Biel International Chess Festival

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Grandmaster Tournament 2008
This post will be kept updated as the tournament goes.
The 41th Biel International Chess Festival will take place from July 19th to August 1st 2008.
The six grandmasters will start their tournament on Sunday 20th July, 14.00 local time (12 pm GMT).
Please click HERE for the Official site where you can find a link to LIVE CHESS too.
Biel is the only town in Switzerland in which French and German are both spoken on an equal basis. The street signs, for example, are written in both languages, and Biel has the open-minded mentality that comes from the mixture of two languages.

Alekseev wins Biel!
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 10 and you can view the tie-break results here too.

Final Standings
1. GM Leinier Dominguez -CUB, 2708- 6.5
GM Evgeny Alekseev -RUS, 2708-6.5
3. GM Magnus Carlsen -NOR, 2775- 6.0
4. GM Etienne Bacrot -FRA, 2691- 5.5
5. GM Alexander Onischuk -USA, 2670-4.0
6. GM Yannick Pelletier -SUI, 2569- 1.5

10th round (July 31st) the final! :Pairings and results:

Evgeny Alekseev –Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Magnus Carlsen –Alexander Onischuk — 1/2
Etienne Bacrot –Leinier Dominguez– 1-0

Alekseev vs Pelletier round 10 move 19

Bacrot vs Dominguez round 10 move 25

Carlsen vs Onischuk round 10 move 27

Biel International Chess…round 10…Bacrot vs Dominguez

 

Round 9: Dominguez vs Carlsen

Standings after round 9

1.GM Leinier Dominguez–CUB, 2708– 6.5
2.GM Magnus Carlsen –NOR, 2775– 5.5
2.GM Evgeny Alekseev –RUS, 2708– 5.5
4.GM Etienne Bacrot –FRA, 2691– 4.5
5.GM Alexander Onischuk –USA, 2670– 3.5
6.GM Yannick Pelletier –SUI, 2569– 1.5

Dominguez vs Carlsen round 9 move 48

Dominguez vs Carlsen round 9 final position
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 9.

Biel International Chess …9th round (July 30th) pairings and results
Alexander Onischuk – Evgeny Alekseev–0 -1
Leinier Dominguez – Magnus Carlsen–1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Etienne Bacrot– 1/2

Please click HERE to play through the games of round 8.

Image: Official site: Round 8: Alekseev vs Dominguez
Biel International Chess: 8th round (July 29th): Pairings and results
Evgeny Alekseev – Leinier Dominguez — 0 – 1 (oh dear!! He’s leading again and what about Carlsen!!)
Etienne Bacrot – Magnus Carlsen — 1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Alexander Onischuk — 1/2

Alekseev vs Dominguez round 8 move 16

Bacrot vs Carlsen round 8 move 24

Pelletier vs Onischuk round 8 move 12

Image: Official site…Carlsen vs Alekseev round 7
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 7.
Biel International Chess : 7th round parings and results: 28th July
Magnus Carlsen – Evgeny Alekseev — 0-1
Leinier Dominguez – Yannick Pelletier –1-0
Alexander Onischuk – Etienne Bacrot — 0-1


Carlsen vs Alekseev round 7 move 13

Dominguez vs Pelletier round 7 move 16

Onischuk vs Bacrot round 7 move 16

Image: Official site…round 6: Onischuk vs Dominguez
Biel International Chess…round 6 pairings and results
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 6.
Alexander Onischuk – Leinier Dominguez — 0-1
Yannick Pelletier – Magnus Carlsen — 0-1
Etienne Bacrot – Evgeny Alekseev — 1-0



Image: Official site…Carlsen vs Dominguez…round 5
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 5.

Biel International Chess round 5 pairings and results.
Evgeny Alekseev – Alexander Onischuk — 1/2
Magnus Carlsen – Leinier Dominguez –1/2
Etienne Bacrot – Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Please click HERE to play through an annotated game of Carlsen and Pelletier by GM Cebalo.

Image: Official site — Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Onischuk — round 4
Biel International chess….round 4…pairings and results….
Yannick Pelletier – Evgeny Alekseev = 0-1
Alexander Onischuk – Magnus Carlsen = 1/2
Leinier Dominguez – Etienne Bacrot = 1-0

Dominguez vs Bacrot round 4 move 25

Onischuk vs Carlsen round 4 move 25

Onischuk vs Carlsen round 4 final position

Pelletier vs Alekseev round 4 move 14

Pelletier vs Alekseev round 4 final position
Tomorrow, 23rd July, is a day of rest.


Image: Official site…Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3

Round 3 : Biel International Chess –22.07.2008…pairings and results
Leinier Dominguez – Evgeny Alekseev — 1/2
Magnus Carlsen – Etienne Bacrot — 1-0
Alexander Onischuk – Yannick Pelletier — 1-0
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 3.

Carlsen vs Bacrot round 3 move 16

Carlsen vs Bacrot round 3 final position

Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3 move 14

Dominguez vs Alekseev round 3 final position

Onischuk vs Pelletier round 3 move 4

Onischuk vs Pelletier round 3 final position
Standings after round 2:

Pairings rounds 4-9..27th July is a no-chess-day!

Image: Official site…Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2
Round 2: Results –21-07-2008
Evgeny Alekseev – Magnus Carlsen 1/2
Yannick Pelletier – Leinier Dominguez 1/2
Etienne Bacrot – Alexander Onischuk 1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 2.

Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2 move 18

Alekseev vs Carlsen round 2 final position

Bacrot vs Onischuk round 2 move 16

Bacrot vs Onischuk round 2 final position

Pelletier vs Dominguez round 2 move 16

Pelletier vs Dominguez round 2 final position
First round Results
Evgeny Alekseev – Etienne Bacrot = 1-0
Magnus Carlsen – Yannick Pelletier= 1-0
Leinier Dominguez – Alexander Onischuk = 1/2
Please click HERE to play through the games of round 1.

Alekseev vs Bacrot round 1 final position

Carlsen vs Pelletier round 1 final position

Dominguez vs Onischuk round 1 final position
Left to right: Dominguez, Bacrot, Onischuk, Pelletier, Alekseev, Carlsen.

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Magnus Carlsen, Norway

Leinier Dominguez, Cuba

Evgeny Alekseev, Russia

Etienne Bacrot, France

Alexander Onischuk, United States

Yannick Pelletier, Switzerland