Biel R05: Bacrot beat Rapport – narrowly
7/26/2013 – And Alexander Moiseenko narrowly avoided losing to the other Frenchman, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Etienne Bacrot played a super-sharp Botvinnik Variation against Richard Rapport, but the Hungarian's 17th move took the French GM by surprise. Bacrot fought for an advantage, relinquished it on move 23, and then got it back when Rapport blundered on the next move. Round five report.
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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 five report
| 26.07.2013 14:00: Round 5 | ||||
| Etienne Bacrot | - | Richard Rapport | 1-0 | (35) |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Ding Liren | ½-½ | (66) |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ½-½ | (40) |
Summary of round five by GM Daniel King
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Play of the day
Biel 2013 Round 5 Play of the Day - Bacrot vs. Rapport (+ Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren)
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Etienne Bacrot, in the lead with his round five win over ...
... 17-year-old Hungarian chess prodigy Richárd Rapport
What's going on here? French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
missed wins
two days ago against Bacrot and today against Alexander Moiseenko
Commentator Danny King found Ding Liren's 28th move "absolutely brilliant"
Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2717) - Ding,Liren (2714) [E90]
Breisacher Memorial Biel SUI (5.3), 26.07.2013
After the move 28...Bc3! White cannot play 29.Qxc3, since it loses immediately to 29...Bxh3 30.Nxh3 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh7+ 32.Bh5 Rxh5#. Nepomniachtchi played 29.Qg3 and the game ended after 66 moves in a draw.
Current standings
Video analysis with the players
Biel 2013 Round 5 Etienne Bacrot - Richard Rapport
Biel 2013 Round 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alexander Moiseeenko
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 | ½-½ | (40) |
| Alexander Moiseenko | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ½-½ | (27) |
| Ding Liren | - | Richard Rapport | ½-½ | (40) |
25.07.2013 14:00: Round 4 |
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| Alexander Moiseenko | - | Etienne Bacrot | ½-½ | (35) |
| Ding Liren | - | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 | (28) |
| Richard Rapport | - | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ½-½ | (35) |
26.07.2013 14:00: Round 5 |
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| Etienne Bacrot | - | Richard Rapport | 1-0 | (35) |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | - | Ding Liren | ½-½ | (66) |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | - | Alexander Moiseenko | ½-½ | (40) |
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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