7/26/2012 – After impeccable opening preparation so far, Anish Giri's opening went south very fast and by move 30 he was lost, giving Wang Hao his third win and the lead. Magnus Carlsen seemed poised to squeeze a win out of Etienne Bacrot, but an oversight led to a draw. Bologan and Nakamura played a crazy game which went both ways until the Moldavian blundered into a mate. Report with player analysis.
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The
2012 Biel Chess Festival is taking place from July 23rd to August 2nd, in a number of
groups: the Master Tournament (eleven rounds Swiss); the Main Tournament (nine
rounds Swiss); a Rapid and a Blitz tournament; Chess960; Youth, Simultaneous,
Chess Tennis, ChessBase training seminars. Of greatest interest is of course
the Accentus Grandmaster Tournament with six very strong grandmasters playing
a double round robin: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alex. Morozevich,
Wang Hao, Etienne Bacrot and Anish Giri.
Hikaru Nakamura, Etienne Bacrot, Magnus Carlsen, Wang Hao, Anish Giri and
Alex Morozevich
The rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves in 50 minutes followed by 15 minutes for
the rest of the game, with 30 sec increment per move. The scoring system is
three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. No draw offers are
permitted before move 30.
Round four
Round 4: Thursday, July 26, 14:00h
Viktor Bologan
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura
Anish Giri
0-1
Wang Hao
Etienne Bacrot
½-½
Magnus Carlsen
Etienne Bacrot and Magnus Carlsen
Despite the missing game, many expected Magnus Carlsen to start his romp towards the title, but it was put on hold today when his game against Etienne Bacrot that had turned to his advantage had an unexpected development. It had seemed virtually certain that Magnus would win the exchange by promoting his pawn and then start his long squeeze. Instead he went for a line that won the full piece, except for one problem: after winning the piece in a1 his knight would be trapped and captured. As a result, a few moves later, the game was drawn.
Bacrot and Carlsen analyze their game
The encounter of the day was unquestionably between the two leaders, Anish Giri and Wang Hao. Anish chose to play the Saemisch against Hao’s King’s Indian, but this time the Chinese player’s knowledge turned to be the deeper as he found himself in a line he was an expert in. Things soon became complicated and after a couple of mistakes, White was faced with a lost endgame. As a result, Wang Hao scored his third win and took the lead, bearing in mind that in Biel each win is worth three points.
An elated Wang Hao is now the leader at Biel
Wang Hao analyzes his game with Bischoff, and also explains about his name
The last game to end was certainly the oddest and most chaotic. Viktor Bologan found himself down the exchange in a quiet queenless middlegame against Hikaru Nakamura, but it seemed destined to drift into a draw. Instead the American began to push and push, and as is often the case in such circumstances, this backfired and he got into a difficult position which even yielded winning chances for White. At precisely this moment, the Moldavian went astray and not only blundered his way back to an equal position but tragically all the way to a mate against his king.
Bologan is the hero of the tournament, coming in on no notice to replace Morozevich
and allow the event to continue.
There is live audio and video commentary on the chess server Playchess.
The English commentary starts at 3:30 p.m., and German commentary directly from
the playing site begins at 4:00 p.m. In addition Yasser Seirawan is doing round-up
shows at 8:00 p.m. on the days he is commenting.
Commentary schedule
Friday
26/07/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Yasser Seirawan
Saturday
27/07/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Yasser Seirawan
Monday
28/07/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Yasser Seirawan
Tuesday
30/07/2011
Klaus Bischoff
Oliver Reeh
Wednesday
31/07/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Oliver Reeh
Thursday
1/08/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Sam Collins
Friday
2/08/2012
Klaus Bischoff
Sam Collins
As a special treat the multimedia commentary live from Biel is also available
on our live browser coverage. This also includes the players analysing after
their games.
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
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