The Biel Chess Festival 2021 is coming to an end – the final round of the Grandmaster Tournament and the Masters Tournament will start on Wednesday, 4 August, 11 am local time.
The Grandmaster Tournament is a triathlon, with a rapid, a blitz and a classical tournament. The results are added up but the tournaments are weighted differently: in the classical tournament a win yields 4 points and for a draw you get 1.5 points.
After 5 of 7 rounds Gata Kamsky was first in the overall standings, and in the penultimate round he had to defend his lead against one of his pursuers, Nihal Sarin, which he managed to do with a draw.
Alan Pichot and Maxime Lagarde also drew their game but Kirill Alekseenko won a along endgame against Boris Gelfand and is now only 1.5 points behind Kamsky in the overall standings.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.d3 e5 7.Nh4 g6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh6 10.0-0 Nf7 11.Qe1 Bg7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Qg3 d6 14.Nhf3 Be6 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.h3 Rae8 17.Kh1 Kh8 18.Nc4 Ne5 19.Ncxe5 fxe5 20.Be3 Rf7 21.Rf2 Ref8 22.Ref1 Kg8 23.Kg1 Qe7 24.Bg5 Bf6 25.Be3 Bg7 26.a3 a6 27.Kh2 Rf4 28.Re2 R4f7 29.Qe1 h6 30.Ref2 Qd7 31.Qa5 Qc8 32.Qc3 Kh7 33.b4 cxb4 34.axb4 Kg8 35.Qa3 Kh7 36.b5 c5 37.Qxa6 Qxa6 38.bxa6 Ra8 39.Ng5+ hxg5 40.Rxf7 Bxf7 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Rd7 Rxa6 43.Kg3 c4 44.Kg4 Ra2 45.dxc4 Rxc2 46.Rxd6 Rxc4 47.Rxg6 Rxe4+ 48.Kf3 Ra4 49.Rxg5 Kf7 50.Rg4 Ra3 51.Ke4 Bf6 52.Rg3 Bh4 53.Rg4 Bf6 54.Bg5 Ke6 55.Bxf6 Kxf6 56.Rg8 Ra4+ 57.Kf3 Ra3+ 58.Ke4 Ra4+ 59.Kf3 Ra3+ 60.Kg4 Ra4+ 61.Kg3 Ra3+ 62.Kh4 e4 63.Re8 Kf5 64.g4+ Kf4 65.g5 Ra1 66.Rf8+ Ke5 67.Kh5 Rg1 68.h4 e3 69.Re8+ Kf4 70.g6 Kf3 71.Kh6 e2 72.g7 Kf2 73.h5 1–0
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Alekseenko,K | 2699 | Gelfand,B | 2675 | 1–0 | 2021 | B30 | 54th Biel GM 2021 | 6.4 |
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Vincent Keymer also won – he defeated Noel Studer.
N. Studer vs V. Keymer, Biel 2021
This remarkable position started as a Nimzo-Indian. Both sides still have all their pawns, but three pairs of minor pieces have been exchanged. Black has a "good" bishop and more space on the kingside, while White has a knight which can be an advantage in closed positions.
23...g5 Black advances on the kingside.
24.f4 Qg7 25.Rcc1 Rae8 Black has a couple of ideas how to become active while White can just react.
26.Nc2 h6 27.a4 Rf7 28.fxe5 Rxe5 29.Nd4 The exchange on e5 gave White's knight at least some squares.
29...Re4 30.Ne6 Qe5 31.g3 Bg6 32.Nd8 Rd7 33.Nc6 Qe8 34.Nd4 Qe5 35.Nc6 Qe8 36.Nd4 A tacit draw offer that Black declines.
36...Rf7 37.Ne6 Qe7 38.Qb2 Rf6!? Black lays a bait, the pawn on c7.
39.Nxc7 39.Qc3!? Bf7 40.Nd4
39...Bf7 40.Na8 White wants to win the pawn on b6 but usually knights are not particularly strong when standing in the corner of the board. However, 40.Ne6 Bxe6 41.dxe6 Qxe6 is also better for Black.
40...f4! The right time for an attack.
41.Nxb6 fxg3 42.Nc8 42.hxg3 Rg4–+ (42...Rf3–+)
42...Qd8 43.hxg3 Rf3 44.Kg2 44.Qg2 Bh5 45.Na7 Qe8–+
44...Bh5 45.Qc2 Re5 46.Rh1 Rfxe3 47.Rxh5 Re2+ 48.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 49.Kf3 Qe8 White has no adequate defense against the mate on e4. 0–1
In the classical tournament Vincent Keymer is now half a point behind Gata Kamsky but in the overall standings he is on place four.
Ranking of the classical tournament with 1.0 point for a win
Overall standings
1 |
GM Gata Kamsky |
27 |
14 |
11 |
6 |
31 |
2 |
GM Kirill Alekseenko |
27 |
12½ |
8 |
9 |
29½ |
3 |
GM Nihal Sarin |
27 |
7½ |
10 |
9½ |
27 |
4 |
GM Vincent Keymer |
27 |
12½ |
6 |
7 |
25½ |
5 |
GM Maxime Lagarde |
27 |
8½ |
9 |
7 |
24½ |
6 |
GM Boris Gelfand |
27 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
7 |
GM Alan Pichot |
27 |
8½ |
5 |
6½ |
20 |
8 |
GM Noel Studer |
27 |
8½ |
3 |
4 |
15½ |
Games Grandmaster Tournament
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1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Rad1 a5 12.Ba1 Bf5 13.Qd2 Qb8 14.Qc1 Qa7 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Ndb5 Qb6 17.Bb2 Bxb5 18.cxb5 a4 19.b4 a3 20.bxc5 axb2 21.cxb6 bxc1Q 22.Rxc1 cxb6 23.Bf3 Re7 24.Rfd1 Rc7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Rac8 27.Rxc7 Rxc7 28.Bb3 Bf8 29.g3 Rc5 30.a4 Be7 31.Bd5 Kf8 32.Bxb7 Rc4 33.Ra1 Bf6 34.Ra2 Bc3 35.Kg2 h5 36.Bd5 Rc5 37.Rc2 f5 38.f4 Ke7 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.e4 fxe4+ 41.Kxe4 Ba5 42.Re2 Rc1 43.Kf3 Rf1+ 44.Kg2 Re1 45.Rxe1 Bxe1 46.h4 Bb4 47.Kf3 Ba5 48.Ke2 Bb4 49.Be4 Ba5 50.Kf3 Bb4 51.Bc6 Ba5 52.Bd7 d5 53.Bc6 Ke6 54.g4 hxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Kf6 56.Bxd5 Bb4 57.Be4 Bd2 58.Bc2 Be1 59.Bd3 Bd2 60.Bb1 Be1 61.Bc2 Bd2 62.Kf3 Kg7 63.f5 ½–½
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Nihal Sarin | 2620 | Lagarde,M | 2648 | ½–½ | 2021 | A01 | 54th Biel GMT Classical 2021 | 7.3 |
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MTO Master Open
In the Master Open the Indian Grandmaster Murali Karthikeyan drew against Tamas Barnusz but is still sole leader. Salem Saleh, Pavel Eljanov and Gukesh follow half a point behind.
Standings after 8 rounds
1 |
12 |
|
GM |
Murali Karthikeyan |
|
2606 |
0 |
6,5 |
37,0 |
245,5 |
2767 |
1,65 |
2 |
1 |
|
GM |
Saleh Salem A.R. |
|
2682 |
0 |
6,0 |
36,0 |
245,0 |
2750 |
0,71 |
3 |
2 |
|
GM |
Eljanov Pavel |
|
2671 |
0 |
6,0 |
36,0 |
243,5 |
2743 |
0,74 |
4 |
15 |
|
GM |
Gukesh Dommaraju |
|
2578 |
0 |
6,0 |
31,5 |
239,5 |
2605 |
0,39 |
5 |
6 |
|
GM |
Banusz Tamas |
|
2631 |
0 |
5,5 |
36,5 |
247,0 |
2682 |
0,58 |
6 |
4 |
|
GM |
Sethuraman S.P. |
|
2644 |
0 |
5,5 |
33,5 |
235,5 |
2638 |
0,03 |
7 |
10 |
|
GM |
Erdos Viktor |
|
2614 |
0 |
5,5 |
33,5 |
226,5 |
2580 |
0,07 |
8 |
7 |
|
GM |
Chigaev Maksim |
|
2630 |
0 |
5,5 |
33,0 |
236,5 |
2643 |
0,21 |
9 |
20 |
|
GM |
Sadhwani Raunak |
|
2555 |
0 |
5,5 |
32,0 |
220,0 |
2600 |
0,72 |
10 |
19 |
|
GM |
Erigaisi Arjun |
|
2567 |
0 |
5,5 |
31,0 |
231,5 |
2541 |
-0,05 |
11 |
22 |
|
GM |
Kantor Gergely |
|
2527 |
0 |
5,5 |
30,0 |
229,0 |
2514 |
0,22 |
12 |
8 |
|
GM |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
|
2625 |
0 |
5,0 |
37,5 |
234,5 |
2640 |
0,20 |
13 |
29 |
|
IM |
Raja Harshit |
|
2484 |
0 |
5,0 |
36,5 |
245,0 |
2635 |
1,73 |
14 |
17 |
|
GM |
Wagner Dennis |
|
2572 |
0 |
5,0 |
36,5 |
244,0 |
2583 |
0,37 |
15 |
28 |
|
IM |
Kalyan Arjun |
|
2503 |
0 |
5,0 |
35,5 |
235,5 |
2621 |
1,41 |
16 |
11 |
|
GM |
R Praggnanandhaa |
|
2608 |
0 |
5,0 |
35,0 |
236,0 |
2623 |
0,22 |
17 |
13 |
|
GM |
Fedorchuk Sergey |
|
2598 |
0 |
5,0 |
34,0 |
235,0 |
2599 |
0,10 |
18 |
9 |
|
GM |
Narayanan S.L. |
|
2624 |
0 |
5,0 |
33,0 |
211,5 |
2585 |
-0,36 |
19 |
27 |
|
GM |
Budisavljevic Luka |
|
2509 |
0 |
5,0 |
30,5 |
223,5 |
2499 |
0,16 |
20 |
33 |
|
WGM |
Vaishali R |
|
2393 |
0 |
4,5 |
37,0 |
223,5 |
2523 |
1,46 |
73 players
Games Master Open
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1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 0-0 7.Re1 Qc8 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bd2 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 11...Bf6N 11...Nxd2 12.Qxd2 d6 13.e4 Nd7 14.Bh3 Qd8 15.Qf4 a6 16.Rad1 f6 17.Be6+ Kh8 18.Qe3 Ne5 12.Kh1?? 12.Nxe4+- Qd8 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bc3 12...g5?? 13.g4?? 13.Nxe4+- Be7 14.Bxg5 13...Kg7?? 14.h3?? 14.Nxe4+- d6 15.Nfxg5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 14...Kg6?? 15.Kg1? 15.Nxe4 Re8 16.Nd6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Salem,A | 2682 | Omar,N | 2367 | 1–0 | 2021 | E17 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.101 |
Donchenko,A | 2652 | Tahay,A | 2349 | ½–½ | 2021 | A34 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.103 |
Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J | 2322 | Sethuraman,S | 2644 | 0–1 | 2021 | E04 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.104 |
Aravindh,C | 2641 | Dordzhieva,D | 2311 | 1–0 | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.105 |
Fecker,N | 2309 | Banusz,T | 2631 | 0–1 | 2021 | C84 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.106 |
Chigaev,M | 2630 | Stelmaszyk,N | 2296 | 1–0 | 2021 | D33 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.107 |
Loeffler,M | 2295 | Ganguly,S | 2625 | 0–1 | 2021 | C18 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.108 |
Narayanan.S.L | 2624 | Kamber,B | 2275 | 1–0 | 2021 | E11 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.109 |
Praggnanandhaa R | 2608 | Wacker,P | 2263 | 1–0 | 2021 | A01 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.111 |
Fedorchuk,S | 2598 | Blagojevic,T | 2222 | 1–0 | 2021 | C50 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.113 |
Gukesh D | 2578 | Al Hosani,O | 2197 | 1–0 | 2021 | D00 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.115 |
Salzgeber,F | 2183 | Yuffa,D | 2578 | 0–1 | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.116 |
Wagner,D | 2572 | Doluhanova,E | 2179 | 1–0 | 2021 | C67 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.117 |
Erigaisi Arjun | 2567 | Rakhmangulova,A | 2167 | 1–0 | 2021 | E74 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.119 |
Korpa,B | 2536 | Ferster,F | 2143 | 1–0 | 2021 | D03 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.121 |
Schweizer,S | 2142 | Kantor,G | 2527 | 1–0 | 2021 | C26 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.122 |
Valsecchi,A | 2527 | Borner,D | 2133 | 1–0 | 2021 | E73 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.123 |
Giacomini,H | 2104 | Tang,A | 2525 | 0–1 | 2021 | E14 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.124 |
Visakh N R | 2516 | Schmid,C | 2091 | 1–0 | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.125 |
Paladini,J | 2084 | Shchekachev,A | 2515 | 1–0 | 2021 | A37 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.126 |
Gomez Barrera,J | 2083 | Arjun Kalyan | 2503 | 0–1 | 2021 | B56 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.128 |
Raja Harshit | 2484 | Sultan,I | 2076 | 1–0 | 2021 | C11 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.129 |
Vasquez Toledo,C | 2064 | Vignesh N R | 2428 | 0–1 | 2021 | B90 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 1.130 |
Fedorchuk,S | 2598 | Eljanov,P | 2671 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.102 |
Narayanan.S.L | 2624 | Dragnev,V | 2569 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.106 |
Arjun Kalyan | 2503 | Erdos,V | 2614 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.108 |
Praggnanandhaa R | 2608 | Baenziger,F | 2392 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.109 |
Seul,G | 2372 | Karthikeyan,M | 2606 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.110 |
Gukesh D | 2578 | Stelmaszyk,N | 2296 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.113 |
Pahud,C | 2200 | Erigaisi Arjun | 2567 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.114 |
Rakhmangulova,A | 2167 | Sadhwani,R | 2555 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.115 |
Korpa,B | 2536 | Kamber,B | 2275 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.116 |
Gomez Barrera,J | 2083 | Kantor,G | 2527 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.117 |
Visakh N R | 2516 | Blagojevic,T | 2222 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.118 |
Gschnitzer,A | 2420 | Schweizer,S | 2142 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.122 |
Haimovich,T | 2388 | Kornitzky,T | 2083 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.123 |
Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J | 2322 | Manukonda Arun | 2033 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.125 |
Donchenko,A | 2652 | Gueci,T | 2179 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.126 |
Fecker,N | 2309 | Dornieden,J | 2001 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.129 |
Ammar,S | 2274 | Schmid,C | 2091 | | 2021 | | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 3.130 |
Sethuraman,S | 2644 | Erdos,V | 2614 | 0–1 | 2021 | C78 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 9.103 |
Erigaisi Arjun | 2567 | Chigaev,M | 2630 | 1–0 | 2021 | C92 | 54th Biel Festival MTO 2021 | 9.105 |
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