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48th Biel Chess Festival 2015 (Games and Results)

48th Biel Chess Festival 2015

The 48th Biel Chess Festival took place Monday 20th Jul 2015 - Thursday 30th Jul 2015. Players in the main GM group: Michael Adams, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Pavel Eljanov and Richard Rapport. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took clear first on 6.5/10 after a nervy final round where he won and Radoslaw Wojtaszek failed to convert a winning position. The event will also probably be remembered for the complete collapse of Richard Rapport who lost all his second half games. There's always a danger when inviting creative players that they're out of form that they'll suffer multiple losses but this was an extreme example but surely better to risk this than invite someone very solid who is all but guaranteed to draw most of their games. In addition there is a master open which finishes on Friday.

48th Biel Chess Festival 2015 (Biel SUI)
Mon 20th Jul 2015 - Thu 30th Jul 2015 - Official Site - Results - Live

48th Biel GM 2015 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Games

48th Biel Master Open (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

48th Biel GM 2015 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Games

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48th Biel GM 2015 Biel (SUI), 20-30 vii 2015 cat. XIX (2720)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2731 * * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 2828
2. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2733 ½ 1 * * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 2789
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 0 0 ½ ½ * * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 2752
4. Navara, David g CZE 2724 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * * 1 ½ 1 1 2755
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2723 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * * ½ 1 2683
6. Rapport, Richard g HUN 2671 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * * 2 2490
Round 1 (July 20, 2015)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 56 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 42 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Adams, Michael - Navara, David 1-0 56 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Round 2 (July 21, 2015)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 33 A14 Reti Opening
Eljanov, Pavel - Navara, David 0-1 46 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Rapport, Richard - Adams, Michael ½-½ 33 C36 Kings Gambit Modern Variation
Round 3 (July 22, 2015)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Eljanov, Pavel 1-0 58 E17 Queens Indian
Adams, Michael - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 36 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Navara, David - Rapport, Richard 1-0 48 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Round 4 (July 23, 2015)
Adams, Michael - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 50 D10 Slav Defence
Navara, David - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1-0 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Rapport, Richard - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 43 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 5 (July 24, 2015)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Navara, David ½-½ 36 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Adams, Michael ½-½ 46 E07 Catalan
Eljanov, Pavel - Rapport, Richard ½-½ 44 A95 Dutch Stonewall
Round 6 (July 25, 2015)
Navara, David - Adams, Michael 0-1 37 D35 QGD Exchange
Eljanov, Pavel - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 47 A29 English Four Knights
Rapport, Richard - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 0-1 34 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 7 (July 27, 2015)
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 46 D83 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Adams, Michael - Rapport, Richard 1-0 118 C03 French Tarrasch
Navara, David - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 40 A33 English Symmetrical
Round 8 (July 28, 2015)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Adams, Michael 1-0 42 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Eljanov, Pavel - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 101 D38 QGD Ragozin
Rapport, Richard - Navara, David 0-1 40 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 9 (July 29, 2015)
Adams, Michael - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½ 41 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Navara, David - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 34 A37 English Symmetrical
Rapport, Richard - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 28 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (July 30, 2015)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Rapport, Richard 1-0 48 C41 Philidor's Defence
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Navara, David ½-½ 42 D98 Gruenfeld Smyslov
Eljanov, Pavel - Adams, Michael 0-1 59 E06 Catalan

48th Biel Master Open (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

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48th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Mon 20th Jul 2015 - Thu 30th Jul 2015
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1Sutovsky, EmilGMISR26195068.070.0658.5
2Adhiban, BaskaranGMIND26277228.068.5665.5
3Gharamian, TigranGMFRA26494077.569.0670.0
4Fridman, DanielGMGER26394077.568.5658.0
5Bartel, MateuszGMPOL26316237.567.0660.0
6Wagner, DennisGMGER25695157.566.0643.0
7Ivanisevic, IvanGMSRB26625157.563.0631.5
8Solak, DraganGMTUR26225247.070.0662.5
9Fier, AlexandrGMBRA26285247.069.0668.5
10Bok, BenjaminGMNED25624167.069.0663.0
11Donchenko, AlexanderGMGER25675247.068.5659.0
12Erdos, ViktorGMHUN26103087.068.0654.0
13Moiseenko, AlexanderGMUKR27103087.066.5637.5
14Bogner, SebastianGMSUI25445247.063.0629.5
15Svane, RasmusIMGER25315247.059.5608.5
16Dragun, KamilGMPOL25864256.568.5658.0
17Esen, BarisGMTUR25674256.564.0619.5
18Yilmaz, MustafaGMTUR25824256.563.0629.0
19Romanishin, Oleg MGMUKR24755336.562.5612.0
20Rambaldi, FrancescoIMITA25133176.562.0620.0
21Lampert, JonasIMGER24485336.561.0617.5
22Can, EmreGMTUR25475336.559.5612.0
23Haimovich, TalIMISR23615336.558.5599.5
24Nezad, Husein AzizIMQAT24055426.066.5637.5
25Wirig, AnthonyGMFRA25114346.064.5624.5
26Ulybin, MikhailGMRUS25204346.062.5614.5
27Heimann, AndreasIMGER25575426.059.5585.0
28Wallace, John PaulIMAUS23855426.059.0614.0
29Studer, NoelIMSUI24164346.058.5596.0
30Raetsky, AlexanderGMRUS24053266.057.5590.5
31Kiewra, Keaton FIMUSA24213266.057.5579.0
32Ivanov, MikeCAN21924346.056.5574.0
33Andersen, MadsIMDEN24674346.056.0585.5
34Meins, GerlefIMGER24363266.055.5585.5
35Bigg, Andrw JFMENG23135426.052.5551.0
36Brkic, AnteGMCRO26073355.565.5612.5
37Zoler, DanGMISR24985515.563.0619.5
38Cebalo, MisoGMCRO23974435.561.0603.5
39Cherniaev, AlexanderGMRUS24834435.560.5586.5
40Derakhshani, DorsaWIMIRI22805515.559.5583.0
41Donchenko, AnatolyIMGER23262275.558.5574.0
42Kamber, BrunoFMSUI22913355.558.0571.0
43Griffith, Kyron WFMUSA23204435.557.5588.0
44Kaufmann, WernerFMSUI22083355.551.5544.0
45Watson, John LIMUSA23233355.550.5549.5
46Sayadyan, EdvardARM19744525.057.5577.5
47Schaerer, JulianSUI22452365.057.0575.0
48Hasenohr, BenedictFMSUI23174525.057.0568.0
49Giulian, Philip MFMSCO21363445.055.5562.0
50Vojinovic, JovanaWGMSRB22923445.053.5551.0
78 players

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