Biel: Carlsen and Vachier-Lagrave score

by André Schulz
8/2/2018 – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who secured tournament victory in the penultimate round, finished the Accentus Biel GM Tournament with a draw. Meanwhile, Nico Georgiadis blundered in one move to lose against Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave obtained a nice attacking win over David Navara. Analysis by GM MIKHAIL GOLUBEV | Photos: Lennart Ootes / Biel International Chess Festival

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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.

Ten rounds later

The ninth round saw Magnus Carlsen overestimating his position in his game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The World Champion took too many risks and reached an inferior endgame where at best he would get a draw. Somehow, Magnus could not keep things in control and blundered to lose both the game and the chance to finish first.

This tournament, which can be considered a first preparatory step for the World Championship match against Caruana for Carlsen, started with the Norwegian showing his strength by winning his first two games. The "Carlsen express" slowed down afterwards, however, as he drew six games in a row. Throughout the event, his playing style was rather daring and he showed strong calculation prowess in some of the encounters.

Carlsen finished in clear second place | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Biel International Chess Festival

Against Nico Georgiadis, Magnus exposed his ambitious intentions by playing 2.Na3 after 1.e4 c5. The idea is to follow with c3, d4 and Nc2. By transposition, the players went into an Alapin Variation of the Sicilian. 

 
Carlen - Georgiadis
Position after 6...Bc4

Black played 6...Qe4+ here and Carlsen answered with 7.Kf1, a rare move that was used for the first time by Corina Peptan in 2007. As a result, the queens left the board subsequently and, after some more pieces were exchanged, the players got to an endgame with rooks and a bishop against a knight. Carlsen was slightly worse due to his doubled pawns on the g-file, but the position was equalised.

 
Position after 36...Rd1

The black rook has penetrated the enemy camp; White's pawn structure on the kingside endangers the pawns on the queenside; White should be able to survive.

Nonetheless, Black was the one that let the game slip in one move.

 
Position after 46.a4

Georgiadis played 46...b3? (46...bxc3 is a draw), probably with 47...Ba3 in mind. However, after 47.Nf3 the knight is ready to jump to d2, where it both protects the b1-square and attacks the c4-pawn. Black resigned.

Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Nico Georgiadis (annotated by GM Mikhail Golubev)
 
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1.e4 c5 2.Na3!? This move remained to be virtually unknown until Zvjaginsev used it three times in the Russian Superfinal 2005. Still, there were almost no followers among the strong GMs afterwards. By using such an offbeat move, the world champion probably expressed his disappointment with the loss in the previous round - and also avoided the main theory, indeed. g6 Quite a decent recipe is 2...d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5!= Welling-Swinkels, Hilversum 2008. 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3! d5 An alternative is 4...Nc6!? 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6! 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bd3 or 8.Qa4 a5 8...0-0 , Zvjaginsev-Bocharov, Tomsk 2006. 5.exd5 Qxd5 Now it transposed to a sideline of the Alapin system, where Na3 is a useful/typical move. 6.Bc4 After the rare 6.Qb3 Black can play Nf6!? but not 6...Be6? 7.Bc4! Qe4+ 8.Kd1! and if Bxc4 9.Nxc4 Qd5 10.Nb6‼+- Smyslov-Zhu Chen, Amsterdam 2001 A sensitive alternative is 6.d4 cxd4 7.Bc4 or 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Nbxd4 Nf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 where GM Karpatchev advocated 10.Bxa6!? bxa6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 and if Rfe8 13.Ne5 7...Qe4+ 8.Be3 and now Nh6! avoiding the trap 8...dxe3?? 9.Bxf7+ 6...Qe4+ 7.Kf1!? In a number of games the "Alapin" expert GM Sveshnikov preferred 7.Be2 Nf6 8.0-0 , which is a more common choice generally. Now it makes sense to play Nc6! first avoiding the line 8...0-0 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4! , Sveshnikov-Miezis, ch-LAT Riga 2005 7...Be6! Clearly the best way to parry the Bxf7+ threat. Instead, 7...e6?? 8.d3 Qf5 9.Nb5+- was already lost for Black in Cherniaev-Vasquez Schroder, Wch blitz Khanty-Mansiysk 2013. 8.Qa4+?!N After 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.d3 9.Bc4 Be6= repeats 9...Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qc6 11.Qa4 (Peptan-Uta, ROM-ch wom Amara 2007) Nd7 12.Bf4 Kf8! Black is fine. 8.Qe2!?= can be not overly attractive. But White can also try 8.Be2!? where Black, likely, has to allow Ng5 by Nf6 or 8...Nc6 8...Nd7 There was nothing wrong with 8...Nc6!? as well. 9.d4?! Another overly optimistic move. Ngf6 10.Bg5 Bxc4+ 11.Qxc4 Qd5?! More promising was 11...Qf5! and Black is somewhat better. 12.Re1 e6 13.Bxf6!? Nxf6! 14.Qb5+?! After 14.Qxc5 Qxc5 15.dxc5 Black is fine, but at least White can hope to be no worse. 14...Nd7! 15.Ne5?! a6? A sharp, principled continuation was 15...Bxe5 16.dxe5 Qxa2! which looks very risky, but Black is doing well here. 17.Rd1 or 17.Nc4 0-0! and then, for example, 18.b3 Rfd8 19.h4 Rab8 with the idea of 20...a6 17...0-0-0! rather than 17...0-0 18.Qxd7 Rad8 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Kg7 21.Nc2! , etc. where White probably holds 18.Nc4 (otherwise 18...a6) Nxe5! 19.Qxc5+ Nc6 16.Qc4?! Normally, White had to play 16.Qxd7+ Qxd7 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Nc4= . While after Carlsen's move Black is better. 16...Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rd8 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.f4 g5?! Two stronger moves were 19...Bh6!? 20.g3 g5 and 19...0-0!? preparing ...f6 20.fxg5 Ke7 21.h4! Rxe5 If 21...Rhd8!? 22.Rh3! rather than 22.Nc4 b5 23.Na5 Rc8! 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 The ending is equal, more or less. 23.Ke2 b5 24.Nc2 Rd8 25.Ne1 c4 26.Nf3 Bg7 27.Nd2?! h6 28.Ne4 hxg5 29.hxg5 Rd5 30.a3 a5 31.Re1 Be5 32.g3?! Kf8! 33.Kf3?! Kg7 After several inaccurate moves, the world champion's position became unpleasant. 34.Kg4 Kg6 35.Rf1 Rd3 The Swiss grandmaster could have tried 35...Bg7!? . The following illustrative lines show some ideas: 36.Rf2 Re5 37.Kf4 Rf5+ 38.Kg4 Rxf2 39.Nxf2 a4 39...Bf8!? 40.Nh3 Bd6 41.Nf4+ Bxf4 42.gxf4 a4 43.Kg3 Kf5 44.Kf3 e5 45.fxe5 Kxe5 46.Kg4 Ke4 47.Kh5 Kd3 48.Kh6 Kc2 49.Kg7 Kxb2 50.Kxf7 b4 40.Ne4 40.Nh3 b4! 40...Bf8! 41.Kf4 Be7 42.Kg4? 42.Ke5! 42...e5! (Zugzwang) 43.Kf3 Bxg5 44.Nd6 Bc1 45.Ke4 Bxb2 46.Nxb5 f6! 47.Kd5 Kg5 48.Kxc4 Kg4 49.Kd3 Kxg3 50.Kc2 Ba1! 51.Kb1 f5! 52.Kxa1 f4 53.c4 f3 54.Nc3 Kf4! 55.Nd1 e4 and wins. 36.Rf3 Rd1 37.Rf2 Rd5? Georgiadis allows White to regroup. 38.Nd2!? 38.Nf6! Bxf6 (otherwise White can play 39.Nh5) 39.Rxf6+ Kg7 40.Rf2 is drawish. 38...Bc7 39.Nf3 Bd8 40.Nh4+ Kg7 41.Nf3 Bb6 Avoiding the repetition, 41...Kg6 . But White is already OK. 42.Re2 Bc7 43.Re4! Bd6 44.Rd4! Rxd4+ 45.Nxd4 b4 46.a4 The position is a draw, after many of Black's moves. But he blunders terribly. b3?? Quite normal would have been, for example, 46...Be5 47.Nc2! 47.Nb5? Kg6! 48.cxb4 axb4 49.a5 Bxb2 50.a6 c3 51.Nd4 c2 52.Nxc2 b3 47...bxc3 48.bxc3 Bxc3 49.Ne3= 47.Nf3!+- Threatening with 48.Nd2. Instead of giving up (after quite a long think) after 47.Nf3 Black could have tried Ba3 48.bxa3 b2 49.Nd2 and now Kg6 but there are not many practical chances for him. For example, 50.Kf4 Kh5 51.Ke3 Kxg5 52.Kd4 52.Ke2 Kg4 53.Kd1! Kxg3 54.Kc2 win as well 52...Kg4 53.Kxc4 e5 54.Kb3 after 54.Kd5?? Kxg3 55.Kxe5 Kf2 Black saves the game 54...e4 55.Kxb2 e3 56.Nc4 e2 57.Ne3+ Kxg3 58.Nc2 f5 59.c4 f4 60.Kc3 f3 61.Kd2+- . I suspect that this Carlsen's win will never be included in his best games collections. He played quite poorly and was just very lucky in the end. 1–0
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Peter Svidler finished on 5½/10 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Biel International Chess Festival

After defeating Carlsen, Mamedyarov obtained all that he could have wanted from this tournament, so he allowed himself to look for a draw in the last game.

In his game against Peter Svidler, the queens were exchanged during the early phase of a Mikenas Variation of the English Opening. Slowly but surely, the rest of the pieces left the board at regular intervals. In a drawn rook endgame, a threefold repetition ended the game. Draw in 38 moves.

Peter Svidler ½-½ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (annotated by GM Mikhail Golubev)
 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 In this important theoretical variation Svidler previously twice went for 7.d4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Qa4+ c6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rb1 7...b6 A Round 5 game Vachier-Lagrave - Georgiadis saw 7...Nc6 8.d4 e5 and now 9.Be2 exd4 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.0-0 - an idea, which attracted attention after the game Dubov-Nakamura, Moscow Tal mem rapid 2018. 8.Bd3!? A usual continuation is 8.d4 Bb7 . At the press-conference Svidler mentioned the idea 9.Bd3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Nc6!? 8...Bb7 9.Bc2N Not a particularly impressive novelty. Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Nd7= 12.d4 c5 13.0-0 Perhaps, White also could have placed his king on e2 and the bishop on e3. cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Bd3 Bd6 A curious idea is 15...Bb4!? and if 16.Bb2 16.Rb1 Bc3 17.Be3 e5! 16...0-0 : the bishop is somewhat misplaced on b2, because White normally wants to control the f4 square. 16.Rb1!? 0-0 The Russian grandmaster anticipated 16...e5!? which probably was a good, equalizing move. 17.Re1 17.Rb5 exd4 18.Rd5 Rc6!? Svidler after 17.c5!? bxc5 , Svidler, 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Ba6= White probably has enough for a pawn 17...Kd8!? Svidler 17...0-0 18.Bf5 also tends to be equal 18.c5 bxc5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Be4= Mamedyarov 17.f4! Rfd8 18.Be3 g6 An alternative was 18...Nf8!? 19.Rfd1 Ng6 19.Rfd1 Be7 20.a4 Eventually, White has obtained a slightly better position. But Mamedyarov played precisely in the remaining part of the game and confidently achieved a draw. Nb8! 21.Be2 Rc7 22.c5 Perhaps, it wasn't necessary to rush. bxc5 23.dxc5 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Or 24.Rxd1 Nd7 25.c6 Nb6!= 24...Na6! 25.c6 Rxc6 26.Bxa7 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Be2 Ra5 29.Bxa6 Rxa6 30.Rb4= After 30.Ra1?! Ra5! it is rather White who can have some problems. 30...Rc6 31.Kg2 Rc3 32.a5 Ra3 33.Rb5 Kg7 34.Rc5 Kg8 35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Rc5 Kg8 37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Rc5 Kg8 ½–½
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Svidler,P2753Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018A18ACCENTUS Biel GMT10

 
Svidler - Mamedyarov
Position after 38...Kg8

The game kept everybody interested | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Biel International Chess Festival

Finally, in the most exciting game of the round, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and David Navara explored a nuanced version of the Italian Opening. The old opening that creates highly strategical battles has been examined a lot lately amongst the elite.

Navara played 8...a5 followed by 9...Ne7, a strange continuation in this line. Vachier-Lagrave did not take long to advance his pawn to d4. The players were already in new territory when the Czech grandmaster played a rather innocuous manoeuver — taking his knight to h7 and then to g5 — which gave White a strong attack.

 
Vachier-Lagrave - Navara
Position after 15.Nf5

After the exchange of knights on g5, the white queen arrived in h5 and a few moves later White already had a devastating attack, which the French player executed with precision.

 
Position after 18...exf4

Mikhail Golubev analysed MVL's fine win in detail:

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 At the top level, this move usually leads to the slow maneuvring play. And serves as an alternative to the Ruy Lopez Anti-Berlin system, one can say. Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Black has tried, literally, every sensibly looking move here. a5!? This is a more or less trendy idea. While 8...a6 is more typical. 9.Nf1 After 9.h3 , a4!? can make sense. 9...Ne7 Jakovenko-Svidler, Bundesliga 2017/8 continued 9...Be6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.d4 Ba7!? 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.Bxa7 Rxa7?! 14...Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Rxa7 15.Nd4 N7g6 16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Bf1! a4 18.g3!± Another example is Inarkiev-Andreikin, ch-RUS rapid Sochi 2017: 9...Bb6 10.Ng3 Be6 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.h3 exd4!? 14.Nxd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 Ne4! with the idea of 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 c5= 14...Bd7!? 15.Bd3 Re8= 16.Nf3 a4 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Ra5!? 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.d4!? 11.Ng3 a4!? 12.Bxa4 Bg4 13.d4 exd4?! 13...Ba7! with the idea of ...Nh4, or 14.Bb5 d5! 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Re3! c5 16.d5 was probably better for White in Sethuraman-Naiditsch, Sharjah 2018. 11...Ba7 12.h3 Bd7!? 13.Ng3 Here White could have played 13.a4!? eventually. 13...a4! 14.Bc2 Nh7 Starting an unfortunate maneuver. 15.Nf5!? Ng5? White's threats on the kingside were still rather illusory, but after Navara's big mistake things are getting grim for Black. The remedy was clearly worse than the disease in this case! 16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.Qh5! Nf4 18.Bxf4! exf4 Forced, because 18...gxf4 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Rad1! is just lost for Black: g6 21.Qh6 gxf5 22.exf5 f6 23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.f6+- 19.h4!± g6? Necessary was 19...gxh4 20.Nxh4 Qf6 21.e5 Qh6 22.Qxh6 gxh6± , anyway with quite a bad position. 20.Qh6! gxf5 21.exf5 f6 22.Qg6+! Avoiding 22.hxg5 Rf7! 22...Kh8 23.hxg5+- And White's attack is decisive. Bc6 24.Rad1 A faster win was 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Re6! and then, for example, Qd7 26.gxf6! Qh7 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.f7! Rxf7 29.Rh6 Rg8 30.Rxh7+ Rxh7 31.Qf6++- 24...Qd7 25.Rd3! Qg7 26.Rh3+ Kg8 27.Re7 Another good option was 27.Qh5 Rae8 28.Re6! 27...Qxg6 28.fxg6 f5 28...Rae8?! would have allowed White to execute his main threat: 29.Rh8+‼ Kxh8 30.g7+ Kg8 31.Bh7+! Kxh7 32.gxf8Q+ After 28...Rfe8 there is, for example, 29.Reh7!? fxg5 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.R3h7+ Kf6 32.Rf7+ Ke6 33.Rh5!? Kd5 34.Rxg5+ Kc4 35.Rxf4+- 29.Rhh7! And MVL concluded his assault confidently. Rfe8 30.Reg7+! Kf8 31.Rxc7 Kg8 32.Bxf5 Bb6 33.Rcg7+ Kf8 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.d5! Bxd5 36.Rfg7+ Kf8 37.Rd7! Kg8 38.g7! Bf7 39.g6 A nice spectacular game for the final round, but at he same time not much fun for the Czech grandmaster, indeed. 1–0
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Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Navara,D27411–02018C54ACCENTUS Biel GMT10

Commentary of Round 10

Commentary by GM Daniel King and IM Anna Rudolf

Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
TBPerf.
1
2801
7.5
10
31.75
2921
2
2842
6.0
10
25.75
2792
3
2779
5.5
10
23.25
2769
4
2753
5.5
10
23.25
2774
5
2741
4.0
10
17.25
2668
6
2526
1.5
10
7.75
2487
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4) 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.0-0 LiveBook: 3 Games Nxc5 The position is equal. 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nbd4
13...b5N Predecessor: 13...Ba5 14.a3 Bb6 15.b4 Ne4 16.Qd3 Ng5 17.Nxg5 hxg5 1-0 (36) Salem,A (2638)-Peralta,F (2556) Sitges 2017 14.Be2 e5 15.Nc2 15.a3 is more complex. exd4 16.Nxd4 Ne6 17.axb4 Rd8 18.Bf3 15...Rd8 16.Nxb4 Rxd1 17.Rfxd1 a5 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Nxe5 Bb7 20.Bf3 Rc8 21.Ng4 Qf8 22.h4 Nd7 With the idea ...Rxc1. 23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.a3 h5 25.Nh2 g6 26.Be2 Ne5 27.Bxb5 Bb7 28.Nc3 Qe7 29.Rd4 Qe6 30.Nf1 Qb3 31.Rd2 Nc4 32.Rd7 Bxc4 is the strong threat. Nxb2 33.Rxb7 Qxc3 34.Be8 Kf8 35.Bxf7 Qc6 36.Rxb2 Kxf7=       Endgame KQ-KRN 37.Rd2! Qa4 38.Rd3 Qxh4 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Rd4! Qe7 41.a4 Qa3 42.g3 Qa1 43.Kg2 g5 44.Nd2 g4 45.Ne4 Qc1 46.Nf6+ Kf7 47.Nxh5 Qc6+ 48.Kg1 Threatens to win with Rf4+. Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Kg6! 50.Nf4+ Kf6 51.Ng2 Kg5 52.Rf4 Qd1 53.Nh4 Hoping for Rf5+. Qc2 54.Nf5 Qd3 55.e4       Qd7?      
55...Qd1!= and Black has nothing to worry. 56.e5!+- Qh7+ 57.Kg1 aiming for e6. Qg6
58.Nd6! Qe6? 58...Qb1+ 59.Kh2 Qc1 59.Rf5+ Qxf5 60.Nxf5 Kxf5 61.f4 Kg2 would kill now. gxf3 62.Kf2 Kxe5 63.Kxf3 Kf5 64.Ke3 Precision: White = 75%, Black = 65%.
1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2842Navara,D27411–02018D30ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20181
Mamedyarov,S2801Georgiadis,N25261–02018A15ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20181
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Svidler,P2753½–½2018C84ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20181
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Carlsen,M28420–12018B07ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20182
Svidler,P2753Georgiadis,N25261–02018B51ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20182
Navara,D2741Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018C80ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20182
Carlsen,M2842Svidler,P2753½–½2018B94ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20183
Mamedyarov,S2801Vachier-Lagrave,M27791–02018A04ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20183
Georgiadis,N2526Navara,D27410–12018E62ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20183
Mamedyarov,S2801Svidler,P2753½–½2018D71ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20184
Navara,D2741Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2018D85ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20184
Georgiadis,N2526Carlsen,M2842½–½2018C17ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20184
Carlsen,M2842Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018C77ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20185
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Georgiadis,N25261–02018A18ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20185
Svidler,P2753Navara,D2741½–½2018A28ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20185
Svidler,P2753Vachier-Lagrave,M27790–12018A34ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20186
Navara,D2741Carlsen,M2842½–½2018D41ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20186
Georgiadis,N2526Mamedyarov,S28010–12018B92ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20186
Carlsen,M2842Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2018B90ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20187
Mamedyarov,S2801Navara,D27411–02018E10ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20187
Georgiadis,N2526Svidler,P27530–12018B90ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20187
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018C82ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20188
Svidler,P2753Carlsen,M2842½–½2018C65ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20188
Navara,D2741Georgiadis,N2526½–½2018E52ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20188
Mamedyarov,S2801Carlsen,M28421–02018E65ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20189
Navara,D2741Svidler,P2753½–½2018A33ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20189
Georgiadis,N2526Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2018D71ACCENTUS Biel GMT 20189
Carlsen,M2842Georgiadis,N25261–02018A00ACCENTUS Biel GMT 201810
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Navara,D27411–02018C50ACCENTUS Biel GMT 201810
Svidler,P2753Mamedyarov,S2801½–½2018A18ACCENTUS Biel GMT 201810

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