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The Basel Chess Festival is taking place from January 1st to 5th as a seven-round Swiss tournament, with top seeds Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Boris Grachev, Edouard Romain and a host of strong GMs in a field totalling 89 players (197 in all groups).
The playing hall in Basel
The top four games are being broadcast
live on the official web site and on Playchess
| # | Player | Titel |
Rtng |
Nat. |
+ |
= |
– |
Pts |
| 1. | Grachev,Boris | GM |
2688 |
RUS |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 2. | Vajda,Levente | GM |
2603 |
ROU |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 3. | Lötscher,Roland | FM |
2395 |
SUI |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 4. | Fier,Alexandr | GM |
2573 |
BRA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 5. | Vorotnikov,Vladis | GM |
2464 |
RUS |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 6. | Kurmann,Oliver | IM |
2456 |
SUI |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 7. | Vachier-Lagrave,M | GM |
2711 |
FRA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 8. | Istratescu,Andrej | GM |
2654 |
FRA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 8. | Gavrilov,Alexei | GM |
2501 |
RUS |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 10. | Turov,Maxim | GM |
2630 |
RUS |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 10. | Van Kampen,Robin | GM |
2581 |
NED |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 12. | Aguera Naredo,Jav | FM |
2417 |
ESP |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 12. | Milosevic,Goran | IM |
2328 |
SUI |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 14. | Melkumyan,Hrant | GM |
2656 |
ARM |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 15. | Edouard,Romain | GM |
2686 |
FRA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
Here are some interesting top games from the first three rounds to play through:
And here are some fun tactical shots from the tournament. Click on the diagram in the notation to jump to the critical position. Note that you can download the PGN file our Javascript player is showing and load it with Fritz (or Rybka, or Houdini) and analyse the positions marked as diagrams. It is quite a lot of fun, really, and we urge you to try it.
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| 1. | Grachev,Boris | GM |
2688 |
RUS |
+3 |
=0 |
–0 |
3.0 |
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| 2. | Vajda,Levente | GM |
2603 |
ROU |
+3 |
=0 |
–0 |
3.0 |
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| 5. | Vorotnikov,Vladis | GM |
2464 |
RUS |
+2 |
=1 |
–0 |
2.5 |
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| 7. | Vachier-Lagrave,M | GM |
2711 |
FRA |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
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| 8. | Gavrilov,Alexei | GM |
2501 |
RUS |
+2 |
=1 |
–0 |
2.5 |
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| 10. | Van Kampen,R. | GM |
2581 |
NED |
+2 |
=1 |
–0 |
2.5 |
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| 14. | Melkumyan,Hrant | GM |
2656 |
ARM |
+2 |
=1 |
–0 |
2.5 |
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| 15. | Edouard,Romain | GM |
2686 |
FRA |
+2 |
=1 |
–0 |
2.5 |
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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