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Featured Articles Biel Chess Festival 2010 - Tie Break
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 06:33
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:28
The Biel Chess Festival takes place 17th-30th July 2010. The main Grandmaster tournament saw a three way tie between Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana and they will play off starting at 10am on Thursday morning.
| YGM Biel (SUI), 19-28 vii 2010 | cat. XVII (2658) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2617 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2742 | |||
| 2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2730 | |||
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2733 | |||
| 4. | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2702 | |||
| 5. | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2656 | |||
| 6. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2652 | |||
| 7. | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2609 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2663 | |||
| 8. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2613 | |||
| 9. | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2616 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3½ | 2582 | |||
| 10. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2615 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2½ | 2496 | |||
| Round 1 (July 19, 2010) | ||||||
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| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 44 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange | |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | ½-½ | 28 | C15 | French Winawer | |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | - Negi, Parimarjan | 1-0 | 30 | E04 | Catalan | |
| Giri, Anish | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 28 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
| Howell, David W L | - So, Wesley | 0-1 | 32 | B13 | Caro Kann Exchange | |
| Round 2 (July 20, 2010) | ||||||
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | - Howell, David W L | ½-½ | 35 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Rodshtein, Maxim | ½-½ | 25 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
| So, Wesley | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 64 | D78 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Negi, Parimarjan | 1-0 | 94 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Giri, Anish | - Andreikin, Dmitry | ½-½ | 109 | A41 | Modern Defence | |
| Round 3 (July 21, 2010) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | ½-½ | 54 | C03 | French Tarrasch | |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 22 | A46 | Queen's Pawn Opening | |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | - So, Wesley | 0-1 | 39 | D86 | Gruenfeld Simagin | |
| Howell, David W L | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 27 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Negi, Parimarjan | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 28 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | |
| Round 4 (July 22, 2010) | ||||||
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | - Rodshtein, Maxim | ½-½ | 36 | A05 | Various | |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | - Howell, David W L | 1-0 | 30 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| So, Wesley | - Negi, Parimarjan | ½-½ | 28 | D58 | Queens Gambit Tartakover | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 21 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Giri, Anish | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 43 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
| Round 5 (July 23, 2010) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Andreikin, Dmitry | ½-½ | 56 | C63 | Ruy Lopez Schliemann | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - So, Wesley | 1-0 | 49 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 39 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Howell, David W L | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 16 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Negi, Parimarjan | - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | ½-½ | 22 | C16 | French Winawer | |
| Round 6 (July 24, 2010) | ||||||
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 31 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | - Rodshtein, Maxim | ½-½ | 20 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - So, Wesley | ½-½ | 24 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
| Giri, Anish | - Negi, Parimarjan | ½-½ | 20 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Howell, David W L | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 40 | E90 | King's Indian Classical | |
| Round 7 (July 26, 2010) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 38 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 32 | E06 | Catalan | |
| So, Wesley | - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | ½-½ | 26 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | - Howell, David W L | ½-½ | 52 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Negi, Parimarjan | - Andreikin, Dmitry | ½-½ | 28 | B41 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Round 8 (July 27, 2010) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Rodshtein, Maxim | 1-0 | 54 | D76 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 55 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 0-1 | 45 | A27 | English Dutch System | |
| Giri, Anish | - So, Wesley | 1-0 | 44 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Howell, David W L | - Negi, Parimarjan | 1-0 | 52 | B22 | Sicilian Alapin | |
| Round 9 (July 28, 2010) | ||||||
| Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 59 | A05 | Various | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Howell, David W L | ½-½ | 26 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| So, Wesley | - Andreikin, Dmitry | ½-½ | 86 | A55 | Old Indian Defence | |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 60 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
| Negi, Parimarjan | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 24 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 28th July 2010
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