Biel R07: A long and grueling day

by ChessBase
7/29/2013 – That's what our commentator Daniel King calls round seven. The first game to end was Ding Liren vs Etienne Bacrot, a precarious draw in 57. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave almost blew it against Ian Nepomniachtchi, but finally sunk the putt after 66 moves. And Alexander Moiseenko needed 75 moves to bring down youngster Richard Rapport, who surprised him with a flashy defence. Round seven 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 seven report

29.07.2013 14:00: Round 7
Ding Liren - Etienne Bacrot ½-½ (57)
Alexander Moiseenko - Richard Rapport 1-0 (75)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 (66)

Summary of round seven 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 round's end.

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Biel 2013 Round 7 Play of the Day

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 0-0 7.e5 Ne8 8.f4 exd5 9.cxd5 d6 10.Nf3 c4 11.a4 Nd7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.axb5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bb7 15.Qd4 Nc7 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.d6 Nxb5 18.Bd2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rae8 20.Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21.Kd1 Bxd2 22.Nxa7 Bf4 23.Ra6 Nd5 24.Nc6 Ne3+ 25.Ke2 Re6 26.Nd4 Re5 27.Kf2 Ng4+ 28.Bxg4 Be3+ 29.Kf3 Bxd4 30.Rd1 f5 31.Rxd4 fxg4+ 32.Kxg4 Re2 33.Kh3 Rxb2 34.Rxc4 Rb3+ 35.g3 Rb7 36.Rc7 Rxc7 37.dxc7 Rc8 38.Rc6 Kf7 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.Kf5 Kd7 41.Rc4 Kd6 42.Rd4+ Ke7 43.Rc4 Kd6 44.Rh4 Ke7 45.Rg4 g6+ 46.Kg5 Rxc7 47.Kh6 Kf8 48.h4 Kg8 49.Ra4 Rc8 50.Ra7 Rc3 51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Kxh7 Rxg3 53.h5 Rh3 54.h6 Rf3 55.Rg8+ Kf7 56.Ra8 Rf1 57.Ra7+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding,L2714Bacrot,E2714½–½2013E20Breisacher Memorial7.1
Moiseenko,A2699Rapport,R26931–02013A40Breisacher Memorial7.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2719Nepomniachtchi,I27171–02013E60Breisacher Memorial7.3

The first game to finish: Ding Liren vs Etienne Bacrot, draw after five hours and 57 moves

Alexander Moiseenko vs Richard Rapport was the longest game of the day ...

Rapport, under pressure, played an incredible move (27...g5) which did not save him

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Ian Nepomniachtchi in the middlegame ...

... then looked like he would throw away the win ...

... but in the end managed to defeat Nepomniachtchi in 66 moves.

Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase

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Video analysis with the players

Biel 2013 Round 7: Ding Liren - Etienne Bacrot

On the free day Bacrot, Vachier-Lagrave and Moiseekno try their hand at ...

... a round of mini-golf, with Maxime delicately aiming a putt ...

... while Alexander is more practical about it

GMs commenting on a move of their colleague


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
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
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
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
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
Etienne Bacrot - Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ (38)
Richard Rapport - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ (40)
Ding Liren - Alexander Moiseenko 1-0 (40)

28.07.2013: Rest Day!

29.07.2013 14:00: Round 7
Ding Liren - Etienne Bacrot ½-½ (57)
Alexander Moiseenko - Richard Rapport 1-0 (75)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 (66)

30.07.2013 14:00: Round 8
Etienne Bacrot - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Alexander Moiseenko
Richard Rapport - Ding Liren

31.07.2013 14:00: Round 9
Richard Rapport - Etienne Bacrot
Ding Liren - Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alexander Moiseenko - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

01.08.2013 14:00: Round 10
Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Moiseenko
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Richard Rapport

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