Explosive round in Biel!
7/24/2014 – It's almost too much to take in. Anish Giri uncorked a novelty and defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who now only leads by half a point. Behind him is Radoslaw Wojtaszek who smashed Pentala Harikrishna, curiously both of these games were in a Grunfeld. But also importantly Hou Yifan won her game, which ties her for second. Now she is only eleven points away from Judit Polgar.
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International Chess Festival in Biel
Round Nine
| Round 09 – July 23, 2014 | ||||
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
1-0
|
Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
1-0
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
Video Recap
After three draws we have three exciting decisive results!
First of all Radodslaw Wojtaszek had a successful opening against Pentala Harikrishna. With a super center and eventually a strong passed pawn on d6 it was clear that the advantage was White's, and although at some point the Polish player did not play the most exact moves the position was so strong that White retained the winning advantage anyway.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek now shares second with 5.0/9
Pentala Harikrishna (above) is second to last, but he is at least a full point ahead of Alexander Motylev
Anish Giri also had great preparation against the Grunfeld! Catching MVL completely off-guard the Dutch player obtained a huge advantage... only to squander it! However MVL, between his time pressure and his tiredness, was unable to keep the balance in a very slightly worse rook and knight endgame and he ended up losing. He retains his lead, but only by half a point now.
Anish Giri enjoying the view while his opponent thinks
MVL was unable to come up with a good solution to Giri's novelty
Last but not least Hou Yifan's opening was not successful at all. Black equalized with ease and after a mistake by the Chinese player it was Alexander Motylev that was in the driver's seat. Yet, also in time pressure, the Russian made a huge blunder and his kingside collapsed, along with his game.
Hou Yifan only trails Judit Polgar by 11 rating points now
Updated after Biel's ninth round these are the top women in the world:
| Name | Rating |
+/-
|
Rapid | Blitz | Age | |
| 1 | Polgar, J | 2676.0 |
0.0
|
2646.0 | 2736.0 | 38 |
| 2 | Hou Yifan | 2665.0 |
+36.0
|
2600.0 | 2662.0 | 20 |
| 3 | Koneru | 2598.4 |
-14.6
|
2611.0 | 2521.0 | 27 |
| 4 | Muzychuk, A | 2554.9 |
-6.5
|
2546.0 | 2665.0 | 24 |
| 5 | Ju Wenjun | 2551.2 |
+13.2
|
2555.0 | 2469.0 | 23 |
| 6 | Dzagnidze | 2549.9 |
+8.9
|
2547.0 | 2591.0 | 27 |
| 7 | Lagno | 2540.0 |
0.0
|
2599.0 | 2540.0 | 24 |
| 8 | Kosteniuk | 2531.2 |
-1.8
|
2577.0 | 2548.0 | 30 |
| 9 | Muzychuk, M | 2529.7 |
+8.7
|
2445.0 | 2439.0 | 21 |
| 10 | Cmilyte | 2525.0 |
0.0
|
2462.0 | 2439.0 | 30 |
| 11 | Gunina | 2523.8 |
+22.8
|
2552.0 | 2577.0 | 25 |
| 12 | Harika | 2520.9 |
+7.9
|
2421.0 | 2525.0 | 23 |
| 13 | Zhao Xue | 2519.1 |
-22.9
|
2485.0 | 2576.0 | 29 |
| 14 | Kosintseva, N | 2513.0 |
0.0
|
2516.0 | 2519.0 | 29 |
| 15 | Stefanova | 2505.2 |
+17.2
|
2578.0 | 2569.0 | 35 |
| 16 | Ruan Lufei | 2503.0 |
0.0
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 26 |
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Standings
Schedule
| Round 01 – July 14, 2014 | ||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
|
Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
1-0
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Round 02 – July 15, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
1-0
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Round 03 – July 16, 2014 | ||||
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
1-0
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
0-1
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Round 04 –July 17, 2014 | ||||
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
|
Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Round 05 – July 18, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
1-0
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 06 – July 19, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 07 – July 21, 2014 | ||||
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
|
Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Round 08 – July 22, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Round 09 – July 23, 2014 | ||||
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
1-0
|
Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
1-0
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Round 10 – July 24, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 | Hou Yifan | 2629 | |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 | Anish Giri | 2750 | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 | |
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