Biel Chess Festival

Start position

(1) Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Gelfand,B (2755) [A15] GM Biel SUI (4), 23.07.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 0-0 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Bc7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ng3 e4 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Be6 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qc3 Qd7 20.Rf4 Rf6 21.g4 Rg6 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Raf1 Be6 24.Ba3 h6 25.Qc2 Kh7 26.R1f3 Rd8 27.Rg3 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.Rxg6 Kxg6 30.Bb4 1/2-1/2

Start position

(2) Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [C65] GM Biel SUI (4), 23.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nbd2 Bb6 8.Nc4 Ne7 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.h3 h6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Be3 d5 13.Bc2 c5 14.0-0 Be6 15.a3 Qc7 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Rc1 Rfe8 18.d4 e4 19.Nd2 c4 1/2-1/2

Start position

(3) Caruana,F (2670) - Morozevich,A (2751) [D87] GM Biel SUI (4), 23.07.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.fxg3 Rf8 15.h3 Na5 16.Bd3 e5 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.g4 Bd7 19.d5 c4 20.Bc2 f6 21.Ng3 b6 22.Bd1 Nb7 23.Be2 Nd6 24.Rf2 Rac8 25.Rcf1 Kg7 26.Qe3 h6 27.Rb1 Rc5 28.Bd1 Ra5 29.Qd2 Be8 30.Be2 Qc7 31.Rbf1 Rf7 32.h4 Qe7 33.Qc2 b5 34.Qb1 Qd8 35.Bd1 Qb6 36.Kh2 Qc5 37.Qc1 Ra6 38.Qd2 Rb6 39.Bc2 Rbb7 40.Qc1 a5 41.a3 Rb8 42.Bd1 Bd7 43.Be2 Rh8 44.Qa1 h5 45.gxh5 f5 46.exf5 gxf5 47.Qb1 Qe3 48.Bg4 Qd3 49.Qe1 Re8 50.Rf3 Qxd5 51.Bxf5 e4 52.Bxe4 Qe5 53.h6+ Kf8 54.Rxf7+ Nxf7 55.Qf2 Re7 56.Bg6 Be8 57.Qf6 Qxf6 58.Rxf6 Kg8 59.Nf5 1-0