Biel: Sightseeing in La Neuveville and blindfold chess on a boat!

by Arne Kaehler
7/16/2024 – The participants of the Masters and the Challengers at the Biel Chess Festival were invited to an excursion on the first rest day: a boat trip to picturesque La Neuveville. Saleh Salem and Hail Martyrosian enjoyed the ride by playing a game of blindfold chess, which featured a remarkable tactical finish. Arne Kähler is enjoying himself in Switzerland and recording the events on video!
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Switzerland is certainly one of the most beautiful countries in Europe with a charming landscape, high mountains and picturesque lakes. The players of the invitational tournaments at the Biel Chess Festival are traditionally invited to an excursion on the rest day, either on the water or in the mountains.

This time they travelled by boat to the other end of Lake Biel, to La Neuveville.

Of course, players can never stop thinking about chess, not even on a trip like this. Saleh Salem and Haik Martirosyan played a game of blindfold chess on the excursion - one that ended with a beautiful combination!

Arne Kähler captured the events with his camera.

The game

Salem, Saleh1–0Martirosyan, Haik
Blind Bullet Chess on boat
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 h6 6.d3 Ng5 7.Nxg5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nc6 9.Bf4 g6 10.c3 d4 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.f4 g5 13.fxg5 Bg4 14.Qd2 Nxe5 15.Nf4 dxc3 16.bxc3 Qd7 17.Be2 0-0-0 18.0-0 Qc6 19.Rac1 Rd7 20.d4 Rhd8 21.Qe3 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Ng6 23.Nd3 Qa6 24.Rxf7 Bh8 25.Qe4 Qa3 26.Qxg6 c4 27.Rb1 cxd3
28.Qc6+ 28.Qc6+ bxc6 29.Rb8# 1–0

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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