Three draws in Biel
7/20/2014 – Despite the results, it is impossible to say that today's round in Biel was dull. Two games were very interesting: MVL found himself down the exchange before move 15 only to be up material a few moves later against Harikrishna! Hou Yifan survived by the skin of her teeth in a tough defense against Giri while the last game between Wojtaszek and Motylev was pretty solid.
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International Chess Festival in Biel
Round Six
| 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
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
Video Recap
Still solidly in first: French #1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
This game was quite a spectacle as the evaluation and the material balance swung wildly!
Despite the three draw results today, it is clear that the day was far from peaceful. For starters the game between Pentala Harikrishna and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had "sacrifice" as the name of the game. Black sacrificed an exchange for activity, only for the Indian player to counter-sacrifice a piece! At the end Black had to be winning at some point in the endgame, but with time pressure looming MVL could not convert.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek didn't find any entry points in Alexander Motylev's position and the game was relatively dull.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek hasn't had the most exciting games this tournament, but his results are good
The last game of the day was an intense fight. Anish Giri came up with an excellent preparation in a sharp variation of the Scheveningen Sicilian and it was clear that Hou Yifan was in trouble. Somehow or another the World Champion mustered resources and defenses and despite her clear disadvantage she was able to make a draw; albeit a very suffered one!
The "mini-match" favored Hou Yifan 1.5-0.5
You could say Anish Giri let Hou Yifan escape
But with such resourceful defense from the World Women's Champion it is unclear where Giri could have improved
Replay Round Six 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
|
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
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
|
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
|
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
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
|
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 | |
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