7/31/2013 – The Biel scoring system awards three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. In the penultimate round Alexander Moiseenko beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in an impressive game and advanced to equal second with Etienne Bacrot. Ding Liren drew Ian Nepomniachtchi and is in the lead. With one round to go there are four players in contention for the title. Round nine 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 nine report
31.07.2013 14:00: Round 9
Richard Rapport
-
Etienne Bacrot
½-½
(42)
Ding Liren
-
Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
(64)
Alexander Moiseenko
-
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
1-0
(41)
Summary of round nine 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 9 Play of the Day: Alexander
Moiseenko vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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Alexander Moiseenko in contention for the
title ...
... with an impressive win over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ding Liren in the sole lead according to the
Biel scoring system
Etienne Bacrot in second place also in contention
for the title
Minus four – is Richard Rapport too young
for such a strong event?
Maybe we should wait until he is eighteen?!
Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase
Current standings
Note that in Biel the games are scored three points for a win, one for
a draw and zero for a loss. According to this "soccer" system,
which is official in this tournament, the standings are:
Here are the standing according to the traditional 2-1-0 scoring system:
Possible Tiebreaks
If two players finish with the same amount of points after the 10th
and last round (Thursday 1st August 2013), there will be a tie-break on
Friday 2nd August.
The tie-break: two rapid games with 15 minutes, with increase of 10’’/move.
If 1-1, two games with 5’+2”. If again 1-1, one Armageddon
game with 5’ for white (has to win) and 4’ for black.
If three players finish with the same amount of points after the last
round, the best player according to Sonnenborn-Berger points will be qualified
for the tie-break. The two others will make a semi-final in blitz (two
games with 5’+2’’; if 1-1, one Armageddon game).
If four players finish with the same amount of points after the last
round, there will be semi-finals in blitz (two games with 5’+2’’;
if 1-1, one Armageddon game). The semi-finals will be Player 1- Player
4 and Player 2- Player 3 (according to Sonnenborn-Berger), with 1 and
2 having the priority to choose the colour. Then, the winners make the
final, according to Point 2 (rapid and if necessary blitz games).
01.08.2013 14:00: Final round pairings
Etienne Bacrot
-
Alexander Moiseenko
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
-
Ding Liren
Ian Nepomniachtchi
-
Richard Rapport
Note that if Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beats Ding Liren and Bacrot draws Moiseenko, there will be tiebreaks with four players on Friday!
Video analysis with the players
Biel 2013 Round 9: Alexander Moiseenko - Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave
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GM
Tournament in memoriam Olivier Breisacher
