Biel: Wins for Le, Esipenko and Abusattorov

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7/20/2022 – With their victories today, Lê Quang Liêm and Andrey Esipenko climbed to first and second places in the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon. Esipenko defeated former leader Gukesh, while Lê prevailed against Keymer. There was also a change of leader in the Ladies’ Quadriathlon, with France’s Margaux Moracchini taking the lead for the first time. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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Le Quang Liem retakes the lead

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With their victories today, Lê Quang Liêm and Andrey Esipenko climbed to first and second places in the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon, with 26 and 25½ points respectively. Esipenko defeated former leader Gukesh, while Lê prevailed against Keymer — both victories were far from clear-cut.

There was also a change of leader in the ladies’ Quadriathlon, with France’s Margaux Moracchini taking the lead for the first time.  

In the Master Tournament, a quartet is currently leading the field with 5 out of 6 points.

Biel Chess Festival 2022

A tough field — the Master Tournament

Grave mistakes

Midway through the round, Gukesh had a nice advantage over Esipenko, while his pursuers — Lê and Salem — were in trouble. Thus, the road seemed clear for Gukesh to take a big step towards winning the tournament. Suddenly, the young Indian started to play a series of terrible moves, though, both strategically and tactically, and lost his advantageous position.

The game between Lê and Keymer, which lasted more than six hours, was also eventful. The young German had a slight edge going into the endgame, but got tangled up in the technical position. The tables turned, and the Vietnamese grandmaster was ruthless in conversion!

The ranking changed dramatically: Lê took the lead with 26 points, Esipenko climbed to second place with 25½ points, while Gukesh was relegated to third place with 24 points!

Abdusattorov received a ‘gift’ from Salem, who incorrectly sacrificed a piece too ambitiously and lost in a few moves. Thus, the Uzbek player is closing the gap with the top three, as he now has 22½ points.

Grandmaster triathlon - Standings

Rank Name Games Classical Rapid Blitz Total
1 GM Le Quang Liem 25 8 11 7 26
2 GM Andrey Esipenko 25 8½ 10 7 25½
3 GM Dommaraju Gukesh 25 9½ 7 7½ 24
4 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 25 5½ 9 8 22½
5 GM Saleh Salem 25 5½ 7 8 20½
6 GM Vincent Keymer 25 4½ 5 8 17½
7 GM Gata Kamsky 25 7 1 8½ 16½
8 GM Arkadij Naiditsch 25 8½ 6 2 16½

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Abdusattorov,N2688Gukesh D26840–12022B3355th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20221.1
Le,Q2722Kamsky,G26550–12022D2055th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20221.2
Keymer,V2686Esipenko,A2682½–½2022E0555th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20221.3
Salem,A2684Naiditsch,A26640–12022C9255th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20221.4
Gukesh D2684Naiditsch,A2664½–½2022E1455th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20222.1
Esipenko,A2682Salem,A2684½–½2022C8455th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20222.2
Kamsky,G2655Keymer,V2686½–½2022B2355th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20222.3
Abdusattorov,N2688Le,Q27220–12022C5055th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20222.4
Le,Q2722Gukesh D26840–12022D3555th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20223.1
Keymer,V2686Abdusattorov,N2688½–½2022E4155th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20223.2
Salem,A2684Kamsky,G26551–02022A8055th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20223.3
Naiditsch,A2664Esipenko,A2682½–½2022C4755th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20223.4
Gukesh D2684Esipenko,A26820–12022D4155th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20224.1
Kamsky,G2655Naiditsch,A2664½–½2022A4855th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20224.2
Abdusattorov,N2688Salem,A26841–02022D3655th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20224.3
Le,Q2722Keymer,V26861–02022E1655th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20224.4
Keymer,V2686Gukesh D26840–12022D3555th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20225.1
Salem,A2684Le,Q27220–12022E1155th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20225.2
Naiditsch,A2664Abdusattorov,N26880–12022B3155th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20225.3
Esipenko,A2682Kamsky,G2655½–½2022C9555th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20225.4
Gukesh D2684Kamsky,G2655½–½2022D8755th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20226.1
Abdusattorov,N2688Esipenko,A26820–12022C5455th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20226.2
Le,Q2722Naiditsch,A26641–02022A2155th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20226.3
Keymer,V2686Salem,A2684½–½2022D3655th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20226.4
Salem,A2684Gukesh D26841–02022E1655th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20227.1
Naiditsch,A2664Keymer,V26861–02022B9255th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20227.2
Esipenko,A2682Le,Q2722½–½2022C7855th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20227.3
Kamsky,G2655Abdusattorov,N26881–02022B3855th Biel Festival GMT Classical 20227.4

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DAQ: Changes at the top

In the Ladies’ ACCENTUS Quadriathlon (DAQ), Margaux Moracchini continues her fabulous run in the classical section, as she has so far won all four of her games. Thanks to her victory over Iris Ciarletta, she took the lead of the tournament for the first time!

She is closely followed by French competitor Juliette Cornileau (30½ points after beating Cecila Keymer). In round 4, former leader Yongzhe Zhuang stumbled against her Swiss compatriot Gohar Tamrazyan.

Margaux Moracchini

Margaux Moracchini just before her game against Gohar Tamrazyan

Ladies quadriathlon - Standings

Rank Name Chess960 Classical Rapid Blitz Total
1 Margaux Moracchini 1 16 5 9 31
2 Juliette Cornileau 5½ 9½ 10 5½ 30½
3 Zhuang Yongzhe 3½ 9½ 10 6½ 29½
4 Iris Ciarletta 5½ 1½ 9 12 28
5 Gohar Tamrazyan 2½ 9½ 8 5½ 25½
6 Laura Sumarriva Paulin 3 7 7 8 25
7 Yulia Avilova 4 3 5 7½ 19½
8 Cecilia Keymer 3 3 2* 2 10

* scored by Veronika Kostina

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Zhuang,Y1838Avilova,Y1646½–½2022B22Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20221.1
Cornileau,J1900Ciarletta,I17171–02022A77Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20221.2
Keymer,C1652Sumarriva Paulin,L1913½–½2022D32Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20221.3
Sumarriva Paulin,L1913Tamrazyan,G1916½–½2022B25Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20222.1
Avilova,Y1646Moracchini,M19370–12022E92Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20222.2
Ciarletta,I1717Keymer,C1652½–½2022D18Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20222.3
Zhuang,Y1838Cornileau,J19001–02022B22Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20222.4
Tamrazyan,G1916Ciarletta,I17171–02022B53Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20223.1
Cornileau,J1900Avilova,Y1646½–½2022D35Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20223.2
Keymer,C1652Zhuang,Y18380–12022B14Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20223.3
Avilova,Y1646Sumarriva Paulin,L19130–12022D45Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20224.1
Ciarletta,I1717Moracchini,M19370–12022E70Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20224.2
Zhuang,Y1838Tamrazyan,G19160–12022D26Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20224.3
Cornileau,J1900Keymer,C16521–02022D18Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20224.4
Keymer,C1652Avilova,Y16461–02022D55Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20225.1
Tamrazyan,G1916Cornileau,J19001–02022B11Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20225.2
Moracchini,M1937Zhuang,Y18380–12022C47Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20225.3
Sumarriva Paulin,L1913Ciarletta,I17170–12022B24Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20225.4
Avilova,Y1646Ciarletta,I17170–12022B10Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20226.1
Zhuang,Y1838Sumarriva Paulin,L1913½–½2022C01Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20226.2
Cornileau,J1900Moracchini,M19371–02022A43Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20226.3
Keymer,C1652Tamrazyan,G1916½–½2022D21Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20226.4
Tamrazyan,G1916Avilova,Y16461–02022B23Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20227.1
Moracchini,M1937Keymer,C1652½–½2022C47Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20227.2
Sumarriva Paulin,L1913Cornileau,J19001–02022B26Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20227.3
Ciarletta,I1717Zhuang,Y18380–12022D20Women Accentus DAQ Classical 20227.4

MTO: Alekseenko and Motylev join the lead

In the Master Tournament (MTO), Vikash and Aryan neutralized each other on board 1. Russian GM Kirill Alekseenko took his chance by beating Pranav to join the leaders with 5/6 points. The same feat was achieved by Alexander Motylev, who beat Niclas Huschenbeth to join the leading pack. The Indians are now down to ‘only’ two out of four in the leading group.

Rating favourite Yu Yangyi stumbled again as he made an unbelievable mistake, which cost him the full point against Iniyan. The Chinese player is only at 3½/6, 1½ points behind the leaders. At 4½ points, we find a group of nine players who have not said their last word.

The top scorers among the Swiss representatives, currently with 3½ points each, are Theo Stijve and Gabriel Gaehwiler.

Standings after round 6

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Aryan Chopra 5,0 21,5
2 Visakh N R 5,0 19,0
3 Motylev Alexander 5,0 19,0
4 Alekseenko Kirill 5,0 18,5
5 Pranav Anand 4,5 22,0
6 Sargsyan Shant 4,5 21,5
7 Fedoseev Vladimir 4,5 20,0
8 Ganguly Surya Shekhar 4,5 20,0
9 Iniyan P 4,5 19,5
10 Sethuraman S.P. 4,5 19,0
11 Mendonca Leon Luke 4,5 18,5
12 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 4,5 18,0
13 Muradli Mahammad 4,5 17,5
14 Lagarde Maxime 4,0 20,5
15 Puranik Abhimanyu 4,0 20,0

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20.Qd1N 2:15 Predecessor: 20.Qb2 Bd6 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Rfe1 Rxe1+ ½-½ (22) Lobanov,E (2527)-Buecker,J (2515) ICCF email 2019 20...Bd6 2:35 21.Ne3 2:51 Bf8 7:35 22.Qf3 5:01 Ne4 3:43 23.Qf4 6:21 Bd6 1:23 Prevents Rc7. 24.Qf5 1:01 Qxf5 33 25.Nxf5 2
Hoping for Bxe4. 25...Ba3 13:08 26.Rc7 1:52 White is slightly better. Nf6 6:19 27.Bf3 5:10 White is more active. Kf8 1:35 28.Ne3 4:07 Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless) ½–½
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Visakh N R2503Aryan Chopra2610½–½2022E1555th Biel Festival MTO 20226.1
Alekseenko Kirill2708Pranav Anand24631–02022C5055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.2
Fedoseev Vladimir2686Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo2619½–½2022E1755th Biel Festival MTO 20226.3
Sargsyan Shant2661Ganguly Surya Shekhar2608½–½2022E5155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.4
Motylev Alexander2632Huschenbeth Niclas26101–02022D3555th Biel Festival MTO 20226.5
Yu Yangyi2720Iniyan P25330–12022C6555th Biel Festival MTO 20226.6
Petrov Martin2534Lagarde Maxime2631½–½2022B8555th Biel Festival MTO 20226.7
Sethuraman S.P.2623Gagare Shardul25141–02022C9555th Biel Festival MTO 20226.8
Puranik Abhimanyu2612Bharath Subramaniyam H2479½–½2022B6055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.9
Muradli Mahammad2523Banusz Tamas26111–02022D3055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.10
Seul,G2367Erdos Viktor2586½–½2022B5155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.11
Mendonca Leon Luke2567Raja Harshit24771–02022E6055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.12
Licznerski Lukasz2451Shevchenko Kirill2654½–½2022B8355th Biel Festival MTO 20226.13
Katz,A2402Martirosyan Haik M.26720–12022B8055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.14
Azarov Sergei2566Stijve,T2394½–½2022B5055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.15
Rathanvel V S2478Unuk,L2340½–½2022C5455th Biel Festival MTO 20226.16
Ajay Krishna,S2372Pavlovic Milos2461½–½2022B0855th Biel Festival MTO 20226.17
Herrera Reyes,J2345Prraneeth Vuppala24570–12022C4455th Biel Festival MTO 20226.18
Panjwani Raja2450Tanmay Chopra2322½–½2022E0455th Biel Festival MTO 20226.19
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2445Aydin Gulenay21001–02022E6855th Biel Festival MTO 20226.20
Karthik Rajaa2331Gurel Ediz2435½–½2022B4655th Biel Festival MTO 20226.21
Sahithi Varshini M2312Krishna C R G24300–12022C0755th Biel Festival MTO 20226.22
Popiol Michal2118Peyrer,K24061–02022A2955th Biel Festival MTO 20226.23
Dishman Stephen2252Hilby Craig2422½–½2022B2755th Biel Festival MTO 20226.24
Aaron Deepak2221Gaehwiler Gabriel24200–12022A3655th Biel Festival MTO 20226.25
Dushyant Sharma2416Mamedov Edgar22270–12022B1255th Biel Festival MTO 20226.26
Materia,M2409Schlegel Igor21941–02022E6155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.27
Song,J2391Sadeghi,H20681–02022D2455th Biel Festival MTO 20226.28
Lou Vincent2200Aziz,H2380½–½2022D4155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.29
Matsumura,C2043Haimovich,T23720–12022C9255th Biel Festival MTO 20226.30
Papadiamandis,E2369Marentini,M2053½–½2022C4255th Biel Festival MTO 20226.31
Schnepp Gunnar2265Meduri,A20001–02022D3155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.32
Shubin Daniel2120Kolbus Dietmar22851–02022B9855th Biel Festival MTO 20226.33
Bewersdorff Oliver2280Collin Moritz Valentin2129½–½2022A1355th Biel Festival MTO 20226.34
Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen2210Schwander Lukas22741–02022B5755th Biel Festival MTO 20226.35
Acikel Mert2172Dauth Benjamin2243½–½2022B0355th Biel Festival MTO 20226.36
Kittler Thorsten2226Akshit Kumar J21031–02022D1155th Biel Festival MTO 20226.37
Roe Simon J2170Kamber Bruno22250–12022A2055th Biel Festival MTO 20226.38

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