Miraculous MVL
7/21/2014 – Two players can certainly be unhappy with today's results. Hou Yifan let go of a winning advantage against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and had to be content with only 50% of the points. Alexander Motylev played a crushing attack against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and obtained a winning position, but in time trouble the Russian not only failed to convert, but let things turn for the worse...
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International Chess Festival in Biel
Round Seven
| Round 07 – July 21, 2014 | ||||
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
Video Recap
The start of an exciting round
Hou Yifan certainly played a fantastic game against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, finding many important and unusual resources. Tactically sound and strategically backed White's position began steam-rolling her opponent's. Unfortunately for the Chinese she started slipping in time trouble and was unable to finish off the job, only getting half a point
Hou Yifan missed a chance to move to clear second
By the skin of his teeth: Radoslaw Wojtaszek salvaged a draw
Anish Giri had a queen sacrifice in the opening (!) against Pentala Harikrishna but somehow the game ended in an early repetition.
Anish Giri wonders why his preparation left him down a queen
At -1 Anish Giri certainly wants more than this from the tournament
The miracle of the day was certainly by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. In a very, very unpleasant position his opponent simply started making bad move after bad move, turning a position that was clearly better for White to a position that was simply lost. MVL will be thanking the chess goddess today!
With a gift from Caissa MVL moves to 5.0/7
MVL leads the tournament, but the race for second is very, very tight
Daniel King shows the highlights of round 7
Replay Round Seven Games
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Standings
Schedule
| Round 01 – July 14, 2014 | ||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Round 02 – July 15, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
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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
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Round 04 –July 17, 2014 | ||||
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
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Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Round 05 – July 18, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
½-½
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 06 – July 19, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
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Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 07 – July 21, 2014 | ||||
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
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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 | Alexander Motylev | 2698 | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 | Hou Yifan | 2629 | |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 | Anish Giri | 2750 | |
| Round 09 – July 23, 2014 | ||||
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 | |
| Anish Giri | 2750 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 | |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 | 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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It seems Hou is playing very well in this tournament, specially beeing a target for his male rivals because of her (relatively) low rating. If only a sponsor could bring enough money in to make Judith participate to the Women's Candidates, we could have a WC very close to a Super-GM match in the Women Section...
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