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The GM tournament this year is in memory of Olivier Breisacher, who for more than 15 years looked after the organisation, reporting and external communications around the grandmasters tournament in Biel. The tournament is a ten-round double round robin, played from July 22nd to August 1st, with games starting at 2 p.m. local time. Here are the participants:
No.
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Player | Country | Birth date |
Rating
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w-rank
|
1
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 21.10.1990 |
2719
|
26
|
2
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Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 14.07.1990 |
2717
|
27
|
3
|
Etienne Bacrot | France | 22.01.1983 |
2714
|
29
|
4
|
Ding Liren | China | 24.10.1992 |
2714
|
30
|
5
|
Alexander Moiseenko | Ukraine | 17.05.1980 |
2699
|
47
|
6
|
Richard Rapport | Hungary | 25.03.1996 |
2693
|
54
|
22.07.2013 14:00: Round 1 | ||||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Etienne Bacrot | ½ - ½ | (46) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Richard Rapport | ½ - ½ | (22) |
Alexander Moiseenko | - | Ding Liren | ½ - ½ | (41) |
In the first three rounds of the Grandmaster Group of the Biel Chess tournament there were three draws on day one. Etienne Bacrot (above) repeated a line of the Queen's Gambit Exchange Variations he had played, unsuccessfully, against Peter Svidler in Thessaloniki earlier this year. He won a pawn and had a nice advantage but an exposed king, and the game finished after 45 moves in a draw.
Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in his game against Bacrot
Richard Rapport (above) played the Birds Variation of the Ruy Lopez against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The result was a short, sharp game which is definitely worth replaying and studying.
Vachier-Lagrave (above) had an advantage until move 15, when Rapport found the lovely sacrifice 15...Bxh3, after which the draw by repetition was forced.
Alexander Moiseenko played a rather seldom variation of the King's Indian against Ding Liren, with the novelty (after a 1995 game) coming at move 17. After a complicated middlegame struggle the draw came immediately after the time control.
Select games from the dropdown menu above the board
GM Daniel King provides video analysis of Vachier-Lagrave-Rapport
GM Daniel King analyses with Vachier-Lagrave and Rapport
GM Daniel Kingan analyses with Moiseenko and Ding Liren
GM Daniel King analyses with Nepomniachtchi and Bacrot
GM Daniel King Daily Report & Vachier-Lagrave and Rapport Interview
Richard Rapport, 17, Hungary, 2693
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 23, France, 2719
Alexander Moiseenko, 33, Ukraine, 2699
Ding Liren, 20, China, 2714
Etienne Bacrot, 30, France, 2714
Ian Nepomniachtchi, 23, Russia, 2717
Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase
Drawing of lots on a lawn: Etienne Bacrot picks a box with a start number
For those of you interested in the statue:
the offical web site calls this "Art in Twilight"
A simultaneous exhibition by Ian Nepomniachtchi on Sunday...
... in the streets of the Swiss city of Biel (French: Bienne)
Open air celebration of the start of the Biel Chess Festival
Posing with giant pieces: Moiseenko, Nepomniachtchi, Ding, Rapport
Swiss GM Jannick Pelletier interviewing Hungarian GM Richard Rapport – in English
The official French language commentator Yannick Pelletier
GMs Daniel King and Artur Jussupow commenting live on Playchess in English
22.07.2013 14:00: Round 1 | ||||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Etienne Bacrot | ½ - ½ | (46) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Richard Rapport | ½ - ½ | (22) |
Alexander Moiseenko | - | Ding Liren | ½ - ½ | (41) |
23.07.2013 14:00: Round 2 |
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Etienne Bacrot | - | Ding Liren | ||
Richard Rapport | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
24.07.2013 14:00: Round 3 |
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Etienne Bacrot | ||
Alexander Moiseenko | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ||
Ding Liren | - | Richard Rapport | ||
25.07.2013 14:00: Round 4 |
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Alexander Moiseenko | - | Etienne Bacrot | ||
Ding Liren | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
Richard Rapport | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ||
26.07.2013 14:00: Round 5 |
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Etienne Bacrot | - | Richard Rapport | ||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Ding Liren | ||
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ||
27.07.2013 14:00: Round 6 |
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Etienne Bacrot | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ||
Richard Rapport | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
Ding Liren | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ||
28.07.2013: Rest Day! |
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29.07.2013 14:00: Round 7 |
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Ding Liren | - | Etienne Bacrot | ||
Alexander Moiseenko | - | Richard Rapport | ||
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ||
30.07.2013 14:00: Round 8 |
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Etienne Bacrot | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ||
Richard Rapport | - | Ding Liren | ||
31.07.2013 14:00: Round 9 |
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Richard Rapport | - | Etienne Bacrot | ||
Ding Liren | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ||
Alexander Moiseenko | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ||
01.08.2013 14:00: Round 10 |
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Etienne Bacrot | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ||
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Ding Liren | ||
Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Richard Rapport |
LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |