7/30/2021 – Three years ago Vincent Keymer defeated Boris Gelfand at the Isle of Man Open in a sensational game. In round 3 of the Grandmaster Tournament in Biel Gelfand, Vice World Champion 2012, now took a form of revenge and outplayed the young German Grandmaster. In the second decisive game of the round Noel Studer won against Maxime Lagarde. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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Kirill Alekseenko and Gata Kamsky drew as did Alan Pichot and Nihal Sarin.
Vincent Keymer had to play with Black against Gelfand and in a Catalan he quickly came under pressure.
Gelfand,B (2675) - Keymer,Vincent (2591) E10
54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (3), 29.07.2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Ne4 Here White often played 10.e4 b5 11.e5 Nd5 but this did not pose Black too many problems.
10...Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qc2 b5 13.b3 Bb7 Or 13...cxb3 14.axb3 Bb7 15.Ba5 with good play for the pawn.
14.bxc4 c5 14...a6 15.c5 and the bishop on b7 does not lead a happy life.
15.cxb5 15.dxc5 bxc4 16.Qxc4 Bd5 17.Qc2 Rc8 with counterplay.
15...cxd4 16.Rfd1
16... Qb6?! Better was 16...a6 17.a4 axb5 18.axb5 Qb6=
17.a4 Ne4 18.Qd3 Bf6? Now Black gets into trouble.
A win in the classical tournaments counts 4 points, a draw counts 1.5 points.
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The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
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