
International Chess Festival in Biel

Round Four
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 |
Video Recap

Hou Yifan's 50% is good but she has had three whites so far
Today's round was certainly more quiet than the previous ones in Biel. Hou Yifan had her third white in the start of the tournament as she faced off against Pentala Harikrishna. The Indian player decided not to repeat a Berlin Defense and instead went with the Caro-Kann. Hou Yifan's solid approach was not sufficient for an advantage, but the Indian may have been over-ambitious in his moves and let Hou Yifan sacrifice an exchange for two pawns and the better chances in the endgame. The advantage was never very big and eventually Harikrishna held the draw.

Pentala Harikrishna certainly had the worse part of today's draw
Anish Giri and Alexander Motylev played the action game of the day. It was always very unclear and very murky, certainly a difficult game to explain. Black's activity gave him compensation for White's pair of bishops, but that turned on its head when Motylev collected a pawn but Giri opened up the position. Eventually, in time trouble, Motylev blundered an exchange and that was the end of the game.

Even grandmasters crack under time pressure: Alexander Motylev

Anish Giri's two in a row!
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had no difficulties defending a symmetrical position against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and the game was an uneventful draw.

Radoslaw Wojtaszek couldn't even put pressure on MVL today

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play in a tournament with a 2800 FIDE rating average later this year
Replay Round Four Games

1.e4 | 1,185,008 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 959,510 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,503 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,834 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,892 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,600 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,954 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,911 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
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 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Rde1 Qc7 14.Ne4 0-0-0 15.g3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Rh4 Bd6 18.Qe2 Kb8 19.Ne5 Ka8 20.a3 Rhf8 21.Qf3 Be7 22.Rf4 Qb6 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Nd3 Nh7?! 25.Rxf7! Ng5 26.Qf4 e5 27.Rxe7! Qxe7 28.Qxe5 Qf7 29.Bxg5 Rd5 30.Qe7 Rxg5 31.Qxf7 31.Re1 31...Rxf7 32.Re1 Kb8 33.Re5 Kc7 34.Kd2 Kd6 35.c4 Re7 36.c5+ Kd7 37.b4 Ke8 38.Rxe7+?! 38.Rxg5! hxg5 39.Ne5± 38...Kxe7= 39.Nf4 Kd7 40.Ke3 Rf5 41.g4 Rf8 42.Ng6 Ra8 43.Ne5+ Ke6 44.Nc4 b5 45.Ne5 Kd5 46.f4 a5 47.Nd7 axb4 48.Nb6+ Ke6 49.axb4 Ra1 50.d5+ cxd5 51.f5+ Ke7 52.Nxd5+ Kd7 53.Nf4 Re1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+ 55.Ke3 Re1+ 56.Kd4 Rg1 57.Kd5 Rd1+ 58.Ke5 Re1+ 59.Kd4 Rg1 60.Ne6 Rxg4+ 61.Kd5 Rxb4 62.c6+ Ke7 63.Nxg7 Rc4 64.Ne6 Rxc6 65.Kxc6 Kf6 66.Nd4 b4 67.Kd5 b3 68.Nxb3 Kxf5 69.Nd4+ ½–½
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Hou,Y | 2629 | Harikrishna,P | 2726 | ½–½ | 2014 | B19 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 4.1 |
Giri,A | 2750 | Motylev,A | 2698 | 1–0 | 2014 | D12 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 4.2 |
Wojtaszek,R | 2733 | Vachier-Lagrave,M | 2766 | ½–½ | 2014 | E60 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 4.3 |
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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 |
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
2733 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2766 |
|
Anish Giri |
2750 |
Alexander Motylev |
2698 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Round 06 – July 19, 2014 |
Pentala Harikrishna |
2726 |
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2766 |
Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
2733 |
|
Alexander Motylev |
2698 |
Anish Giri |
2750 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Round 07 – July 21, 2014 |
Anish Giri |
2750 |
|
Pentala Harikrishna |
2726 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek |
2733 |
Alexander Motylev |
2698 |
|
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 |