Biel: Vachier-Lagrave wins game two

by André Schulz
7/28/2016 – On Tuesday, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored the first win in his match against Peter Svidler in Biel. In their second game with classical time-control Vachier-Lagrave used a small inaccuracy by Svidler to liquidate into a better endgame which he could win. In the "Junior Challenge" Benjamin Bok outplayed Nico Georgiadis in a Benoni. Daniel King talked with the winners and the losers of the day. Video, impressions, games...
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The 49th International Chess Festival Biel is taking place from Saturday, July 23 until Wednesday, August 3 2016. The exact schedule and further information are now published on the official website. Here are the main links:

Video of day two

The second of four games with classical time-control - and the first time Vachier-Lagrave had White - was a theoretical duel in the Marshall Gambit. On move 19 Svidler deviated from a game he had previously played against Vishy Anand and got a satisfying position but later came into trouble after a small inaccuracy.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 The main line continues with 12.d4 but statistically the text-move scores better. 12...Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qf6 Üblicher ist 14...Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 z.B: 16.Be3 Bxd3 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Bd4 Rae8 19.Kg2 Qxf3+ 20.Kxf3 Re6 21.Rac1 h6 22.Kg2 Rg6 23.Ne4 Nf4+ 24.Kf3 Bxe4+ 25.Rxe4 Nd3 26.Rd1 Nxb2 27.Rd2 Ba3 28.Bb6 Rd6 29.Rxd6 Bxd6 30.Re2 Nd3= 1/2-1/2 (60) Wei,Y (2706)-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016 15.Nd2 Qg6 16.Bd1 Bxd3 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 19.Rxe4 f5 In a previous game against Anand Svidler here played 19...Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Kf1 Bf4 22.Bf3 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Kf8 24.a3 Rd8 25.c4 Nf4 26.Bxc6 Nd3 27.Rc2 bxc4 28.Rxc4 Nxb2 29.Rc2 Rc8 30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Be4 Rxc2+ 32.Bxc2 Nc4 33.Bd3 Nxa3 34.Bxa6 1/2-1/2 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Svidler,P (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 20.Re2 Rfe8 21.Bd2 Bf4 22.Be1 White keeps the pair of bishops. Nb6 23.g3 Bc7 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bf3 Re6 26.b3 Be5 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Kf1 g6 29.Rc1 a5?!
Svidler wanted to solve some of his problems by bringing the pawn to a4, with the idea to exchange it on b3. However, now White has... 30.c4! bxc4 31.Bxa5 cxb3 32.axb3 But not 32.Bxb6? bxa2 and Black regains his material with interest. 32...Nd5 32...Nd7? 33.Bxc6 and the passed b-pawn will be happily supported by the two bishops. 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Bxd5+ Re6 35.Bd2 Ke7 36.Bxe6 Kxe6 37.Ke2 White liquidated into a bishop ending with an extra pawn. Black is fighting for a draw. Kd5 38.Kd3 h5 39.b4 Bd6 40.Kc3 h4 41.Be3 h3 Searching for active counterplay. Better was 41...hxg3 42.hxg3 Be5+ 43.Kb3 Bc7 42.b5 Ke4 43.b6 Kf3 44.b7 Bb8 44...Kg2 45.Bf4+- 45.Ba7?? Kxh2= 45.Kd3 Kg2 46.Bf4 Ba7 47.g4 Avoiding the last trap. 47.b8Q?? Bxb8 48.Bxb8 Kxh2 49.g4+ Kg2 50.gxf5 gxf5 51.Ke3= is only a draw. 1–0
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Vachier-Lagrave,M2798Svidler,P27591–02016C8949th Biel Masters Match2

With this win Maxime Vachier-Lagrave entered the free day on Wednesday with a 1.5-0.5 lead. On Thursday, 28th July, Svidler has White in game three and the chance to equalize the score.

Svidler-Vachier Lagrave, classical games

 
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1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0-0 a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 b5 7.c4 Rb8 8.cxb5 axb5 9.a3 Ne5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Ba6 12.b4 e6 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Nxb5 Be7 15.Bc4 0-0 16.bxc5 Nxc5 17.a4 Qd7 18.Ba3 Rfc8 19.Reb1 Bd8 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.d3 g6 22.g3 Be7 23.Rd1 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Qc7 25.Bc4 Qa5 26.Qc2 Rcc8 27.Kg2 Bc5 28.Rab1 Bd4 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Bb5 Kg7 31.Qd2 Bc3 32.Qc2 Bd4 33.Qd2 Bc3 34.Qc2 ½–½
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Svidler,P2759Vachier-Lagrave,M2798½–½2016B5149th Biel Masters Match1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2798Svidler,P27591–02016C8949th Biel Masters Match2

Parallel to the Masters Challenge - the match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler - a Junior Challenge - two matches between young talents - is played on the stage of the congress hall in Biel. On Monday Francisco Rambaldi had won the first game of his match against Noel Studer, their second game was drawn.

Rambaldi-Studer

 
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1.e4 0 e6 0 2.d4 0 d5 0 3.Nc3 0 Nf6 0 4.e5 0 Nfd7 0 5.f4 0 c5 0 6.Nf3 0 Nc6 0 7.Be3 0 a6 0 8.Qd2 0 b5 0 9.a3 0 Qa5 0 10.Be2 0 b4 0 11.Nd1 0 Rb8 0 12.c3 0 c4 0 13.0-0 0 bxa3 0 14.bxa3 0 Rb3 0 15.a4 0 Nb6 0 16.Qc2 0 Ra3 0 17.Rxa3 0 Bxa3 0 18.Bd2 0 Qxa4 0 19.Qb1 0 Qb3 0 20.Qa1 0 Na4 12 21.Be1 0 Be7 0 22.f5 0 exf5 3:29 23.Ne3 0 Nb6 0 24.Bd1 0 Qb5 30 25.Rf2 0 Na5 5:21 26.Rb2 0 Nb3 0 27.Qa2 0 Bd8 2:15 28.Qb1 0 Qd7 29 29.g4 26 fxg4 31 30.Nh4 0 0-0 1:27 31.Nhf5 1:28 Qc6 8 32.Rg2 1:07 g6 0 33.Nh6+ 2:18 Kg7 0 34.Nhxg4 11 h5 34 35.Nf2 18 Rh8 0 36.Nh1 3:05 h4 35 37.Bc2 3:01 h3 0 38.Rf2 2 Bg5 0 39.Rf3 15 a5 4 40.Rg3 1:43 Bf4 0 41.Rf3 0 Bh6 0 42.Nf2 0 Be6 0 43.Nfg4 0 Bg5 0 44.Nf6 0 a4 0 45.Kh1 0 Nd7 0 46.Rg3 0 Bf4 0 47.Rf3 0 Bg5 0 48.Rg3 0 Bh4 0 49.Rg1 0 Bxf6 0 50.exf6+ 0 Nxf6 0 51.Bxg6 0 Kf8 0 52.Bg3 0 Nd2 0 53.Qb4+ 0 Ke8 0 54.Bc2 0 Nb3 0 55.Qb8+ 0 Bc8 1:11 56.Nf5 0 Kd7 26 57.Nd6 0 Ne4 0 58.Qa7+ 0 Bb7 9 59.Nxb7 34 Ke6 0 60.Rf1 1:33 f5 0 61.Rxf5 0 Rh7 0 62.Nd8+ 0 Kxf5 0 63.Qxh7+ 0 Qg6 0 64.Qd7+ 0 Kg5 0 65.Nf7+ 0 1–0
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Rambaldi,F2544Studer,N24621–02016C1149th Biel Juniors Challenge5
Studer,N2462Rambaldi,F2544½–½2016A5049th Biel Juniors Challenge6

 

In the second match of the Junior Challenge, Benjamin Bok went 2-0 ahead by beating Nico Georgiadis with a Benoni.

 
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Bok,B2613Georgiadis,N24701–02016D3849th Biel Juniors Challenge5
Georgiadis,N2470Bok,B26130–12016A6249th Biel Juniors Challenge6

 

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