Biel: Veni, Vidit, vici

by Tanmay Srinath
7/30/2019 – He's done it! Vidit Santosh Gujrathi dominated the Biel Chess Festival 2019, winning with a round to spare! On Monday he pressed for 41 moves against Abdusattorov, but decided to take a draw after his tournament victory was assured by Shankland's draw against Bogner. The American was considerably worse out of a Gruenfeld, but his opponent Bogner seemed to be in a peaceful mood, and they ended up splitting the point. Leko took no time in recovering from yesterday's loss, crushing Cori with an elegant exchange sacrifice in the late middlegame. Georgiadis missed a huge chance to put Maghsoodloo under pressure, and had to fight to split the point. | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival
On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black with the French. Based around ten stem games, all White's major lines against the French are covered.

Vidit secures 1st with a round to spare!

The tournament in Biel is nearly over, and we have a winner before the last round! Vidit Gujarathi played consistent and aggressive chess, and because both he and Shankland drew their games in the sixth round he has an insurmountable four point cushion going into the final day. Shankland, who was in a must win situation, was struggling to create winning chances, but landed in hot water and still managed to somehow escape. Peter Leko struck back immediately, after losing yesterday, by beating Jorge Cori in a classical French to jump back to third with a round to go. Georgiadis and Maghsoodloo drew a crazy Gruenfeld where both sides could have improved their play multiple times.

Leko's played a commendable tournament till now. Can he wrap it up well tomorrow? | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

Let's get into the thick of things:

Leko 1-0 Cori

Leko's enormous tournament experience came to the fore today. One felt that the former World Championship runner-up was running out of steam when he had an average Blitz tournament and lost to Maghsoodloo yesterday, but Peter managed to rejuvenate his game by returning to his favourite 1.e4 for his last White game. He then managed to systematically outplay the young Peruvian GM and win. Here are the critical moments:

 
Leko - Cori
Position after 3...Nf6

Cori chooses the Classical variation of the French against Leko's 1.e4.

 
Position after 7...Be7

This is the main line of the variation. Cori chose 7...♝e7, a worthy alternative to the main line 7...a6 and 7...cxd4.

 
Position after 12...f6, a variation in the game

This is a variation from 12.♕f2. Can you find why 13...f6? is a mistake?

 
Position after 16.f5

Somehow Black's early middlegame play wasn't entirely convincing. After 16.f5! Leko won a pawn by force, and it looked as if Black's attack wasn't that serious.

 
Position after 24.Rh3

We can now see Leko's idea.

 
Position after 26.Rc3

The only mistake Leko made in the game — can you find why 26.♖c3? loses White his advantage?

 
Position after 29.Rxe4

Cori missed his chance and White is now winning, as Black has no compensation for the two missing pawns.

 
Position after 37.Bb4

37.♗b4! was amazing judgement from Leko in time trouble. He realised that the endgame that arises by force in a few moves is easily winning for White. What more — the all-powerful engines take a lot of time to appreciate his idea!

 
Position after 50.a4

White's pawns are too fast, and Leko won in a few more moves.

 
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This game was not like what I expected it to be. The fact that Leko lost and Cori won yesterday made me think this would be a drab draw. What instead happened is a masterclass on the White side of the French! 1.e4 Good to see Leko returning to his favourite opening move. I think this decision has a lot to do with knowing that Cori plays either the French or the Sicilian, and the fact that he beat Maghsoodloo with the French Defense probably hinted that the opening was not a one-off. e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 This move along with 3.Nd2 is considered the most testing line for Black players. Nf6 This is one of the theoretical main lines, but as a French player myself I have never had a good opinion of giving White a free attack on the kingside with queenside counterplay being a little harder to procure. 3...Bb4 is more in the spirit of a dynamic French defender, but Cori's choice is mostly due to his stylistic preference. 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 This move has scored the best, and has been tried by numerous top grandmasters in recent times. 7...a6 has been the most played move, and remains playable. For example 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Qc7∞ Svidler,P (2728)-Morozevich,A (2741) Monte Carlo 2007. 7...cxd4 is another serious option, taking play into a Sicilian like structure. Play can now go 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Be3 Qa5 with a complex middlegame, where I prefer White's kingside attacking chances, So,W (2808)-Holt,C (2567) chess.com INT 2017 8.Qd2 0-0 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h4 Leko chooses to go down a rarer continuation. This line has scored brilliantly in the database, probably because White gets in his attack first. b5 12.Bd3 12.Qf2! looks far more critical to me, and is the engine's top choice as well. White seeks to gain a tempo on the knight to swing over to the kingside, where his queen is well placed to assist in the attack. Black's best try appears to be Na4! a computer suggestion and not entirely stupid. 12...Nd7!? is another 'human' possiblity. However, retreating when faced with an attack doesn't seem correct to me. White now continues 13.Bd3! f6? This natural move is a mistake, but it is important to know why. 13...b4!? is safer, but Black is still in trouble after 14.Na4 Bb7 14...f6 15.Ng5! 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.h5± 14.Ng5‼ attacking the base of Black's pawns on e6, and the vulnerable h7 point at the same time. If Black takes the knight with fxg5 15.hxg5 h6 16.gxh6 g5 17.Qg3+- he is getting smashed on the kingside. 13.Nxa4 bxa4 14.c3 a3 15.b3 Bd7 16.Bd3 with a slightly better position for White - his pieces make a lot more sense and the attack is soon coming with ideas of g4, h5, f5. For a human it seems easier to play with White. 12...Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 Nb4 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Kb1N A logical novelty from Leko, adding stability to his pawn cover. Rc8 16.f5! Somehow Cori's opening play doesn't seem convincing to me. White uses the opportunity to break down Black's central structure. It would be too harsh to call the opening variation wrong, but something seems incorrect with Black's play - White is getting in breaks too easily. exf5 17.a3 d4 18.Nxd4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxb5 Be4 21.Nc3 Qc7 This is supposedly the first mistake from Black, but I feel that this is a result of his offbeat early middlegame play. 21...Bc6 is what the engines want to play, but I managed to find a strong idea here - 22.Bg5! Qxd2 is the best move here - Black needs to escape to the endgame. 22...Qc7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Nd5 Qxe5 24...Bxd5 is even worse 25.Qxd5 Qc7 26.Qd3! g6 27.h5± and White has an enduring initiative even in the endgame. The cute point here is that pawn grabbing doesn't work - Rfd8 28.Qe2 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 gxh5? 30.e6!+- and Black is getting battered. 25.Rhe1 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc4 28.Rxf5 Rxh4 29.Re2± and I don't see a precise way for Black to fully equalise. These sort of endgames are very unpleasant for him - g2 can easily be defended, while the a6 pawn looks really weak. The white king is closer to the main battlefield and White's pawns are ready to roll. 23.Rxd2 Bxg5 24.hxg5 Rfe8 24...Rfd8 25.Rhd1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2± 25.Re2 Rcd8 26.Rh4! 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Bd4 Rb8 24.Rh3 White has consolidated the extra pawn quite efficiently. Special mention must be made of the bishop on d4, which holds the queenside together, and the rook on h3, which is ready to swing over when necessary. More spare is more often than not an advantage. Rfd8 25.Qe2 Qc6 26.Rc3? This natural move move surprisingly loses all of White's advantage. 26.Qg4! was stronger, starting his own attack. The queenside seems sufficiently defended, so it makes sense to start aggressive operations. Black's best plan appears to be. Qa4 26...Bc5 27.Rc3! h5 27...Rxb2+ 28.Kxb2 Rxd4 29.h5 h6 30.Rg3 Qb5+ 31.Rb3!+- Black has absolutely no compensation for the exchange. 28.Qxh5 g6 29.Qg5 Qb7 29...Rxb2+? doesn't work here 30.Kxb2 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Qd8++- 30.Rb3 Qd5 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.e6!+- and White consolidates. 26...Rb5 27.e6! f6 28.Re3 Qb7 29.Kc1!+- and White soon wins another pawn, with Black's attack nowhere near threatening. 27.Qxe4 Bxa3 28.Rhd3 Rdc8 29.b3 Qc4 30.Rc3 Qe6 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.h5!± there is no compensation for the missing pawn. 26...Qd5? Cori misses his chance, and from here Leko is most precise. 26...Qb5! was the only way to stay in the game. White has to exchange queens, and after 27.Qxb5 Rxb5 we notice that the e5 pawn can't be saved. 28.Rg3 Rxe5 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Bxe5+ Kg6 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Kc1 Bxh4= and the ending is balanced. 27.Re3! a5 28.Ka1 a4 28...Qc6 29.Rd2 Qa4 30.Qd1 g6± kept the disadvantage down to tolerable levels. 29.Rxe4 Black is two pawns down, and without an attack to show for it. White is winning. Qb7 30.c4 Qc6 31.e6! f6 32.Re3 Rb3 33.Bc3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qxc4 35.Qd7! White gets the counter attack in. Kf8 36.g4 Rb8 37.Bb4‼ This is a lot of flash from Leko. The comps initially don't understand his idea, which makes the sacrifice all the more beautiful! 37.Re1 wins simply. 37...Qc1+ 38.Ka2 Qxe3 39.Qxe7+ Kg8 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.e7 h6 42.g5! Qb3+ 43.Qxb3 axb3+ 44.Kxb3 fxg5 45.hxg5 Kh7 45...hxg5 looks natural, but Black is getting smashed after 46.a4!+- and the a-pawn is too fast. 46.Kc4 Kg6 47.Bd6 Ra8 48.Kb5 Allows some counterplay. 48.gxh6! gxh6 49.b4+- and Black's best move is resigns. 48...Kf7 49.gxh6 gxh6 50.a4 Ke6 51.Kc6 Rc8+ 52.Kb7 Kd7 53.a5 Rc2 54.b4 Re2 55.Bc5 and Black resigned. The key point is that 55.Bc5 h5 56.a6 h4 57.a7 Ra2 57...h3 58.a8Q h2 59.Qc8# 58.a8Q Rxa8 59.Kxa8 h3 60.Bd6+- and the pawn is stopped. A great technical effort from Leko! 1–0
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Leko,P2674Cori,J26861–02019C1152nd Biel Festival 20196.2

Peter has played very confident chess the entire event | Photo : Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

Bogner ½-½ Shankland

When top players want to play for the win, they choose the Gruenfeld against 1.d4. While the opening is universally accepted as one of the soundest ways to get unbalanced positions, recent trends seem to favour White, and Bogner managed to outplay Shankland before peacefully exchanging queens, missing out on a wonderful pseudo queen sacrifice:

 
Bogner - Shankland
Position after 33...Qg7

Bogner took on g7 and the players traded down to a dead drawn rook endgame. Instead, 34.Qe7!! was much better, keeping Black all tied up. Taking the queen loses due to the weak back rank, and after the relatively best 34...Na5 35.h4! h5 36.Qg5 Black is close to lost - it is very hard for him to move.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Be2 Qa5 aiming for ...cxd4. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3 10.Bd2 0-0 11.0-0 Rd8N White has an edge. Predecessor: 11...Qa4 12.Bg5 cxd4 13.cxd4 h6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Rc2 16.Bd1 Rxd2 17.Bxa4 Rb2 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Rfb1 Rb6 20.a4 Rc8 21.a5 Rxb1+ 22.Rxb1 1/2-1/2 (22) Moiseenko,A (2674)-Svidler,P (2760) Germany 2018 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.d5 Bg4 14.Rab1 b6 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Bh4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 c4 19.Qxc4 Rdc8 20.Qa6 Bxc3 21.Rec1 Nc5 22.Qc4 Be5 23.Bg3 Rc7 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qc3 Qg5 26.e5 Threatens to win with d6. Rac8 27.d6       White is pushing. exd6 28.exd6 Rd7 29.Rd1 Rcd8 30.Rd5 Qh6 31.Rbd1 Qf8 32.Qf6 Nb7
32...Qg7= remains equal. 33.Qf4 Qc3 33.R5d4!± Qg7
34.Qxg7+ 34.Qe7!± Na5 35.h4 34...Kxg7= The position is equal. 35.Bxb7 Rxb7± KRR-KRR 36.a4 Rbd7 37.f4 f5 38.Rd5 Kf6 39.a5 bxa5 40.Rxa5 Rxd6 Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 56%. ½–½
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Bogner,S2584Shankland,S2713½–½2019D8552nd Biel Festival 20196.1

Shankland couldn't win today, but he will be happy he didn't get punished for over-pressing | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

Vidit ½-½ Abdusattorov

Vidit chose the Catalan today, and while he got a slight advantage, it was never enough to play for a win. With Shankland struggling in his game, Vidit simplified into a drawn endgame, and split the point on move 41: 

Both players didn't shy away from a battle | Photo : Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

 
Vidit - Abdusattorov
Position after 32.Bxd1

Vidit took the game into a risk free endgame where only White can continue to press. He didn't get far enough, and pragmatically decided to split the point and ensure tournament victory.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bxf6 E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7 Bxf6 14.Rd1 a5 15.Nbd2 The position is equal. Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c6 17.Nc4 17.e3 Nd7 18.h4 Be7 19.h5 Bb4 20.Nb3 Qe7 1/2-1/2 (59) Vidit,S (2718)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018 17...Na6 18.e3 Nb4 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.h4 e5N Predecessor: 21...g6 22.h5 g5 23.Rd2 Rd7 24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.Be4 1/2-1/2 (25) Wapniewski,K (2384)-Felkel, S (2414) GER email 2016 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.h5 Bf6 24.Kg2 Rfe8 25.Rac1 Be7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Nd5 28.Qc2 Nf6 29.Qf5 Bb4 30.Qe5 30.Ne5 with more complications. Kf8 31.Be2 Rxd1 32.Bxd1 Bd6 33.Ng4 30...Qxe5 31.Nxe5 Rxd1 32.Bxd1=       Endgame KBN-KBN Bd6 33.Nc4 Bc7 34.g4 Kf8 35.f4 Ne4 36.Kf3 Nc5 37.b3 Ke7 38.Nd2 Nd3 39.Ne4 Bb6 40.Ng3 Bc5 41.Nf5+ Ke6?      
41...Kf8!= 42.Ke4??       Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 48%. 42.Nxg7++- is the narrow road to win. Kd7 43.Nf5 ½–½
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Vidit,S2703Abdusattorov,N2598½–½2019E0552nd Biel Festival 20196.4

Calm, composed and focused — the new Biel Champion! | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

Georgiadis ½-½ Maghsoodloo

This was a fighting game between two players, where Nico missed a big opportunity to get excellent winning chances:

 
Georgiadis - Maghsoodloo
Position after 20...e6

It doesn't take much effort to spot that 21.d6! grants White a long term bind. The idea is to meet 21...f6 with 22.♖c7! ♜xc7 23.dxc7 ♜c8 24.♕xa7 with a dominating position. Instead, 21.dxe6?! was too timid, and Nico had to fight in the end to draw.

 
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1.d4 0 Nf6 20 2.c4 0 g6 0 3.Nc3 0 d5 1:11 4.cxd5 2 Nxd5 4 5.e4 7 Nxc3 6 6.bxc3 5 Bg7 15 7.Nf3 7 c5 1:02 8.Bb5+ 5 Bd7 45 9.Bxd7+ 1:11 Qxd7 1:51 10.0-0 8 0-0 41 11.Be3 2:38 Rc8 13:27 12.Qe2 23:03 Qg4 0 13.Qd3 6:30 cxd4 10:35 14.cxd4 36 Nc6 16 15.Rab1 7:39 b6 36 16.Rfc1 7:37 Na5 10:32 17.h3 2:46 Qd7 0 18.d5 10:03 Rd8 8:03 19.Bf4 11:11 Rac8 1:03 20.Qa6 3:31 e6 10:27 21.dxe6 3:26 Qxe6 33 22.Qxa7 8:17 Nc4 0 23.Qb7 6:12 h6 4:54 24.a4 2:46 Bf8 11:28 25.Re1 4:51 g5 4:15 26.Bg3 1:36 Bc5 1:43 27.Rbd1 2:36 Nb2 0 28.Rxd8+ 5 Rxd8 2 29.a5 47 Nd3 1 30.Ra1 3:12 g4 2:50 31.hxg4 37 Qxg4 1 32.Qc7 2:15 Rc8 0 33.Ne5 17 Qe6 6:31 34.Qd7 1:44 Nxf2 1:23 35.Bxf2 48 Bxf2+ 1 36.Kf1 33 Bg3 33 37.Qxe6 18 fxe6 0 38.Nd3 34 bxa5 16 39.Rxa5 7 Rc2 8 40.Ra3 1:01 h5 14 41.Rb3 9:41 Rd2 3:03 42.Nc5 2:37 h4 0 43.Nxe6 1:09 Rf2+ 16 44.Kg1 6 Re2 4 45.Rf3 59 Re1+ 8 46.Rf1 4 Bh2+ 3 47.Kf2 6 Bg3+ 0 48.Kg1 4 Bh2+ 3 49.Kf2 4 Bg3+ 4 ½–½
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Georgiadis,N2514Maghsoodloo,P2656½–½2019D8552nd Biel Festival 20196.3

Despite the fact that both players were not fighting for 1st place, they gave it their all! | Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

Here are the overall standings after round 5:

Rank Name Games Classic Rapid Blitz Total
1 GM Santosh Vidit 27 12 8 11 31
2 GM Sam Shankland 27 8 9 10 27
3 GM Peter Leko 27 8 10 6.5 24.5
  GM Parham Maghsoodloo 27 7 8 9.5 24.5
5 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 27 9 5 8 22
  GM Jorge Cori 27 8 7 7 22
7 GM Nico Georgiadis 27 4 6 2 12
8 GM Sebastian Bogner 27 6 3 2 11

With first place decided, the battle for second is fierce. Who will take 2nd and 3rd in the end?

Classical tournament standings

Rk.   Name Rtg. Nt. Pts. n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
 TB Perf.
1
GM
2703
3.5
5
 
    
9.75
2768
2
GM
2598
3.5
6
 
  
9.75
2715
3
GM
2686
3.0
6
 
  
8.50
2655
4
GM
2674
3.0
5
  
 
  
8.25
2680
5
GM
2713
3.0
6
  
 
7.50
2624
6
GM
2656
2.5
6
  
 
7.50
2571
7
GM
2584
2.5
6
  
 
6.50
2601
8
GM
2514
2.0
6
  
 
5.75
2530
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Ne5 D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3 Be6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 White is slightly better. Bxd7 12.h3 Ne8 13.f4 f6
14.Na4N Predecessor: 14.Qb3 Nc7 15.e4 Kh8 16.exd5 cxd5 ½-½ (108) Anand,V (2775)-McShane,L (2713) London 2012 14...e5 15.e4       Overworked Piece dxe4 15...Nc7 16.Bc4+± Kh8 17.Nb6 exd4 Strongly threatening ...d3. 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Qxe4 f5 20.Qd3 Nc7 21.b4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Nxe6 23.Qc4 Qc8 24.Re1       Keeping Black busy. Re8 25.a3 Bf6 26.Ra2 And now Rae2 would win. Kg7 27.Rae2 Kf7 28.g4 Qd7 29.Kh2 Re7 29...d3± 30.Rd1 Qd5 31.Qxd5 31.Qxd3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Nxc5± 31...dxe2 30.Bd2 30.g5+- Bg7 31.Kg3 30...Re8 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Qd3 White should try 32.a4± 32...Qd5 33.Re5 Bxe5 34.Rxe5       Double Attack Qa2 35.Qxf5+ Kg8 36.Qd3 Rf8
36...Re7= remains equal. 37.f5!± Ng7
38.Qxd4 38.Re2!± Rxf5 39.Qg3 39.Qxd4 Qd5= 38...Nxf5 39.Qg4+ Ng7! Don't go for 39...Kh8? 40.Re2+- 40.Re2 Black must now prevent Qxg7+! h5?      
40...Qf7! 41.Qxg7+!       Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 46%. 1–0
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Leko,P2674Bogner,S25841–02019D1052nd Biel Festival 20191.1
Georgiadis,N2514Shankland,S27130–12019B9052nd Biel Festival 20191.2
Vidit,S2703Cori,J26861–02019E1152nd Biel Festival 20191.3
Abdusattorov,N2598Maghsoodloo,P26560–12019B6752nd Biel Festival 20191.4
Bogner,S2584Maghsoodloo,P26561–02019D3752nd Biel Festival 20192.1
Cori,J2686Abdusattorov,N2598½–½2019E1752nd Biel Festival 20192.2
Shankland,S2713Vidit,S2703½–½2019E1452nd Biel Festival 20192.3
Leko,P2674Georgiadis,N2514½–½2019D3152nd Biel Festival 20192.4
Georgiadis,N2514Bogner,S2584½–½2019E0652nd Biel Festival 20193.1
Vidit,S2703Leko,P26741–02019A3752nd Biel Festival 20193.2
Abdusattorov,N2598Shankland,S27131–02019C6552nd Biel Festival 20193.3
Maghsoodloo,P2656Cori,J26860–12019C0252nd Biel Festival 20193.4
Bogner,S2584Cori,J2686½–½2019E0852nd Biel Festival 20194.1
Shankland,S2713Maghsoodloo,P26561–02019A3752nd Biel Festival 20194.2
Leko,P2674Abdusattorov,N2598½–½2019E1852nd Biel Festival 20194.3
Georgiadis,N2514Vidit,S2703½–½2019D8552nd Biel Festival 20194.4
Vidit,S2703Bogner,S25841–02019D1552nd Biel Festival 20195.1
Abdusattorov,N2598Georgiadis,N25141–02019C4952nd Biel Festival 20195.2
Maghsoodloo,P2656Leko,P26741–02019A3052nd Biel Festival 20195.3
Cori,J2686Shankland,S27131–02019D4552nd Biel Festival 20195.4
Bogner,S2584Shankland,S2713½–½2019D8552nd Biel Festival 20196.1
Leko,P2674Cori,J26861–02019C1152nd Biel Festival 20196.2
Georgiadis,N2514Maghsoodloo,P2656½–½2019D8552nd Biel Festival 20196.3
Vidit,S2703Abdusattorov,N2598½–½2019E0552nd Biel Festival 20196.4
Abdusattorov,N2598Bogner,S2584½–½2019B1952nd Biel Festival 20197.1
Maghsoodloo,P2656Vidit,S27030–12019A0852nd Biel Festival 20197.2
Cori,J2686Georgiadis,N25140–12019D3252nd Biel Festival 20197.3
Shankland,S2713Leko,P2674½–½2019C5452nd Biel Festival 20197.4

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Tanmay Srinath has been writing for ChessBase India since quite some time now. His tournament reports and depth of analysis have been widely appreciated. Pursuing a full-fledged career in engineering Tanmay doesn't get enough time to pursue chess, but he loves to follow top-level encounters and analyzes those games with his Fat Fritz engine. We hope you find his analysis useful in your games.

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