7+ 28. Kf8 Rf6+ 29. Kg8 Rg6+ 30. Kh8 Rf6 31. Rf1 Bf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2  33. Rf1 Rxg2 34. Rf8+ Kc7 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Nxe7 Kxc5 37. Rf5+ Kxc4 38. Nxc6  bxc6 39. Rxg5 Rg3 40. h4 h6 41. Rg6 Rxe3 42. Kg7 Rg3 43. Kxh6 e3 44. Kg5 Kd5  45. Kf4 Rh3 46. h5 c5 47. Rg5+ Kd4 48. Re5 1-0

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.23"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D10"]  [WhiteElo "2740"]  [BlackElo "2723"]  [PlyCount "100"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.  Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 f5 15.  Be5 O-O 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. O-O Rc8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qa2  Nxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Nd2 Nc4 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nf3 Bc6  28. Qe2 Qd5 29. Qf1 Ra8 30. Ne5 Bb7 31. f3 Be7 32. Bg3 Bg5 33. Qe1 Ra4 34. Rxa4  bxa4 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Bh4 Bh6 37. Be7 Bc6 38. h4 Be8 39. Rb1 a3 40. e4 Qa5 41.  exf5 a2 42. Ra1 exf5 43. Nxc4 Qb5 44. Nd6 Qd5 45. Qe2 Bf4 46. Nxe8 Rxe8 47.  Rxa2 Kf7 48. Ra7 Bb8 49. Qa2 Qxa2 50. Rxa2 Bg3 0-1

Pairings of the 5th round

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

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Biel 2015

By Yelena Dembo | July 23, 2015 - 07:48 |July 23, 2015 Biel 2015

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Wojtaszek

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There have been no draws yesterday and now 3 players lead – Vachier-Lagrave, Navara and Wojtaszek (2 points).

Results of the 3rd round

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

Games of the round

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.22"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]  [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E17"]  [WhiteElo "2733"]  [BlackElo "2723"]  [PlyCount "115"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4  c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Nba6  15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bh3 Qd8 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. b4 N5e6 20. Nce4 dxe4 21.  Rxc6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Ne8 23. Nxe4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Bd7 Be7 26. b5 g6 27. Kg2  Kg7 28. f5 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Rc7 Be5 31. Rxa7 Ra8 32. Ra6 Rfd8 33. Rd5 f6  34. Rd3 gxf5 35. Rda3 Rab8 36. Bxf5 Rg8 37. Ra7+ Kf8+ 38. Kf1 Rg5 39. Bxh7 Bxh2  40. Rh3 Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kf3 Bd6 43. Be4 Rg7 44. Rh8+ Rg8 45. Rh6 Re7 46.  Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kh8 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rxe7+ Bxe7 50. Rg6+ Kh8 51. Rxb6 Rf8+  52. Ke2 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Bc5+ 54. Kf3 Bxb6 55. Kf4 Kg7 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Kd6 Ke8  58. Kc6 1-0

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.22"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B51"]  [WhiteElo "2740"]  [BlackElo "2731"]  [PlyCount "72"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4  b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Na3 c4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. axb5 axb5 15.  h3 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Be3 Qh5 20. Rd2 dxe4 21. Re1  Qxe2 22. Rdxe2 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rb6 24. Kf2 Bf5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Kg3 g6 27. Rd4 Kg7  28. Kh4 Be6 29. Re2 Rbb8 30. Bd1 Bf5 31. Bc2 Rec8 32. Re1 Rc5 33. Bd1 Nd5 34.  g3 Rh8 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Rd6 Be6 0-1

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.22"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Navara, David"]  [Black "Rapport, Richard"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D07"]  [WhiteElo "2724"]  [BlackElo "2671"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Be6 7. Bg5 Nxc3 8.  Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. e3 Bd5 12. Bb5 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. O-O  a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb3 Rg6 20. Rfd1 Be7  21. Rd2 Rb6 22. Nxc5 Rh6 23. Rad1 Rdh8 24. f3 Bxa2 25. Kf2 Bc4 26. Ne4 Rh1 27.  f4 gxf4 28. exf4 a5 29. f5 a4 30. e6 fxe6 31. f6 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bf8 33. Bf4 Bd5  34. Nd2 Rg8 35. g3 Bc5+ 36. Be3 Bd6 37. c4 Bc6 38. Ke2 a3 39. f7 Rxg3 40. Ne4  Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Bf8 42. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 43. Kg3 e5 44. Bg5 a2 45. Bf6 Bd3 46. Bxe5 Bxc4  47. Bf6 a1=Q 48. Rd8+ 1-0

Pairings of the 4th round

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

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Biel 2015

By Yelena Dembo | July 22, 2015 - 07:56 |July 22, 2015 Biel 2015

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Adams is leading with 1.5 out of 2, Wojtaszek, Vachier-Lagrave, Rapport and Navara are on 1.

Results of the 2nd round

Rapport 0.5 1/2 1 Adams
Vachier-Lagrave 0.5 1/2 0.5 Wojtaszek
Eljanov 0.5 0-1 0 Navara

Games of the round

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.21"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Rapport, Richard"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C36"]  [WhiteElo "2671"]  [BlackElo "2740"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8.  h4 Be7 9. h5 Nh4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. d4 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Ne3+ 13. Nxe3 fxe3 14. d5 Nb4  15. a3 Na6 16. Bxe3 O-O 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. h6 g6 19. Qc3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Be7 21. c5  Re8 22. c6 Bf8 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Bxa6 Qxd5 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. Bc4 Re2+ 27. Bxe2  Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Qxh1 29. Qxc7 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2  1/2-1/2

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.21"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Black "Navara, David"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A49"]  [WhiteElo "2723"]  [BlackElo "2724"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 Bg4 8. Nbd2  Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.  Nc5 Bf7 16. b3 g5 17. c4 Nd7 18. Nd3 Rae8 19. Re1 h5 20. gxh5 dxc4 21. bxc4 Nb6  22. c5 Nd5 23. Qa3 Bxh5 24. Nb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Re7 26. Rab1 Rfe8 27. d5 cxd5 28.  Nd4 Qd7 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd7 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Bf8 34. c6  bxc6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Rec1 c5 37. Rc2 Kg6 38. Ne1 f5 39. Rbc1 g4 40. hxg4 fxg4  41. Rc4 Kg5 42. Ng2 Rh7 43. Rxc5+ Bxc5 44. Rxc5+ Re5 45. Rxe5+ Kf6 46. Rd5 0-1

 [Event "48th Biel GM 2015"]  [Site "Biel SUI"]  [Date "2015.07.21"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A14"]  [WhiteElo "2731"]  [BlackElo "2733"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2015.07.20"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4  Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6  15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qxd5 Nc6 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Rad8  21. Qb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bg7 23. e3 Ne5 24. Nd6 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Qxb5  27. Nxb5 c4 28. Bd5 Rb8 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bd5 Rc8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bd5  Rc8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

Eljanov – Navara
Rapport – Adams
Vachier-Lagrave – Wojtaszek

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