With one round to go Magnus Carlsen on Thursday already secured victory at the Accentus GM tournament in Biel. The Norwegian drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and saw his closest rival Alexander Morozevich losing to Fabiano Caruana. The game between Alexei Shirov and Yannick Pelletier was drawn. More later.General info
The 44th Biel Chess Festival takes place July 16-29 in Biel, Switzerland. The ‘Grandmaster Tournament’ is a six-player, double round robin with Caruana, Pelletier, Shirov, Carlsen, Morozevich and Vachier-Lagrave.The rate of play is 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increment from move 61. The ‘football’ scoring system is in effect: three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. Besides, no draw offers are permitted before move 30. More info here.
| Round 1 | 18.07.11 | 14:00 CET | Round 6 | 25.07.11 | 14:00 CET | |
| Caruana | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave | Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | Caruana | |
| Pelletier | 0-1 | Carlsen | Carlsen | 1-0 | Pelletier | |
| Shirov | ½-½ | Morozevich | Morozevich | ½-½ | Shirov | |
| Round 2 | 19.07.11 | 14:00 CET | Round 7 | 26.07.11 | 14:00 CET | |
| Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | Morozevich | Morozevich | 1-0 | Vachier-Lagrave | |
| Carlsen | 1-0 | Shirov | Shirov | 0-1 | Carlsen | |
| Caruana | ½-½ | Pelletier | Pelletier | 0-1 | Caruana | |
| Round 3 | 20.07.11 | 14:00 CET | Round 8 | 27.07.11 | 14:00 CET | |
| Pelletier | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave | Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 | Pelletier | |
| Shirov | 1-0 | Caruana | Caruana | 0-1 | Shirov | |
| Morozevich | ½-½ | Carlsen | Carlsen | ½-½ | Morozevich | |
| Round 4 | 22.07.11 | 14:00 CET | Round 9 | 28.07.11 | 14:00 CET | |
| Shirov | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave | Carlsen | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave | |
| Morozevich | ½-½ | Pelletier | Morozevich | 0-1 | Caruana | |
| Carlsen | 1-0 | Caruana | Shirov | ½-½ | Pelletier | |
| Round 5 | 23.07.11 | 14:00 CET | Round 10 | 29.07.11 | 11:00 CET | |
| Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 | Carlsen | Vachier-Lagrave | - | Shirov | |
| Caruana | 0-1 | Morozevich | Pelletier | - | Morozevich | |
| Pelletier | ½-½ | Shirov | Caruana | - | Carlsen |
| # | Name | Rtg | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen,M | 2821 | 2849 | ½½ | 0½ | 11 | 1 | 11 | 6.5 | 25.25 | |
| 2 | Morozevich,A | 2694 | 2804 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | 10 | ½ | 5.5 | 24.75 | |
| 3 | Vachier Lagrave,M | 2722 | 2705 | 1½ | 00 | ½ | ½½ | ½1 | 4.5 | 19.25 | |
| 4 | Shirov,A | 2714 | 2706 | 00 | ½½ | ½ | 11 | ½½ | 4.5 | 17.25 | |
| 5 | Caruana,F | 2711 | 2617 | 0 | 01 | ½½ | 00 | ½1 | 3.5 | 13.75 | |
| 6 | Pelletier,Y | 2590 | 2571 | 00 | ½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½0 | 2.5 | 11.25 |
Biel 2011 | Round 9 Standings
| # | Name | Elo | Points | |
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2821 | 18 |
| 2. | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2694 | 14 |
| 3-4. | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2722 | 11 |
| 3-4. | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2714 | 11 |
| 5. | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2711 | 9 |
| 6. | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2590 | 5 |
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