
International Chess Festival in Biel

Round Six
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 |
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

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 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qd3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 e6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be2 b5 11.Bf3 b4!? 11...Bb7 12.Bxf6 Nc5!? 12...Nxf6 13.e5 13.Qe3 Bxf6 14.Ndxb5!? 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxa8 exd4 14.Ne2 h6 15.Bh4 0-0 16.Kb1 e5! 17.Qf3 exf4 18.Nxf4?! 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qxf4 Bd6 20.Qd2= 18...Ne5! 19.Qe2 g5! 20.Bg3 gxf4 21.Bxf4 Bd6 22.Rxd4 Re8 23.Rhd1? 23.Bxh6∞ 23...Bg4 24.Qxa6 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Nc4 25...Rc8 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 26...Nxd6 27.Qxd6 Nxd6 28.Bf3 Nc4 29.b3 Ne5 30.Rd4 Nxf3 31.gxf3 Rb8 32.Kb2 Kf8 33.c3 bxc3+ 34.Kxc3 Ke7 35.b4 Ke6? 35...Rb5! 36.a4 Nd5+ 37.Kb3 Rc8 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.Kxc4 Kd6 40.a5 Ne3+ ½–½
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Harikrishna,P | 2726 | Vachier-Lagrave,M | 2766 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 6.1 |
Wojtaszek,R | 2733 | Motylev,A | 2698 | ½–½ | 2014 | D12 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 6.2 |
Giri,A | 2750 | Hou,Y | 2629 | ½–½ | 2014 | B85 | Hans Suri Mem 2014 | 6.3 |
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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 |
|
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 |