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 eight report

Summary of round eight 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.

Play of the day

Biel 2013 Round 8 Play of the Day: Richard Rapport vs Ding Liren

Replay all games of the round

Select games from the dropdown menu above the board

"This time I really did not deserve to draw," said Etienne Bacrot after the game

Youngster Richard Rapport lost another game, this time against ...

... Chinese GM Ding Liren, just three years his senior

Ian Nepomniachtchi won his first game in Biel, beating Alexander Moiseenko

Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase

Current standings

Video analysis with the players

Biel 2013 Round 8: Richard Rapport-Ding Liren

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.