Biel Chess Festival

Start position

(1) Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) [A10] GM Biel SUI (6), 25.07.2009 1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nge7 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nxc6 Nxc6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.0-0 Qf6 13.Rad1 Kh8 14.Rfe1 Nb4 15.Rc1 Na6 16.Bf1 Rae8 17.f3 Nb4 18.Bf2 Nc6 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.b3 Qf7 21.Nd5 a6 22.Rd1 Be6 23.h3 h6 24.Bd3 Ne5 25.Be4 g5 26.a4 Rf8 27.a5 Bxh3 28.gxh3 Nxf3+ 29.Bxf3 Qxf3 30.Re1 Qxh3 31.Qe3 Rf3 32.Qe8+ Rf8 33.Qe3 Rf3 34.Qe8+ Rf8 35.Qe6 Qf3 36.Re2 Qd3 37.Ne7 Kh7 38.Qe4+ Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Re8 40.Kg2 Bf8 41.Nd5 1/2-1/2

Start position

(2) Caruana,F (2670) - Gelfand,B (2755) [C42] GM Biel SUI (6), 25.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qh3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc2 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Qg3 0-0 16.Rb1 Bd6 17.Qh4 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bg5 Be5 21.Nd5 c6 22.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

Start position

(3) Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) - Morozevich,A (2751) [B17] GM Biel SUI (6), 25.07.2009 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Be4 11.f3 Bd5 12.Be3 g6 13.c4 Be6 14.Qd2 h5 15.Rg1 hxg4 16.hxg4 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.0-0-0 Rd8 19.Rg2 Bg7 20.Rh2 Qd6 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8 22.Qc2 a6 23.Be2 b5 24.Kb1 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Bd5 26.Qe2 Qe6 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Qh2 Bf6 29.Bc1 c5 30.Qb8+ Rd8 31.d5 Qe2 32.Qb3 c4 33.Qa4+ Kf8 34.Rd2 Qxf3 35.Qxc4 a5 36.a3 Qh1 37.Qd3 Kg8 38.Rd1 Qg2 39.Qc4 Qf3 40.Rd3 Qf1 41.Ka2 Qe2 42.g5 Be5 43.Kb1 e6 44.dxe6 Kg7 45.e7 Re8 46.Qd5 Rxe7 47.Re3 Qh2 48.Bd2 f6 49.gxf6+ Kxf6 50.Qf3+ Kg7 51.Bc3 Qg1+ 52.Ka2 Qg5 53.Rxe5 Rxe5 54.Qd5 Kf6 55.Qd6+ 1-0