Biel R02: 3-0! All games decisive
7/23/2013 – Yesterday all the games were drawn, today all brought decisions: Etienne Bacrot beat Ding Linren with white, while Alexander Moiseenko and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave overcame Richard Rapport and Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces. Our full report is now up, with pictures and video interviews with the players, and a video summary of the round by GM Daniel King.
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Tournament in memoriam Olivier Breisacher
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.
Round two report
| 23.07.2013 14:00: Round 2 | ||||
| Etienne Bacrot | - | Ding Liren | 1-0 | (43) |
| Richard Rapport | - | Alexander Moiseenko | 0-1 | (38) |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | (63) |
Full summary of round two by GM Daniel King
Richard Rapport (above left) came out well from this B31 Sicilian but over-optimistically sacrificed a pawn and never recovered from the advantage it gave...
... the winner of this game Alexander Moiseenko
Etienne Bacrot (above) was not doing too well against Ding Liren's King's Indian...
... but the Chinese GM grabbed a pawn and got a position that he could not defend.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave gained a small advantage in a Grünfeld and ground down...
... Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who had to resign after 63 moves.
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Video analysis with the players
GM Daniel King analysing with the players on Playchess after their games
Biel 2013 Round 2 Richard Rapport - Alexander Moiseenko
Biel 2013 Round 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Biel 2013 Round 2 Etienne Bacrot - Ding Liren
Biel 2013 Round 2 Play of the Day - Rapport vs. Moiseenko
Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase
Schedule and results
| 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 | 1-0 | (43) |
| Richard Rapport | - | Alexander Moiseenko | 0-1 | (38) |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | (63) |
| 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 | ||
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