Biel Chess Festival

Start position

(1) Morozevich,A (2751) - Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) [B90] GM Biel SUI (8), 28.07.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 h6 10.0-0-0 b4 11.Nce2 Qc7 12.h4 d5 13.Nf4 e5 14.Nfe6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qa5 16.exd5 Qxa2 17.Qd3 Kf7 18.g5 Nxd5 19.Bh3 Nxe3 20.Nd8+ Ke7 21.Nc6+ Kf7 22.g6+ Kg8 23.Qxe3 Bc5 24.Qe4 Nf8 25.Rd8 Bb7 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.h5 Rh7 28.Re1 Bxc6 29.Qxc6 Bd4 30.Kd2 Qxb2 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Kd3 a5 33.Qc8 Qa3+ 34.Ke4 b3 35.cxb3 a4 36.Rb1 Qb4 37.Qc4 Qb7+ 38.Qd5 Qb4 39.Qc4 Qd2 40.Bg4 a3 41.Qf7 Qc2+ 42.Kd5 Qc5+ 43.Ke4 a2 44.Rc1 a1Q 45.Rxc5 Bxc5 46.Qd5 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qd1+ 48.Kc4 Qxd5+ 49.Kxd5 Ba3 50.Bf5 Kg8 51.Kxe5 Rh8 52.Kd5 Nh7 53.gxh7+ Kf7 54.Bg6+ Kf6 55.f4 Bc1 56.f5 Bd2 57.Kd6 Be1 58.Kd7 Bb4 59.Kc7 Ke5 60.Kd7 Ba3 61.Kc6 Kd4 62.Kc7 Kc3 63.Kd7 Kb4 64.Kd6 Kxb3+ 65.Kd5 Bb2 66.Kd6 Bf6 67.Kc5 Kc3 68.Kd6 Kd4 69.Kc6 Rd8 70.Kb6 Kd5 71.Kc7 Kc5 72.Bf7 g5 73.fxg6 Rd6 74.Be8 Be5 75.Kb7 Rb6+ 76.Kc8 Kd6 0-1

Start position

(2) Caruana,F (2670) - Ivanchuk,V (2703) [B07] GM Biel SUI (8), 28.07.2009 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.Bh6 Bxh6 7.Qxh6 Qa5 8.Bd3 c5 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Bb5+ Kd8 12.Ng3 c4 13.h3 a6 14.f4 Nf3+ 15.gxf3 axb5 16.0-0 b4 17.Nce2 Qc5+ 18.Kg2 Bd7 19.c3 bxc3 20.Nxc3 b5 21.a3 Kc7 22.Rad1 Rhg8 23.e5 Nh5 24.Rfe1 g5 25.exd6+ exd6 26.Nxh5 Rg6 27.Ne4 Rxh6 28.Nxc5 dxc5 29.Ng3 gxf4 30.Ne2 Kd6 31.Nxf4 Rg8+ 32.Kf2 Rh4 33.Ng2 Rxh3 34.Rh1 Rgg3 35.Rxh3 Rxh3 36.Re1 h5 37.Re4 Rh1 38.a4 Rb1 39.axb5 Rxb2+ 40.Kg3 c3 41.Ne3 Bxb5 0-1

Start position

(3) Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) - Gelfand,B (2755) [C42] GM Biel SUI (8), 28.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Bg4 10.c3 0-0 11.h3 1/2-1/2