7/24/2013 – "In round three of the Biel GM tournament we saw caution, blunders and brilliance!" says Daniel King in his marvelous 3½-minute video summary of the day's events. This is a special service by the ChessBase team in Biel and is delivered just hours after the round has ended. In addition there are videos of the analysis sessions with the players, recorded immediately after the games. Round three report.
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GM
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 three report
24.07.2013 14:00: Round 3
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
-
Etienne Bacrot
½-½
(40)
Alexander Moiseenko
-
Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
(27)
Ding Liren
-
Richard Rapport
½-½
(40)
Summary of round three by GM Daniel King
These video summaries represent a pioneer effort by GM Daniel King and
Pascal Simon to give us a feel for what has happened in each round of the
Biel GM tournament. They require just three minutes of your time and should
not be missed. We thank our team for providing them just hours after the
rounds end.
The game Moiseenko vs Nepomniachtchi was the
first to end, after 27 moves
The start of the French-French duel Vachier-Lagrave
vs Bacrot (draw in 40)
Ding Liren vs Richard Rapport also ended after
40 moves in a draw
Replay all games of the round
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The first game to end was Alexander Moiseenko-Ian
Nepomniachtchi, which was analysed
by GM Daniel King with the players on Playchess immediately after it was
over.
Biel 2013 Round 3: Alexander Moiseenko vs
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Biel 2013 Round 3: Ding Liren vs Richard Rapport
Biel 2013 Round 3: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
vs Etienne Bacrot
The 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
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