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

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

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Video analysis with the players

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

Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase

Schedule and results

Links Official tournament site All games in PGN 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 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.