7/19/2024 – All three games finished drawn in round 3 of the Masters Triathlon at the Biel Chess Festival, which means Abhimanyu Mishra remains as the sole leader in the 6-player event. In the Challengers section, the lowest-rated participant, Vaishali R, continues to perform flawlessly, as she won her third classical game in a row. Vaishali thus grabbed the sole lead in the tournament. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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Three draws in the Masters
Press release by the Biel Chess Festival
The top two in the Masters Triathlon faced each other in round 3 of classical chess – and decided not to fight for long. Abhimanyu Mishra and last year's winner Le Quang Liem agreed to a draw relatively quickly, after 22 moves, by repetition.
A draw by repetition was also seen a little later in the game between third-placed Haik Martirosyan and Praggnanandhaa.
Abhimanyu, Le and Martirosyan still occupy the top half in the standings. The duel between the players at the bottom of the table, Vinceny Keymer and Sam Shankland, which would have allowed the winner to catch up with the leaders, also resulted in a draw.
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Vaishali Rameshbabu continued her excellent run in the Challengers Triathlon. While her brother Praggnanandhaa has yet to get going in the Masters, Vaishali is now the only player in both GMT tournaments to have won all three of her classical games – and she is the player with the lowest Elo rating!
In Thursday's game against Ihor Samunenkov, Vaishali benefited from the fact that her opponent first failed to capitalise on a mistake and then made several errors of his own.
In second and third place are Salem Saleh and Alexander Donchenko, respectively, who ultimately played out a draw in their direct duel after the Emirati got a slight advantage. Jonas Bjerre, the top seed in the Challengers, was able to make a leap forward, as he finally won his first points in classical chess after suffering two defeats. He beat Marc'Andria Maurizzi by gaining a steadily growing advantage in the middlegame and then converting it with aplomb.
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After four rounds are the Master Tournament MTO, there is still a lot to play for. Most of the favourites are still close together, with ten players leading the table with 3½/4 points each.
The best women are currently IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, WIM Alua Nurman and WIM Xeniya Balabayeva, all from Kazakhstan, with 3 points each.
The best Swiss players in the tournament are currently FM Moritz Collin and FM Teimur Toktomushev with 2 ½ points each.
When so many games are played daily, it is inevitable that a few particularly outstanding encounters take place. To highlight these games, the organisers of the Biel Chess Festival have created the Beauty Award.
Every evening after the rounds are over, the most attractive game from the MTO, HTO and ATO can be voted for on the festival's social media channels. The winners will present their game on the live stream the following day and receive a small gift.
Replay the games that have so far won the awards below.
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1.e455c5112.Nf346d6173.d434cxd4114.Nxd413Nf695.Bd355e51:396.Nf350Be77:067.c4570-04:438.Nc349 Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.Na63:409.h36:00Be65:3610.0-02:41Nc52:5511.b32:18Nxd31:0812.Qxd39Ne81:5313.Rd16:38 Weiß behält die Zügel nun fest in der Hand.Kh87:2314.Qe34:25 Schwarz muss nun Nxe5 beachten.Qc83:1715.Ba32:47 Zielt auf Nxe5 ab. Weiß steht deutlich aktiver. Die schwarzen Türme stehen passiv.f57:5915...f6±16.Nxe514:27 Und exf5 würde nun gewinnen.Bf62:0416...f4±17.Qf3Qc717.exf5+-2:4917.Bxd6?Nxd618.f4Nxe419.Nxe4fxe420.Qxe4Qc5+21.Qd4Qa5-+21...Qxd4+?22.Rxd4Kg823.Kh2-+17...Bxf53:1018.Bxd612:20Nxd61419.Rxd66Re811:0120.f411:10Be75:2921.Rd555Be61:1422.Rd49Bc52:06
23.Ne4!38Bxd43424.Qxd49 Und jetzt Nd6 wäre schön.Qd87:17
24...Re7war angesagt.25.Nd6Qc725.Nd6!2:55 Ein dynamisches Springerpaar.Rf81:45
Verhindert Ndf7+26.f5!1:15Bg85:01 Schwarz ist schwach auf den weissen Feldern27.Rd110Qg51:4028.Rd33:0528.Nxb7Rxf529.Ng4Raf828.g4+-28...b68:3028...Rxf5±29.Nf329.Nxf5Qxf530.Re3Rf8+-29...Qf629...Qc1+?30.Rd1±29.Kh21:33Besser ist29.h4+-Qe730.h529...Qf64:5429...Rxf5±30.Nxf5Qxf530.Nd72:20Qxd4831.Rxd45Rfd81832.Ne512Rf83:16 Lässt Ndf7+ nicht zu33.Rh438g53234.Rd49:29Auf keinen Fall34.fxg6?!Rf6±34...Kg73:0335.g441h5?2:2335...a5war einen Versuch wert.36.h436.Nd7Rfd8+-36...h637.hxg5hxg536.gxh55:11Kh64737.Ng4+20Kxh51:2937...Kh7+-38.Kg3Rad838.Ne431 Weiß setzt Matt.Rad81:4739.Ng3+24Kh4840.Ne3+18Rxd4641.Ng2#50:05 Gewichteter Fehlerwert: Weiß=0.18 (sehr präzise) /Schwarz=0.52. Fehler: Weiß=2 Schwarz=7 Ungenau: Weiß=1 Schwarz=2 OK: Weiß=15 Schwarz=11 Bester: Weiß=1 --- Stark: Weiß=1 ---1–0
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