8/1/2018 – Get set for one of the summer's biggest events and one with a long tradition. The Biel Chess Festival is LIVE with World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov leading the GM tournament. ChessBase brings you live commentary from Biel with GM Daniel King and IM Anna Rudolf.
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Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
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Commentary by GM Daniel King and IM Anna Rudolf
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Format and Schedule
The format is a six-player double-round robin. Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
Round 1 - July 22, 14:00 CEST Round 2 - July 23, 14:00 Round 3 - July 24, 14:00 Round 4 - July 25, 14:00 Round 5 - July 26, 14:00 Round 6 - July 27, 14:00 Round 7 - July 29, 14:00 Round 8 - July 30, 14:00 Round 9 - July 31, 14:00 Round 10 - August 1, 12:00
Note: The last round (Round 10) starts on August 1st, two hours earlier at Noon CEST (6:00 AM EDT).
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