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Young Grandmaster Tournament - Tie Break

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Monday, 19 July 2010 19:58 Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:27

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A tie-break will design the winner of the Biel Young Grandmaster Tournament. 
 

 

Three players have finished with the same amount of points after the last round.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (the best player according to Sonneborn-Berger points) is qualified for the final. 
Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana will play the semi-final in blitz (two games with 5'+2"; if 1-1 one Armageddon game).
The final: two rapid games with 10 minutes, with 10"/move. If 1-1, two games with 5'+2". If again 1-1 one Armageddon game with 5' for white (has to win) and 4' for black.

Semi-final:

First game: 
  Fabiano Caruana  -  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave    
Second game: 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  -  Fabiano Caruana    


Final:

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son vs Caruana/Vachier-Lagrave (winner of semi-final)   

Standings after Round 9

      Points SB
1. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617)
 5.5 24.00
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723)
 5.5 23.75
  Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 5.5 23.25
4. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, 2650)
 5.0  
5. Wesley So (PHI, 2674) 4.5 19.50
  Evgeny Tomashevsky
 (RUS, 2708)
 4.5 18.75
  Maxim Rodshtein (ISR, 2609)
 4.5 18.50
8. Anish Giri (NED, 2672)
 4.0  
9. David Howell (ENG, 2616)
 3.5  
10. Parimarjan Negi (IND, 2615)
 2.5  

 

Pairings


1st round (July 19th):
Anish Giri -   Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (28)
Dmitry Andreikin -   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½ - ½ 
 (28)
David Howell -   Wesley So 0 - 1 (32)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave -   Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½ (44)
Maxim Rodshtein -   Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0 (30)

2nd round (July 20th):
Evgeny Tomashevsky -   Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0 
 (94)
Fabiano Caruana -   Maxim Rodshtein ½ - ½ (25)
Wesley So -   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ - ½ (64)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son -   David Howell ½ - ½ (35)
Anish Giri -   Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½ (109)

3rd round (July 21st):
Dmitry Andreikin -   Evgeny Tomashevsky  ½ - ½  (22)
David Howell -   Anish Giri  ½ - ½  (27)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave -   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  ½ - ½  (54)
Maxim Rodshtein -   Wesley So  0 - 1
  (39)
Parimarjan Negi -   Fabiano Caruana  0 - 1
  (28)

4th round (July 22nd):
Evgeny Tomashevsky -   Fabiano Caruana  ½ - ½  (21)
Wesley So -   Parimarjan Negi  ½ - ½  (28)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son -   Maxim Rodshtein  ½ - ½  (30)
Anish Giri -   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  ½ - ½  (43)
Dmitry Andreikin -   David Howell  1 - 0
  (36)

5th round (July 23rd):
David Howell -   Evgeny Tomashevsky  ½ - ½  (16)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave -   Dmitry Andreikin  ½ - ½  (56)
Maxim Rodshtein -   Anish Giri  1 - 0  (39)
Parimarjan Negi -   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  ½ - ½  (22)
Fabiano Caruana -   Wesley So  1 - 0  (49)

6th round (July 24th):
Evgeny Tomashevsky -   Wesley So  ½ - ½  (24)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son -   Fabiano Caruana  ½ - ½  (31)
Anish Giri -   Parimarjan Negi  ½ - ½  (20)
Dmitry Andreikin -   Maxim Rodshtein  ½ - ½  (20)
David Howell -   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  0 - 1
  (39)

Rest day (July 25th):

7th round (July 26th):
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave -   Evgeny Tomashevsky  ½ - ½  (38)
Maxim Rodshtein -   David Howell  ½ - ½  (52)
Parimarjan Negi -   Dmitry Andreikin  ½ - ½  (28)
Fabiano Caruana -   Anish Giri  ½ - ½  (32)
Wesley So -   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  ½ - ½  (26)

8th round (July 27th):
Evgeny Tomashevsky -   Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son  0 - 1
  (45)
Anish Giri -   Wesley So  1 - 0
  (44)
Dmitry Andreikin -   Fabiano Caruana  ½ - ½  (55)
David Howell -   Parimarjan Negi  1 - 0
  (52)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave -   Maxim Rodshtein  1 - 0
  (54)

9th round (July 28th):
Maxim Rodshtein -   Evgeny Tomashevsky  ½ - ½  (60)
Parimarjan Negi -   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  ½ - ½  (24)
Fabiano Caruana -   David Howell  ½ - ½  (26)
Wesley So -   Dmitry Andreikin  ½ - ½  (86)
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son -   Anish Giri  1 - 0  (59)
 

source: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch


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