
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
|
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
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Replay Round Nine Games

1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e6 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.fxe4 Bb4 8.Bd3!? 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 Bg4 8...Nxe4 9.Qe2 0-0 9...f5 10.Bxe4 Re8 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Bg5 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 f6 14.Nd2 fxg5 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Qc4+ 16.Qd3! Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Kh8 18.Rae1± 16...Be6 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5+ Kh8 19.Rae1 19.Qxb7 19...c6 20.Qb3 Nb6 21.Nf3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Qf6 23.Qe6 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 g4 25.Ne5 Nd5 26.c4 Nf4 27.Re7 Ne2+ 28.Kf2 Nxd4 29.Rxb7 a5?! 29...Rf8+! 30.Ke3 Nc2+ 31.Kd3 Ne1+= 30.Nd7 Ne6 31.Kg3 Rd8 32.Nf6 Ng5 33.Kxg4± h6 34.Nd7! Nf7 35.Kf4 g5+ 36.Ke3 Nd6 36...Re8+ 37.Kd3 Re1 37.Rb8 Rxb8 38.Nxb8+- Nxc4+ 39.Kd4 Nb6 40.Nxc6 a4 41.Kc5 Nc8 42.Kb4 Nb6 43.Kc5 Nc8 44.Kb4 Nb6 45.Kb5 Nd5 46.Kxa4 Kg7 47.Nb4 Ne3 48.Kb5 Kf7 49.a4 Ke6 50.a5 Kd7 51.a6 Kc8 52.Kc5 1–0
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Giri,A | 2750 | Vachier-Lagrave,M | 2766 | 1–0 | 2014 | E60 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 9.1 |
Wojtaszek,R | 2733 | Harikrishna,P | 2726 | 1–0 | 2014 | D85 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 9.2 |
Hou,Y | 2629 | Motylev,A | 2698 | 1–0 | 2014 | B18 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 9.3 |
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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
|
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 |