7/30/2119 – From July 20th to the 31st, the Swiss watch metropolis of Biel/Bienne will once again be a focus of chess activity in Europe. The festival features many interesting and young players as well as a new format that combines rapid, classical and blitz chess. Vidit won again with Black adding to his immpressive run. Shankland is second. Live games and commentary from 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST / 8:00 AM EDT).
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Classical Round 7
With the lone win in the sixth round, Peter Leko gained 3 points in the overall standings, but draws for Vidit and Shankland means the former cannot be overtaken in Tuesday's final round.
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Overall standings
Rank
Name
Games
Classic
Rapid
Blitz
Total
1
GM Santosh Vidit
27
12
8
11
31
2
GM Sam Shankland
27
8
9
10
27
3
GM Peter Leko
27
8
10
6.5
24.5
GM Parham Maghsoodloo
27
7
8
9.5
24.5
5
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov
27
9
5
8
22
GM Jorge Cori
27
8
7
7
22
7
GM Nico Georgiadis
27
4
6
2
12
8
GM Sebastian Bogner
27
6
3
2
11
Current classical standings
A win in a classical portion is worth 3 points, with 1 point for a draw.
Blitz final standings
Normal scoring is used for blitz.
Rapid final standings
A win in a classical portion is worth 2 points, with 1 point for a draw.
Eclectic chess crowd in Biel
The chess festival Biel is trying something new, both in terms of the players invited and the radical new format. Of the eight participants, seven are under the age of 30 and of those two are under 20.
The Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko, at only 39 years old, is the tournament veteran in this year's field. Playing against 18-year-old Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) or against 14-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), may remind him of his own early career as a chess pro. In his teens, Leko was moving out of the "child prodigy" category and already participating in the major tournaments while still so young. Today, however, the prodigies have multiplied, especially in Asia, and turnout to international tournaments in force.
The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Black’s play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black.
Vidit Gujrathi is right in the middle at the age of 24. He belongs to the "second generation" of top Indian players, if you count Anand (the first Grandmaster of 64!) as the first generation.
Two players represent the Americas in Switzerland: Sam Shankland (27) from the USA and Jorge Cori (23) from Peru. Switzerland itself is represented by Sebastian Bogner and Nico Georgiadis.
(L to R) Maghsoodloo, Shankland, Abdusattorov, Leko, Vidit, Georgiadis, Bogner, Cori | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival
A new format
The big novelty this year is that the eight players play three tournaments: rapid, classical and blitz. Each player plays 28 games over 10 days: 7 games with classical time control, 7 rapid games and 14 blitz games. The tournament results are added together to give the total result, with the classical games receiving the highest weight in the final point tally.
Peter Bohnenblust, President of the Organizing Committee, says: "We are very happy and proud that such a fresh top cast could be found for the Grandmaster Tournament 2019. This shows how much chess is alive."
The Masters Open
There are also many interesting players in the strong open tournament running in parallel from July 22nd to 31st. The Elo favourite is Jeffrey Xiong from the USA, and joined by a list of notable names including Gata Kamsky, Salem, A. R. Saleh, Harika Dronavalli, Tania Sachdev, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Irene Sukander and the world's youngest grandmaster D. Gukesh.
In addition to the GM tournament and the Masters Open there are plenty of other tournaments and events in the accompanying program, such as Blitz, Chess960, youth and even a physicians tournament — something for everyone, from novices to grandmasters.
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7/4/2022 – The Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters compete for the right to face reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in a match for the crown. The event is a double round-robin held in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. Rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST (09.00 ET, 18.30 IST). Follow the games live with expert commentary!
After 1.d4 d5 many players with White avoid the great amount of theory in the Slav, Semi-Slav, QGA and Orthodox Queen's Gambit and do not therefore play 2.c4. This is not very ambitious, but the painful experience of many chess players has been that the Colle System, the Trompowsky Attack, the Torre Attack and the London System are nevertheless extremely dangerous. Black has to be prepared for each of these openings and IM Valeri Lilov offers you some help with his six instructive videos, in which he demonstrates for each single opening a relevant plan for Black. In addition to the openings mentioned, the Bulgarian trainer also delves into the Catalan, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and the Richter-Veresov Opening.
one of best article i ever read on Chess. Great work.
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EnzoL 4/19/2020 09:13
This article is for the year 2119.
mannyrvelez64 12/2/2019 03:43
I'm having trouble watching the tutorial. I keep getting interrupted.
Sagar Shah 7/25/2019 06:45
@Susiep - Vidit is his first name, his father's name is Santosh and his surname is Gujrathi. So yes, calling him Mr. Gujrathi would be appropriate. However, Vidit is well known in the chess world with his first name and hence even when other players like Leko and Maghsoodloo are referred to with their surname, people call him Vidit.
susiep 7/25/2019 09:40
Vidit is his first name. His surname is Gujrathi. He is Mr. Gujrathi (like his father), not Mr. Vidit.
melante 7/25/2019 07:29
3 points for the win and quite an exciting tournament so far. I wonder if the two facts are correlated? ;)
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GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
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