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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:
Peter Svidler (left, with White) needed to win and is going for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's favorite Najdorf.
May Maxime Vachier-Lagrave likes the Najdorf because the
opening offers so many resources?
Peter Svidler missed a chance in a good position
Analysis with Daniel King
Peter Svidler still wondering about the game
Parallel to the "Masters Challenge", the duel between Svidler and Vachier-Lagrave, Dutch GM Benjamin Bok plays a match against Swiss IM Nico Georgiadis and GM Francesco Rambaldi from Italy faces Swiss IM Noel Studer - these two matches are the "Juniors Challenge".
Benjamin Bok (left) won the match against Nico Georgiadis:
he leads with 7.5-2.5.
The match between Francesco Rambaldi (left) and Noel Studer
is still open though Rambaldi leads 6-4.
The Masters Tournament is a strong open full of grandmasters, experienced players and rising talents. After four rounds five players share the lead with 3.5/4.
German GM Martin Krämer
| 1. | Bachmann,Axel | GM | 2649 | M | PAR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 25.5 |
| 2. | Kovchan,Alexander | GM | 2576 | M | UKR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 24.5 |
| 3. | Shankland,Samuel L | GM | 2661 | M | USA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 23.5 |
| 4. | Kraemer,Martin | GM | 2567 | M | GER | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 23.0 |
| 5. | Aravindh,Chithambaram VR | GM | 2543 | M | IND | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 23.0 |
| 6. | Saric,Ivan | GM | 2660 | M | CRO | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 24.5 |
| 7. | Vitiugov,Nikita | GM | 2728 | M | RUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 |
| 7. | Mroziak,Maciej | 2306 | M | POL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | |
| 9. | Gaehwiler,Gabriel | FM | 2392 | M | SUI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 23.5 |
| 10. | Safarli,Eltaj | GM | 2678 | M | AZE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 23.0 |
| 11. | Sasikiran,Krishnan | GM | 2639 | M | IND | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 22.5 |
| 12. | Kunin,Vitaly | GM | 2592 | M | GER | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 22.5 |
| 13. | Balogh,Csaba | GM | 2635 | M | HUN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 22.0 |
| 13. | Shyam,Sundar M | GM | 2526 | M | IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 22.0 |
| 15. | Bartel,Mateusz | GM | 2649 | M | POL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 25.0 |
| 16. | Swayams,Mishra | IM | 2457 | M | IND | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 24.5 |
| 17. | Sethuraman,S P. | GM | 2656 | M | IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 24.0 |
| 18. | Baklan,Vladimir | GM | 2618 | M | UKR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 23.0 |
| 19. | Gozzoli,Yannick | GM | 2571 | M | FRA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 22.5 |
| 20. | Meier,Georg | GM | 2657 | M | GER | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 21.0 |
| 21. | Salem,A R. Saleh | GM | 2608 | M | UAE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 24.0 |
| 22. | Brkic,Ante | GM | 2585 | M | CRO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 23.5 |
| 22. | Karthikeyan,Murali | GM | 2513 | M | IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 23.5 |
| 24. | Khairullin,Ildar | GM | 2629 | M | RUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 |
| 24. | Erdos,Viktor | GM | 2578 | M | HUN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 |
| 26. | Edouard,Romain | GM | 2639 | M | FRA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 22.5 |
| 27. | Donchenko,Alexander | GM | 2583 | M | GER | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 24.5 |
| 28. | Nezad,Husein Aziz | IM | 2419 | M | QAT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 21.5 |
| 29. | Horvath,Adam | GM | 2498 | M | HUN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 24.0 |
| 30. | Rodshtein,Maxim | GM | 2698 | M | ISR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 24.0 |
| 31. | Bartel,Marta | WGM | 2260 | W | POL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 23.0 |
| 32. | Vernay,Clovis | IM | 2507 | M | FRA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 23.0 |
| 32. | Stany,G A. | IM | 2476 | M | IND | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 23.0 |
| 34. | AL-Sayed,Mohammed | GM | 2524 | M | QAT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 22.5 |
| 34. | Masse,Hugues | 2204 | M | CAN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 22.5 | |
| 36. | Haimovich,Tal | IM | 2383 | M | ISR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 22.0 |
| 36. | Beckhuis,Gernod | FM | 2295 | M | GER | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 22.0 |
| 38. | Bellahcene,Bilel | IM | 2498 | M | FRA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 25.0 |
| 39. | Jumabayev,Rinat | GM | 2613 | M | KAZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 23.5 |
| 40. | Galdunts,Sergey | GM | 2415 | M | ARM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 23.0 |
| 41. | Baenziger,Fabian | FM | 2318 | M | SUI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 22.5 |
| 42. | Das,Arghyadip | IM | 2457 | M | IND | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 22.0 |
| 43. | Tabatabaei,M amin | IM | 2481 | M | IRI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 21.5 |
| 44. | Bellaiche,Anthony | IM | 2499 | M | FRA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 22.5 |
| 44. | Wallace,John Paul | IM | 2367 | M | AUS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 22.5 |
| 46. | Henrichs,Thomas | IM | 2471 | M | GER | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 23.5 |
Photos and video: Pascal Simon
