[Event "Biel"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ducrest, Pierre"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1968.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The first Masters Open was played at Hotel Dufour in Biel from 20 until 27
vii 1968. 34 players participated. A long series began. The budget was 3200
Franken. A remarkable game was played by the 16-years-old Jan Timman.} 1. e4
Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9.
Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nc3 d5 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Bd3 15. Rfd1 e5
16. dxe5 $5 (16. d5 $1 Ne7 17. d6 Nf5 {
happened in Osnov - Suetin, Tallinn 1965.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd2 $6
({Theory will become} 18. Rac1 $5) 18... f5 $1 19. Bh6 $6 Re8 $1 20. Kh1 $2 f4
$6 (20... g5 $1 {imprisons a bishop.}) 21. Ne4 f3 $1 22. g3 Qc8 23. Ng5 Qf5 $2
(23... Re7 24. Re1 Qxc5 {keeps an advantage.}) 24. Rxd3 $4 ({Correct is} 24.
Re1 $1 Re7 25. c6 b6 26. Re3 {and White has a plus.}) 24... Qxd3 25. Rd1 Bxg3
$3 {The youngster attacks brilliantly.} 26. fxg3 f2 $1 27. Kg2 Re1 $1 {
Bhend and Timman scored 81/2/11. Edwin Bhend won on tie-break.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maschian, Houschang"]
[Black "van Dijken, Rex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1969.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The second Masters Open was played in Biel from 26 vii until 2 viii 1969. 36
participants were active in Hotel Dufour, playing hall of Schachgesellschaft
Biel.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. e5 $5 {
White plays an enterprising novelty.} Nfd7 7. f4 g5 $5 8. fxg5 dxe5 9. d5 $5 (
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Nbd7 {will happen in a future game.})
9... c6 10. Bc4 ({The alternative is} 10. g6 $5 fxg6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Qxg6)
10... e4 11. dxc6 $5 Nxc6 12. Qd5 e6 $5 13. Qxe4 $5 hxg5 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. Nge2
Nf6 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. O-O-O $2 ({More solid is} 17. O-O $1) 17... g4 $1 18. Qg3
$5 Ne5 19. Bb5 Nh5 $5 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 $1 {He threatens the white queen.} (20...
Ke7 $6 21. Nd5+ exd5 22. Qb3 {favours White (Van Dijken).}) 21. Bc5+ Qxc5 22.
Qe1 Nc4 23. Ba4 $5 b5 $1 24. Bb3 a5 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Rd3 $5 Nf6 $5 27. Qd1 Ke7
$5 28. Rd4 Qc6 29. Qd3 b4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rhd8 32. Qc4 $5 Qd6 $5 33. Kb1
Rac8 34. Qb5 $2 (34. Qb3 f5 35. Re3 {prolongs the game.}) 34... Rc5 35. Qa4 f5
36. Re3 Qd2 37. Qb3 Rcd5 38. Nc1 a4 $1 39. Qxa4 Qxe3 40. Qxb4+ Qc5 {
Van Dijken got a beauty prize for this encounter.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "van Dijken, Rex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Jan Timman took part again. His game with Rex van Dijken became the decisive
encounter.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bf6 $6 {The bishop is misplaced.} ({Usual is} 9... Be6
10. d3 f6) 10. Ne4 $1 Bf5 $6 (10... Be7 $1 11. Bb2 Nc4 12. Bc3 f5 {
develops in the right way.}) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bb2 Nc4 13. Bc3 Rad8 14. b5 $1
{White has the initiative.} Nd4 $1 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bb4 Rfe8 17. d3 $6 (17.
Rc1 {gains more advantage.}) 17... Ne5 (17... Nd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Bxb7 d5 {
(Timman)} 20. Qd2 {favours White.}) 18. Bxb7 Bh3 19. Bg2 Qf5 $5 20. Bxh3 $5
Qxh3 21. f3 $1 Rd5 22. Rc1 h5 23. Rf2 h4 $6 (23... Rxb5 24. Rxc7 Reb8 25. Rc5
a6 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 {offers more resistance.}) 24. g4 $1 {
The black queen has been imprisoned.} Rxb5 25. Rxc7 a5 26. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 27. Bxc5
Nc6 28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Rf1 Rb2 30. Re1 Rxe2 $5 31. Rxe2 Qxf3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qc2
Qxg4+ 34. Qg2 Qd1+ 35. Qf1 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qg5 37. Qxf7 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qg5+ 39. Kh3
Ne5 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ {Timman started by 7/7. The final standings became:
Timman 9/11 (800 SwF), Van Dijken 8 (500 SwF).} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{We will analyse the Closed Grandmasters events, played in Biel. An interzonal
accompanied the ninth Open Masters. It happened at the Kongresshaus from 11
vii until 6 viii 1976. Twenty participants competed for three places in the
candidates matches.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 a6 8. a4 Re8 $5 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Nge2 $5 e6 11. Ng3 exd5 12. cxd5 $1 Nbd7
13. Be2 Qb4 14. a5 $1 b5 $1 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bf4 $1 Bf8 17. O-O Nfd7 18. Kh1
Rb8 19. Qc2 Na8 $6 ({More active is} 19... c4 $5 {(Gulko)} 20. Rfb1 $1 Nc5) 20.
Bxa6 Bxa6 $2 {Geller loses a pawn.} ({Right is} 20... Qxb2 $1 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22.
Bb5 Nab6 23. Ra7 {and White has a slight advantage (Gulko).}) 21. Rxa6 Ne5 $5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rb1 c4 24. Nf1 Nb6 25. Ne3 Rec8 26. h3 Qc5 27. Qe2 h5 28. Rd1
Bh6 29. Nc2 Nd7 30. d6 $1 Rxb2 $2 31. Rd5 $1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qe3 33. Rd1 Nf6 34.
Ne2 Nd7 35. Nc3 Nf6 36. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 37. exd5 $1 ({Not} 37. Rxd5 $4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2
Bf4+) 37... Bf4 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rxg6+ $1 Kf8 40. Rf6 Rxd7 41. Qh7 {
Both stars would play no role in the fight for qualification.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Diaz, Joaquin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 $5 {
Diaz plays a passive opening. Hübner has an easy game.} e6 $5 5. e4 Nd7 6. Be2
Qc7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. g3 $5 {
Hübner advances quietly.} Ne8 $6 (12... exd4 $1 13. Qxd4 Nc5 {
brings counter-play.}) 13. Qd2 g6 14. Bg2 Ng7 15. f4 $5 Nh5 16. Ne2 f5 $2 {
Diaz opens his position. Hereafter, White can start an attack.} (16... exf4 $1
17. gxf4 Bf6 {puts pressure on the broad centre.}) 17. exf5 $1 gxf5 18. fxe5
dxe5 19. Bh6 exd4 $6 {
Black wants to prevent the charge and sacrifices an exchange.} (19... Rf7 20.
g4 Ng7 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Rcd1 {moves pieces to defensive and offensive positions.
}) 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. b4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxg3 24. Rfe1 Nf6 25. Qe5
$1 Qg7 26. Rcd1 Kh8 27. Qe7 $5 Nge4 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rf1 Nc3 30. Rd2 Kg6 31.
Bf3 Kg5 32. Rg2+ Kh4 33. Rg7 Rg8 34. Rxg8 Nxg8 35. Bg2 Nxa2 36. Rxf5 Nh6 $5 37.
Ra5 Nxb4 38. Rxa7 b5 39. Rxh7 Kg5 40. Rb7 Nd3 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Rxb5+ Kf4 43.
Bf1 Ne5 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Rb4+ Kg5 46. Ra4 Ng6 {White can exchange his bishop
for a knight and win without problems.   It was hard for Hübner to defeat the
tailender.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nd4
$5 ({Usual is} 8... O-O 9. O-O h6) 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4
Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Kh2 {Larsen waits.} Nh5 $5 15. c5 $5 d5 $1 16. e3 Ne6 17.
Na4 f5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. e4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Nc7 $6 (20... d4 $1 21. Ndc4 Be8 22.
Nd6 Qe7 {brings little advantage for White.}) 21. Nxd7 $6 (21. exd5 cxd5 22.
Ne4 $1 {gains a positional advantage.}) 21... Qxd7 22. Nc4 $5 Qe6 23. Nb6 Nf6
24. exd5 Ncxd5 $5 25. Qb3 $1 Rbe8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd2 Kh8 28. Rbe1 Qd7 29.
Bc1 Nc7 30. Qc4 Nb5 31. Bb2 Qc7 32. Kg1 Qf7 $6 33. Qxf7 Rxf7 {
The endgame favours White.} 34. Re4 Rd8 35. Rfe1 Rd2 36. R4e2 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Nd4
38. Re4 g5 39. Re3 Rf8 40. Be4 Bf6 41. Kf1 h6 42. Ra3 Rb8 43. Ra7 Nb5 44. Ra1
Nd4 45. Ke1 Kg8 46. Ra7 Nb5 47. Ra2 Kf7 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Ke3 Nc7 50. Kd3 Rd8+
51. Kc2 Nb5 52. f3 Nd4+ 53. Bxd4 Rxd4 $2 (53... exd4 $1 {(Flesch)} 54. Ra7 Rd7
55. Kd3 Be5 $1 {
solves the black problems, because the bishop controls square b8.}) 54. Kb3 Be7
55. Ra7 Rd7 56. g4 $1 Rc7 57. Ra8 Kf7 58. Rb8 Bf6 59. Ka4 Rd7 60. Bf5 $1 Re7 $2
({Right is} 60... e4 $1 61. fxe4 ({the pointe is} 61. Bxd7 $2 e3) 61... Be5 62.
Bxd7 Bxb8 63. Bc8 Ke7 64. Bxb7 Kd7 65. b5 cxb5+ 66. Kxb5 Be5 {
and Black fights for his last chance.}) 61. Bc8 {Pawn b7 falls.} e4 62. fxe4
Rxe4 63. Rxb7+ Be7 64. Bd7 Re3 65. Bxc6 Rxh3 66. Bd5+ Kf6 67. Rd7 {
Byrne, Hübner, Larsen and Smyslov led by a score of 41/2/6.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. d3
h6 $5 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 $5 {
The white advance on the kingside gives Black an easy game in the centre.} Rb8
11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. Nf3) 12... Nd4 13. Qf2 b5 14. Be3 $6
(14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh7 16. Ne4 {
makes a timely counteraction in the centre (Khalifman).}) 14... bxc4 15. dxc4
Bc6 16. Rae1 $5 Qb7 17. Bc1 $5 {White shows too much optimism.} Qa6 $1 18. e5
$5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh7 $6 ({More active is} 19... Nd7 $1) 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Re3
$2 (21. Rd1 $1 {starts aiming the white forces at d4.}) 21... Ng5 $1 22. Qg2
Qa6 23. b3 Nxh3+ $1 24. Qxh3 Bxc3 25. Qg4 $2 (25. Qg2 {protects pawn a2.})
25... Qxa2 26. Rxc3 h5 $1 ({Not} 26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxc3 $4 28. Bxh6 $1 {
(Krnic).}) 27. Qxh5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxc3 29. Bh6 Qe2 $1 30. Qg5 Qe4+ $1 31. Rf3
Qh7 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxc3 Rfd8 35. Nf3 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rbd8 37.
Rc2 R8d3 38. Ra2 Rxb3 39. Ng5 Rdd3 40. Ne4 Re3 41. Nxc5 Rxg3+ {Larsen and
ov (6/8) led before Petrosian (51/2), Byrne, Hübner and Portisch (5).} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Castro Rojas, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
Qa4 Qc7 9. Ba3 e6 10. Qb5 $5 {This novelty brings no advantage.} (10. Bxc6+
bxc6 11. Nf3 {was played in Eising - Bachmann, Bad Pyrmont 1961.}) 10... Bd7 $1
11. Qb2 ({Not} 11. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 $1 12. Qxc7 Rxb1+) 11... Qa5 $5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13.
O-O O-O 14. d4 b6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qh5 19. h3 $5
e5 20. d5 e4 $1 21. Nxe4 $1 {Larsen sacrifices a queen!} Ne5 $6 {
Acceptation of the gift draws.} (21... Bxb2 22. Bxb2 Kf8 23. Nf6 Qe2 $1 24.
Nxh7+ Ke8 25. Nf6+ Ke7 $5 26. d6+ Kf8 27. Nh7+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 22.
g4 $1 Bxg4 $2 {This piece sacrifice does not work.} ({Black should try} 22...
Qh4 $5 23. Qb4 Bf8) 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Kf1 $1 f5 25. Nd2 $5 Qh4 $5 26. Qb5 Rc3
27. Rb3 $1 {Larsen offers the queen again!} Rc2 ({The pointe is} 27... Nd3 28.
Qxd3 $1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 {and White wins (Flesch).}) 28. Qe2 Nc4 29. Qd3 $1 Rc8 $1
30. d6 Ne5 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. f3 a5 33. Qe6 a4 34. Rb4 $1 Qg3 35. Rc4 $3 {
Castro grabs his head, when this great interference occurs. Larsen smiles.} Nd3
$5 ({Or} 35... R2xc4 36. Nxc4) 36. Qxc8+ {
Larsen (71/2/10) led before Smyslov (7), Hübner and Portisch (61/2).} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bf1 $5 {Byrne gives his eminent opponent the time to develop his pieces
on the queenside.} ({Theory is} 9. Be2) 9... Ba4 $5 10. g3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12.
Bh3 {White makes preparations for an attack on the kingside.} Nb6 13. O-O Bd7
$6 14. Nh4 Na4 $6 {Smyslov spoils tempi.} 15. f4 $1 {
He is ready for an advance to f5.} Nf5 $6 {He defends poorly.} ({
Byrne has calculated} 15... g6 $5 16. f5 $5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. g4 $5 {
and the battle continues.}) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. g4 $1 fxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 18... O-O-O 19. f5 Kb8 {(Byrne).}) 19. exf6 O-O-O ({
Even worse is} 19... gxf6 $2 20. Re1+ $1 Kd8 21. Bxd7 {(Byrne).}) 20. fxg7 Rhg8
21. Kh1 $1 Rxg7 22. Bxd7+ Rdxd7 23. f5 $1 Qd8 24. Qf3 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rdf7 26. Bg3
Qg5 27. Rae1 $1 Qg4 28. Qe3 $1 Re7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Kd8 31. f6 Nd7 32.
Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 33. f7 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Rf3 $1 Qxc2+ 37. Kh3 {
The standings at the top had become: Larsen (9/12), Byrne Hübner, Portisch,
Smyslov (71/2) and Petrosian (7).} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 $5 Nh6 8. d3
O-O 9. f3 Be6 10. Nd5 Kh7 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Ng1 $1 {
Long manoeuvring begins.} c6 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Nh3 Nf7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nf2
Qd7 19. O-O d5 $1 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Kh2 b6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Kg8 24. Nh3 Bf5
25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Nf2 Bc8 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Nxh3 Qd7 30. Rcd1 Qf5 31.
Rf1 Qd7 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. Bc1 Rd7 34. Qc2 Qd6 35. Be3 Rfd8 36. c5 $1 Qf6 $5 37.
cxb6 axb6 $2 {Black loses a pawn.} ({Right is} 37... Qxf3 38. Qf2 $6 {
(Forintos)} Qxf2+ 39. Bxf2 d4 $1) 38. Bxb6 Rb8 39. Qf2 $1 Nh6 40. Be3 Nf5 41.
Rgf1 Bf8 42. Rc1 Ra8 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Ng5 Bh6 45. Qe2 Bxg5 46. hxg5 Qe6 47. Bf2
Ra8 48. Rfc1 Rc7 49. Kg2 Qe7 $5 50. Rxc6 Rxc6 51. Rxc6 Qxg5 52. Kh3 Ng7 53. Rd6
d4 54. Rd5 Re8 55. Kh2 Qf6 56. Kg2 h4 57. Qe4 Nh5 $5 {Gulko tries opportunism.}
58. Bxd4 $1 Qg5 59. Bxe5 $1 hxg3 60. f4 Qg4 61. f5 $1 Qg5 62. fxg6 $1 Rf8 (
62... Qd2+ 63. Kh3 Qh2+ 64. Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Bxf6 $1 Rxe4+ 66. dxe4 {
wins for White (Forintos).}) 63. Rd8 $3 Rxd8 64. Qc4+ Kf8 65. Qf7# {
Larsen led before Portisch.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf1 $5 {
Tal plays a usual move for the Closed Ruy Lopez.} d5 19. e5 Rc8 20. Bf5 $5 c4
21. Ng3 Rc6 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Rh1 $5 f6 $5 24. h4 $5 {
They are battling for the initiative.} fxe5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26. Re1 Bb4 27. Re3 d4
$5 {Black shows ambition again.} 28. Qxd4 Bc5 29. Qe4 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Bxe3 $6 ({
Better is} 30... Qc7 $1 31. Re2 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nfd5) 31. Qxc6 Bxc1 32. e6 $5 {
Tal charges.} (32. Rxc1 $1 Nxe5 33. Qb7 {gains a plus (Khalifman).}) 32... Nb8
$2 {Portisch collapses.} ({Right is} 32... Qf6 $1 33. Rxc1 {(Khalifman)} Rxe6
$1) 33. Qb7 $1 Bb2 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Rd1 $1 Qc8 36. Ng5 $1 Bf6 37. Nh6 $1 {
Tal threatens smothered mate in two.   Portisch made the uneven score of +9,
=6, -4 in Biel.} (37. Nh6 Rxe6 38. Rd8+ $1 Qxd8 39. Nxe6 Qc8 40. Nf8 {
will mate soon.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Petrosian trails the leaders. He looks determinated to win.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6
10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 $5 {
Tigran does not accept the offer of a draw.} 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 ({Preferable is} 16... exd5 $1 17. Qh5 Ng6) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
19. Rc3 f6 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. g3 Rd7 22. Rcd3 Kh8 $6 (22... b5 $1 {equalises.})
23. Qe4 Rc8 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Re7 27. d5 $1 {
White takes the initiative.} exd5 28. Qxd5 Qe8 $1 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Qb7 h6 31. b4
Ne6 32. h4 Rb8 33. Qf3 Nf8 $6 (33... Rd8 $1 34. Ng4 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Re2 $1 {
weakens the white pressure (Kholmov).}) 34. Nf5 Qg6 35. Nd6 h5 36. Rd5 Nd7 37.
Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxd7 Qg6 39. R1d4 Rbe8 40. Rb7 Qb1 $6 ({Better is} 40... Qc2 $1 {
(Larsen)} 41. Rd5 Qc6) 41. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc8 43. f4 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rb2 45.
Rxb5 Rc4 $2 ({Right is} 45... Kg8 $1 46. Ke4 Kf7 $1 47. f5 Rc7 {
and the battle continues.}) 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Kg4 $1 Rcxb4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49.
Rhh8 Rb7 50. Rhf8+ Ke7 51. Kf5 R2b3 52. g4 Rg3 53. Rde8+ Kd6 54. g5 $1 fxg5 55.
hxg5 Rb5+ 56. Kg6 {Black loses on time.   Larsen and Hübner (10) led before
Tal, Smyslov (91/2), Petrosian and Portisch (9). They would be fighting for
the three places.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.08.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. b4
$5 {This novelty gives Black an easy game.} Bg7 $5 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 $2
10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ne5 {favours White.}) 9. bxc5 Ne6 10. Bb2 Nxc5 11. Na4 $5 Bxb2
12. Nxb2 Be6 $1 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Qa5 $1 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qxa3 17. d4 {
White has compensation for the pawn.} Nd7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Qh6 $5 f6 20. e3 Nb6
21. Rcc1 $5 Rac8 22. Nd2 $5 e5 $1 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. Qh4 $2 (25. d5
$1 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. f4 {
brings a fine counteraction.}) 25... Kg7 26. Nc5 exd4 27. exd4 (27. Bxc6 $5
Qxc5 $1 28. Bxb7 dxe3 29. Bxc8 exf2+ 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nd5 $1 32. Rd4 Ne3+
33. Kxf2 Nc2 {leads to a great win for Black.}) 27... Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29.
Qxd4 Rxc5 30. h4 Qc7 31. Kh2 Rc4 $1 32. Qe3 Rxh4+ 33. Kg1 Rh5 34. Rd1 Re5 35.
Qa3 a5 36. Rb1 Nc4 37. Qc3 b5 38. Bf1 Rc5 39. Qa1 Nd2 {
Portisch neared the top again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.08.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 {
Larsen plays an ancient opening.} h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. f3 $5
(9. a3 {occurred in Riemann - Englisch, Hamburg 1885.}) 9... Be6 10. Ne2 g5 $5
11. Bf2 d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O Nf4 $5 15. Bb5 Ra5 $6 {
Black wastes time.} 16. a4 $1 Nxe2+ $2 {He exchanges an active piece.} 17. Qxe2
O-O 18. c3 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Raa8 $5 20. Bg3 f6 21. d4 $1 Bf7 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Qc2
Be8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rd5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Rae8 $5 28. Re4 $5 {
An exchange on e5 strongly favours White, but Larsen decides to wait for
another opportunity.} Rf6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh4 c6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Rd2 Re6 33.
Re4 b5 34. Qd1 Rg6 35. Rd7 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Rf8 $2 ({Right is} 36... Qf8 $1 37. Qd3
Qf6) 37. Qd3 $1 Rff6 38. b4 $1 Qb6 {The black queen stands offside.} 39. Rxe5 {
Larsen came back after two defeats.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.08.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Changes at the top will occur during the last two rounds} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7
3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 b6 {
Petrosian plays an anxious opening.} 8. Nbd2 $5 Nbc6 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11.
Nf1 Nac6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 e5 14. h3 {Hübner hesistates as well.} Nd8 $5 15.
N3h2 $5 {Both players withdraw.} Bb7 16. Ng3 exd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Bb3 d5 19.
e5 Nc6 20. Ng4 Rfd8 $2 (20... c4 $1 {keeps the game closed.}) 21. dxc5 $1 bxc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 {White has won a pawn.} Qe7 24. Qc1 Rac8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 ({
Or} 25... Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bxd5 {(Krnic).}) 26. Nxd5 Qf8 $1 27. Qe3 Nxe5
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxa7 {Hübner captures another pawn.} Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qb4 31.
Re2 f5 32. Qb7 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf8 $5 {Petrosian strives for confusion.} 34. f4 $1
Nd3 35. Qb5 Bd4 36. Nh1 $1 {The white king needs square g3.} Qd6 $6 37. g3 $2 {
Hübner has five minutes on the clock, but he misses simple tactics.} (37. Qe8+
$1 Kg7 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Rxh7# {ends the game quickly.}) 37... Nxf4
$2 (37... Kg7 $1 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Bg8 Bg7 {defends properly.}) 38. Qe8+ $5 Kg7
39. Re7+ $4 ({Correct is} 39. gxf4 Qxf4+ 40. Ng3 Rg1 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qa3)
39... Kh6 40. Nf2 $5 Bxf2 41. Rxh7+ $1 Kg5 $1 {The black king escapes from the
checks.   Petrosian caught up with Hübner in the standings.} (41... Kg5 42.
Qe7+ $5 Qxe7 43. gxf4+ Kf6 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 {wins a rook.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.08.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O e6 7. e4 Qb8 $5 {
Larsen makes a mysterious move.} 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd6 $1 11.
Bg5 Be5 12. Qd2 h6 {The black chessmen cooperate well.} 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qd3 a6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Qe3 Qc5
21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Na4 Rc7 23. Rd6 Re8 24. Rb6 $5 ({Larsen suggests} 24. f3 $1 {
and White keeps the superior pawn position.}) 24... Bxe4 $1 ({Not} 24... Re6 $4
25. Rxb7 $1 {(Larsen).}) 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxa6 Ng5 $1 27. Rd1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd4
29. Re1 f6 30. f4 e4 31. Nc3 f5 32. g4 $5 Rc6 $1 33. Rxc6 dxc6 {
The doubled pawns act as defenders.} 34. gxf5 e3 $1 35. Na4 Kf7 {
Black has to give pawns temporarily.} 36. Nxc5 Kf6 37. a4 Kxf5 38. a5 Kxf4 39.
a6 g5 40. a7 $2 (40. Nd3+ Ke4 41. Nc5+ Kf4 42. Nd3+ {draws by perpetual check.}
) 40... e2 $1 41. Kf2 $2 {White misses a hidden chance.} (41. Ne6+ $1 Nxe6 42.
Rxe2 Kf5 43. Ra2 Nc7 44. b4 Na8 45. Ra6 Re6 {
leads to a difficult win for Black (Larsen).}) 41... Ra8 $1 42. b4 ({Or} 42.
Nd3+ Ke4 43. Nc5+ Kf5 $1) 42... Rxa7 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Rc7 45. Rc1 Rf7 $1
46. b6 Kg4+ 47. Kg2 Nc2 $1 {Black threatens mate in three.} 48. h3+ Kh4 49. Nd3
Ne3+ 50. Kh2 h5 $1 {The final attack begins.} 51. b7 $5 {
White has no proper defence.} Rxb7 52. Ne1 g4 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Rc3 Re7 55. Ra3
g3+ 56. Kg1 Kh3 57. Ra8 Ng2 $1 58. Rh8+ Nh4 59. Rf8 Re5 {The standings after
the penultimate round became: Larsen, 12, Tal 111/2, Byrne, Hübner, Petrosian,
Portisch and Smyslov 11. So the tension remained high.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "9 Interzonal"]
[Date "1976.08.06"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Castro Rojas, Oscar"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Tal plays a quick draw in the last round. So he has to wait for the other
results. Larsen and Hübner draw. Larsen wins the event and qualifies. Hübner
is out.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. b4 $5 {This novelty is better as it seems.} Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. b5 Na5
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c4 Bg4 13. Nd4 $2 {White blunders a pawn.} ({Correct is} 13.
Bb2 dxc4 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nxc4) 13... dxc4 $1 14. Bb2 Bb4 $1 15. a3 c3 16. axb4
cxb2 17. Ra4 {White has no proper defence.} Qxd4 18. Bxg4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20.
Bf5 Rad8 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ra3 g6 23. Bb1 Rfe8 24. g3 Qc1 25. Kg2 Re1 26. Rxe1
Qxe1 27. Qe4 Qxe4+ 28. Bxe4 Nf6 {Portisch won the last three games and caught
up with Tal. Byrne and Smyslov could not break the resistance of their
opponents, but Petrosian won. The final standings became: Larsen (121/2),
Petrosian, Tal, Portisch (12), Smyslov, Byrne, Hübner (111/2), Andersson (101/
2), Smejkal, Csom and Geller (10), etc. So a playoff had to decide about the
second and third place. Petrosian and Portisch qualified, eventually.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The tenth tournament was played in Biel from 18 vii until 5 viii 1977. The
event was named 'Internationales Schachfestival'. Sixteen men participated in
the grandmaster group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. e5 Nxg3 13.
fxg3 dxe5 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Nd2 {
White has an ample compensation for the pawn.} c4 $2 (16... Ra7 17. Qh5 Kg8 {
was played in Shashin - Agzamov, Burevestnik 1977.}) 17. Qh5 $1 f6 ({Or} 17...
Ra7 18. Bg6 $1) 18. Bc2 $5 (18. Bg6 $1 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ne7 20. Nxe5 {wins quickly.}
) 18... Bd7 19. a4 Be8 20. Bg6 $1 Nd7 21. axb5 Bxg6 22. Qxg6 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8
24. Nde4 $1 {White has a decisive attack.} Qe8 25. Qf5 $1 Qd8 26. Kh1 Kg8 $5
27. Nxb5 Nf8 28. Nbd6 h5 29. Nxc4 h4 30. g4 h3 31. Ne3 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qb6 33.
Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 34. Qxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Rh7 36. Rf5 Rb7 37. Rxg5+ Kf7 38. Nc4 Rb4
39. Nxe5+ Ke8 40. Rg8 Rxb2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Rxf8+ Kxg6 44. Rf5 Rd3+
45. Kf4 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Ke4 Rh3 48. d6 {Miles had just won the IBM
tournament in Amsterdam. He made a good start in Biel.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 c4 $5 12. Bf5 $1 g6 13. Bh3 Nh5 $5 14. Bh6
$1 Re8 15. Qa4 $1 {The Cuban player takes the initiative.} Nb8 $5 ({
More active is} 15... Ndf6) 16. Rfe1 Bd6 $5 ({Preferable is} 16... Nc6) 17. g3
a6 18. Qc2 f5 $2 {Robatsch commits a tactical error.} ({Correct is} 18... Nd7)
19. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Ng7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ng5 $1 Qd7 23. Qxh7+ {
The defence is gone.} Kf8 24. Qg6 Re7 25. e4 $1 dxe4 26. Ncxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Nh7+ Ke7 29. Qxe4+ Kd8 30. Qxa8 Qxh7 31. Qd5 {
Hernandez attacked elegantly.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. f3 $5 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bf1 e6
15. Nc2 Bf8 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. a3 Ba8 {
Andersson occupies three ranks and lures for a chance.} 18. Nb4 Nc5 19. Nba2
Qb8 $5 20. b4 $1 Ncd7 21. Na4 Rc6 $5 {He protects his pawns.} 22. N2c3 Rec8 23.
b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 d5 $1 {Ulf counters timely.} 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nd4 Rd6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 26... Rxc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4) 27. Bf4 $1 Nh5 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 {
Kagan has gained an exchange.} 29. g4 $5 Nf4 $1 {The black pieces are active.}
30. Nb5 Be5 31. Nac3 $2 (31. cxd5 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Bxd5 33. Nac3 {keeps a plus.})
31... Rxc4 $1 32. Ne2 $5 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Nc5 34. Nd4 Qd6 35. Kh1 Bb7 36. Nd3 $2 {
The opportunity arrives.} ({Correct is} 36. Qd2 {
and Black has little advantage.}) 36... Ncxd3 37. Bxd3 Qc5 $1 38. Bf1 Ne6 $1
39. Qh4 {White loses a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Lombard, Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qd3 c5 $5 ({Usual is} 5... dxc4 6.
Qxc4 b5) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. g3 $5 c4 $1 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Bg2 g6 $5 11.
O-O Bf5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Qd1 Bg7 $5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Rd8 $5 18. Qd4 $5 Qe7 $5 19. Bxd5 g5 20. e4 $1 Bh3 21. Be3 Bxe5 22. Qd2 h6 23.
Rad1 Rc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 23... O-O $1 24. f4 {(Miles)} gxf4 25. Bxf4 $1
Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Kg7) 24. Bd4 Bg4 25. f3 $1 Bxf3 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7
$2 (27... Kf8 $5 28. Qf2 {(Miles)} Qc5 29. Qxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7 {
favours White.}) 28. Qd7+ Qe7 29. Qf5+ {White gains material.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lombard, Andre"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O (13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3
{became famous by the game Spassky - Fischer, Reykjavik 1972 (5).}) 13... O-O
14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bd7 16. Rb1 $5 ({Known is} 16. a4) 16... Rb8 17. Rb2 Qa5
18. Bd2 a6 19. Qb1 $2 ({More active is} 19. Qe1 b5 20. Qg3) 19... b5 $1 {
Panno takes the initiative.} 20. cxb5 $5 axb5 21. c4 Qc7 22. Rb3 bxc4 23. Bxc4
Ba4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qc1 $6 ({Better is} 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Be1) 25... Bb5 $1 26.
Rd1 $5 Qd7 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 $5 28. Qc2 Qb7 29. Be1 $5 Rb2 30. Qa4 Kh7 31. Qc6 Qb8
32. Bh4 $2 Rb6 33. Qa4 Rb4 {Panno gains a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.07.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. O-O Be6 $5 (
7... f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 {drew in Torre - Kagan (round 4).}) 8. f4 $5 Qc8 9. c4 $5
a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. N3d2 $6 ({Preferable is} 11. Nc3 $1 Bxc4 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Rc1)
11... f5 12. Kh1 $5 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 15. exd5 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6
17. Bf3 Rae8 $6 ({More useful is} 17... Qf7) 18. Bxb7 Ng4 19. Bd5 $2 (19. Nb3
Qe7 20. Bd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ {achieves a plus.}) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qb3 Qf7 $6 (21... Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Re2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23.
Nf3 Rb7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Ne4 27. Kf1 Nc5 28. Ra2 Ne4 29. Nd3
Rc7 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Ra3 Bxb2 32. Ra2 $1 Rc3 33. Nxb2 $2 (33. Ke2 $1 Ba3 34. Bb6
Bb4 35. Nxb4 axb4 36. a5 b3 37. Rb2 Rc2+ 38. Rxc2 bxc2 39. Be3 Nc5 40. Kd2 Nb3+
41. Kxc2 Nxa5 42. Kd3 {fights for a draw.}) 33... Rxe3 34. Nc4 $2 Rc3 $1 {
Tony scored well.} (34... Rc3 35. Nxa5 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Nc3+ {gains a rook (Miles).
}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nd2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 $5 13. Qxe2 {
White has a pleasant game.} a6 14. a4 Re8 15. f4 Qc7 16. Rae1 $6 {
The white edge evaporates.} (16. Nc4 $1 Nbd7 17. e5 $1 {attacks in the centre.}
) 16... Nbd7 17. Kh1 Nh7 18. Bg3 Re7 $5 19. Qd3 $5 Nhf6 $6 (19... Ree8 {
restores the defence.}) 20. e5 $1 Nh5 21. e6 $5 Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Nf8 23. f5 $1
gxf5 24. Rxf5 Kh7 ({Or} 24... fxe6 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Nd5) 25. Ref1 $1 fxe6 26.
dxe6 Qd8 $5 ({The pointe is} 26... Rxe6 27. Rf7) 27. Nd5 $1 Rxe6 28. Rxf8 $1
Bxf8 29. Ne4 $2 ({Better is} 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. Qe4 {and White wins.}) 29... Rxe4
$2 (29... Kh8 $1 30. Rf7 $1 Rxe4 31. Nf6 {(Miles)} Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Bg7 {
tries to survive.}) 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rae8 32. h4 Kh8 33. Rg6 R4e6 34.
Qc3+ Kh7 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Qd3+ Kh8 37. Qxa6 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bg7 39. Qxb6 Be5+ 40.
Kh3 h5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qxh5 Re3+ 44. Kg4 Rg3+ 45. Kf5 Rxg2 46.
Ke6 Kg7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. a5 {Miles won the tournament. The final standings
became: Miles 11/15, Andersson, Hernandez and Panno 9, Vukic, Kavalek, Torre
and Hug 81/2, Kagan 8, Wirthensohn 71/2, Robatsch 7, Partos 61/2, Lombard 51/2,
Flesch 5, Kestler 41/2, Huss 4.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sahovic, Dragutin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twelfth Internationales Schachfestival was played in Biel from 27 vii
until 10 viii 1979. No grandmaster group occurred in the previous year.
Kortschnoj was the great star.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5.
Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4
12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 $6 ({Preferable is} 15. Rae1
$1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc5 17. Qf3 $1) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc5 $1 17. Qf3 Bxe3 18.
fxe3 Qb6 19. Rde1 Re5 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Qe6 22. h3 h6 23. b4 Ne4 24. c3 Rf5
25. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 $5 (25... Rxf3 $5 26. Bxf3 Qc6 {also gains an advantage.}) 26.
Qg3 Rd8 27. Rf2 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 {Black has a better endgame.} 29. g4 Rd3 30.
Ree2 f6 31. Rf1 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Rc1 f5 34. Kg3 $2 (34. Rf1 Red5 35. Kg3 g6
36. Rff2 {offers more resistance.}) 34... g5 $1 35. gxf5+ Rxf5 36. Kg4 Rf3 $1
37. Rce1 $6 Kf6 $1 38. h4 Rd5 $6 (38... h5+ $1 {wins for black.}) 39. c4 $6 (
39. Rg1 Kg6 40. h5+ {defends stubbornly.}) 39... h5+ $1 40. Kxh5 Rd8 41. hxg5+
Kf5 42. Kh6 Rh3+ 43. Kg7 Rd7+ 44. Kg8 Kg6 $1 45. Rf2 Rg7+ 46. Kf8 Rh8# {
Kortschnoj made a fine start.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bb5 c6 $5 10. Ba4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bc2 c5 14. Bf5 Ra8 $5
15. Qc2 g6 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Rfd1 Rac8 22. Qa4 $5 {
The exchange of queens leads to equality. White loses a plus.} Qxa4 23. Nxa4 d4
$5 {Viktor delivers a temporary sacrifice.} 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bd5 26. Nc3
Bb3 27. Rf1 $5 (27. Rd3 $1 {protects the centre pawn.}) 27... Red8 28. d5 Kg7
29. g3 Rd7 30. Nb5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxd5 32. Rd1 Bc6 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Nc3 $6 (34.
Nxa7 $1 Kf6 35. Kf1 Ke5 36. Ke2 Kd4 37. Kd2 g5 38. Kc2 {
looks risky but forces a draw.}) 34... Kf6 35. f4 Kf5 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. h4 f6 38.
Ke3 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. fxg5 Kxg5 {
Kortschnoj has the initiative in the bishop versus knight ending.} 41. Nd1 Kg4
42. Kf2 Kf5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Nf2 Bd7 45. Ne4 Bh3 46. Nc3 Bf1 47. Ne4 Bg2 48. Nc3
Bc6 49. Kd3 b5 50. Ke3 a6 51. Kd3 $2 (51. Ne2 $1 Be8 52. Nf4 Bg6 53. Kf3 Be4+
54. Ke3 {forces a draw.}) 51... Be8 $1 52. Ke3 Bg6 53. a4 bxa4 54. Nxa4 Kd5 $1
55. Nb2 $1 {White will draw, if he can give his knight for the h-pawn.} Bf5 56.
Kf4 Bc2 $1 57. Ke3 $1 Bg6 $1 58. Kd2 $5 Kd4 $1 {Black is going to win a pawn.}
59. Nd1 $5 Kc4 60. Kc1 Kxb4 61. Kb2 Bf5 62. Ne3 Be6 63. Ng2 Kc4 64. Nf4 Bg4 $1
{Black will keep his h-pawn.} 65. Ka3 Kd4 66. Kb4 Ke4 67. Ka5 Kf3 68. Kxa6 Kxg3
{Kortschnoj scored his third win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hartoch, Robert"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c4
Nge7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a3 Qe7 13. Bd2 $5 (13. Qc2 {
drew in Eising - Ornstein, Hannover 1976.}) 13... Rd8 14. Qc2 e5 15. Rfd1 Be6
16. Ne3 Bb6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qe6 21. Nd2 Rc8
22. e3 h6 23. Qa4 Rd8 24. Ne4 $6 ({Preferable is} 24. Nf3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1) 24...
Nd4 $1 25. exd4 $6 (25. b4 $5 Rd5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 dxe3 29.
Rxd5 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxd5 31. Qxa7 {reacts quietly.}) 25... exd4 26. Qc2 $6 (26.
Ba5 Qxe4 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Qb4 {exchanges the bishops.}) 26... f5 $1 27. Bxd4
$6 Qxe4 $1 28. Qb3+ Qd5 $1 29. Bxb6 Qxb3 30. Rxd8+ Kf7 31. Bxa7 Qxb2 32. h4 f4
33. gxf4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc7 35. Rd3 b6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Re3 Qg6+ 38. Kh3 Qg1 $1
{Kortschnoj won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Cuartas, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Bd3 c5 $6 ({Known is} 10... h6) 11. dxc6 {
Opening the position slightly favours White.} Nxc6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14.
b3 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. b4 a6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Qa1 f6
21. a4 Qf7 22. Rb2 Nb6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Nc4 25. Ng3 Rfd8 26. Ne4 Rc7 27.
Nc5 Bg4 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Rb3 Qd5 30. Be1 Kh8 $2 ({Better is} 30... e4 $1 31. Bf1
Kh8) 31. Qb1 $1 Qf7 32. a5 Bc8 33. Rbc3 Re7 $6 (33... f5 {
counters in the central area.}) 34. Qb6 Qe8 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Nb8 $2 (36...
f5 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. f3 Rb8 {prolongs the game.}) 37. Qxd8 $1 {
Kortschnoj had won his seventh encounter.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{So far, Kortschnoj had won eight games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
c5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. b4 d5 10. Bb2 cxb4 11. axb4
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 $5 (12... Qb6 13. Nf3 Ba6 {
drew in Kortschnoj - Browne, Buenos Aires 1979.}) 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Nbd7 16. Qe1 $5 a6 $5 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nbd5 20. Ba3 Qd8
$5 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. e4 Nc7 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. Bb2 Nfe8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rd1 Qc8
27. Nd7 $5 Qb7 28. h4 h6 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Qd2 Ra2 31. Nc5 Na6 32. Rd8 Nxc5 33.
bxc5 Kh7 34. Qc2 Nf6 $5 35. e5+ $6 (35. Qb3 $1 Qc7 36. Rd1 {keeps an edge.})
35... Qe4 36. Qxe4+ Nxe4 37. c6 Rxb2 38. c7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rc1 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41.
Rxc8 Nxf2 {Black has achieved a material equality in the endgame.} 42. Rc5 b4
43. Rb5 Nd3 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Kf3 Ne1+ $5 46. Kf2 Nc2 47. Rb7 h5 48. Kf3 Ne1+ 49.
Ke2 {Kortschnoj had to accept a draw at last.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huss, Andreas"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. b3 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 $5 8. Nc3
g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e3 Re8 12. Rb1 $6 {White spoils a tempo.} Bxf1
13. Kxf1 Na6 14. Qd3 Nc7 15. e4 $5 b5 $1 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 a5 $1 {
Black has the initiative on the queenside.} 18. Ba3 axb4 19. Bxb4 Na6 20. Qxb5
Qc8 $5 {He postpones the recapture of a pawn.} 21. Qc6 $2 (21. Ba5 Rb8 22. Qc6
Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Nxe4 24. Nbd2 {prevents a disaster.}) 21... Nxb4 22. Rxb4 Qg4
23. Qb7 Qf4 24. Ne2 Ra1+ 25. Rb1 Qxe4 $1 26. Rxa1 Qxe2+ 27. Kg1 Ne4 $1 28. Rf1
Bd4 $1 {Kortschnoj has a mate attack.} ({The pointe is} 28... Bd4 29. Nxd4
Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nd2+ 31. Kg1 Re1#) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1979.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 f6 $5 5. Bh4 Nh6 6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. O-O-O+ Nd7 10. f4 $5 Nf7 $2 (10... exf4 $5 11. e5 $1 Nf5 12.
Bxf6+ Bxf6 13. exf6 Ne3 {battles in the central area.}) 11. fxe5 Nfxe5 12. Nf3
Nxf3 13. gxf3 c6 14. Bg3 Ke8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Kc2 Kf8 19.
c5 Be6 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Rd2 Bh6 22. Rf2 Kg7 $6 (22... Re8 23. e5 h4 $1 24. Bxh4
Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxh4 26. Rxf6 Rxh2+ {offers more resistance.}) 23. e5 $1 Rhe8 24.
Ne4 $1 fxe5 25. fxe5 Re7 26. Nd6 $1 Nh8 27. h4 g5 $5 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Nf7
30. Bf2 Rd8 31. e6 Nh8 32. Bg3 Ng6 33. Bd6 Ree8 34. Bc4 {The final standings
became: Kortschnoj 12/13, Wirthensohn 71/2, Partos, Sahovic and Unzicker 7,
Hartoch, Hug, Schauwecker and Toth 61/2, Cuartas and Känel 51/2, Huss 5,
Janosevic 41/2, Hammer 4. Viktor the Terrible showed his superiority.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirteenth Internationales Schachfestival was played at the Kongresshaus
in Biel from 19 until 31 vii 1980.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nd7
12. Rf2 $5 ({Usual is} 12. Rf1) 12... Nde5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bh4 15. Rff1
Bf6 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Nd5 {White has the initiative.} Be6 19. Bg5
Qd7 20. c3 Kh8 21. Rbd1 Rac8 22. Qe1 f6 23. Be3 Ne7 $5 24. Bxa7 $1 Bxd5 25.
exd5 Qa4 26. Bd4 $5 Qxa2 27. Bg4 Ra8 28. Qf2 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 {
Shamkovich has small advantages.} f5 30. Bf3 Ng6 31. Rb4 Rab8 32. Qb6 Ne5 $2 (
32... Rfd8 {protects a pawn.}) 33. Qxd6 {White has gained a pawn.} Nxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rbd8 35. Qc5 $1 Rfe8 36. Rxb7 Rxd5 37. Qc7 Rd1+ $1 38. Kf2 Rd2+ $5 39. Kg3
Rg8 40. Rf2 $2 Rxf2 $2 (40... Qe6 $1 41. Rxd2 Qe3+ 42. Kh4 Qxd2 {
wins for Black.}) 41. Kxf2 Qa4 42. h3 f4 43. Rb8 Qe4 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Qd8+
Kf7 46. Qd2 g5 47. b4 Kg6 48. Qe2 Qd5 49. h4 h5 $2 ({Better is} 49... h6) 50.
Qa6+ Kg7 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Qd4 $2 {White goes to the wrong queen ending.} ({
Right is} 52. Qa6+ $1 Kg7 53. hxg5 $1) 52... Qa2+ 53. Kf3 g4+ 54. Kxf4 Qxg2 55.
Qe4+ Qxe4+ 56. Kxe4 Kf6 57. c4 Ke6 58. c5 Kd7 59. b5 Kc8 60. c6 Kc7 61. Ke3 Kd6
62. Kd4 Kc7 63. Kc5 $5 g3 64. b6+ Kc8 65. Kd6 g2 66. b7+ Kb8 67. Kd7 g1=Q 68.
c7+ Kxb7 69. c8=Q+ Ka7 70. Qc7+ Ka6 71. Qc4+ Ka7 72. Qa4+ Kb6 73. Qb3+ Ka6 74.
Qc4+ Kb6 75. Qe6+ Kb7 76. Qd5+ Kb6 77. Qxh5 {
The position is theoretically drawn, but mistakes can be made easily.} Qg7+ 78.
Ke6 Qg8+ 79. Ke7 Qg7+ $2 ({Correct is} 79... Qg3 80. Qg5 Qc7+ $1) 80. Qf7 $1
Qg3 81. Qf6+ $1 Kc7 82. Qg5 $2 (82. h5 {wins for White.}) 82... Qa3+ 83. Kf7
Qb3+ 84. Kg7 Qc3+ $2 (84... Qb2+ $1 85. Qf6 Qg2+ $1 86. Kh7 Qh3 {draws.}) 85.
Qf6 $1 Qg3+ 86. Kh7 $2 ({Better is} 86. Kf8 Qh3 87. Qe5+ Kb7 88. h5) 86... Qh3
87. Qg5 Kb6 $2 (87... Qd3+ {draws.}) 88. h5 $1 Qd7+ 89. Qg7 $2 Qh3 $2 ({
Correct is} 89... Qd5 90. h6 Ka5) 90. Qe5 $1 Qd7+ 91. Kg6 Qd3+ 92. Qf5 Qg3+ 93.
Kf7 Qc7+ 94. Kg8 Qb8+ ({Or} 94... Qh2 95. Kg7) 95. Kg7 $1 Qc7+ 96. Qf7 Qh2 97.
h6 Ka5 98. h7 Qe5+ 99. Qf6 Qg3+ 100. Kh6 {Shamkovich also won the second game.}
({The pointe is} 100. Kh6 Qh3+ 101. Kg6 {and the last pawn will queen soon.})
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toth, Bela"]
[Black "Cuartas, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 {
He plays a line of the Chigorin Defence.} 5. Bd2 Rb8 6. e3 Nf6 7. c5 a6 8. Qa4
Nd7 9. Nc3 $5 ({Known is} 9. b4) 9... e5 $1 {Cuartas counters in the centre.}
10. Nxd5 e4 $5 ({The alternative is} 10... Nxc5 11. dxc5 Qxd5) 11. Ng1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 11. Qc2 Nxc5 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. dxc5) 11... Nxc5 $1 12. Nxc7+
Qxc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {Black has an advantage in development.} 14. Rc1 Qb6 $6 (
14... Qd6 $5 15. Bc3 O-O {gains more advantage.}) 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Ng3 Bg6 17.
Nxe4 $5 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Nc3 $5 Rbc8 $5 20. Qb3 $2 (20. Be2 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3
Bxd3 22. Rd1 {defends passively.}) 20... Be4 $6 (20... Nc2+ 21. Rxc2 Qxb3 22.
axb3 Bxc2 {wins material.}) 21. Bc4 Rxc4 $1 22. Qxc4 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Qxb2 24. Nxe4
Nxc1 25. a4 $2 (25. g3 Nxa2 26. Kg2 b5 27. Qc5 {prolongs the game.}) 25... b5
26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf6+ Kh8 $1 {Cuartas attacked vigorously.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Qh6 Qxc2 {
They play a long theoretical line of the Poisoned Pawn Variation.} 20. Ng5 $2 (
{Correct is} 20. Rd3 Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Rxf5+ exf5 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qxc6+
Kd8 25. Qb6+ Ke8 26. Qc6+ {
and perpetual check (Velimirovic - Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981).}) 20... Bc5+ $1 21.
Kh1 Ra7 22. Bxa6 $5 Bxa6 23. Qxe6+ Rff7 24. Rc1 Qd2 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Rfd1 Qe3
$1 27. Re1 Qf2 28. Rxe5 Bf1 {
White has no perpetual and will be mated. Gruenfeld developed a winning streak.
} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 Bb7 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8.
Bc4 $1 ({The alternative is} 8. Bd3) 8... Bxc4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Ne3
c6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qa4 O-O 17. Rfc1 {
White has a pleasant position.} Qd8 18. Qa6 Re8 19. Rc3 Nf8 $6 ({Better is} 
19... f6 20. exf6 Nxf6) 20. Rac1 Re7 21. h4 h6 22. h5 Rd7 23. Rc6 Qe7 $2 24.
Rc8 $2 (24. Rxb6 $1 {gains a pawn.}) 24... Rxc8 25. Qxc8 g6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
Rc3 Rd8 28. Qc6 g5 29. Nh2 h5 30. Rg3 Nh7 $5 31. Qc2 Kh8 $2 (31... Qg7 32. Rc3
Nf8 {defends properly.}) 32. Qg6 $1 h4 $2 ({Preferable is} 32... Qe8 33. Qh6 g4
) 33. Rc3 $1 Rf8 34. Rc6 Qf7 35. Qxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxe6 Rf4 37. Nf3 h3 38. Rd6 hxg2
39. Kxg2 {Gruenfeld won again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 Nd4 $5 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. a3 $5
Bd7 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Ne2 Qa4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Be4 $6
({Preferable is} 20. Bxb7 Raf8 21. Bf3) 20... Rxf4 21. Qh5 Rxe4 $1 22. dxe4
Qxc2 {Black has a positional advantage.} 23. Qg4 $6 (23. Rbc1 $1 Qxe4 24. Rfe1
Qf4 25. Rc7 Rf8 26. Bg3 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxb7 {defends properly.}) 23...
Kh8 $1 24. Rbc1 Qb3 $2 {He should capture on b2.} 25. Kh1 $1 Rg8 26. Rg1 $1 Bc6
27. Bh4 $2 (27. Bxd4 $1 e5 28. Rc3 {wins for White.}) 27... e5 28. Rg3 $2 ({
Correct is} 28. Rcf1 h6 29. Bg5 $1) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Qe2 $2 Qf4 30. Bg5 Qxe4+
31. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Kf2 Rf8+ 34. Ke1 Rf7 35. Rc2 h6 36. Bc1 e4 37.
Rf2 Re7 {Shamkovich won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Bxd8 Nxd6 14. Bc7
Ke7 15. c5 Ne8 16. Bb6 d5 17. cxd6+ Nxd6 18. Bc5 Nef7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bd3 $5 {
White has a positional compensation for the pawn.} ({Usual is} 20. h4) 20... f5
21. O-O Kf6 $5 (21... Bd7 {develops a piece.}) 22. f4 b5 23. Bd4+ Ke7 24. Bxg7
$5 Ne8 25. Be5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bb7 {The chances are equal.} 27. Rf4 Ng7 28. a4
bxa4 29. Rxa4 a5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Rc4 Be8 $1 32. Be2 Rdb8 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rd2
a4 35. Bc4 Ra5 36. Kf3 $5 (36. Re2 Bh5 37. Rd2 Be8 {draws.}) 36... Rxe5 37. Kf4
Ra5 38. Kg5 $5 h6+ $5 39. Kxh6 {The king attacks.} f4 $1 40. Be2 Nf5+ 41. Kg5
Rb4 42. Bb5 $2 ({The retreat by} 42. Kg4 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 {is better.}) 42... Nd4
$2 (42... Rd4 $1 43. Rxd4 Nxd4 44. Kf6 Nxb5 {costs a piece.}) 43. Kf6 Nxb5 44.
Rh7 Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rd8 Nd6 $1 49. Rgd7 $6 (49.
Rxd6 Rf5+ 50. Kxe6 Kxg7 51. Kxf5 Rxb2 52. Kxf4 Rxg2 {equalises.}) 49... f3 $1
50. gxf3 Rf4+ 51. Kxe6 Nf7 52. Rxe8+ Kg7 53. Rd3 Rf6+ 54. Ke7 $2 (54. Kd7 $1
Ra7+ 55. Kc8 Nd6+ 56. Rxd6 Rxd6 57. Re4 a3 58. bxa3 Rc6+ 59. Kb8 Rxa3 60. Re7+
{leads to survival.}) 54... Ne5 55. Rd2 Ra7+ {White will be mated soon.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cuartas, Carlos"]
[Black "Farron, Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Nce2 O-O 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6
15. Rac1 Rac8 $5 16. Nd5 $1 {White delivers a temporary sacrifice.} exd5 17.
cxd5 Qa5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. a3 Qb5 20. Qc4 {He has achieved an edge.} c5 21.
Rfd1 Rb8 22. e5 $5 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 dxe5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxe5 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Nd7
$5 27. Bf4 $5 Nb6 $2 (27... Rb1 $1 28. a4 g5 {counters.}) 28. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 29.
Bxc1 {Cuartas has advantages in the endgame.} a5 $6 (29... c4 $1 30. bxc4 Bc5 {
defends well.}) 30. Bd2 a4 31. Ba5 Bd8 32. bxa4 Kf8 33. Bb5 Ke7 34. Bc3 f6 35.
a5 Nd5 36. Bd2 Kd6 37. f4 Ne7 38. Bc4 Kc6 39. Kf2 Nc8 40. Ke3 Nd6 41. Kd3 h5
42. a4 Bc7 43. a6 $1 Bb6 44. Be6 Kc7 45. f5 Kc6 46. Bf4 Ba7 47. h3 Bb6 48. g4
hxg4 49. hxg4 Ba7 50. Bd2 $6 Kb6 $1 51. Bc4 Kc6 52. Bc3 Kb6 53. Be6 $2 Bb8 $2 (
53... Kxa6 54. g5 fxg5 55. Bxg7 Ka5 56. f6 Kxa4 57. Bf8 Bb8 {utilises an error.
}) 54. g5 $1 fxg5 55. Bxg7 g4 56. Be5 Kxa6 57. f6 Ka5 58. f7 Nxf7 59. Bxb8 Ng5
60. Bd7 Kb4 61. Bf4 c4+ 62. Ke3 Nf7 63. Be8 Nd8 64. Bd6+ {
Cuartas neared the leaders.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1980.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Gruenfeld and Shamkovich shared the lead, when the last round began. They met
in the decisive game of the tournament.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2
e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Kb1 $5
({Theory is} 17. c4 Ra5 18. Kb1) 17... b5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Nf1 b4 20. Ne3 Rb5 21.
N3c4 Rd8 22. Rhf1 Bf8 23. g4 Kb8 24. g5 Nd5 25. g6 f5 26. Nf7 Re8 27. Qf3 Nf6
28. Rfe1 Rd5 29. Re5 b5 30. Ne3 Rd7 $1 31. Qe2 {The chances are equal.} Qa5 $2
({Right is} 31... Qc8 {and rook e8 gets protection.}) 32. d5 $1 cxd5 33. Nxd5
$1 Qa6 $6 (33... Ne4 34. Ne3 Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Bc5 36. Nf2 $1 {
also wins for White.}) 34. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 gxf6 36. Qd7 $1 fxe5 37. Qxe8+
Qc8 38. Qxb5+ Qb7 39. Qxb7+ Kxb7 40. Nd8+ Kc8 41. Nxe6 exf4 42. Kc1 $1 {
The final standings became: Gruenfeld 81/2/11, Shamkovich and Cuartas 71/2,
Wirthensohn, Pachman and Sahovic 6, Toth 51/2, Liberzon, Hölzl, Farron 5,
Franzoni 21/2, Hebert 11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The fourteenth Schachfestival was played in Biel from 24 vii until 6 viii
1981. Fourteen persons participated in the grandmaster group.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4
Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 c5 9. h3 Qc7
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bg5 $5 ({Known is} 11. Be3) 11... Be6 12. Nf4 Qa5 13. Nxe6
Nxe6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. c3 Bf6
20. Be3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. Bd4 Kf8 25. Qe3 Kg8 26.
h4 Na4 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Rxe7 Rxb2 31. Rc7 Rb1+ 32.
Kh2 Nxc3 33. Rxc4 {The chances in the endgame are equal.} Nd1 34. Rc6 $6 (34.
Rc2 Rb3 35. Rd2 {draws.}) 34... Nxf2 35. Rxd6 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 h5 $1 {
Hort restricts his opponent.} 37. Bf3 Ne5 38. Rf6 $5 Rb2 ({Or} 38... Nxf3 $5
39. Rxf3 Rd1 {drawn.}) 39. Rf4 Rd2 40. Bg2 Ng4 41. Ra4 Kf8 42. Ra7 Ke8 43. Rb7
f5 44. Rb4 $5 Kd7 45. Ra4 Kd6 46. Ra6+ Kc5 47. Ra4 $6 (47. Rc6+ $1 Kd4 48. Re6
{is alright.}) 47... Kb5 $5 48. Rf4 $5 Ka5 49. Rf3 Kb4 50. Rf4+ Kb3 51. Rf3+
Kc2 52. Ra3 Kd1 53. Rb3 Ke2 54. Bf3+ $2 (54. Rb4 Ne3 55. Rf4 Nxg2 56. Kxg2 Rxd5
57. Ra4 {still leads to a drawn rook ending.}) 54... Kf2 $1 55. Bxg4 hxg4+ 56.
Kh2 Kf1+ 57. Kh1 Rxd5 58. Rb1+ Kf2 59. Kh2 Re5 60. Rb3 Re3 61. Rb4 Re4 $1 62.
Rb3 Re8 63. Ra3 g5 $1 64. h5 f4 65. h6 Ra8 $1 66. Rb3 Ra6 $1 67. Rb2+ Ke3 68.
Rb3+ Ke2 69. Rb2+ Kd3 70. Rb5 Rxh6+ 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Rxg5 Kf3 73. gxf4 Ra6 {
Hort had a great start.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cuartas, Carlos"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. c4
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 $5 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. f4 Rfe8
15. b4 Rac8 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. Rce1 Nh5 18. Qd2 $6 ({Better is} 18. g4 $5 Nhf6 19.
Nd1) 18... Bh6 $1 19. Ne2 $6 (19. Qf2 d5 $1 20. cxd5 Qxf4 21. Qd4 Qe5 22. Qf2
Qf4 23. Qd4 {leads to a perpetual.}) 19... e5 $1 20. Qc3 Ndf6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Ng1 $5 Nf4 23. Nf3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rcd8 25. Qc2 Re6 26. Nxe5 $2 ({Correct is} 26.
Bc1) 26... Rxe5 27. Rxf6 Rxe4 28. Rff1 Rg4 $1 29. Re2 Qa8 $1 {
Chessmen are aimed on g2.} 30. h3 Be4 $1 31. Qc3 Bxg2+ 32. Kg1 Be3+ $1 33. Qxe3
Bxh3+ 34. Kh2 Bxf1 35. Rf2 Rg2+ $1 {Lobron delivers mate soon.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaenel, Hansjuerg"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 e5 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. b5 $5 (9. Be2 {was played in Sokolsky - Kopylov, Leningrad 1947.}) 9...
Nbd7 10. Be2 h5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. a4 Ne6 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qb3 c5 $1 {Hort counters on the queenside.} 18. bxc6 bxc6 19.
Qa3 c5 $1 20. d5 $5 Nc7 21. Rab1 Na6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb4 $1
{Black has the initiative.} 25. a5 Rab8 26. Bd1 Bd7 $1 27. Ra3 f5 28. Kf1 h4 $1
29. f3 Kg7 30. Be2 Kf6 31. Kf2 g5 32. h3 Ke5 33. Rbb3 Rb7 34. Rb1 Reb8 35. Rbb3
Be8 36. Bf1 Bg6 37. Be2 Kf6 38. Bf1 Nc2 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rb3 $2 ({Better is} 
40. Ra2 $1 Nb4 41. Ra3 exf3 42. Nxf3) 40... Rxb3 41. Nxb3 f4 $1 42. exf4 e3+ $1
43. Ke2 gxf4 44. Kd1 Nb4 45. Kc1 Bc2 46. Kb2 Bd3 $1 47. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 48. Kc2 {
The e-pawn is going to queen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. g3 a6 8. e5 Nd7
9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O g6 $5 ({Usual is} 10... O-O) 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Be1 Nb6 13. Bf2
Qd7 14. c3 a5 15. g4 $5 h5 $1 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1
20. Qxa1 b4 21. c4 dxc4 $2 {Black gives up the pressure in the centre.} 22.
dxc4 Qd3 23. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 {White has a plus after the exchanges.} Na5
25. Nc1 $5 O-O 26. Rd2 $1 Ra8 27. Ra2 Bc6 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nb7 30. Rxa8+
Nxa8 31. Nd3 $1 {Hort has the initiative.} Nc7 32. Ne4 Na6 33. Kh3 Kg7 34. Bh4
Bxh4 $6 (34... Bf8 {(Hort) avoids the potential zugzwang.}) 35. Kxh4 Kh6 36.
Nd6 $1 Nd8 $1 37. Nf2 Nb8 38. Nfe4 Nd7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kh3 Kh7 41. Ng5+ Kg7 42.
Kh4 Kf8 43. Nge4 $1 Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 43... Ke7 44. Kg5 Nc6 $1 45. Nb7 Nd4
$1 46. Nbxc5 Nxc5 47. Nxc5 Nf3+ 48. Kh6 g5 49. fxg5 Nxe5 {
and Black fights for a draw.}) 44. Kg5 Nc6 45. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 46. N8f6 Ncb8 ({Or} 
46... Ndb8 47. Nxc5 Nd4 48. Nfe4) 47. Kh6 $1 Nxf6 48. exf6 Nd7 49. Kh7 $1 e5
50. fxe5 Nxe5 51. g5 Nc6 (51... Nd7 52. Kh8 $1 Ke8 53. Kg8 {brings zugzwang.})
52. Nxc5 Nd4 53. Kh8 $1 Nc6 54. Nd3 Nd4 55. c5 $1 {
Vlastimil played a great endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Toth, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
Rc8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qd1 b4 $5 ({The alternative is} 
12... Qb6) 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Ng5 $5 {
will occur in Kortschnoj - Ivanchuk, Istanbul 2000.}) 14... Nxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6
16. e3 Be7 17. Qh5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Nf3 $5 Be8 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Bc6 22.
Rd4 Bxe4 $6 ({Better is} 22... Bb7 $1 23. Bf1 Rc2 $1) 23. Qxe4 Rce8 24. Qc2 Bf6
25. Rd7 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rad1 Qf6 28. b3 Qh4 29. f4 Bb8 30. Qf2 Qf6 31.
Bd5 Kh8 32. Bc4 Qb6 $5 33. R1d4 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 a5 35. R4d5 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37.
Qf3 Qg6+ ({Right is} 37... Qxe3 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rxa5 Bxf4 {
and the chances are equal.}) 38. Rg5 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qc3 40. Rd3 Qe1 41. Rxa5 {
White has gained a pawn.} Bc7 42. Rad5 Bb6 43. Re5 Rxe5 44. fxe5 Bc7 $2 (44...
f5 $1 45. e6 $1 Bd8 46. Rd7 Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Bf6 {counters at the right time.}) 45.
Rd7 $1 Bd8 46. Kg2 Qh4 47. Qf4 Qh5 48. e6 Qc5 49. Rxf7 Be7 50. Qg4 Rxf7 51.
exf7 Bf8 52. Qe6 $5 Qg5+ 53. Kh3 Qh5+ 54. Kg3 Qg5+ 55. Kf3 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg5+
57. Kf1 Qf6+ 58. Qxf6 gxf6 59. e4 Kg7 60. Ke2 Bd6 61. h3 Kf8 62. Kd3 Ke7 63.
Bd5 Kd7 64. Kc4 Bf8 65. Kb5 Kc7 66. Bc4 Be7 67. Ka4 Kc6 68. a3 $1 {
He secures the win at last.} bxa3 69. b4 Kb6 70. Kxa3 Kc6 71. Kb3 Kd6 72. Ka4
Kc6 73. Ka5 Kb7 74. Bd5+ Kc7 75. b5 Ba3 76. b6+ Kc8 77. Ka6 Kb8 78. Kb5 {
A passed pawn will queen soon.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.08.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O a5 14. Ne5 a4
15. f4 a3 16. b3 O-O $2 ({Better is} 16... Qb6 {
(Heidrich - Lobron, Germany 1981).}) 17. f5 $1 Nxe5 ({Or} 17... Nd5 18. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 19. fxe6) 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Kb1 $2 (19. c4 $1 Qb6 $1 20. cxd5 Qd4 21. Kc2
$1 Qb2+ 22. Kd3 Qxa2 23. Rb1 {wins for White.}) 19... Qb6 20. c4 Qd4 21. Be1
Nc3+ 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rd3 Qa5 $1 {Black has an edge.} 24. f6 $5 gxf6 25. exf6
Bxf6 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. c5 f5 $6 28. Nd6 $1 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qa7 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31.
Rcd1 b5 32. R3d2 Rf6 33. Qe2 Rff8 34. Rc2 f4 35. Rxc6 Qe3 36. Qxb5 $4 (36. Rc2
b4 37. Nc4 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 {defends properly.}) 36... f3 $1 37. g4 $5 f2 38. Nf5
Qe4+ 39. Kc1 Rxf5 $1 {The final standings became: Hort and Lobron 101/2/13,
Stean 91/2, Wirthensohn 9, Toth 8, Kurajica 71/2, Grünfeld 7, Cuartas 61/2,
Züger and Partos 5, Franzoni 4, Bichsel and Hammer 31/2, Känel 11/2.} ({
The pointe is} 39... Rxf5 40. gxf5 Bb2+ 41. Kd2 Rd8+) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The fifteenth Schachfestival was played in July 1982.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3.
Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 $5 6. h3 Bh5 7. Ng3 $5 Bg6 8. Ne5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 8. d4 $1) 8... Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. b3 $5 e6 11. Bb2 Qa5 $1 12.
a3 Rh4 $5 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Be2 Rf4 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bf3 Be5 17. c3 $6 ({
Slightly better is} 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3) 17... Bd6 (17... Nc5 $1 18. Qe2 Nxb3
19. Rb1 {(Hort) also favours Black.}) 18. Qc2 $2 (18. Qe3 {avoids a disaster.})
18... Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 ({Or} 21. Ke2 Qg2+ 22. Ke3
Nd5+) 21... Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Ne4 25. d4 Qe3+ 26. Kg2
Qg5+ 27. Kf1 ({The pointe is} 27. Kf3 Qg3+ $1 28. Kxe4 f5#) 27... Qf4+ 28. Kg1
Qe3+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Nf5+ $1 32. Kh2 $5 Qg3# {
Hort attacked successfully.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cuartas, Carlos"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. f3 a6 14. g4 Be8
$5 ({Theory is} 14... b5) 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nf5 $2 {
Cuartas delivers a risky sacrifice.} ({Usual will become} 16. Nce2) 16... exf5
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qc5 $1 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. gxf5 Kg7 $5 ({Even better is} 
20... Kf8 $1 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qxh7 Rac8) 21. Qg2+ $1 Kf8 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. Qd2
Rac8 24. f4 $5 Bc6 $1 25. Rd4 Bb7 26. Rd1 Re8 27. e5 $5 fxe5 28. Rxd6 $5 Be4 $1
29. Rc1 Bxf5 30. fxe5 Bg6 31. Qf4 Kg8 32. h4 Qc4 33. Qh2 Qg4 34. Rd2 Qh5 35.
Re1 Rc4 36. e6 fxe6 37. b3 Rxh4 38. Qd6 Rh1 39. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 40. Kb2 Qb7 41. Re2
Qg7+ {Nunn has an extra bishop and pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toth, Bela"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bd3 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 $5 (14.
Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 {was played in Qi Jingxuan - Gheorghiu, Buenos Aires 1978.})
14... Rfb8 15. Bf4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Qa6 17. Rd2 Qc4 18. b3 $2 ({Better is} 18. Qf1
Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1) 18... Qxc3 $3 19. Rc1 Nxe4 $1 20. Rxc3 Nxc3 21. Qe1 Nbxd5 {
Black has an advantage.} 22. Bg5 e6 $1 23. Rc2 Nxa2 24. Qe2 Nac3 25. Qc4 Rb4 $1
26. Qd3 Rxb3 27. Nd2 Rba3 28. Qf3 Nb5 29. Qe4 Nd4 30. Rc1 h6 {
A steamroler of pawns starts.} 31. Bh4 Nf4 $1 32. Re1 g5 33. Bg3 d5 $1 {
Gheorghiu has a rook, a knight and three pawns as an affluent compensation for
the queen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. O-O Qxc3 {
Black gains a second pawn, but White has an advantage.} 14. Qa4 $5 (14. Qe2 {
led to a win in Najdorf - Portisch, Varna 1962.}) 14... Bd6 15. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (
15... e5 $6 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Bxe5 {favours White (Nunn).}) 16.
Qxf4 Qc5 {Black counters.} 17. a4 g5 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Rac1 Rd4 $1 19. Qg3 $1
Qd6 20. Rc7+ Kf8 21. Qc3 {wins for White.}) 18. Qg3 $1 {
White keeps the initiative.} Rd8 19. Rac1 Qd5 20. f4 $1 {
The attack on the king begins.} a6 21. Be2 Bd7 $2 {
White is allowed to open the kingside.} (21... Qd4+ $1 22. Kh1 g4 $1 23. Bxg4
Qf6 {defends properly.}) 22. fxg5 Rac8 $5 23. Qa3+ $5 Qd6 24. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25.
Qxd6 Rxc1+ 26. Kf2 Rcc8 27. h4 $5 Kg8 28. h5 Be8 29. Qe7 Rd7 30. Qxe6+ Rf7+ 31.
Kg1 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kf8 33. Qxb7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Bxa4 35. Qb4+ {
Nunn attacked vigorously.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szmetan, Ricardo"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 e6 6. h3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. a4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 $5 ({Known is} 10... Re8) 11. Nc4 d5 12. Nce5 Na5 13.
Bd3 Ne4 14. Ne1 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Nd2 $1 f6 15. Nef3) 14... f6 $1 15. Ng4
Bd6 $5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. f3 $2 (17. Nf3 $1 {defends properly.}) 17... Ng3 $1
18. Rf2 e5 $1 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. e4 $5 c4 21. Bc2 h5 22. Ne3 d4 $1 {
Black attacks in the centre and on the kingside.} 23. b4 $5 cxb3 24. Bxb3+ Kh8
25. Ba2 $5 dxe3 $1 26. Qxd6 exf2+ {Gheorghiu caught up with Nunn. The final
standings became: Nunn and Gheorghiu 71/2/11, Hort 61/2, Gobet, Meduna and
Birnboim 6, Lobron 51/2, Mariotti and Toth 5, Wirthensohn 41/2, Szmetan 4,
Cuartas 21/2.} ({The pointe is} 26... exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxe4+) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The sixteenth Schachfestival occurred in Biel from 17 until 29 vii 1983.} 1.
c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 h6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. b4 f5 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nb3 $5 Kh8 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bf2
Ne6 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. c5 g5 18. Bb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 18. Rd2 Nf6 19. Rfd1)
18... c6 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Kh1 $6 {White loses time again.} g4 $1 21. Bxe6 $6
Bxe6 22. Na5 $6 {He neglects the defence.} Qh5 $1 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. Bg1 gxf3 25.
gxf3 Bh3 26. Rf2 ({Or} 26. Nxb7 Bf8 $1 27. Rf2 Qg6 {and Black wins.}) 26... Qh4
27. Qe1 Nh5 28. Rfd2 Qe7 $6 (28... Qg5 29. Nxb7 Bf6 {wins at once.}) 29. Nc4 $6
(29. Nxb7 $1 Bf6 $1 30. Nd6 Rg6 {also wins for Black.}) 29... Bf6 30. Nd6 Bh4
31. Qe2 Rg6 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. Nxh4 Qxh4 34. Qe1 Bg2+ $1 35. Rxg2 Ng3+ 36. Rxg3
fxg3 {Nunn attacked in the King's Indian.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Nd2 $5 Rb8 $6 14. Nb3
Ra8 {Black has lost time.} 15. Nb5 $1 a4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 $1 (17. Bxc5 $6
Ra5 $1 {equalises.}) 17... Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bf4 $5 Qe7 $6 ({Preferable is} 
19... Rc8 $5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 c6) 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Bxc7 Qg5 $1 22. Bxb6
Qxb5 23. Bxd4 Rcd8 $5 24. Rc5 Qa6 $6 25. Rg5 $1 Bh3 $2 (25... g6 $1 26. Bf6 Bf5
27. Bxd8 Rxd8 {offers more resistance.}) 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rxh7 Bxg2 ({Or} 
27... Rxd4 28. Qc1 $1 Bxg2 29. Qg5 $1 {
and White delivers mate (Adorjan and Végh).}) 28. Bf6 $1 {
A direct attack ended the game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Rc1 $5 O-O 10. e3 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. e4 $5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. b4
Rac8 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. N2b3 Ba8 18. a3 Re8 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. N4b3 $5
Rec8 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. f4 e5 23. f5 b5 $5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bf1 $6
({More solid is} 26. Bf3 Qb6+ 27. Kg2) 26... Ndf6 $1 {Miles has the initiative.
} 27. Qe3 (27. Qxb5 $6 Qa7+ $1 28. Kg2 d5 $1 {leads to a black attack.}) 27...
h5 28. Rc1 $6 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 d5 $1 {
Black has been allowed to make the liberating move and takes an advantage.} 30.
exd5 Nd6 $1 31. Qc5 ({Or} 31. Qxe5 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Bxd5+ 33. Nf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3
Nfe4 35. Qb2 Nxf5 $1 36. Kxe4 Qe3+ 37. Kxf5 Qf3+ 38. Ke5 Qf6+) 31... e4 32. Bg2
Nxf5 33. Ne2 Bxd5 {He gains a pawn.} 34. Nf1 Nd6 $5 35. Ne3 Ba8 $5 36. Nf4 g6
37. Bf1 Nd7 38. Qc3 Ne8 39. Bg2 h4 40. Qe1 Nef6 41. Qf2 hxg3 42. Qxg3 Qe5 43.
h4 Bc6 44. Bh3 Kf8 45. Qf2 Ke8 46. Bf1 Qc3 47. Ne2 Qd2 48. Qg3 Nh5 49. Qg5 Qd6
50. Nf5 $5 gxf5 51. Qxh5 f4 52. Qg5 f3 53. Ng3 Qd4+ 54. Kh2 e3 55. Kh3 e2 56.
Bxe2 fxe2 57. Nxe2 Qf2 {Miles wins quickly.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nce2 a6 10. c4 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. a3 Rfd8 $5 14. Re1 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Ba8 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rec1 Qb6 20. Rc2 e5 $1 {
Black is okay.} 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qd3 Qb7 $1 23. Rac1 $2 (23. Re1 {
protects a pawn.}) 23... Nxe4 $1 {He gains a pawn temporarily.} 24. Ne3 Nc5 $1
25. Rxc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Qd1) 25... dxc5 26. Qxd8 Qxg2+ $1 27. Nxg2
Rxd8 28. Bxe5 Rd3 {Adorjan has positional advantages.} 29. Rb1 $5 Be4 30. Nf4
Rd2 $6 (30... Rxg3+ $1 {wins at once (Adorjan and Végh).}) 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Kf1
f6 33. Bc3 Rc2 34. Re3 Rc1+ $6 ({Better is} 34... Bd7 35. b4 Kf7) 35. Ke2 Rb1
36. Ba5 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 c4 $5 38. bxc4 Bc5 39. Re2 Rb1+ 40. Kd2 bxc4 41. Bb4 Bxb4+
42. axb4 g5 $1 43. Re6 Bf3 $1 44. Re3 Bg4 45. Ne6 Rb2+ 46. Kc1 Rxb4 47. f3 $6 (
47. Nd4 {offers more resistance.}) 47... Bf5 48. g4 Bg6 49. f4 Rb1+ 50. Kd2
Rb2+ 51. Kc3 Rb3+ 52. Kd2 Bf7 $1 53. Re4 gxf4 54. Nxf4 Rb2+ 55. Kc3 Rxh2 56.
Ne6 $5 Rh4 $1 57. Nd8 Rh3+ 58. Kb4 c3 59. Nxf7 Kxf7 60. Rc4 Kg6 61. Kc5 Rd3 62.
Kb4 Kg5 63. Kb3 h6 64. Kc2 Rg3 {Adorjan won after a great effort.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qf3 Nf6 $5 ({A solid alternative is} 15... b6) 16. Bxb7 {
Nunn accepts the challenge.} Bxb7 17. Qxb7 a5 ({Preferable is} 17... Nf5 $1 18.
Red1 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Rac1 Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 {
and White has little advantage.}) 18. Qf3 $5 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qb4 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21.
Rxd7 Nd5 $2 ({Better is} 21... Nf5 $1 22. Rb7 {(Nunn)} Qd6) 22. Rxe6 $1 Nxc3
23. Ree7 $1 {The attack continues.} Kg8 24. Rxf7 Ne2+ $1 25. Kf1 Qxb2 $2 (25...
Ng3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qc4+ 27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Rd1 Qxb2 {proceeds the battle.}) 26. Qd5
$1 Ng3+ 27. hxg3 Qa1+ 28. Ke2 Rae8+ 29. Kf3 Kh8 30. Kg4 $1 h5+ 31. Kh4 Qh1+ 32.
Kg5 Qc1+ 33. f4 Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qe3 35. Kh6 {The white king attacks decisively.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Ng1 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. Ne2
$5 ({The alternative is} 8. Qc2) 8... Be5 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bxg3 11. hxg3 d6
12. Rh4 $5 ({A novelty will become} 12. b3 $5) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. d3
f5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Qxd3 h6) 15. Bd2 Ng6 16.
Rh5 Bd7 17. Bc3 c5 $2 ({Better is} 17... Qe7) 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. O-O-O d5 ({Not
} 19... f4 $2 20. dxe4 Bg4 21. Bc4+ d5 22. Rhxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Rxd5 {(Miles).})
20. Be2 Qe7 21. g4 $1 Qf7 22. Rdh1 Nf8 23. Qd1 $2 ({Correct is} 23. dxe4 fxe4
24. f4) 23... Rac8 $2 (23... fxg4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 exd3 {defends well.})
24. Rg5 $1 Ng6 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. dxe4 dxe4 $6 (26... Bxe4 27. f3 Bf5 28. g4 {
also wins for White.}) 27. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Rh5 $1 ({
Miles has prepared} 29. Rh5 Qxf2 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 $5 {
Miles likes to play surprising openings.} 7. g3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bc5 9. e3 a5 10. Bg2
O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. e4 f4 $5 (
{Preferable is} 16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5) 17. b4 $1 axb4 18. Nxd6
Qxd6 19. axb4 f3 $6 ({More solid is} 19... c5 20. dxc6 dxc6) 20. Bh1 $5 (20.
Bh3 $1 {gains more advantage.}) 20... c6 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qb4 $1
Ba6 24. Rxa6 $1 (24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 cxd5 27. Nxd7 dxe4 $1 28.
Nxf8 Kxf8 {brings a bastion (Miles).}) 24... Rxa6 25. Qxc5 $2 (25. Nxc5 Raa8
26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Rc1 {gains a plus.}) 25... cxd5 26. h4 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Rd6 $1
28. Rb1 $5 (28. Nb7 $1 Rb6 29. Nc5 Rd6 {leads to a repetition of positions.})
28... dxe4 29. Nxe4 Rd4 $5 30. Ng5 Rd3 31. Rb5 d6 32. Rb7 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1 $1
34. Rb2 h6 35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Nc7 $2 (36. Bxf3 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rf6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39.
Kxf1 Rxe6 40. h5 {leads to a survival for White in the rook ending.}) 36... e4
37. Nd5 Re6 38. Rd2 Re1 39. Nf4 Rf6 40. Nh5 Rf5 41. g4 e3 $1 42. fxe3 Re2+ 43.
Kg3 f2 44. Rxe2 f1=Q 45. gxf5 Qxe2 46. Bd5+ Kf8 47. Nf4 Qxe3+ 48. Kg4 Qg1+ 49.
Kf3 Ke7 50. Be6 Kf6 51. Nd5+ Ke5 52. Ne3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kf3 Qxh4 55.
Nc4+ Kd4 56. Nxd6 Qh3+ {
The knight will be conquered. Adorjan was out of the race for the first place.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1983.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15.
Rae1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. Qh5 $5 (17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 {
occurred in Tringov - Gheorghiu, Luzern 1982.}) 17... Rfe8 $6 ({Preferable is} 
17... h6) 18. Re3 $1 Nf6 19. Qh3 g6 $2 (19... h5 $5 {offers more resistance.})
20. f5 $1 Bc8 ({Or} 20... e5 21. Rg3) 21. Rg3 $1 Kg7 $6 (21... e5 $5 22. Qh6
Bf8 23. Qh4 Bg7 24. Bc1 {wins for White.}) 22. Qh4 $1 Rf8 23. Bc1 $1 Rde8 {
Gheorghiu shifts his pieces uselessly.} 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Rh3 Rg8
27. Bg5 Rg7 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ne4 $1 Qd8 30. fxg6 Be7 31. Qxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxh7+
Kg8 33. gxf7+ Kxh7 34. fxe8=Q {The final standings became: Miles and Nunn 8/11,
Adorjan 7, Meduna and Gheorghiu 61/2, Hebden and Kindermann 51/2, Toth 41/2,
Campora and Gobet 4, Wirthensohn 31/2, Nemet 3.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The seventeenth Schachfestival was played in Biel from 22 vii until 3 viii
1984.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14.
Qe2 $5 Rc8 15. c4 b5 $1 16. c5 a5 17. Nf1 $5 a4 18. Ne3 a3 19. bxa3 $6 ({
Better is} 19. b3) 19... Ne4 20. Bb4 Ndf6 $2 (20... Qc7 {develops the queen.})
21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. f4 Ng3 24. Rh3 $1 Ngxh5 $6 ({Slightly better is} 
24... Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5) 25. g3 $1 Bf8 26. Qh2 $1 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28.
Rxh6 Ngh5 29. gxh5 $1 Bxh6 30. hxg6 Bg7 31. gxf7+ Kf8 32. f5 Nd7 33. Ng6+ Kxf7
34. fxe6+ $1 Kxe6 ({Or} 34... Kxg6 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ Kxe6 37. Rxg7 {(Hort).
}) 35. Nf4+ Kf7 36. Nf5 Nf6 37. Nxg7 {Hort attacked a vulnerable king.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 Qc7 $5 ({Known is} 10... a6 11. Bd3 b6 {
(Shamkovich - Hort, Leningrad 1967).}) 11. Bg5 $5 Rfd8 $5 12. Bh4 $5 Be8 13.
Bg3 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bxc6 Nxg3 16. hxg3 bxc6 17. b4 Rd7 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. a4
Bd8 20. Qa6 Rab8 21. b5 $6 (21. Rb3 Qc7 22. Na2 {continues the pressure.})
21... Qc7 22. Ne5 $5 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Bxa5 24. bxc6 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1
Kf8 $1 {Black has a pleasant endgame due to the two bishops.} 27. Na3 a6 28.
Nc2 Ke7 29. Nb4 $6 f6 30. Ned3 Kd8 $6 (30... Bxb4 31. Nxb4 a5 32. Nd3 Bxc6 33.
Nb2 e5 {attacks.}) 31. Kf1 Bxb4 32. Nxb4 a5 33. Na2 $2 (33. Nd3 $1 Bxc6 34. Nb2
h5 35. Ke2 e5 36. Kd3 {keeps a solid defence.}) 33... Bxc6 34. Nc3 e5 $1 {
Black gains material.} 35. Ke1 exd4 36. Ne2 Bxa4 $6 (36... d3 37. Nd4 Bxa4 {
wins two pawns.}) 37. Kd2 Kc7 38. Nxd4 $1 {White can defend well in the bishop
versus knight ending, despite the loss of a pawn.} Bd7 39. Kc3 Kb7 40. Kb3 h5
41. Ka3 g6 42. Kb3 Bf5 43. Kc3 Ka6 44. f3 Bd7 45. Kb3 (45. Ne2 Kb5 46. Kd4 a4
47. Kxd5 a3 48. Kd6 Be8 49. g4 h4 {wins for Black.}) 45... Bb5 46. Ne6 Kb7 $1
47. Nf4 Be8 $5 48. Kc3 Kc6 49. Ne6 Bd7 50. Nf8 Bf5 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Bxg4
53. Kd4 a4 $1 54. Nxg6 a3 55. Ne7+ Kd7 $1 56. Nxd5 a2 57. Nxf6+ {
Hort scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nfd2 $5 ({Usual is} 8. Nbd2) 8... Ng6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Qh5 Bd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. a4
O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 $6 ({More solid is} 14. b3 $1) 14... Nxf4 $1 15. Rxf4
$1 exf4 16. Bxc5 Qc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rb1 f5 20. Qf3 fxe4 21. Qxe4
Bf7 $1 22. Nd5 Qc5 $6 (22... Qf2 {keeps a plus.}) 23. c4 $5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 h6
25. Rf1 a5 26. h3 Rf6 27. Qe8+ Qf8 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. Rf3 Rf5 30. Qc4 $2 (30. d4
$1 Kf8 31. Kh2 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxf4+ {almost equalises.}) 30... g5 $1
31. d6 $5 {He sacrifices a doomed pawn.} cxd6 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. d4 Qd5 34. Rc3
Rf7 35. Rc7 f3 36. Rxf7+ Qxf7 37. gxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2
Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxd4 42. Qxb7+ Kg6 {Black has an extra pawn in the queen ending.}
43. Qb5 Qd2 44. b3 d5 45. Qd7 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg3 d4 49.
Qd6+ Kh5 50. Qc7 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Kh4 52. Qxa5 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Kxh3 54. Qf5+ Kg3 $1 {
White will be mated.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Kortschnoj had started with a defeat against Pia Cramling. Better results
followed later.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Qe2
Ne7 $5 ({Usual is} 13... Ngf6) 14. O-O-O Nf6 $5 15. Ne5 $1 Nf5 $5 16. Nxf5 $1
exf5 {Pawn f5 becomes vulnerable.} 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Qh3 $1 Kb8 19. Qxf5 Nf2 $2 (
{Correct is} 19... Ng3 $1 20. Qxf7 Nxh1 21. Rxh1 Rc8) 20. Qxf7 $2 (20. Nxf7 $1
{gains material.}) 20... Nxh1 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Nf7 Nf2 23. Rf1 Ne4 24. Nxh8
Rxd4 25. Be1 $1 Bc5 {
White possesses an extra pawn, but Black has positional compensation.} 26. Rf3
Rd5 27. g4 Nf6 28. b4 Bg1 29. Bh4 Ne4 $2 (29... Nxg4 $1 30. Rg3 Be3+ 31. Kb2
Nf2 32. Rxg7+ Kb6 33. Bxf2 Bxf2 {brings equality (Hort).}) 30. Ng6 a5 31. a3 a4
32. Be1 b5 33. Bc3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Bd4 35. Rd3 Kd6 36. Nh4 $1 Bf6 37. Nf5+ Ke6
38. Kd2 c5 39. bxc5 b4 40. Kc1 $2 (40. Rxd5 Kxd5 41. axb4 a3 42. Ne3+ Ke4 43.
c4 {wins for White.}) 40... Rxd3 $2 {The time pressure must have been awful.} (
{Right is} 40... Rxc5 41. Nd4+ Bxd4 42. Rxd4 b3 $1) 41. cxd3 b3 42. c6 $1 Bd8
43. Nxg7+ Kd5 44. g5 Kxc6 45. Ne6 Be7 46. g6 Bxa3+ 47. Kb1 {
The leader Hort had been stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "285"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8.
dxc6 Nxc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Qxg5 11. dxc6 O-O 12. h4 Qe7 $5 13. Nd5 Qd6 (13...
Qc5 $2 14. Rc1 $1 Qa5+ 15. b4 Qxa2 $2 16. Bc4 Qb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Ra1 Qb2 19.
Ra2 $18 {leads to domination (Hübner).}) 14. c7 $1 e4 $1 15. Bc4 Qc5 $6 ({
An improvement will become} 15... Bxb2 $5 16. Rb1 Be5 17. h5) 16. Qc2 b5 $6 ({
Better is} 16... Be6 17. O-O-O Rfc8 $1) 17. Bb3 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Re8 19. O-O-O Bb7
20. Kb1 Rac8 21. h5 Re5 22. Bb3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxc7 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rh4 $1 Rd7
26. Rxe4 {White has gained a pawn in the endgame.} Bf6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Kc1
Rc7+ 29. Bc2 Kf8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rb7 32. Ra2 Be7 33. Bd3 Bb4 34. Kd1 a5
35. b3 Rc7 36. Bc4 Kg7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. f4 g5 39. g3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Ke7 41. e4 $1
{He advances.} f6 42. Kf3 Rd7 43. Rh2 Rd2 44. Rh7+ Kd8 45. Ra7 Rf2+ $5 46. Kg3
$1 {Exchange of rooks will draw.} Rd2 47. Kg4 Rh2 48. Ra6 Bc3 49. Rc6 Ke7 50.
Kg3 Rd2 51. Bd5 Bd4 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Ra6 Bc3 54. Kf3 Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. Kg4
Rf2 57. Bc6 Kc8 58. Bd7+ Kd8 59. Bb5 Rg2+ 60. Kf3 Rd2 61. Ra8+ Kc7 62. Re8 Bd4
63. Re6 Rb2 64. Ba4 Rf2+ 65. Kg3 Re2 66. Rc6+ Kb8 67. Rc4 Bb6 68. Kg4 Rg2+ 69.
Kf5 Rf2 70. e5 fxe5 71. Kxe5 Bc7+ 72. Kf5 Kb7 73. Kg4 Rg2+ 74. Kf3 Rd2 75. f5
Kc8 $2 (75... Rd6 $1 76. Kg4 Bd8 {stops the passed pawn.}) 76. Kg4 $1 Kd8 77.
Re4 Bd6 78. f6 $1 Rf2 79. Kg5 Rf3 80. Re8+ Kc7 81. Re7+ $1 Kb6 82. Kg6 Ba3 83.
Re2 Kc7 84. Re7+ Kd8 85. Rd7+ Kc8 86. Ra7 Rg3+ 87. Kh7 Rh3+ 88. Kg8 Rg3+ 89.
Kh7 $5 Rh3+ 90. Kg6 $5 Rg3+ 91. Kf5 Rf3+ 92. Kg5 Bb2 93. f7 $1 Ba3 94. Kg4 Kb8
95. Rd7 Rf6 96. Bb5 $1 Kc8 97. Ra7 Bb4 98. Bc4 Kb8 99. Rd7 $6 {
He is going to lose time.} (99. Kg5 $1 Rf2 100. Rd7 {wins for White.}) 99...
Kc8 100. Rd4 Kc7 101. Re4 Kd7 102. Re8 Be7 103. Ra8 Bb4 104. Kg5 Be7 $5 105.
Ra7+ $1 Kd8 106. Kg4 Bb4 107. Rb7 $6 Kc8 $6 108. Ra7 $6 (108. Bd5 $1 Rf1 109.
Rxb4 axb4 110. Bf3 {wins at once.}) 108... Kb8 109. Rd7 Kc8 110. Rd4 Kc7 111.
Re4 Kd8 112. Re8+ Kd7 113. Ra8 Ke7 114. Bd5 Kd7 115. Ra7+ Kd8 $6 116. Bc4 Kc8
117. Kg5 Rf3 118. Bd5 Rf1 119. Kg6 Rg1+ 120. Kh7 Rf1 121. Bc4 Rf3 122. Be6+ Kb8
123. Rd7 $1 Rf1 124. Rd5 $5 ({Better is} 124. Kg7 $1 Rg1+ 125. Kf6 Rf1+ 126.
Bf5) 124... Kc7 125. Rb5 Kd6 126. Bf5 Rh1+ 127. Kg8 Rg1+ 128. Kf8 Bc3 129. Rb6+
Kc5 130. Rb8 $5 Be5 131. Ke8 Bd6 132. Be6 Re1 133. Rc8+ Kb4 134. Rc4+ Kb5 135.
Kd7 Rd1 136. Re4 Rd2 137. Ke8 Rf2 138. Bd7+ $1 Kb6 (138... Kc5 $1 139. Rc4+ $1
Kd5 140. Bc6+ Ke6 141. Re4+ $1 Kf5 142. f8=Q+ $1 (142. Ra4 $2 Re2+ $1 143. Kd7
{draws due to the 50 moves rule.}) 142... Bxf8 143. Kxf8 Rc2 144. Rc4 Rxc4 145.
bxc4 Ke5 146. Ba4 Kd4 147. Bb3 Kc5 $1 148. Ke7 a4 149. Ba2 Kb4 150. Kd6 Ka3
151. Bb1 $1 Kb2 152. Kc5 Kxb1 153. Kb4 {(Hübner).}) 139. Re7 $1 Kc7 140. Be6+
Kc6 141. f8=Q Rxf8+ 142. Kxf8 Kc5 143. Bd7 {Hübner had won at last.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1984.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
Qb3 Be6 9. Qxd5 Bxd5 10. Nd2 f5 $5 (10... c5 {
was played in Mikenas - Landau, Kemeri 1937.}) 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 c6 $5 13. e4
$1 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bf7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rab1 b5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. e5
$6 (19. Be3 $1 {keeps a plus (Rogers).}) 19... Nb6 $1 20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Bg3
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 {The chances are equal.} Kf7 24. Ke2 Na4 $1 25.
Kd3 Ke6 26. Nd2 h5 $1 27. Bf4 c5 28. c4 $2 ({Better is} 28. Nf3 c4+ 29. Kc2)
28... cxd4 $5 29. cxb5 $2 (29. Nf3 $1 Kf5 30. Bc1 $1 Bxe5 31. cxb5 Nc5+ 32. Kc4
$1 Ne6 33. a4 {fights for survival.}) 29... Kd5 $1 {Hort wins the ending.} 30.
Nf3 Nc5+ 31. Kc2 e6 32. Nh4 g5 $1 33. Bxg5 Bxe5 34. Nf3 Bd6 35. Bd8 e5 $1 36.
b6 axb6 37. Bxb6 e4 38. Ne1 d3+ 39. Kd1 Bxh2 40. Bxc5 Kxc5 {The final standings
became: Hübner and Hort 8/11, Kortschnoj 7, Lobron and Ostermeyer 61/2, Garcia
Gonzales, Cramling and Züger 5, Ftacnik 41/2, Eslon and Rogers 4, Gobet 21/2.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{An interzonal tournament occurred in Biel from 1 until 26 vii 1985. Eighteen
players aimed at four places in the candidates event.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4
Be6 11. f4 Na5 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rc5 $5 15. f5 $1 gxf5 16. Bd2
$1 Qc7 ({Not} 16... fxe4 $2 17. Nxe4) 17. exf5 Bc4 18. Be3 Rc6 19. Rf3 Kh8 $5 (
{The alternative is} 19... d5 20. Rg3 Kh8) 20. Qe2 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rxc3 $2 ({
Better is} 21... Qd7 22. Raf1 d5 23. Bd4 Re8) 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Raf1 $5 Qe5 24.
Rh3 $5 Qd5 $6 (24... Rc8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. Bg5 Qd5 27. Qh4 {
brings a strong attack by White.}) 25. Bg5 $1 Rg8 26. Rg3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Qxe7 $1 Re8 29. Bxf6 $1 {Andrei could charge like Tal.} ({The pointe is} 29.
Bxf6 Rxe7 30. Rxg7 Qxf5 31. Rg6+ {(Sokolov).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Bc5 Bd6 $5 ({Known is} 17... Be4) 18. e3 Be4 19. f3
Bg6 20. Qd2 h5 21. h4 Bxc5 $5 22. Nxc5 Qe7 23. Rc3 Bf5 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Rfc1
Rac8 26. Qd4 Rb8 27. Qd2 Qb4 28. Re1 Rec8 29. Re2 Qb6 30. Nc5 Bf5 31. Qd4 Nd7
32. Rd2 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 a5 $6 34. Bf1 $6 (34. e4 $1 Be6 35. exd5 Bxd5 36. Qc3
Bxa2 37. Rxh5 {favours White.}) 34... Qb4 35. Be2 Rb6 36. Qxb4 $1 axb4 37. e4
$1 Be6 38. exd5 cxd5 $6 (38... Rd8 39. Bc4 cxd5 40. Rd4 Kf8 {defends a pawn.})
39. Rxc8+ Bxc8 40. Rxd5 {White gains a pawn.} Be6 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bd3+ g6 43.
b3 Rc6 44. Rd4 $1 Bf5 $5 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. g4 $5 (46. Rxb4 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Rxa2
48. Rb6 Kg7 49. b4 Rf2 50. f4 Rb2 {will be hard to win for White.}) 46... fxg4
47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Rxg4 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rxa2 50. Rxb4 {
He has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} Kg6 51. Rb5 f5 $2 (51... Rd2 $1 52.
h5+ Kh6 53. Kf4 Rh2 {seems to draw.}) 52. Rb6+ $1 Kg7 (52... Kh5 53. Rf6 $1 Ra5
54. Kf4 $1 {wins for White.}) 53. h5 $1 Ra1 54. h6+ Kh7 55. b4 Rf1 56. b5 Kg8
57. Rf6 {Vaganian started well.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Nf3 f6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. d3 e5 11. Be3 Rb8 $5 (11... Nd5 12. Rc1 Be7 {
was played in Larsen - Frenkel, New York 1984.}) 12. O-O Nd5 (12... Rxb2 $5 13.
Rab1 Rxb1 14. Rxb1 Nb5 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Qxa7 Qc8 {is alright.}) 13. Rfc1 a5
14. Bd2 Rxb2 15. Ne4 Qb6 $1 16. Qxa5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Nxc5)
16... Qxa5 17. Bxa5 Rxe2 $1 18. Nfd2 Bh3 $1 {He prevents 19.Kf1.} 19. a4 Be7
20. Nc4 O-O 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 $5 f5 $5 23. Rca3 e4 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1
Rb8 26. f4 $2 (26. dxe4 Rb1 27. Re3 fxe4 {(Sokolov)} 28. a5 Ra1 29. Rxe4 {
offers more resistance.}) 26... Bf6 27. Bc3 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Bd4+ 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30.
a5 e3+ 31. Nxe3 Rb2+ 32. Kf3 h5 $1 {Sokolov won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Qxf4 d4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Bd3 $5 (19. Bb3 Nxb3 20.
cxb3 {was played in Matulovic - Ivanovic, Belgrade 1985.}) 19... Nc4 20. f6 $6
({More solid is} 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2) 20... g6 $1 21. h4 $5 Qb6 $1 22. Bxc4
Rxc4 23. h5 $2 (23. Rd2 $1 Rc3 $1 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 {defends properly.})
23... d3 $1 24. c3 Rxe4 $1 25. Qxe4 Bxc3 $1 {
The success by Van der Wiel was the great surprise in the interzonal.} ({
The pointe is} 25... Bxc3 26. b3 Qf2) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bb2 $5 Bxb5 $1 11. Bxb5+ Nbc6 12. Bd3 $5 (12. Bxd4 Bb6 13. c3 {
brings a level game (Suetin).}) 12... Bb6 {Black defends the extra pawn.} 13.
O-O a6 14. Kh1 h6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. a4 Qc7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. Bxd4 {
White equalises.} Nc4 20. Qb4 $1 Ng6 $5 21. g3 (21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23.
Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne7 25. g3 {leads to little advantage for White.}) 21...
Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Ba5 $1 23. Qb3 Nf8 24. c3 Nd7 25. Ra2 $6 Nc5 $1 {
Vaganian takes the initiative.} 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nd4 Bb6 28. Qb1 Ne3 $1 29.
Re2 $2 ({Preferable is} 29. h3 Rxa2 30. Qxa2) 29... Qa3 $1 30. Nb3 ({
The pointe is} 30. Rxe3 Bxd4) 30... Rc7 31. h3 h5 $1 32. Kh2 h4 33. gxh4 ({Not
} 33. g4 $2 Qa4 $1 34. Nd4 Rxc3 $1 35. Rxc3 Qxd4 {(Vaganian).}) 33... Rac8 $1
34. Qa2 Qxa2 35. Rxa2 g6 36. Nd2 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 {Black has gained a pawn.}
38. Be2 Nf5 39. h5 Be3 40. hxg6 Bxf4+ 41. Kg1 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Be3+ 43. Ke1 Rxg6
44. Bg4 Nd4 45. b6 Nc6 $1 46. Nf3 Bxb6 47. Rb2 Ba5+ 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Rxb7 Nxe5
50. Nxe5 Bxe5 51. Bh5 Rf6 52. Bf3 Rf4 {Vaganian won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 Rb8 6. Rb1 a6 7. Qa4 Nd4 8. b4 b5
9. cxb5 Nxb5 10. Nxb5 Rxb5 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. O-O $5 (12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Nf6
14. O-O {happened in Seirawan - Schmidt, Indonesia 1983.}) 12... Nh6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 12... Nf6) 13. d3 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Rxb4 15. Qxb4 Bc6 16. Bg5 f6 17.
Be3 Nf7 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Bb6 Qa8 $5 20. Bc5 $5 (20. Qxe7 Re8 21. Qb4 Rxe2 {
regains the pawn immediately.}) 20... d6 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 e5
24. Bd2 d5 25. Ne3 Bf8 26. Qb3 Rd8 $6 (26... d4 $1 27. Nd5 Rc6 {equalises.})
27. Ba5 $1 Rd7 28. Qa4 Rb7 29. Bb6 $1 {The restriction increases.} Rb8 30. Qd7
$1 Qb7 $6 (30... Bd6 $5 31. Qe6 Re8 32. Qxd5 Bxa3 {offers more resistance.})
31. Nxd5 $1 Qxd7 $2 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Nxd7 {Seirawan has gained two pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Partos, Charles"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The standings had become: Sokolov 5/6, Vaganian and Van der Wiel 41/2, Jansa
and Seirawan 4, Ljubojevic, Polugaevsky and Torre 31/2, etc.} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 f5 8. gxf5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10.
exf5 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Bh3) 10... Nf6 $1 11. Qd1 (11. Qf3 $1 {
will become usual.}) 11... Nxf5 {Black controls the kingside.} 12. Bh3 Rg8 13.
Qd3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $5 Bh8 15. Nge2 $5 Ng4 $1 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Qh6+ $2 ({
Preferable is} 17. b3) 17... Kg8 $1 18. b3 Bg7 19. Qe3 Bf5 $5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21.
O-O $6 Qh4 $1 22. f3 Rxg3+ $1 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Rf2 Bh5 26. Raf1
Rf4 27. Rg2 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Nb5 $1 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Kf7 $5 32.
Nxc7 e4 {Black advances his extra pawn.} 33. Re2 Be5+ 34. Kg2 Rf4 35. Ne6 Rg4+
36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 h5 38. Re1 Bh2 39. Rh1 Bg1+ 40. Ke2 h4 41. Nf4 $5 Rxf4 42.
Rxg1 h3 43. Ke3 Rh4 44. Rh1 Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Kg3 Rh7 47. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 48. Kxh3
Kd4 49. Kg2 b6 50. Kf2 Kd3 {Seirawan scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 $5 ({Usual is} 13.
Qe2) 13... Nxe4 $5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nd7 $5 {John attacks a rook.} ({
More solid is} 15. Qe2 $1 f5 16. Nd2) 15... Re8 $1 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ra7
$1 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {The result is an almost equal position.} 20.
Nd2 Re7 21. Rxa5 $2 ({Correct is} 21. Kf1) 21... Re1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Nf1 h5
24. Be3 Qe2 $1 25. Bxc5 Qxb2 {Black has a material advantage.} 26. Bb4 Qe2 27.
Ra8+ Kh7 28. Ra7 Kg6 29. Rd7 h4 30. h3 Bg5 31. Rd6+ f6 32. Rd7 f5 $1 33. Rd6+
Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Rd5 g6 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8
40. Rd6 Be7 $1 {The game is adjourned.} 41. Rxg6 $2 {The resumption loses.} (
41. Rd2 $1 Qe1 42. Bxe7 Kxe7 43. Rd3 {
and White survives in a bastion (Torre and Kavalek).}) 41... Bxb4 42. cxb4 Qe7
43. Ne3 Qxb4 44. Rg5 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2 46. Rxf5 Qg3+ (46... Qxe3 $2 47. Rxb5 {
draws.}) 47. Kh1 b4 48. Rf3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe2 50. Nd5 Qe5+ 51. Nf4 Kd7 52. Kh1
Kc7 53. Nd3 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 b3 55. Re3 Qd4 56. Rf3 Qa1 57. Nf4 b2 58. Nd5+ Kd6 {
Van der Wiel was outplayed at the end.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 $5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bg5 $6 (10. dxe5 $5 dxe5 11. Bg5 {
was successful in Fernandez - Piket, Groningen 1985.}) 10... exd4 $1 11. Nxd4
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 d5 $1 14. Bb4 Rd8 $1 15. Nb5 $2 ({Better is} 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3) 15... dxe4 16. Nc7 $5 Rb8 17. Be7 $5 Rf8 $1 ({Not} 17... Bf6
$2 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. Ne8 $1 {(Ligterink).}) 18. Rad1 $5 Be5 $5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8
20. Bg4 f5 $1 21. Ne6+ Ke7 22. Ng5 $1 Nf6 23. Be2 Bxb2 {
Black has achieved a positional advantage.} 24. Bc4 b5 $1 25. Bf1 h6 26. Nf3 c5
$1 27. Re3 $5 Be6 28. Rb1 f4 $1 {He wins wonderfully.} 29. Re2 exf3 30. Rxe6+
$5 Kxe6 31. Rxb2 b4 32. gxf3 Ke5 33. Rb1 Kd4 34. Re1 Kc3 35. Re5 Rc8 36. Re6
Nd7 37. Re7 Rd8 38. Bb5 Nb6 39. Rxa7 Kxc2 40. Rg7 Rd5 41. Rb7 ({Or} 41. Rxg6
Rg5+ 42. Rxg5 hxg5) 41... Rg5+ 42. Kf1 Nd5 43. Rd7 Nc3 44. Bc4 Nb1 45. h4 Re5
46. Kg2 Na3 47. Bf7 c4 48. Bxg6+ Kb2 49. Rb7 Rb5 50. Rh7 c3 51. Rxh6 Rb6 $1 52.
Kh3 c2 53. Bxc2 Rxh6 54. Bb3 Nb5 55. Kg4 Nd4 56. Bd5 Rd6 57. Bc4 Rc6 58. Bd5
Rc5 59. Bf7 Rc7 60. Bd5 Rd7 {Van der Wiel recovered from the previous loss.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Bb7 13. c4 c5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15.
Be3 Bc6 $5 (15... Bf6 16. Rc1 Rad8 {
was played in Cramling - Mortensen, Gladsaxe 1983.}) 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rfd8
18. Rd3 $1 Bxc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Rab8 19. Rfd1 Nf8) 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20.
Bf2 Rdb8 21. b3 a5 22. a4 Ne8 23. Qd3 Ra6 24. Re1 Rab6 25. Bd1 $1 Qb7 $6 ({
Better is} 25... Bb7 26. Bc2 e5) 26. Bc2 Nf6 27. Qe2 Ne8 {Black has no plan.}
28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Qd2 Ra6 $5 30. e5 $1 Rc8 31. Rh3 g6 32. f5 $1 dxe5 ({Or} 32...
Qb7 33. Bg3 exf5 34. exd6) 33. Qh6 $1 Nf6 34. Bh4 $1 Rc7 ({The pointe is} 34...
Ng4 35. Bxe7 Nxh6 36. Rxh6) 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qg5 Rd7 37. Rg3 Ne4 38. Qxe7
Nxg3+ 39. hxg3 {John showed himself as a killer of Russians.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7 $5 ({Known is} 12... Qa5) 13.
Be2 b5 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxb5 Bxb5
17. Bxb5 Rb8 $1 18. Be2 Nfd7 $6 (18... Qa2 $5 19. Nd1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qe2
Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Nd7 {almost equalises.}) 19. Nd1 Qa4 20. Qc1 Nb6 21. Bd2 f5 22.
exf5 Qh4+ $6 ({Better is} 22... gxf5 23. O-O Nxd5) 23. Nf2 gxf5 24. O-O Nxd5
25. f4 $1 {Black has regained the pawn, but White has a positional plus.} Nf7
26. Bf3 Nb4 27. Qb1 Qf6 28. Bc3 Qg6 $5 29. Nd3 $5 Nd5 30. Bxd5 $1 Bxc3 31. Kh1
Kf8 32. Qa2 Bd4 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Ne1 Nd8 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Qa4+ Kf8
38. Qd7 Be7 39. g3 h6 40. b3 Qf6 41. Bc4 Qg6 42. Kg2 $1 Qf6 43. h4 $5 Qb2+ 44.
Kh3 Qc2 $5 45. h5 $5 Qe4 46. Nh2 Nf7 47. Qe6 Qxe6 48. Bxe6 {
White is going to gain a pawn.} Nd8 49. Bxf5 Nc6 50. Be6 Bf6 51. Ng4 Bg7 52.
Ne3 Nd4 53. Bc4 Bf6 54. Nd5 Bd8 55. g4 Nc6 56. Kg2 Ne7 57. Ne3 Ba5 58. Kf3 Bc3
59. Ke4 Bd2 60. Be6 $1 d5+ $5 ({Or} 60... Bxe3 61. Kxe3 d5 62. g5 {(Stohl).})
61. Nxd5 Nxd5 62. Bxd5 Kg7 63. Kf5 Bc1 64. g5 Bd2 65. Bc6 Bc1 66. Be8 Bd2 67.
Bg6 Bc1 68. gxh6+ Kxh6 69. Ke5 Bd2 70. Be8 Bc1 71. f5 Kg5 72. Ke6 Bb2 73. Bb5
Bg7 74. Bc4 {Seirawan was on his way to qualification.} (74. Bc4 Bb2 75. h6 $1
Kxh6 76. f6 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 e6 $5 ({
More active is} 13... Bh6 $1 14. Ba1 Bf5) 14. Ba1 $1 Rb4 15. a3 Rxb1 16. Qxb1
exd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... e5) 17. Nxd5 Bf5 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. Qa2 Nf6 20. Qb2
Nh5 21. Qc1 Nf6 22. Bc3 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Re8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 26. e3 $5
Qc7 $5 {Black has a passive position.} 27. f3 $1 Bh3 28. Rb1 Bf5 29. Rb2 h5 30.
Kg2 Nc6 31. h3 Qd7 $2 ({Correct is} 31... g5 $1 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Re7) 32.
Rb6 ({Vaganian rejected} 32. g4 $5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 $1) 32... Ne7 33. Rb7
Bxh3+ 34. Kh2 $1 Qf5 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. e4 Qc8 37. Bxe8+ Kxe8 38. Rb6 Qe6 39. Qd3
Kd7 40. Nb3 Kc7 41. Rxa6 Nc6 42. Qd5 {Vaganian almost qualified.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The standings had become: Torre and Vaganian 10/14, Seirawan, Sokolov and Van
der Wiel 91/2, Ljubojevic and Short 8, etc.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2
b4 12. Nbd2 Rb8 $5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 exd4 17. Nxd4 $5
d5 $1 18. e5 $1 {He keeps the game going.} Ne4 $6 (18... Bxc2 19. Qxc2) 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bf4 ({Not} 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 c5 $1) 20... Bg5 $2 ({Better is
} 20... Bc5) 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 {White has gained a pawn.}
Rfd8 24. Qe2 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Qc4 Rb2 27. e6 $5 Qf6 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rae1 $1 Rf8 31. Kf1 $1 Kg6 32. R1e2 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 {
He has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} Rf6 34. f4 Rc6 35. Kd3 h5 $5 36. Rc4
$1 Rd6+ 37. Ke4 $1 hxg4 38. hxg4 c6 39. Ke5 $1 Rd5+ 40. Ke6 Ra5 41. Kd6 $1 {
Short improved his position in the standings.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Partos, Charles"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{When the last round began, the standings had become: Vaganian 111/2/16,
Seirawan 11, Sokolov, Torre and Van der Wiel 101/2, Short 91/2, etc. Seirawan
and Sokolov played a quick draw and qualified.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4.
dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 Bg7 7. a3 $5 ({The alternative is} 7. Qd3) 7... d6
8. b4 Qb6 9. Na4 $5 Qc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
Qb3 Bd7 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. b5 $6 {He weakens the queenside.} ({Better is} 16. Bd3
$1) 16... Be6 $1 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 $2 ({Correct is} 18. cxd5 Qd8 19. Bc4)
18... Nd7 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Qa2 Ra4 21. Rc2 Rea8 22. Bc1 Bd4 23. h4 Nd7 24. Rh3
Nf6 25. Qb3 Qc5 26. f4 Ne4 27. Qf3 f5 28. g4 $4 (28. h5 $1 Kg7 29. hxg6 hxg6
30. Bf1 {combines counter and defence.}) 28... Nf2 $1 29. gxf5 Nxh3 30. fxg6
Rxa3 $1 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. gxh7+ Kh8 $1 {
Black has gained a piece and attacks. Vaganian qualified for Montpellier 1985.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Torre needs a draw.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. h3 $5
{They play the Berlin Defence.} c5 13. a4 Ke8 $1 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc4 Rxd1 16.
Rxd1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 h5 18. Bc1 $1 {White keeps the initiative.} Be7 19. Bf4 g6
20. e6 $1 Bd6 $1 21. Ne5 fxe6 22. Nxg6 Rg8 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 $5 24. Nf4 Ke7 25. Re1
Nxc4 26. Nxe6 $5 Kd6 {A lot has been exchanged.} 27. f4 Rg3 $1 28. Kf2 Rc3 29.
Re2 Na3 30. f5 Rxc2 $1 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nc4 $6 (33... Nc2 $1
34. g5 Nd4+ 35. Nxd4 cxd4 {draws.}) 34. g5 $1 Ne5 35. Nd8 $1 b5 $6 ({Better is
} 35... b6 $1 {(Sax)} 36. g6 Nd7 37. g7 Nf6 {and Black survives.}) 36. g6 Nd7
37. g7 Nf6 38. axb5 a4 39. Kd2 Ke5 $2 {He misses the last escape.} (39... a3 $1
40. Kc3 c4 41. Nf7+ Ke7 42. Nh6 Ke8 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. g8=Q Nxg8 45. Nxg8+ Kf7 {
draws.}) 40. Ne6 $1 Kxf5 41. Nxc7 Kg6 42. Ne8 Ne4+ 43. Kc2 {
Torre has to participate in the play-off.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Interzonal"]
[Date "1985.07.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Van der Wiel needs a draw.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a5 Bd7 $5 ({Theory is} 10...
Nbd7) 11. f4 Bc6 $6 (11... Nc6 $1 12. Nb3 Rac8 {leads to a well-known position.
}) 12. Bf3 Re8 13. g4 d5 $1 {He counters in the centre.} 14. e5 $5 {
Short wants to attack.} Nfd7 15. Kh1 $5 Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxa5 17. f5 $5 Bxc3 $6 (
17... Nxe5 $1 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf4 Nbd7 {defends forcefully.}) 18. bxc3 $5
exf5 $1 19. e6 $1 fxe6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxf5 {White has sacrificed two pawns.}
Nf6 $2 (21... d4 $1 22. cxd4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nf6 {avoids a disaster.}) 22. Bd4
Nbd7 23. Nxg7 $1 Re5 ({The pointe is} 23... Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Rxf6) 24. Nf5
Rf8 ({Or} 24... Kh8 25. Nh6 Rf8 26. Bh3) 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Qh6 Rf7 27. Rae1 Bb5 (
27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qb8 29. Re6 {wins for White.}) 28. c4 $1 Bxc4 29. Rxe5 $1
Nxe5 30. Re1 {Short had achieved a great finish. The final standings became:
Vaganian 121/2/17, Seirawan 111/2, A.Sokolov 11, Short, Van der Wiel and Torre
101/2, Polugaevsky, Ljubojevic and Andersson 91/2, Am.Rodriguez and Sax 8,
Jansa and Quinteros 71/2, Petursson 7, Gutman 61/2, Li Zunian 6, Partos 4,
Martin Gonzales 31/2. Short, Van der Wiel and Torre had to carry out a playoff.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Playoff"]
[Date "1985.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Short, Van der Wiel and Torre carried out a playoff from 27 until 7 viii 1985
for one place in the candidates tournament.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11.
O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Re1 Ng4 15. Bh4 Nh6 16. Bg3 Bxg3 $5 (16...
Be7 {drew in Keres - Bronstein, Moscow 1956.}) 17. hxg3 Rf6 $6 ({Preferable is
} 17... Nb4 $5) (17... Qxb2 $6 18. Na4 Qa3 19. Nc5 {
favours White (Van der Wiel).}) 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Raf8 20. Nc5 a6 $2 ({
Right is} 20... Bc8 $1 21. Bb5 {(Van der Wiel)} Ng4) 21. Rc3 $1 Nf7 22. Qc2 g6
$5 23. Bxa6 $1 Rxf3 $5 ({Or} 23... bxa6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxc6) 24. gxf3 bxa6
25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxc6 {White has gained material.} Ng5 27. Re3 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3
Rxf3 29. Rxa6 Kg7 30. Qe2 Rf6 31. Qe5 h6 32. Ra3 Kf7 33. Qb8 {
Van der Wiel and Short joined the lead after one cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Playoff"]
[Date "1985.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 $5 10. Rd1 Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 Nc6 12. Ne4 a4 13. Nd6 $1 {
Torre applies restriction.} Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. Qd2 axb3 17.
axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 {White has no advantage.} e5 19. Qg5 Qb8 $1 20. Nf5 $1 (20.
Qxe5 $2 Ne8 21. Nxf7 Qb7+ 22. f3 Kxf7 $1 {favours Black.}) 20... Ne8 21. Qe7
Nf6 22. Nd6 Qc7 $5 {Short continues the game.} 23. b4 $5 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 $6 ({
Better is} 24. f3) 24... Ne4 $1 25. Nf5 g6 26. b5 $2 (26. f3 $1 Nc3 27. Nd6
Nxe2+ 28. Kg2 $1 d3 29. b5 $1 Qc5 30. Ra8 $1 Qg1+ 31. Kh3 Rxa8 32. Qxf7+ {
draws.}) 26... Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 d6 30. f3 Nd2 $5 31. Ra4
$5 (31. c5 $1 dxc5 32. Nxe5 c4 33. Ra4 c3 34. Rxd4 Rf7 $1 {wins for Black.})
31... e4 $1 32. Kg2 h5 33. Nf2 exf3+ 34. exf3 Nxf3 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. Rd7 Nd2 $1
37. h4 ({Not} 37. Rxd6 $2 Rxf2+ $1) 37... e5 38. Re7 Nxc4 39. Ne4 Ne3+ 40. Kh3
Nf5 41. Rd7 Rg8 42. Nxd6 Nxd6 43. Rxd6 Rc8 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46. Kf2
Kg7 47. Rxb6 Rb3 $1 48. Rb8 Kf6 $1 49. b6 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kg4 {
Short took the lead during the second cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Playoff"]
[Date "1985.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Short had to win this game.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O
6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d5 exd5 $5 ({The alternative is} 9... e5) 10.
exd5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd4 Re8 13. Ba2 Nc5 14. Nc6 $1 {
Short has the initiative.} Qd7 15. Qf3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. c3 Nc5 18. a5 b5
$1 19. Rad1 Rf8 $6 ({More active is} 19... f5 $1) 20. b4 $1 Na4 21. Bd4 Nb2 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd4 Bxc6 $6 (23... Rae8 {occupies a file with a rook.}) 24. dxc6
Qe7 25. Rb1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 {Short has gained a pawn.} Rfe8 28. Rd4
Rab8 29. Rd3 Qe4 $1 30. Rbd1 Qxf3 31. gxf3 $5 Kf6 32. Kg2 Re5 33. f4 Re4 34.
Rd4 Re2 35. R1d2 Re1 36. R2d3 Ke6 $2 (36... Rbe8 $1 {controls the open file.})
37. Kf3 Rb5 $5 38. Re3+ Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 f5 40. e4 fxe4+ 41. Rxe4+ Kf7 42. Re3
Rf5 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Kd4+ Kd8 $5 45. Rf3 Kc8 $5 46. c4 Kd8 47. Ke4 Kc8 48. Rg3
Rh5 49. Rf3 Rf5 50. h4 Kd8 51. Rh3 Rh5 52. Rh1 Kc8 (52... Ke7 53. Rb1 $1 Kd8
54. Kf3 $1 Rxh4 55. b5 axb5 56. Kg3 Rh5 57. a6 {wins for White.}) 53. Kf3 $1
Kb8 54. Re1 $1 Rxh4 55. Re8+ Ka7 56. Rc8 g5 57. fxg5 Rxc4 58. Rxc7+ Kb8 59.
Rxh7 {Short had defeated Torre for the fourth time in this event. So, Nigel
took the lead during the third cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "18 Playoff"]
[Date "1985.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{This game started in round 8 on 5 viii 1985.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4
e5 12. Be3 Nb4 13. a5 Bc6 14. Bf3 Re8 15. Rf2 exf4 $2 {
Van der Wiel blunders terribly.} (15... Bf8 {
was played in Matanovic - Suba, Moscow 1977.}) 16. Bb6 $1 Qc8 $5 17. Qd4 {
White has caught a knight.} Bf8 18. Rg1 $5 {He postpones the capture.} h6 19.
Qxb4 $5 ({Even better is} 19. h3 $1) 19... d5 $1 20. Qd4 dxe4 21. Bd1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 21. Be2 $1 Qf5 22. Qd1 $1) 21... Qf5 22. Qc4 Nd7 23. Be3 g5 $5
24. g3 $1 Qh3 $5 25. Bg4 $2 ({Best is} 25. Rxf4 $1 gxf4 $6 26. gxf4+ Bg7 27.
Qd4) 25... Ne5 $1 26. Bxh3 Nxc4 27. gxf4 Nxe3 28. fxg5 h5 {Black has a plus.}
29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Rf5 Bd7 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Rd5 Rad8 33. Rd1 e3 $1 34. Kg1 Bc8
35. Nde2 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Bg7 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. gxf6 Bf5 $2 ({Right is} 38... Kh7
$1 39. Nf4 Re4 40. Ng2 Kg6 {and Black has winning chances (Van der Wiel).}) 39.
Nd4 Rd8 $5 40. c3 $1 Bg6 41. Re1 Re8 42. Kg2 Bd3 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Nf5 e2 45.
Nh6+ $1 Kh7 46. Nxg4 Re6 47. Kf4 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Re6 49. Kf4 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Re6 51.
Kf2 Kg6 52. Rg1 Kf5 53. Ke1 Bb5 54. Rg3 Re4 55. Ne3+ Kxf6 56. b3 Rh4 {
The game is adjourned. It is resumed on 7 viii 1985, 'round 10'.} 57. Rf3+ $1 {
Black cannot win.} Ke5 58. Rxf7 Ke4 59. Re7+ Kd3 60. Nf5 Rxh2 61. Re3+ Kc2 62.
Nd4+ Kb2 63. Nxb5 axb5 64. Re5 Kxc3 65. Rxb5 Kd3 66. Rd5+ Ke3 67. Re5+ {
The final standings became: Short and Van der Wiel 31/2, Torre 2. Short
qualified on the tie-break of the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The nineteenth Schachfestival was played in Biel from 20 vii until 1 viii
1986. Kortschnoj was the main competitor. More than 800 peoples took part in
various groups.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Nh7
14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 $5 {
Both sides charge thematically in the Dragon.} (16... Qa5 {
happened in Tal - Mista, Dubna 1973.}) 17. Kb1 $1 Nc4 $6 ({Preferable is} 17...
Qxc3 18. Ne2 Qc5) 18. g4 $1 {Lobron strikes.} hxg4 19. f4 Rc8 20. Rd3 $6 ({
Better is} 20. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 21. h5 $1 g5 22. fxg5) 20... Qa5 21. h5 g5 22. e5
$5 dxe5 (22... gxf4 $2 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe5 25. Nxf4 Qg5 26. Qg6+ {
wins for White (Lobron).}) 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nb3 Qc7 25. fxg5 Bf5 26. g6 Nf6 $2
({Correct is} 26... Nf8 $1 27. Rd2 Rxc3 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qg5 Qc8) 27. Rd2 $1
Rxc3 28. Rhd1 $1 Bxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qg6+ Ke6 32. Qxc2 Qxc2+
33. Kxc2 Nxh5 34. Kd2 Kf5 35. Ke3 g3 36. Nd2 Kg4 37. Nf3 g2 38. Kf2 Nf4 39.
Nxe5+ Kh3 40. Rd8 Kh2 41. Nf3+ Kh3 42. Ng1+ Kg4 43. Rd7 {
Lobron attacked successfully.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qd1 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 f5 $5 ({Known is} 11... N8d7) 12. Qd2
Qd6 13. e5 Qb4 14. f4 {White has little advantage, despite the strong centre.}
e6 15. a3 Qe7 16. h4 h5 17. O-O-O Kh7 18. Qc2 Bh6 19. Kb1 N8d7 20. Qb3 Rfb8 21.
Rc1 Nf8 22. Rcg1 Rd8 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 a6 27. Qc4
Qe8 28. Qc5 Rg7 29. Qb4 Qe7 30. Qb3 Re8 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rhh1 Rd7 33. Ka2 Rde7
34. Rc4 Qd7 35. Rhc1 Rg7 36. Rb4 Ree7 37. Qc2 Qd8 38. Qb3 Rd7 39. Rh1 Qe7 40.
Qc2 Qd8 41. Qb3 Rc7 42. Rc4 Rce7 43. Rb4 Kg8 44. Rc1 Kh8 $4 (44... a5 $1 45.
Rbc4 Re8 {keeps on trucking.}) 45. Bxc6 $1 Rc7 ({The pointe is} 45... bxc6 46.
Rb8) 46. Rxb7 $1 Qxh4 47. Rxc7 Rxc7 48. Qb8 Rxc6 $5 49. Rxc6 Qh1 50. Rc5 h4 51.
Qd8 Kg8 52. d5 $1 exd5 53. e6 $1 {Suddenly, Cebalo could crush the defence.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 Nxd4 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Bg4 {
(Vidmar - Blejkmans, Barmen 1905).}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rb8 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Red1 Qg5 19. f3 $6 Bxc4 20.
fxg4 ({Not} 20. Bxc4 $2 Ne3 $1) 20... Be6 $6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc4 Qc5+ 23.
Qxc5 dxc5 {The chances are equal in the double rook ending.} 24. Kf2 Kf7 25.
Ke3 Ke7 26. b3 e5 27. Rd3 $5 Rd4 28. Rxd4 $6 exd4+ $6 29. Kd3 Rf8 30. Re1 Kd6
31. e5+ $5 Ke6 32. Re2 Rb8 33. Ke4 $6 {
Errors are made in the rook ending due to time pressure.} Rf8 $6 34. Kd3 Rb8
35. Ke4 $2 (35. Rf2 $1 Rb5 36. Rf8 $1 Rxa5 37. Rc8 {draws.}) 35... Rb5 $1 36.
Rf2 Rxa5 37. Rf8 Ra2 38. Re8+ Kd7 39. Rg8 Rxc2 40. Rxg7+ Ke6 $6 (40... Kc6 $1 {
wins for Black easily.}) 41. Rg6+ Ke7 42. Rxh6 c4 43. bxc4 b3 44. Rh3 $6 {
Klinger misses the best chance.} (44. Rh7+ $1 Ke6 $1 45. Rxc7 a5 $1 46. Rc6+
Kd7 47. Kd5 d3 $1 48. e6+ Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. e7+ Kf7 {
leads to a hard win for Black.}) 44... b2 $1 45. Rb3 a5 46. Rb7 a4 47. Kd5 d3
48. e6 d2 49. Rxc7+ Kd8 50. e7+ {Vlastimil scored well.} ({Hort has noticed} 
50. e7+ Kxc7 51. e8=Q d1=Q+) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc7 11. e4 a6 12. Bb2 Qb7 13. Re1 $5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. f4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Kh3 $5 {
White controls more teritory.} Nc5 20. b4 Nb3 $1 21. Rcd1 Qc7 ({Preferable is} 
21... Qc6 $1 22. Rd3 $1 Qxc4 23. Qd1 b5 24. Ree3 Qxb4 25. Na2 Qxa4 26. Qxb3 {
and White has a knight for three pawns.}) 22. Na2 $1 Qc6 23. f5 e5 $5 24. Nc3
Qxc4 25. Qg4 $5 f6 $5 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. Re3 Qc2 28. Bc3 Rc6 $2 ({Correct is} 
28... Ra7 29. Rdd3 Nd4) 29. Qh5 $1 {He threatens mate in one.} Kf8 30. Red3
Rac8 ({Or} 30... h6 31. Ne3 Qa2 32. Rxd6) 31. Ne3 Qa2 32. Qxh7 $1 Rxc3 (32...
Qe2 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Be7 35. Ng4 $1 Rxc3 36. Rxb6 {also wins for White.})
33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Qxd8 Qe2 $5 36. Qd7+ $1 Kg8 (36... Kf8 37. Qxd6+
Kg8 {(Dlugy)} 38. Qe6+ $1 Kh7 39. Qf7 $1 Nd4 40. Nd5 $1 Qxd1 41. Nxf6+ Kh6 42.
Qg6#) 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rxd6 Rc8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Rd7 Rg8 41. Ng4 {
Kortschnoj is going to mate Polugaevsky.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Ne4 7. Be3 d5 8.
Rc1 $5 ({The alternative is} 8. Qc2) 8... dxc4 9. Rxc4 Qd5 10. Qc2 Bd7 $5 11.
g3 $6 ({Preferable is} 11. Ng5 $5 Nxg5 12. Rc5 Qd6 13. Bxg5) 11... Bb5 12. Rb4
Bc6 $6 (12... Nf6 {gains a plus.}) 13. Bg2 Na6 $6 ({Better is} 13... Qf5) 14.
Rc4 $1 Bb5 $2 (14... Qa5+ $5 15. b4 $1 Qxa3 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Qxe4 Qc3+ 18. Kf1
Nxb4 {offers more resistance.}) 15. Nd2 $1 f5 16. Rc3 $1 Nxc3 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 {
White has a decisive material advantage.} 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Nc4 b6
21. Ne5 Bb7 22. O-O Nb8 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. Kf2 h6 26. h3 Rf8 27. g4
f4 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 Rfd8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Nd7 32. Bd6 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Rf8
34. Rh1 Rf5 35. g6 $1 Rg5 36. Qd3 Rf8 37. Rh7 Nf6 38. Rh4 Nd5 39. Qe4 Rff5 40.
Bxg7 Rxg6 41. Bh6 Rgf6 42. Bg5 Rxg5 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qxb7 Rfg6 45. Qxa7 Rg1 46.
Rh8+ Rg8 47. Rxg8+ Rxg8 48. Qd7 Rg6 49. Ke1 Ne7 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qxb6 Rg5 52.
Qc7 Rf5 53. a4 Ke8 54. a5 {
Kortschnoj fought each round. He won four, drew two and lost five games.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. a4 Rc8 $5 10. Nc4 Ng4 11. Nfd2 e5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Ne3 g6 $5 14. Ndc4 Be6
15. c3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21.
Nxa5 Bxa5 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Qb3 a6 26. Rae1 h5 27. Be4
Nh6 28. Bg2 Ng8 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nf6 32. Qd1 Re8 33. Rxe8
Nxe8 34. d4 c4 35. Bf1 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe2 Nf6 38. Bg2 Bd8 39. Qe3 Kh7 40.
Qe2 Be7 41. Bf3 {The chances are equal.} Qd8 $6 42. b3 $1 {
White takes the initiative.} Qc7 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Qa2 Kg7 45. Qa6 Qb8 $1 46.
Qxc4 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qc2 48. Qb4 $5 h4 49. gxh4 $4 ({Correct is} 49. c4 hxg3 50.
Bxg3) 49... Qf5 $1 50. Bxd6 Bxd6 51. Qxd6 Qxf3 52. Qe5 Qxc3 53. d6 Qxh3 {
Black has gained a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 O-O $5
8. Nd5 Qd8 9. e3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O c6 $5 {
Black has to weaken his pawn structure, if he wants to control the centre.} 13.
Nc3 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 $5 15. Qd2 $5 Rad8 16. f4 $1 Bg4 $5 ({Preferable is} 16...
Ng4 $1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4) 17. Bd1 $1 ({Not} 17. fxe5 $2 Bxe2 $1) 17... Bxd1 18.
Raxd1 Ng4 19. h3 Nh6 $1 20. e4 f5 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Kh2 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24.
Nxe4 Qh5 $6 ({Better is} 24... Qxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Nf7 {(Polugaevsky).}) 25. Ng5
Nf7 26. Nf3 d5 $2 {Nunn loses his patience.} ({Polugaevsky prefers the quiet} 
26... Qf5 27. Qe3 a6) 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. g4 Qc2+ 30. Rd2 Qc7 (30...
Qe4 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Nd4 {
seems to lead to a lost knight ending for Black.}) 31. Rxd5 $1 {
White has gained a pawn.} Rf8 32. Kg3 Nd8 33. Qe5 Qc8 34. Qe7 Qc1 35. Rf5 $1
Nf7 36. Qxb7 g6 37. Rf6 Qb2 38. Qe7 Qxa2 39. Qe6 $1 Qa1 40. h4 Kg7 41. g5 a5
42. f5 $1 gxf5 43. h5 Qc3 44. Rxf5 Qc7+ 45. Kh3 Qc3 46. h6+ Kg8 47. g6 hxg6 48.
Qxg6+ Kh8 49. Rxf7 {Polugaevsky played a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 $5 Nc6 13. Nb5 $5 Ne5 14. Qe2
c6 15. Nc3 Ned7 16. h3 Nc5 17. f4 $1 {The chances are even.} Rfe8 18. Nb3 Nxb3
19. axb3 Qc7 20. Qf2 Rab8 21. Rac1 b6 22. Rfd1 Red8 $5 23. Qe3 h6 $2 {
Black creates a weakness.} 24. g4 $1 Nh7 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Ne2 Nf8 27. Rcd1 b5
28. cxb5 cxb5 (28... Rxb5 $5 29. f5 $1 Bc8 30. Nd4 Rc5 31. f6 Qxf6 32. Nxc6
Rxc6 33. e5 {also wins for White.}) 29. f5 $1 Bd7 ({Or} 29... Bc8 30. e5) 30.
Rxd6 Re8 31. Qd4 Bc8 32. Ng3 Nd7 33. Nh5 $1 Qg5 $6 {
Rogers allows a wonderful finish.} ({Or} 33... Qe5 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Qxe5 Rxe5
36. Rxd7 {and White wins.}) 34. Rg6 $3 {Hort took the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Bb4 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. a3 $5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rac8 20. Re3 Rc7
$6 ({More solid is} 20... Nd5 21. Re4 Rc7) 21. Nxf7 $1 {Lobron attacks.} Rxc4
$5 (21... Rxf7 $1 22. Bxe6 Qd6 {equalises.}) 22. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 23. Qxc4 Bd5 24.
Qc2 Qg7 25. g4 $2 ({Right is} 25. Rc3 $1 Ne8 26. Rc8) 25... h5 $1 (25... Nxg4
$2 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. f3 Ne3 28. Rxg7 Nxc2 29. Rxa7 {favours White.}) 26. g5 Ng4
27. Rc3 Qxg5 28. Rc8 Nf6 29. f3 h4 $2 (29... Bxf3 $1 {wins at once.}) 30. Qc1
Qg3 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qc8+ $2 ({Preferable is} 32. Qd2) 32... Ke7 33. Rc1 Ne8
$1 34. Qc2 Bxf3 35. Qf2 Qg5 $1 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. Kh3 Be4 39. g4 hxg3
40. Qxg3 Qh5+ 41. Qh4 Bg2+ $5 {The counteraction decided the game.} (41... Bg2+
42. Kg3 Qxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kd6 {wins for Black.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a6 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. c3
$5 {White controls more territory.} (8. f4 {
drew in Kristiansen - Hug, Buenos Aires 1978.}) 8... b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 $2 ({
Better is} 9... h6 10. Nf3 Bb7) 10. Qe2 $2 (10. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 $5 11. Bxh7 g6 12.
h4 {wins for White.}) 10... g6 $5 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. a3 f5
15. Nbd2 Qf7 $5 16. Qe3 Bg7 17. b4 Rdg8 18. Rg1 Bf8 19. g4 $5 fxg4 20. Rxg4 a4
$5 {The queenside remains closed.} 21. Bb5 Qf5 22. Rg1 Qc2 23. Ke2 $1 Qf5 24.
Bxa4 {White has gained a pawn.} Ne7 25. b5 Qh5 26. Bc2 Rh7 27. Nf1 Rf7 28. Ng3
Qg4 29. Nf5 $1 Qh5 $1 30. Nxh6 $1 Bxh6 31. Bxh6 Rxf3 $2 {
Hug misses the best defence.} (31... Nxe5 $1 32. Qxe5 $1 Qxf3+ 33. Kd2 Qxf2+
34. Qe2 {(Hübner)} Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Nf5 {defends properly.}) 32. Qxf3 Qxh6 33.
Rg3 $1 Rf8 34. Qg4 Nf5 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qg5 Qh7 37. f4 c6 38. a4 Rh8 39. Rh1
cxb5 40. axb5 Kc7 41. h5 $1 Qf7 42. Qg7 Qe8 43. h6 Qa8 44. Kf3 Rd8 45. h7 $1 {
Hübner won one game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qd2 $5 d5 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh3 $1 Qd6 $2 (
13... Qe8 $1 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe8 $1 17. Rac1 Nc6 {
keeps the equality.}) 14. Ne5 $1 f4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. gxf4 Nd7 18.
e4 Rff8 19. Kh1 $1 Rad8 20. Rad1 g6 $5 21. Rg1 Kh8 $5 22. f5 $1 g5 ({
The pointe is} 22... gxf5 23. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 24. Qh6+) 23. Qe2 {Polugaevsky,
Hort and Lobron shared the lead at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Hort drew quickly in the last round. Polugaevsky and Lobron fought for the
first place.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7.
Qe1 Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 ({Known is} 10... Na6) 11. Nxd7
Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Bc5+) 14. d4 c5 15. Be3
cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Bf3 Nc7 20. Be2 Qe8 21. Qf3 Kh8 22.
Kg2 Na8 23. h3 Rc6 24. Bd3 $5 Nb6 $1 25. Ne2 Nc4 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 26. Rad1 Rc8 $5 27. b3 Na5 28. Be3 $6 Nc6 29. Nd4
$2 ({Correct is} 29. c3 Bh5 30. Qf2 Na5 31. Rb1 {
and White has little advantage.}) 29... Bh5 $1 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nxe5 $1 32.
Qg3 Nxg4 33. Bg1 Bb4 34. c4 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ne4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Be3 Rf6 38. Kh2
Rg6 39. Qf2 Bg4 40. Rg1 Bd6 41. Rg2 e5 42. fxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Kg1 Qh5 {
Polugaevsky scored the needed win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5
8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb4 $5 Rd8 ({A novelty will become} 10... Re8 $5)
11. Be7 Rd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg4+ Kf8 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bf3 $1 Qd6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 15... Ne5 $1 16. Bxd5 Nxg4) 16. Rd1 $1 Ne5 $2 ({Correct is} 
16... Nxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. O-O Rxd4 19. exd4 Qg5 20. Qe4 {
and White has an edge.}) 17. Qh4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe5 (18... e5 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20.
Rg1 exd4 21. Rg8+ Ke7 22. Rxd4 Qc6 23. Re4+ Kd6 24. Qf4+ {
wins for White (Lobron).}) 19. Rg1 $1 h5 20. f4 $5 Qa5+ 21. b4 Qxa3 22. Qxf6 $1
Qxb4+ 23. Kf1 Qc4+ 24. Kg2 b6 25. Kh3 $1 Rd5 26. Rc1 e5+ 27. f5 Qxc1 28. Rxc1
exd4 29. Rc7 Bxf5+ 30. Kh4 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxa8 {Lobron had
crushed Kortschnoj. The final standings became: Lobron and Polugaevsky 7/11,
Cebalo and Hort 61/2, Greenfeld, Miles and Nunn 6, Hübner and Rogers 51/2,
Kortschnoj 5, Klinger 31/2, Hug 11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twentieth Schachfestival was played in Biel from 15 until 30 vii 1987.
Seven men and one woman carried out double rounds in the grandmaster group.
More than 1000 peoples participated in the festival. The Polgar sisters
starred in the news.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5
Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. Ne4 $5 Qd7 13.
Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O $6 {The king becomes vulnerable.} ({Preferable is} 14. O-O)
14... Bf5 $1 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. h4 $2 ({Better is} 16. Bd3) 16... Nb4 $1 17. b3 ({
The pointe is} 17. axb4 Qa4 18. Bd3 Nxc4 $1 {(Hort).}) 17... Nc2 $1 18. c5 Qc6
$1 19. Bd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd5 21. Qf2 ({Or} 21. Qd2 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5+ $1)
21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qa6 $1 23. Rhd1 Qxa3+ {Black has gained a pawn.} 24. Qb2
Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 f5 26. Ne2 h6 27. h5 g5 28. hxg6 Rdg8 29. Rh1 Rxg6 30. g3 h5 31.
Rh3 Rg4 32. Nc3 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 Kd7 34. b4 c6 35. Nd2 b5 36. Kc2 Kc7 37. Kd1 f4
$6 (37... h4 38. gxh4 Rhxh4 {creates a protected passed pawn.}) 38. gxf4 Rxf4
39. Ke2 h4 40. Ke3 Rg4 41. Ne4 Rg1 42. Ra3 Kb8 43. Rh2 Rf8 44. Raa2 Rb1 45. Nf6
$5 Bxf6 46. exf6 Rxf6 47. Rxh4 Rf7 48. Ke4 Rd7 49. Ke5 Rxb4 50. Rd2 a5 51. Kxe6
Kc7 52. Ke5 Re7+ 53. Kf6 Rd7 54. Ke5 a4 55. Ke4 Rc4 {Hort made a good start.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campora, Daniel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nd1 c5 $5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Rc1 Ng6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Qh5 Be7 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 O-O-O 15.
gxf5 exf5 16. Bd3 $5 Rdf8 17. Ng5 c4 18. Bc2 Nd8 19. Ne3 Qb7 20. Ng2 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Ne6 22. f4 Qa6 23. Ra1 Ba4 24. b3 $6 Bxb3 $1 25. Bxb3 cxb3 26. Qe2 Qa3 $6
27. Qb5 b2 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rxb2 Qc4 30. Qxc4+ dxc4 31. Rb4 Ne7 32. Rxc4+ Kb7
33. Ke2 b5 34. Rb1 a6 35. Ra4 Nd5 36. Ne3 $6 Nexf4+ 37. Kf3 Nxe3 38. c4 $6 Nxc4
39. Rxc4 Nd5 $6 40. Rc5 Rd8 41. Ba5 Rd7 42. Rbc1 h6 43. g6 b4 $6 44. R5c4 Re8
45. Bxb4 Re6 46. Bd6 Rxg6 47. Rb1+ Ka7 $4 ({Right is} 47... Nb6 48. Kf4 a5 49.
Kxf5 Rg5+) 48. Rc6 Ne7 49. Rcb6 f4 50. e6 Rd8 51. Bxe7 {
Gulko lost a messy game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rfc8 12. Qe2 Rab8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rac1 $5
Na7 $6 {Black has a wrong plan.} ({Preferable is} 14... Bg4 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16.
Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {and equality.}) 15. a3 b5 $5 16. b4 Qd8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. h3
Rc7 19. e4 {Romanishin goes forwards slowly.} Qe8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rbc8
22. Nb3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qf8 24. Qd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Nc8 27. Ne2 Qg7
$2 ({Correct is} 27... Qd8 28. Qc3 Nb6 29. Nd4 e5 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Bf1 Nd5 32.
Qf3 Qb8) 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 {White controls more territory in the endgame.}
g5 $5 30. Bf1 Na7 31. f3 $2 {He misses a ractical trick.} (31. a4 $1 bxa4 32.
b5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Bxh3 34. Bxa4 {gains a piece for two pawns.}) 31... Kf8 32.
Kf2 $5 Ke8 33. Ke3 Kd8 34. g4 Kc7 35. Bd3 h6 36. Bh7 Nc8 37. Bd3 Kb6 38. Ne4
Kc7 39. Kd4 e5+ $2 ({Preferable is} 39... Kb6) 40. Ke3 $1 Ne7 $2 (40... Kd8 $1
41. Nf6 Nb6 $1 42. Nxd7 Nxd5+ $1 43. Kd2 Kxd7 44. Bxb5+ Ke7 {
tries to survive in the fortress.}) 41. Nf6 Ng6 42. Nxd7 $1 Kxd7 43. Bxg6 $5 (
43. Bxb5+ Kc7 44. Ke4 Nf4 45. Bf1 {wins easily.}) 43... fxg6 44. Kd3 Kc7 45.
Kc3 Kb6 46. Kb3 Ka6 47. a4 $1 {He creates a distant passed pawn.} Kb6 48. axb5
Kxb5 49. Kc3 Ka6 50. Kb2 $1 Kb6 51. Ka3 Kb5 52. Kb3 {
The white king has made a triangle.} Kb6 53. Ka4 $1 Ka6 54. b5+ Kb6 55. Kb4 Kb7
56. Ka5 $1 Ka7 57. b6+ Kb7 58. Kb5 h5 59. Ka5 $1 Kb8 60. Kb4 $1 Ka8 61. Ka4 Kb8
62. Ka5 $1 Ka8 63. Ka6 Kb8 64. b7 h4 65. Ka5 $1 Kc7 66. b8=Q+ $1 {
White wins the pawn ending.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 $5 ({The alternative is} 
12... a6) 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bd2 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 g5 $1 17. b3 g4 $5 18. Qc2
Kh8 $5 19. Nc4 Nh5 20. Rae1 $6 Rg8 $6 (20... Nxc4 21. bxc4 Qxa5 {gains a pawn.}
) 21. Kh1 $6 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qxa5 23. f4 {
White has an attack in the centre for a pawn.} Qd8 24. g3 Re8 25. Bd3 $5 h6 $5
26. e5 $1 b5 27. Ne4 $1 dxe5 28. fxe5 bxc4 29. Nd6 $5 (29. Bxc4 $1 Rxe5 30. Bc3
Rf5 31. Nd6 $1 {favours White.}) 29... cxd3 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Qxd3 c4 $1 32.
Qe4 $1 Nf6 $2 ({Right is} 32... Qd7 $1 33. e6 $1 Bb7 $1 34. Nxh6+ $1 Bxh6 35.
Qg6+ Qg7 36. Qf7+ Kh7 37. Qxh5 Bxd5+ $1 38. Qxd5 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Rb2 {
and Black fights for survival.}) 33. Nxh6+ $1 Bxh6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 ({The pointe is
} 34... Bg7 35. exf6 Qxd5+ 36. Kg1 {and White wins.}) 35. Bxh6 Qxd5+ 36. Kg1
Rg8 37. Qxf6+ Kh7 38. Qh4 Rg6 39. e6 Rxh6 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Rf6+ {
Lobron will be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. cxd5 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rfe1) 12...
exd5 13. e4 $5 {Zsuzsa wants action.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6 15. Nc5 Qd5 16. Qxd5
Nxd5 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Bc2 g5 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Nc4 Kf7 21. Ne3 b6 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 $6
23. Nd3 $2 (23. Ba4 $1 Rd8 24. Bxc6 {gains a pawn.}) 23... Rd6 $6 {
Black could have captured pawn d4.} 24. Bb3+ Kf8 25. d5 c5 26. f4 Bf5 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Nf2 b5 29. g4 Bg6 30. Rd2 $2 (30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 f5 32. gxf5 Bxb2
33. a4 {makes useful exchanges.}) 30... Rad8 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ne4
Bxe4 34. Rxe4 c4 35. Bc2 f5 $1 {He wants pawn b2.} 36. gxf5 Rxd5 37. Rg2 Rd2
38. Ree2 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Bxb2 $1 40. Kg2 Bf6 41. Re6 Kf7 42. Be4 b4 43. Rb6 b3
44. Rb4 b2 45. Rxc4 Re8 46. Bd3 Re3 47. Bb1 Re1 48. Bd3 b1=Q 49. Bxb1 Rxb1 {
Black has gained a piece in the endgame.} 50. h4 $5 gxh4 {
He has to avoid the exchange of rooks.} 51. Rf4 Bg5 52. Rf2 Kf6 53. Rf3 Ke5 54.
Rf2 Be3 55. Re2 Ke4 56. f6 Rb6 57. Ra2 Rxf6 58. Ra4+ Bd4 59. Kh3 Rf4 60. Ra3
Kf5 61. Ra8 Rf3+ $1 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Rf8+ Bf6 64. Kh2 Kg6 65. Rg8+ Kh5 66. Re8
Kg4 67. Re1 Bg5 68. Rg1+ Kf5 69. Kg2 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kg4 71. Rg1 Bg3 72. Kh1 Kh3
73. Rg2 Rd1+ 74. Rg1 Rd2 75. Rg2 Bf2 76. Rh2+ Kg4 77. Rg2+ Kf3 78. Kh2 Rd1 79.
Kh3 Rb1 80. Rh2 Bg3 $1 {Campora scored well during the first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. c5 a5
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Ra6 $5 ({Known is the active} 
12... Nf6 13. Qc2 Nd5) 13. Re1 Re8 14. h4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne5 Qc7
$6 ({Preferable is} 17... Bb7 $1 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Be4 Nf6 $1) 18. Be4 g6 $2 (
18... h6 $6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bd3 Ra8 21. Nxc6 $1 {costs a pawn}) ({Better is} 
18... Nf6 $1 19. Bd3 Ra7) 19. h5 $1 Bf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 ({Or} 
21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Rf5+ $1 exf5 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Re1+)
22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Re4 $5 ({The alternative is} 23. Bh6+ Ke7 24. Re4 $1) 23...
Ke7 24. Bg5 $1 Rf8 25. Rf4 Qd8 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Re1 Qd5 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Bxf6
Ra7 30. Qg6+ Raf7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Re5 $1 Qf3 33. Qg8+ {
Gulko had his revenge for the previous loss. Campora lost the lead.} ({
The pointe is} 33. Qg8+ Rf8 34. Rxe6+ $1 Bxe6 35. Qxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 $5 {
The piece sacrifice has resulted in a difficult position for Black.} (11... Qb4
12. a3 Qxb2 13. Qe2 {was played in Geller - Meduna, Sochi 1986.}) 12. Bg3 $1
Qb4 13. Re1 Be7 (13... Qxb2 14. c4 Nc3 15. Qd3 {favours White.}) 14. Qe2 (14.
a3 Qxb2 15. c4 Nc3 16. Qd3 {won in Schlosser - Kholmov, Sochi 1989.}) 14... Bf6
15. c4 $1 Ne7 {Black has a crammed game.} 16. a3 $1 Qb3 $2 ({Preferable is} 
16... Qb6 17. Bc2 Ke8) 17. Bd3 $5 (17. Bc2 $1 Qxb2 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Rxe6 {
wins for White.}) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qe6 $1 Qb6 20. c5 Nxc5 21. Qd6+
Nd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 $1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Re1+ Ne5 ({Or} 25... Kf7
26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Qe8#) 26. Rxe5+ Kf7 27. Re7+ {
Hübner lost again in a spectacular game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 b6 $5 13. Re1 Ba6 14. e4 $1 exd4
15. Nxd4 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Qd1 $1 Be5 $1 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 {
White has the two bishops.} 20. Rd1 Nd3 21. b4 Rad8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rd2 h6 24.
Be3 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Nf6 26. Bb3 Ne5 27. f4 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Nd3 $1 30.
g4 {He controls more territory in the endgame.} Ne8 31. Bc2 $1 Bc4 32. Ba4 b5
33. Bc2 Nc7 34. Be3 a6 35. Kh2 f6 36. Kg3 Ne6 37. h4 $1 g5 $2 (37... Kf7 38. g5
hxg5 39. hxg5 Nb2 {keeps the centre closed.}) 38. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 39. hxg5 hxg5
40. f5 $1 Nc7 ({Gulko has prepared} 40... Nf8 41. e5 $1) 41. Bb6 Ne8 42. Bc5
Kf7 43. Kf3 Nc7 44. Bd6 Na8 45. Bc5 Nc7 46. Ke3 Bf1 47. Nd1 Ke8 48. Kd4 Kd7 49.
Bb6 Ne8 50. e5 $1 fxe5+ (50... Ke7 51. Bc5+ Kd8 52. Nf2 Bg2 53. Ne4 fxe5+ 54.
Kxe5 Bxe4 55. Kxe4 Nf6+ 56. Ke5 Nxg4+ 57. Ke6 {wins for White.}) 51. Kxe5 Be2
52. Nf2 $1 Nd6 53. Kf6 $1 Nc4 54. Bc5 a5 55. Kg7 axb4 56. axb4 Ne5 57. Bd4 Nf3
58. Bc3 c5 59. bxc5 Kc6 60. f6 Bc4 61. Nd3 b4 62. Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 63. Bxe5 Kxc5
64. f7 Bxf7 65. Kxf7 Kd5 66. Bb2 {Gulko kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1987.07.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 $5 12. Qc2 h6 $6 (12... Bd7 $1 13. Rac1
Rac8 {develops the queenside.}) 13. Rad1 a6 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Bd7 14.
Rfe1 Rac8 15. c5 Bc7 16. e4 Be8) 14. e4 $1 dxc4 $5 ({Or} 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Qxe4 Bd7 {(Makarychev).}) 15. Nxc4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba7 $6
(16... Bc7 $5 17. Nfe5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 {defends properly.}) 17. Nfe5 $1 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 {The black queenside has been restricted.} Bb6 19. Bd4 $1 {
A main defender is exchanged.} Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Kf8 21. Qd2 Ke8 22. Bf3 $1 Bd7 $2
(22... Qc7 23. Qf4 b5 {tries to survive.}) 23. Bh5 $1 g6 24. Qxh6 gxh5 25. Qh8+
Qf8 26. Qxf6 Bb5 27. a4 $1 Bxa4 28. Nc4 $1 Bc6 29. Nd6+ Kd7 30. Nxb7+ Kc7 31.
Na5 Bb5 32. Qe5+ Kc8 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4+ Kd8 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. Rd4 Qh8 37. e5
Kf8 38. Rd8+ {White exchanges the pieces and wins a pawn ending. Romanishin
chased Gulko. Both players drew quickly in the last round. The final standings
became: Gulko 9/14, Romanishin 81/2, Campora 8, Chandler and Hort 71/2, Hübner
51/2, Lobron and Z.Polgar 5.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Scheveningen"]
[Site "20-B"]
[Date "1987.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Six men played double rounds against six females in a special group. The
participant Judit Polgar became 11-years-old during the tournament. She won a
brilliancy prize for the following game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 Ng4 9. e3 f5 10. Bg2 $5 {
Judit has sacrificed a pawn for the attack.} ({Known is} 10. Be2) 10... f4 $6
11. h3 $2 (11. Bf3 $1 {chases a knight in a better way.}) 11... Nxf2 $1 12.
Kxf2 fxe3+ 13. Ke1 Rf2 14. Rg1 $2 ({Better is} 14. d6 $1 Kh8 15. Qd5 Na6) 14...
Qf8 $1 15. Qd3 $5 Na6 $1 16. a3 Bf5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 ({Or} 18. Nxe4 e2 19.
Nbd2 Rh2 $1 20. Nf3 Bxg1 21. Neg5 e4 22. Qxe4 Bf2+ 23. Kxe2 Re8) 18... Bd4 19.
Bxe3 $5 (19. b4 Rc8 20. Bxe3 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 22. Kd1 Bxa1 23. Bxf2 Qxf2 {
also wins for Black.}) 19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Re8+ 22. Kd1 Qf3+ {
Judit was the centre of attention.} ({The pointe is} 22... Qf3+ 23. Kc1 Nb3#)
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-first Schachfestival was played from 17 until 28 vii 1988. Twelve
players carried out eleven rounds.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6
12. e5 $2 ({Known is} 12. Bh6 Rad8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7) 12... Nxe5 $1 {
Black gains a pawn.} 13. Bb3 ({The pointe is} 13. dxe5 Qc6 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.
f3 Bxe5) 13... Nd7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Qc1 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. f3 Nd5 18. Bg3 b5
19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Qa3 Qb6 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 e5 23. Rff1 Bf8 $1 24. Qa4 Bc6
25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Bxb3 Bb5 $1 27. Rfe1 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nc3 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5
Nxd1 31. Bxd1 c5 {He has achieved an exchange.} 32. Bf6 Rb8 33. Bb3 Bg7 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. dxc5 Rc8 36. f4 Rxc5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Ke3 g5 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. Ke4
Kf6 41. Kd4 Rf5 42. h3 Rf2 43. Bd5 Rd2+ 44. Kc5 Ke5 {Gulko had an easy day.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 f5 17. Qf1 Qxf1+ $5 {
Sokolov exchanges the queens in the Marshall.} ({Theory is} 17... Qh5) 18. Kxf1
f4 $1 {Black has the initiative for a pawn.} 19. gxf4 Bxf4 20. Kg1 Bc7 21. Nd2
Rf6 22. Ne4 Rg6 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Bc2 (24. a4 $1 {counters.}) 24... Bf5 $5 25.
Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Bd2 h5 27. Re4 Bf4 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 {
Black attacks despite the exchanges.} 29. Kf1 Rf8 30. Rd1 $6 (30. Re3 $5 Nh3
31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 {leads to a repetition.}) 30... Nh3 $1 31. Rd2 Ng5 32. Re3
h4 $1 33. Ne4 Nf3 34. Rd1 Nxh2+ {He has regained the pawn.} 35. Ke2 Rf4 36. Rh1
$6 ({More active is} 36. Nc5 $1 Rg2 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 39. Ne6+ Kf7
40. Nxf4) 36... Rg2 37. Kd2 $6 g5 $1 38. Re2 Rf5 $6 (38... g4 $1 {charges.})
39. b3 Kg7 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Kg6 42. Rb1 $5 h3 43. Rh1 g4 44. Kd3 Kg7 45. c5
$5 Kg6 $5 46. Rb1 Nf3 47. Ng3 h2 $1 48. Rh1 ({The pointe is} 48. Nxf5 Rg1 $1 {
(Fabet).}) 48... Rf4 49. Re4 Kg5 50. Rxf4 Kxf4 51. Ne2+ Kf5 52. Ke3 Kf6 $1 53.
Ng3 Ke6 54. Ne2 Kd7 55. Ng3 a5 56. a4 (56. Kf4 Rxf2 57. Kxg4 Ng1 {
also wins for Black.}) 56... Ng5 57. Nf1 Rg1 $1 58. Ng3 Rg2 59. Nf1 Rg1 60. Ng3
Rxh1 61. Nxh1 Nh3 62. f3 gxf3 63. Kxf3 Ke6 64. Kg4 {
The 20-years-old star showed, how to play an endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e4
a6 9. Re1 Rb8 10. dxe5 $5 dxe5 11. b4 c6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qb3 b5 14. c5 a5 15. a3
Rd8 16. Bb2 Nf8 $6 17. Rad1 $6 (17. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 18. Nd5 Qxb2 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20.
Qxb2 {favours White (Sokolov).}) 17... Be6 18. Qc2 a4 19. Nxe5 $1 {
Great complications begin.} Bb3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxc6 $1 Qe8 22. Qe2 Bc4 $5 ({
Or} 22... Qxc6 23. Nxb5) 23. Nxd8 $6 (23. e5 $1 Bxe2 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd8
Qxd8 26. Rxe2 Ne6 27. Nd5 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 {leads to a white plus.}) 23... Bxe2 {
Black has a material advantage.} 24. Nb7 $6 ({Preferable is} 24. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7
25. Rxe2) 24... Bc4 25. e5 N6d7 26. Nd6 Qe6 27. f4 g5 $2 28. c6 $2 (28. f5 $1
Qe7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Nxe5 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Kf1 {wins for White.}) 28...
gxf4 $1 29. gxf4 Nb6 30. Nce4 Nd5 31. f5 $1 Qh6 32. Nxc4 $2 (32. f6 Qh4 33. Nf2
Nf4 34. Nf5 Qg5 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. fxg7+ Qxg7 37. Ng4 {continues the fight.})
32... bxc4 33. f6 Qh4 $1 34. Rd1 Bh6 $1 35. Nd6 Ne3 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. c7 Be3+
38. Kh1 Ng3+ 39. Kh2 Qf4 {Maia battled hard but lost at the end.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h4 $5 ({Usual is} 11. Bf4) 11... Nf6 12. Bf4 Nh5
13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bf4 $6 {
The bishop should move to another square.} Nxf4 {
The useless knight is exchanged.} 18. gxf4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Qd8 20. Qe3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 20. Rac1) 20... Nb4 $1 21. Na3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rdc1 Bf6 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 $6 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd6 $5 27. Qd2 Nxa2 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 28. Ne5 Be8 $1 29. Qc2 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qc6 31. Qb3 Nc1
32. Qe3 h6 $5 33. Bf1 Kg7 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Qd1 a5 36. e3 Na2 $1 37. Qd2 Nb4 $1
38. Bb5 Bc6 39. Qc3 Qe7 40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. Nb5 Qb4 42. Qc5 Qxc5 ({Not} 42...
Qxb2 $4 43. Qb6 $1 {and White draws.}) 43. dxc5 Nxe5 {
Black is going to win the knight ending.} 44. Nd6 Nc6 45. Nxb7 e5 {
The centre is occupied.} 46. Nd6 Kf6 47. Kf1 d4 48. Ne8+ $5 Ke7 49. Nc7 d3 50.
f3 e4 51. Nd5+ Ke6 52. Nf4+ Kf6 {Gulko and I.Sokolov had won two games.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Campora, Daniel"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qd6 14.
Qf3 c6 $5 (14... Qd4 {was played in Szmetan - Cuasnicu, Quilmes 1980.}) 15. b3
Bd8 $5 16. Bb2 Bc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. Rd7 Bb6 $1 21. Re2
Rbd8 22. b4 Qb5 23. Red2 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {
The chances are equal.} 26. a3 Qd5 $1 27. Qe2 $1 {Exchange favours Black.} Qa2
28. Bc1 Bb6 29. Kf1 Bd4 30. Qd2 $2 (30. Qa6 $1 Qxc2 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qd7+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 30... Kf7 31. Ke2 Qc4+ 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33. cxd3 Ke6 {
Black has the initiative in the bishop ending.} 34. f3 Kd5 35. Kd2 $5 f5 36. h3
$5 a6 37. Ke2 Bc3 38. g3 g6 39. f4 $2 (39. Bg5 $1 c5 40. bxc5 Bb2 41. a4 Kxc5
42. Be7+ Kd5 43. Bd8 {defends properly.}) 39... e4 $1 40. Ke3 $2 (40. g4 $1 h5
41. g5 Ba1 42. Ke3 c5 43. bxc5 Bd4+ 44. Kd2 Kxc5 45. Ke2 Kb5 46. a4+ $1 Kb4 $5
47. Bd2+ Kb3 $5 48. dxe4 fxe4 49. Be3 {seems to draw.}) 40... Bd4+ $1 41. Ke2
h5 42. dxe4+ Kxe4 43. h4 {All white pawns stand on the wrong colour.} Kd5 $1 {
The world champion among women penetrates victoriously on the queen- or
kingside.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 $5
(8. b3 {happened in Inkiov - Romanishin, Moscow 1986.}) 8... O-O 9. b4 b6 10.
Rb1 Qc7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. a4 Re8 13. d5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} exd5
14. cxd5 Bd6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nd2 $1 c4 $6 17. f4 Nd3 18. Nxc4 $1 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 {
White has gained a pawn.} Bd7 $6 (19... Bc5 $1 20. Kh1 Bxe3 {regains the pawn.}
) 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd4 $1 Qe7 22. Rf3 Qa3 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. e4 $1 Qc5 25. Rb4
Qa5 26. Rg3 g6 27. Rxb6 $2 {Torre spoils a won position.} Nxe4 $1 28. Nxe4 Rxe4
$1 29. Qxe4 Qxb6+ 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Qc4 Qd6 $6 ({Preferable is} 31... Qf2 $1 32.
Bd3 {(Torre)} Rc8 $1 33. Qb4 a5) 32. Bd3 a5 33. Qd4 Rb8 34. Bb5 Bxb5 35. axb5
Rxb5 36. Rc3 $1 Rb8 37. Rc6 Qd7 38. Ra6 Qb5 39. Ra7 Qb4 40. Qf6 Rf8 41. d6 Qb6
42. Re7 $5 a4 43. Qe5 a3 44. d7 Qc6 $2 {Black misses the hidden escape.} (44...
Qd8 $1 45. f5 $1 a2 46. f6 {(Torre)} h5 $1 47. Kg3 Kh7 48. Kh4 Qa8 $1 49. Qe6
$1 Kh6 $1 50. Qe3+ Kh7 51. Qe6 {leads to a repetition of moves.}) 45. f5 $1
gxf5 46. Re8 $1 {Torre has a mate attack.} (46. Re8 Qxd7 47. Qg3+ {
wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. a3 Ba5 8. g3 $5
({Known is} 8. Rb1 Na6 9. g3) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Bd2 Re8 12.
Qc2 Qc8 $1 13. Rb1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. h3 Bb5 $1 17. O-O Qa6 {
Black has the initiative.} 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfe1 Ba4 20. b3 Bd7 21. Nc3 b5 $1
{Capture of pawn a3 endangers the queen.} 22. Qb2 Rae8 23. b4 Qb6 $5 (23... c4
$1 {increases the advantage.}) 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Red1 Rc8 27. Ne2
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $1 {White gives a pawn for the liberation of his position.} Nxd5
$6 {He should have refused the gift.} 29. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nf6 $6 ({
Better is} 30... h5 $1 {(Sokolov)} 31. Kh2 $1 Nf6) 31. Rc7 $1 a5 32. Ra7 a4 $2
(32... b4 $1 33. axb4 axb4 34. Rb7 Kf8 {defends solidly (Sokolov).}) 33. Bc6 $1
Be8 $5 34. Rb7 $5 Kf8 $5 35. Bxb5 $5 Rc5 $2 (35... Bxb5 $1 36. Nxb5 Ne4 37. Nd4
g6 38. Rb4 Nc3 {utilises the last chance.}) 36. Rb8 $1 Rc1+ $5 37. Kg2 Rb1 38.
Ra8 Ra1 $2 39. Nf5 $1 Rd1 40. Bxa4 $1 g6 $2 41. Bxd1 {
Sokolov won his third game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Qh5 {This line was popular in the 1980's.} g6 17. Qe5 Qf6 18. Qxf6
$5 ({Known is} 18. Qe4) 18... N5xf6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rad1 $2 ({
Right is} 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bxd7 Rc7 24. Rd6 {
and White achieves equality (Ftacnik).}) 21... Rc7 22. Nc2 $2 ({Preferable is} 
22. Rd2) 22... Rxc2 23. Rxd7 Ba6 $1 24. Rb7+ Bxb5 25. Rxb5 O-O $1 26. Rxb4 Rd8
$1 {Black has a great positional advantage.} 27. a3 Rdd2 28. Rf4 Bd4 $1 29. Kh1
e5 30. Rf3 e4 31. Rf4 Bxf2 32. Rf1 e3 $1 {Tukmakov won four and lost two games.
} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1988.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Campora, Daniel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Sokolov was the sole leader, when the last round began.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. e5 Nd7 9. O-O c5 10.
c4 Nc7 11. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rc1 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxg5 16.
Nexg5 h6 17. Ne4 b5 18. Nd6 $5 {The chances are equal.} Qb6 $1 19. Rfe1 $5 Rfd8
20. Qxb6 $2 ({Preferable is} 20. Nf5 $1 {(Gulko)} Nf8 21. Ne3) 20... axb6 $1
21. Nxb5 Rxa2 22. Rc2 Nc5 $1 {He occupies the central area.} 23. Kf1 Nb4 24.
Rce2 Nbd3 25. Rb1 Rda8 $1 26. Na3 Na4 27. Ne1 Nf4 $1 28. Re4 $6 ({
The last chance is} 28. Rd2 Nxb2 29. Rdxb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxa3 31. Rxb6 Ra1 32.
Rb3 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Rxe1 34. f4) 28... Nd5 $1 29. Nac2 Nxb2 $1 {
Black has won a pawn. White has no compensation.} 30. Rd4 Na4 31. f4 Nac3 32.
Rb3 R8a4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34. g3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nf3 Ne4 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. Ra3
Re4+ 39. Kd2 g4 40. Nh4 Rxe5 {A second pawn has fallen.} 41. Ng2 Re4 42. Ra8+
Kg7 43. Rb8 Nb3+ 44. Kd3 Nc5+ 45. Kd2 Nd7 46. Rb7 Ne5 47. Nge3 Nc4+ 48. Nxc4
Rxc4 49. Kd3 Rc3+ 50. Kd2 Rc7 51. Rb8 Rc4 52. Rb7 Kg6 53. Ne1 Ra4 54. Nd3 Ra2+
55. Ke1 f6 56. Nf2 f5 57. h3 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Ke1 f4 $1 60. Nxg4 fxg3 61.
Ne5+ Kf5 62. Nf3 Ke4 {Gulko shared the lead. The final standings became: I.
Sokolov and Gulko 7/11, Tukmakov and Torre 61/2, Nogueiras 6, Kindermann and
Romanishin 51/2, Hort and Chiburdanidze 5, Züger, Campora and Ftacnik 4.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "21-B"]
[Date "1988.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The young Anand made his debut and participated in the mixed group. He
encountered Pia Cramling in the last round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3
Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4
Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7 15. Rad1 Re8 $5 ({
Known in the Queen Indian Defence is} 15... Nhf6) 16. Rfe1 {White has an edge.}
h6 $1 17. Bc3 Nhf6 18. Ne5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Bc2 $5 Nf8 ({Not
} 21... Nxe5 $4 22. Qe4 $1) 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. h4 c5 24. Qg4 $6 (24. Qc4 $1 Rad8
25. Qd3 Nf8 26. Ba4 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Qc8 {continues the battle.})
24... Nd4 $1 25. Be4 Bxe4 {
Anand played quick and superficial, but he was improving fast.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-second Schachfestival was played from 19 vii until 4 viii 1989.
Eight men carried out two cycles.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 d5 5.
Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12.
Rc1 Nd7 13. Bf5 cxd4 $5 ({Usual is the immediate} 13... g6) 14. exd4 g6 15. Bd3
Bg7 16. Qb3 a6 $6 (16... Nb8 $1 17. Ne2 Nc6 {reorganises the black defence.})
17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Rcd1 Qd6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Re2 Re8 22. f4 Rce7 23.
Bb1 {Sokolov has little advantage.} Ne4 $2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
{White has gained a pawn.} Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Kf2 $2 (28. d5 Rd6 {(Sokolov)}
29. Re3 {keeps the edge.}) 28... f6 $1 29. d5 $1 Rd6 $5 30. Nc4 Rxe4 31. Nxd6
Rxf4+ 32. Ke3 Rxa4 33. Nb7 $1 f5 34. d6 Bxb2 35. d7 Re4+ $2 ({Right is} 35...
Bf6 36. Rd6 Bg5+ $1) 36. Kf3 Bf6 37. Rd6 Be7 38. Rxg6+ $1 Kf7 39. Rxb6 Rd4 40.
Nd6+ $1 Kg8 41. Rxa6 {The knight interferes on the effect of the black pieces.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
O-O a6 $5 ({Known is} 8... c5) 9. Nd1 $5 c5 10. c3 Rc8 11. Ne3 h5 $5 12. Bd2 g6
13. h3 Qb6 14. b3 Nc6 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb5 $1 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. g4 $6 Ra8
{Black is going to charge on both flanks.} 19. Rc2 hxg4 20. hxg4 g5 $6 (20...
Ndxe5 $1 21. dxe5 d4 22. Nc3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 g5 {takes an advantage.}) 21. Ng2 $6
(21. Nd1 Be7 22. Ndc3 {defends properly.}) 21... Be7 22. Be3 Ndb8 23. Ng3 Na6
24. Nh5 $5 Rg8 $5 25. Ra1 b4 26. Ne1 Nc7 27. Nf3 Nb5 28. Kg2 Rg6 29. Rh1 Kd7
30. Nf6+ Rxf6 $2 {There is no need to give material.} ({Right is} 30... Bxf6
31. exf6 {(Hellers)} Kd6 $1 32. Nxg5 Rxf6) 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. Nxg5
Nbxd4 34. Rd2 Ke8 35. Nf3 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rg8 37. Kg3 Bc3 38. Rd1 f5 $5 39. f3
fxg4 40. fxg4 Ne5 41. g5 Nf7 42. Kh4 d4 43. Bc1 e5 44. Rf1 Nd8 45. g6 Rxg6 46.
Bg5 Nc6 47. Rff7 d3 48. Rc7 {Hellers has a mate attack.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 Be7 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bg5 8. Nc3
a5 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nh6) 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. O-O Nh6 $5 11. Qb3 $5 Nc5 $5 12.
Qb5+ Ke7 $1 13. Na4 b6 (13... c6 $2 14. Qb6 $1 Nxa4 $2 15. Qxb7+ Kf6 16. Qxc6 {
wins for White.}) 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. a3 $5 Rhb8 16. Qc6 Kd8 17. h4 ({
The alternative is} 17. b4 $1 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qd2 $1 20. bxc5 Qa2
21. Rd1 Qxc4 22. cxd6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 cxd6 24. Rxd6+ Kc7 {and Black escapes.})
17... Qd2 $1 (17... Qxh4 $5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxb4 21. c5 Ng4
$1 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. cxd6 Qd7 {also leads to equality.}) 18. Bd1 $6 Ng8 $1 19.
Ba4 $6 Nf6 20. f4 $4 ({Better is} 20. Rad1 $5 Qe2 $1 21. Rfe1 Qxc4 22. f4)
20... Rxb2 $1 {The sacrifice of a rook leads to a mate attack.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qf3 g6 12. h3 Qa5 $5 13. Ne2 ({
The alternative is} 13. Bd2 Ne4 $1 {(Ivanchuk)} 14. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4
16. Qe2 {and equality.}) 13... Rae8 14. b3 Ne4 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. Bd3 ({Or} 16.
Bb2 $1 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 $1 {(Ivanchuk).}) 16... Nf6 17. Bb2 Nd5 18.
Rfc1 Re7 19. Nf1 $5 Rfe8 20. g4 fxg4 21. hxg4 Bc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. Ng3 $5 Nde4
$5 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Ra2 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc5 Qd8 27. g5)
25... Qg5 $1 26. Kf1 $2 ({Better is} 26. Be2 h5 27. Qg2 h4 28. Rac2) 26... Qd5
$1 27. Kg2 $5 Qxb3 28. Bc4 Qb4 29. Qh3 $5 Nc3 $1 30. Rac2 Qxc4 31. Rxc3 Qd5+
32. Kg3 Qa5 33. Qh4 Re4 34. Qh6 Qc7+ 35. Kf3 f5 $2 36. Rg1 $2 (36. gxf5 Qf7 37.
Qg5 $1 R4e6 38. Rc5 Rf6 39. e4 {fights for survival.}) 36... Qd7 37. gxf5 Qxf5+
38. Ke2 Rxd4 39. Rg5 Qf6 40. Rcc5 Rd2+ $1 41. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 42. Kc1 Qxe3+ {
Black has a mate attack.} 43. Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Rc3 Re2+ 45. Kb3 Qd1+ 46. Ka3 ({Or} 
46. Kb4 Re4+ 47. Rc4 Qb1+) 46... Qa1+ 47. Kb3 Qb1+ 48. Kc4 Re4+ {
Ivanchuk scored an important win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. a4 a6 13. h3 g5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3
$5 ({Usual is} 15. Ng3) 15... Ng6 16. Bd3 Nf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Ne5 {
(Ivanchuk)} 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 g4) 17. Nc4 $1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. f4 {
White charges in the central area.} Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qg3 gxf4 $2 ({
More solid is} 21... f6 $1 22. h4 c4+ 23. Kh1 Rf8) 22. Bxf4 Kh7 (22... Qxb2 23.
Rec1 Kh7 24. Rab1 {favours White.}) 23. Bxd6 Qxb2 24. e5 $1 Bf5 25. Ra2 $1 Qb4
26. Rf2 Bg6 27. Rf4 $1 {The attack goes swiftly.} Qb6 $5 28. Ref1 $1 {
White threatens Rxf7!} Kg8 29. Rg4 $1 h5 30. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Qxg6 c4+ 32. Kh2
$1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Ne4 Rf1 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 ({Or} 36... Bf8 37.
Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Qg4+ Bg7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Qe6+) 37.
Ng5+ Kh6 38. Qe6+ $1 Bf6 (38... Kxg5 39. Be7+ Bf6 40. Qxb6 {costs material.})
39. Bf8+ $1 Kxg5 40. Bh6+ $1 {
Black overstepped the time limit. Ivanchuk won beautifully. He took the lead.}
({A pointe is} 40. Bh6+ Kh4 41. g3#) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. Qa4+ $5 c6 $2 ({
More active is} 7... Bd7 8. Qb3 Nc6) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Qd6 $5 10. e3 Bf5 11.
Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 O-O 13. O-O a5 $6 ({Preferable is} 13... Rc8) 14. Ne5 $1 Rc8
15. e4 b5 $5 ({An interesting alternative is} 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3
Bxh4 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 {(Sokolov)} 19. Qf4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qxb2 21. Qxe4 Na6 22. Ng6+
Kg8 23. Qxh4 {and White has a plus.}) 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. e5 $1 Ne8
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. f4 Nc7 21. f5 Qf8 $5 22. Ne2 c5 23. Qd3 Ra6 $5 24. Rf3 $5 Re8
25. Nf4 $1 {White attacks.} Rc6 26. Rg3 $1 c4 27. Qf3 b4 28. Nh5 $1 g5 $5 29.
Rc1 $5 Kh8 30. h4 $1 gxh4 $5 31. Rg4 $5 c3 32. bxc3 Nb5 $5 33. Qxd5 Rxc3 34.
Rf1 Nc7 35. Qe4 h3 36. Nf6 $1 Rd8 37. Qf4 hxg2 38. Rg8+ $1 {Hort is mated soon.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Be3 Nd6 $5 ({Torre played} 15... Nc7 {in previous games.}) 16. Be2 $1 Ba5 ({
An improvement will become} 16... e5 $1) 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. b4 $1
Bxb4 $6 ({More solid is} 19... Bc7 20. f4 Rac8) 20. Rxb4 Nf5 $1 21. exf5 Qxb4
22. Qd2 exf5 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Rxb7 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. d5 cxd5 27. Bb5 Nb6 $2
({Right is} 27... Ne5 $1 28. Bf4 $1 Nxf3 $1 {(Polugaevsky).}) 28. Bd4 Nc4 29.
Qf4 Rd8 30. h4 $5 Qb4 $5 31. Qc7 Rf8 $5 32. Bxc4 $2 (32. Nxd5 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+
34. Bf2 {wins for White.}) 32... dxc4 $2 ({Better is} 32... Qxc4 33. Qxc4 dxc4
34. Bxa7 Rd8 35. Bc5 Rd3 36. Bb4 Rxf3) 33. Qe5 $1 f6 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. gxf6 Qb7
36. Nd5 gxf6 37. Kg2 Kh6 38. Nxf6 Rd8 39. Ng8+ $1 Kh5 {
Torre will be mated soon. Polugaevsky joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bf4 $5 ({Usual is} 11. Rd1) 11... Qc8 12.
Rad1 a5 13. Rd2 h6 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nb5 d6 17. Bxd6 $1 cxd6 18.
Nxd6 Qc7 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 {
The chances are almost equal, despite the unequal material.} 20. e3 Bf8 21. Rd3
h5 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. h4 Bd6 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Qa4 Qc7 26. Qc2 Bf8 {
Black avoids a repetition of moves.} 27. e4 Ne8 28. Re3 Ng7 29. Qd3 $5 Ne6 30.
Qd7 $2 Rd8 $1 31. Qa4 Nd4 $1 {Ivanchuk takes the initiative.} 32. Kg2 Rb8 33.
b3 Rb4 34. Qe8 a4 $1 35. Kh2 $2 ({Better is} 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Qa8 axb3 37. axb3
Qb6 38. Rdd3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3 40. Qe8) 35... axb3 36. axb3 Rb8 $1 37. Qa4 Bh6
$1 38. Red3 Qb7 $1 {He threatens ..Ra8!} 39. Rxd4 $5 cxd4 40. Rxd4 Qxb3 41.
Rd8+ Bf8 $1 42. Qxb3 Rxb3 43. e5 Rb2 44. Kg1 Kg7 45. Rc8 Bb4 46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47.
Kg2 Be1 48. Rc7 Kf8 $1 {Ivanchuk has a winning material advantage.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. c5 $5 c6 12. Bd3 a5 13. b4 $2 ({Correct is} 13.
cxb6 Qxb6 14. Ne2) 13... Ne4 $1 {Black springs a surprise.} 14. Bxe4 (14. Bxd8
Nxc3 15. Bxb6 axb4 $1 16. Ne2 Na4 {also favours Black.}) 14... Qxh4+ 15. g3 Qf6
16. Bc2 axb4 $5 17. axb4 Rxa1+ 18. Qxa1 Ra8 {Black has a positional advantage.}
19. Qc3 bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 $1 21. Kf2 exd4 $6 (21... Ba6 22. Ne2 Re8 {
keeps a plus.}) 22. exd4 Ba6 23. Ne2 Bc4 24. Re1 g6 25. Kg2 $6 {
He allows a pin.} Re8 $1 26. Nf4 ({Or} 26. Qd2 Rxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2
Qxd4 29. Bxg6 Kf8 30. Bf5 Nxc5 {and Black has gained a pawn.}) 26... Rxe1 27.
Qxe1 Qxd4 28. Bxg6 $1 Qb2+ 29. Kh3 Qe5 $1 30. Qxe5 Nxe5 31. Bc2 Bf1+ 32. Kh4 d4
$5 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Ba4 Ne5 35. g4 Nxf3+ 36. Kh5 Ne5 37. g5 $5 d3 $1 38. gxh6 d2
39. Kg5 Nd7 40. Bd1 Nxc5 41. Kf5 Bb5 42. Ng2 Na4 43. Ne3 Nc3 44. Bb3 Be2 45.
h7+ Kxh7 46. Bxf7 Nd5 47. Bxd5 cxd5 48. Ke5 Bf3 {
Polugaevsky and Ivanchuk shared the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1989.08.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The two Soviet players led, when the last round began. Ivanchuk defeated
Hellers. So Polugaevsky had to win too.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 $5 ({
An alternative is} 10. Qg4 Nb4 11. O-O) 10... Qxd5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. O-O Bb7 (
12... Nxe5 $5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qf3 Ra7 {brings chances for both sides.}) 13.
Qe2 Nc5 14. Kh1 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Rd1 $1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Bc5+ 16. Be3)
14... Nxd3 $1 15. cxd3 Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O 18. a3 $5 h6 19. Nf3 Rac8
20. h3 Rc7 21. Rad1 Rfc8 22. Rd2 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 25. d4 Qc4 26.
Qe3 Rb1 27. Kg3 Qc1 28. Qf2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 $1 {White defends a hard position.}
Qh1 30. Kg3 Rf1 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. Rc2 Rg5+ 33. Kf3 Qh2 34. Ke4 $5 Rf5 35. Rd2 Qg3
36. Qe3 $2 {De Firmian fails at the decisive moment.} (36. Qg4 $1 Qxg4+ 37.
hxg4 Rf1 38. Rc2 {tries to survive in a rook ending.}) 36... Qg6 $1 {
He threatens mate.} 37. d5 exd5+ 38. Rxd5 Rg5+ 39. Kd4 Rxg2 {
Black gains a pawn and the attack continues.} 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd6 Qf5 42. b4
Rf2 43. Rxa6 $5 (43. Qd3 Qxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Rf3+ 45. Kd4 Rxa3 46. Rd7 Kg6 47. Rd6+
Kf5 48. Rd7 f6 {wins for Black.}) 43... Rf3 44. Qe2 Rf4+ 45. Kd5 $5 Rc4 46. Rd6
Qxh3 47. Qxc4 bxc4 48. Kxc4 Qxa3 49. b5 Qa4+ 50. Kc5 Qc2+ 51. Kd5 Qb3+ 52. Kc5
Qc3+ 53. Kd5 Qb4 {The final standings became: Ivanchuk and Polugaevsky 9/14, I.
Sokolov 8, Hort and Miles 7, Torre 6, De Firmian 51/2, Hellers 41/2. Ivanchuk
won the tournament on tie-break.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-third Schachfestival was played from 20 vii until 5 xiii 1990.
Eight participants carried out two cycles. Former world champion Karpov was
the main competitor.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 h5 $5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5
{White has an edge in the Berlin Defence.} Nh6 $1 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15.
Nd4 Rad8 16. Rd2 Bg6 17. Rad1 h4 $5 18. b4 $5 Nf5 19. Nce2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 f6 $1
21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. Nb3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 b6 $5 ({More easy is} 23... Re8 24. c3 b6)
24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Rd4 Bxc2 26. Rxh4 Re8 27. Rf4+ Ke5 $5 28. Rf7 $1 Bxb3 $5 29.
axb3 Kd4 $5 30. Rxg7 Kc3 31. Rxc7 Kxb4 32. Rxc6 Kxb3 {
Black has sacrificed two pawns.} 33. f4 Rf8 $2 {
Black should advance immediately.} ({Right is} 33... b5 $1 34. Ra6 Re7 35. f5
b4 36. f6 Rf7 37. g4 Kc3 38. Rc6+ Kd4 39. g5 b3 40. Rd6+ Ke4 41. Kg2 b2 42. Rd1
Kf5 {drawn.}) 34. g4 $1 Rxf4 35. g5 $1 b5 36. g6 Rf8 37. g7 Rg8 38. Rc7 a5 39.
h4 a4 40. h5 a3 41. h6 $1 a2 42. Ra7 $1 {Karpov wins the rook ending.} (42. Ra7
Kb2 43. Kh2 a1=Q 44. Rxa1 Kxa1 45. h7 Rxg7 46. h8=Q {decides the game (Karpov).
}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 $5 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nb5 $5 Nxe4 14. Nxa7
Ra8 15. Nb5 d6 16. N3d4 Nf6 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 $1 Qc8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Kh1 $5
Bf8 21. Bg1 g6 22. b4 e5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nc2 Nh5 26. Rcd1 Ndf6
$6 ({More solid is} 26... Rac8) 27. Qxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. Qd4 Re2 30. Ne3
$1 Ne4 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. Qxc3 Qe7 33. Nd5 Qe4 34. Qf3 $1 Qxc4 35. Nxb6 Qe6 36.
Nd5 $5 Bd6 37. g4 $5 Nf4 $5 38. Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Rf1 $5 g5 40. Bf2 Ra2 41. Bg3 $6
Qa6 $2 (41... Bxg3 $1 42. Qxg3 Qe4+ 43. Qf3 Qc4 {draws.}) 42. Bxf4 Rxa3 $2 ({
The pointe is} 42... gxf4 43. Qxf4 Qb7+ 44. Qf3 {and White wins (Ribli).}) 43.
Be3 $1 {White gains a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne8 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qa4 a5 $5
({Usual is} 14... Nc7) 15. a3 Nc7 16. Be3 $1 {
White takes the initiative at the cost of a pawn.} Qxb2 17. Rec1 b5 $1 18. Qd1
$1 {He gives another pawn.} ({The greedy} 18. cxb5 $6 Nxb5 $1 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20.
Qd1 Be6 21. Rcb1 Qc3 22. Rxb5 Rfd8 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a4 $1 {
slightly favours Black.}) 18... bxc4 $1 19. Bc5 {Karpov threatens 20.Rab1.} Ne6
20. Na4 $5 (20. Rab1 $1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxc5 22. Na4 {(Karpov) gains a plus.})
20... Qb3 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Bf1 Nd4 23. Rxc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Be6 $5 {
Capture of pawn a3 equalises.} 25. Rc3 Rd8 ({Not} 25... Bb3 $4 26. Rxd4 $1 {
(Knaak).}) 26. Kg2 Rb8 27. Nc5 Rb2 28. Bd3 Ba2 29. Na4 Rb3 30. Ra1 Rxc3 31.
Nxc3 Bb3 32. Ne2 a4 33. f4 Nb5 $2 {Lautier should counter on the queenside.} ({
Alright is} 33... c5 $1 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Rc1 c4 $1 36. Bxc4 Bxa3) 34. fxe5 Bg7
35. Rc1 Bxe5 36. Rxc6 Nxa3 37. Ng1 Kf8 38. Nf3 Bb2 39. Nd2 Bd1 40. Rc7 Be5 $5
41. Rc5 $5 Bd4 $5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Nf3 Bb2 45. Rb7 Bc1 46. Kf2 h5
47. Be2 Bb3 48. Nd4+ Ke5 49. Nxb3 axb3 50. Rxb3 Kxe4 51. Bd3+ {
The white king moves through e2 to d1 and the knight will fall.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qxc3 16. Rxb7 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxc4 {
This position ended as a draw in Polugaevsky - Portisch, Moscow 1990.} 19. a4
$5 a5 20. Rb5 $1 Ra7 $2 ({Better is} 20... Rac8 $1 21. Rxa5 e5) 21. Rd8 $1 g5
$5 ({Or} 21... g6 22. Rbb8 $1 {(Karpov).}) 22. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 23. Qd6+ Kg7 24.
Rxc5 Rd7 25. Qe5 $1 Qb4 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. Kg2 {
A pawn will advance from e2 through e4 to e5.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. f4 c6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. c3
Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Ne7) 9. a4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rac8 13.
Bd2 Rfd8 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nb5 $5 Qb8 18. Be3 a6 19.
Bxc5 $5 ({More active is the immediate} 19. Na3 $5) 19... dxc5 20. Na3 Na5 $1
21. Rad1 c4 $1 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qc2 Bf8
27. Nb1 Nb3 28. Bg2 $6 (28. Nd2 $1 Qxa4 29. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 30. Nxb3 $1 Be7 31.
Ra1 {almost equalises.}) 28... Qxa4 $1 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bf3 Nc5 $1 31. Qxa4
Nxa4 32. Nd2 Nxb2 33. Ra1 Bg7 34. Rxa6 Bxc3 35. Ne4 $2 ({Better is} 35. Nxc4 $1
Nxc4 36. Rc6 Rb2 37. Rxc4 Be1 38. Be4 Bxf2+ 39. Kg2 Bb6+ 40. Rc2) 35... Bd4 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 36. Rc6 Nd3 $1 37. Be2 Rb1+ $1 38. Kg2 Ne1+ 39. Kh3
c3 $1 40. Nxc3 Rb2 $1 ({Not} 40... Rc1 $2 41. Nd5 $1 Rxc6 42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. Nxc6
Bxf2) 41. Ba6 Rxf2 42. Ne4 Rb2 43. g4 Kg7 $5 44. Bc4 $5 Bg1 45. f5 Rxh2+ {
A second pawn falls.} 46. Kg3 Rg2+ 47. Kh3 exf5 48. gxf5 g5 $5 49. Rc7 (49. Nf6
Rh2+ 50. Kg3 h5 {wins for Black (Miles).}) 49... g4+ 50. Kh4 Nf3+ 51. Kh5 Rh2+
$1 52. Kxg4 Ne5+ 53. Kg3 Rc2 54. f6+ Kh6 $1 55. Nd6 Bh2+ 56. Kh3 Bf4 $1 {
Polugaevsky scored poorly during the first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3
Re8 $5 ({Known is} 15... Bf5) 16. Re1 Rb8 17. a5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19. Ra4 Nfd7
20. Qc2 Rbc8 21. b3 Qf8 $5 22. Nf1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qd2 Nf6 $6 ({Better is
} 24... Bg6 $1 25. Ne3 Qe7) 25. Ne3 $1 Bg6 26. f4 Nf7 27. Bf2 gxf4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 27... Rc7) 28. Rxf4 Qe7 $6 (28... h5 $1 {is more useful.}) 29.
Nf5 $1 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qc7 31. Qf4 $1 {The restraint transforms into an attack.}
Nh7 ({The pointe is} 31... Qxa5 $2 32. Rxf6 Ng5 33. Rc1 {(Karpov).}) 32. Ne4 $1
Ne5 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. Be1 $1 b5 35. axb6 Qxb6 36. Kh1 Kh8 37. Qg3 Rxf5 38. Rxf5
Rg8 39. Qe3 a5 40. Bg3 Rb8 41. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 42. Rxe5 $1 Qf8 43. Re6 {
Karpov had scored 51/2/7 in the first cycle. He slowed down hereafter.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bh4
Bd6 $5 ({The alternative is} 14... Qf4) 15. Qe2 $5 (15. Qg4 $1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1
Qf4 17. Qh3 {gains a plus.}) 15... Nc5 16. Nf5 $1 {White takes the initiative.}
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Nxg7 $1 Qe5 $1 {
Capture of the knight is punished by mate in two.} 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nh5 Nxb3
21. axb3 f5 22. Rfe1 Bh8 23. Rad1 $1 Be8 24. Nf4 e5 $1 {
An attack in the centre is answered by a counter.} 25. Nd5 Bh5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 25... Rf7 26. Kg1 Rb8) 26. Ne7+ $1 Kf7 27. Rd7 Ke6 28. Rxb7 Rfb8
29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Nc6 $1 Rb6 ({The pointe is} 30... Rxb3 $2 31. Nd4+) 31. Nd4+
$6 (31. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 32. f4 Rxb3 33. Rxe5+ Kd7 34. Rxf5 Rb5 35. Rf6 Rxb2 36.
Rxa6 {wins for White.}) 31... Kd7 32. Nxf5 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Be2 34. Ra2 e4 35. Bg5
Ke6 36. Ng3 Bd3 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. Kh2 Bh4 39. Bc1 Kd5 40. Ra5+ Rb5 41. Ra4 $1
Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Bc4 43. Rxa6 Rxb2 44. Ra7 Rc2 45. Be3 Rxc3 46. Rxh7 {
White has an extra pawn in the endgame.} Bf1 47. Rh5+ Ke6 48. Rh1 Bd3 49. Kf4
Kf7 50. Kf5 Ra3 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rc7 Ra5+ 53. Kf4 Ra8 54. Bc5 Ra6 55. g4 Rf6+
56. Kg5 Ra6 57. Be3 Ra8 58. Kf5 Rf8+ 59. Kg5 Rf7 60. Rc8+ Rf8 61. Rc6 Rf7 62.
Rd6 Rg7+ {Black sealed this move.} 63. Kf4 Kh7 64. Bd4 Rg6 65. Rd7+ Kh6 $2 66.
Be5 $2 ({Better is} 66. Kg3 $1 Kg5 $2 67. Rd5+ Kh6 68. Rh5#) 66... Be2 $2 (
66... Bc2 {prolongs the game.}) 67. Ke3 $1 {
Wahls delivers mate or gains material.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bd3 g6 $5 (10... Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O b5 {
was played in Tal - Zaichik, Tbilisi 1988.}) 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rae1
b5 14. e5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Ne2) 14... dxe5 15. Bc5 Bb7 $1 {
Black delivers a positional sacrifice.} 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qe3 $5 Bh6 $1 18. Qh3
$2 ({Better is} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxf4 20. Qf2 {and White exchanges.})
18... Bxf4 19. Kh1 $6 Ne7 $1 20. Ne2 Ned5 $1 {Black dominates the centre.} 21.
Qh4 Kg7 $6 ({More active is} 21... Nh5 $1) 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rf2 h6 24. Kg1 $5
Rd8 25. Nd2 $5 Rd4 26. Qg3 Ng4 27. Qxg4 Nxd3 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. cxd3 e5 30. Nb3
Bd5 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Nc5 a5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 h5 35. Re1 h4 36. Rfe2 Qg5 37.
h3 Qg3 38. Rf2 $2 (38. Rf1 f5 {prolongs the game (Polugaevsky).}) 38... Bxg2 $1
{Polu did better in the second cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.08.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qd3 a6 $5 9. c4 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Qb3 $1 Bc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Rfd1 a5 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ra6 17. Rac1 Rb6 18. Ndb5 Na6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Qc2
d6 21. e4 Qb8 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rc2 Ne8 24. b3 Qb7 25. Na3 Ra6 26. Nc4 Rc8 27.
Be3 Bf6 28. Rdc1 Nd7 29. Qd2 Bd8 30. Na4 Rac6 31. Ncb2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33.
Qxc2 Nef6 34. Nc4 d5 $1 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Bf2 Nb4 37. Qd2 Qd5 38. Nc3 Qxd2 39.
Nxd2 {The chances are equal.} Ne5 40. f4 Ned3 41. Nc4 Nc1 $5 (41... Nxf2 $1 42.
Kxf2 Bf6 {avoids all troubles.}) 42. Bb6 Bxb6 43. Nxb6 Nd5 $2 (43... Ncxa2 $1
44. Nxa2 Nxa2 45. Nc4 Nb4 46. Nxa5 g5 {draws.}) 44. Nbxd5 exd5 {
Black has weaknesses in the knight ending.} 45. Kf3 $5 (45. Nxd5 Nxa2 46. Ne7+
Kf8 47. Nc6 f5 48. Nxa5 {gains a pawn.}) 45... d4 $1 46. Nb5 Nxa2 47. Nxd4 Nb4
48. Ke4 Kf8 49. Nf5 Nc2 50. Kd5 {Andersson plays for a win.} g6 $1 51. Nd4 Ne3+
52. Kd6 Nf1 53. Nc6 Nxh2 54. Nxa5 Nf1 55. b4 $1 Ke8 $2 {He plays too shy again.
} (55... Nxg3 $1 56. b5 Ne4+ 57. Kc6 Ke7 58. Nc4 Kd8 59. b6 Kc8 60. Ne5 Nf6 $1
61. Nd3 Ng8 $1 62. b7+ Kb8 {leads to an escape.}) 56. b5 $1 Kd8 57. b6 Kc8 58.
Kc6 Kb8 ({Or} 58... Ne3 59. Nb7 $1 Nc2 60. Nd6+ Kb8 61. b7 f5 62. Ne8 Nb4+ 63.
Kc5 $1 {and White wins.}) 59. Nb3 {Lautier will be mated.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1990.08.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Ne2 c5 $5 ({
Usual is} 7... Bd6) 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nexd4 {
White leads in development.} Bd6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Ne5 Qc7 $2 ({Correct is} 13...
O-O) 14. Ndf3 $2 {They miss drastic tactics.} (14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. Nxe6 Bxe6
16. Qxe6+ Ke8 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Qxg7 {brings a devastating attack.}) 14... O-O
15. b3 b6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Ned5 18. Rd4 b5 $1 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 $5 Be7
21. Nfe5 Qb7 22. Nxf6+ $6 ({Better is} 22. Re1) 22... Bxf6 23. Rg4 Kh8 $6 (
23... h5 $1 24. Rg3 h4 $1 25. Rg4 h3 {counters.}) 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nd7 $2 ({
Right is} 25. bxc4 $1 Bc6 26. a5) 25... Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rg8 27. Rh4 Kh7 28. Ne5
$2 (28. Qb1+ f5 29. bxc4 Qxd7 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Rd1 {offers more resistance.})
28... cxb3 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qd2 f5 31. g4 g5 32. Rh3 Rc2 {The final standings
became: Karpov 91/2/14, Andersson 8, Miles and Wahls 71/2, Hort and
Polugaevsky 7, De Firmian 5, Lautier 41/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-fourth Schachfestival was played from 19 vii until 3 viii 1991.
Eight grandmasters carried out two cycles.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Rb1 $5 ({An alternative is} 
9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2) 9... b6 ({A novelty will become} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 {
(Bareev - Beliavsky, Linares 1992).}) 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rc8 ({Even better is} 14... Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 e5 $1 16. dxe5 Qe7
) 15. Rfd1 e6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 18. h4 Rfe8 $5 19. h5 $1 Nc6 $5 20. Bb5
Red8 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qe3 gxh5 $1 24. Bf1 Ne7 25. Rb5 Rc5 $5 {
An adventure begins.} 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. Qxc5 Rc8 29. e5 $1 (29.
Qxa7 dxe4 30. Qxb7 exf3 {equalises (Bareev).}) 29... Rxc5 30. exf6 {
White has an advantage in the endgame, despite the loss of a pawn.} Ng6 31. Re1
Rc6 $5 32. Re8+ Nf8 33. Ne5 Re6 34. Bb5 a6 35. Ba4 $1 ({Not} 35. Bd7 $2 Rxe5 $1
36. Rxe5 Nxd7 37. Re8+ Nf8) 35... h6 $2 ({Right is} 35... Rxe8 36. Bxe8 Ng6 $1
37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Bxg6 hxg6 {(Bareev)} 39. f4 d4 {and White has a plus.}) 36.
Re7 $1 Bc8 37. Be8 $1 Rxf6 38. Bxf7+ Kh7 39. Be6+ {Bareev attacked wonderfully.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 d5 {
Black occupies the centre.} 14. Ng3 $6 ({Known is} 14. Bg5) 14... Kg8 $1 15. c3
Be6 {He has gained an edge.} 16. Ne2 g5 $5 17. Qd2 h6 18. h4 $5 gxh4 19. Bxh6
Qf6 20. Bg5 $1 Qg6 21. Bxh4 Rf5 {Black has compensation for the pawn.} 22. f4
$1 Qg4 23. Bg5 $2 (23. Bg3 $1 Bh6 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qe3 Raf8 26. Rae1 {
defends properly.}) 23... Raf8 $1 24. Rf2 $2 (24. Rac1 $1 R8f7 25. Rf2 Bd7 26.
Qd3 Bf8 27. b4 {tries to survive.}) 24... d4 $1 25. cxd4 $6 exf4 $1 26. Bxf4 ({
Or} 26. Nxf4 Rxg5 27. Nxe6 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Rg2+ {
and Black wins (Boensch).}) 26... Bc4 $1 27. Be3 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Bxe2 {
Shirov succeeded in a swift attack.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. dxc5 $5 Na5 14. Bb5
Rfd8 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc4 16. Bf2 Rfd8 17. Qa4 a6) 15.
Qa4 $1 e5 $1 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 {
Pawn c5 hinders Black.} Nc4 $1 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Qd5 Nb2 23. Nc1 a5 24. Kf1 $1
Na4 $2 ({Better is} 24... a4 25. Ke2 $1 Qa5 26. Qxe5 Qb5+ 27. Ke1 Nc4 28. Qd5
Qb2 29. Qxc4 Qxc1+ 30. Ke2 Bg7 {(Lautier).}) 25. Nd3 Be7 26. Bg3 $1 Bxc5 27.
Qc4 Qc6 28. Nxe5 Qe8 29. Ng4 Qd8 $2 30. Qxa4 $1 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qxc3+ 32. Ke2 Qb2+
33. Kd3 Qb1+ 34. Kc4 Qc1+ 35. Kd5 Bf8 36. e5 $1 Qd2+ 37. Ke4 Qe2+ 38. Ne3 Bc5
39. Bf4 b5 40. Qc2 {Lautier benefitted from his opponent's mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. a3 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. b4 Bb7
9. Bb2 Qc7 $5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. b5 Na5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Be5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Rad8 15. Qb3) 13... Qd7 $1 14. dxc4 Rad8 15. Bc3 $5 Ne4
$1 16. Bxa5 $2 ({Better is} 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxg7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Kxg7) 16...
bxa5 $2 (16... Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 bxa5 19. Nf3 Bxa1 {
gains an exchange.}) 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 22. Bxe4 Rd2 {Black has a positional plus.} 23. e3 e6 24. f4
Bb2 25. Rf2 $1 Rd1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bxa3 28. Ke2 {
The sacrifice of a pawn has led to a drawn bishop ending.} Bc1 29. Bc2 f5 30.
Kf3 Kf7 31. e4 fxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Kf6 33. Bd1 Bb2 34. Bc2 Bd4 35. Kf3 h6 36. Bd1 g5
37. h3 Bc3 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. h4 $5 ({More solid is} 40. Bc2) 40...
Be1 41. Kf4 $1 e5+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. g4 $1 ({Roger analyses} 43. Bc2 $2 e4+ $3 44.
Kxe4 Bxg3 45. Bd1 Kg6 $1 46. Kd5 Bxh4 47. Kxc5 Bf2+ 48. Kd5 h4 {
and the distant passed pawns just decide the game.}) 43... hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Bxh4
$1 45. Kxh4 $2 {White should neglect the bishop.} (45. Kf3 $1 Be1 46. Bc2 {
stops the entry of the black king.}) 45... Kf5 $1 46. Kg3 Ke4 $1 47. Kf2 Kd3 {
Black threatens ..Kd2.} 48. Ke1 Kxc4 49. Kd2 Kb4 50. Kc2 e4 51. Bg4 a4 52. Bf5
e3 53. Be6 c4 {The passed pawns advance victoriously.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 a6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O $5 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 {
The chances are about even. White tries to take the initiative.} Rfe8 16. Kh1
Rad8 17. Bb3 Bc8 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qh4 $5 Nf6 22. h3 $5
b6 $1 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Re1 Bb7 25. Re5 Rg8 26. Kh2 $5 Qd6 $2 27. Bc2 $2 ({
Adams misses the opportunity} 27. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Qf8 29. Rg6 Nh7 30. Re7
$1 Bd5 31. Bc2 Bf7 32. Rxb6 {and White attacks.}) 27... Qf8 28. Re2 Rd5 29. Rg5
Qb8 30. Kg1 Qd8 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Bb3 Qd6 33. Rd2 Qc7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qf2 Bd5
36. Re1 b5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qe3 Kg8 39. Nf3 Nd7 40. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 41. fxe5 a5 $1
{Black has a better ending.} 42. Re2 Qc4 43. a3 Rd3 44. Qf2 Rd1+ 45. Re1 Rxe1+
46. Qxe1 Qd3 47. b3 $2 ({Right is} 47. Kf2 $1 Qf5+ 48. Kg3 $1 Qc2 49. Qf2 Qg6+
50. Kh2 Qe4 51. Qd4 Qxd4 52. cxd4 {and White will survive in the pawn ending.})
47... Qc2 $1 {Black has a won queen ending.} 48. b4 a4 $1 49. Qe3 Qa2 $5 50.
Qd3 ({Or} 50. Qc1 Qe2 51. c4 bxc4 52. b5 Qd3 53. b6 Qd4+) 50... Qxa3 51. Qd8+
Kh7 52. Qd3+ g6 53. Qf1 Kg8 54. Qxb5 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qf4+ 56. Kg1 a3 57. Qa5 Qc1+
58. Kh2 Qxc3 59. Qd8+ Kh7 60. Qf6 Qc7 $1 {The standings after one cycle were:
Bareev, Andersson, Shirov and Lautier 4/7, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 d5 10. c5 b6 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. c6 O-O 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qa5 Qe5 19. Bc3 Qxe4 $5 {
Black has two pawns for a piece.} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 d4 22. Qd2 e5 23. h4 $5
Qg6 $6 (23... Rb3 $1 24. h5 Bd7 25. Rh4 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 {
restricts the opponent.}) 24. Kf2 Kh8 25. h5 Qg7 26. Rc1 Rb6 27. g4 $1 e4 $2 ({
Better is} 27... Re8 $1 28. Bg2 e4 $1 29. Qxd4 exf3 30. exf3 f5) 28. Qxd4 $1 ({
Not} 28. Nxd4 $2 e3+ 29. Qxe3 Bxh1) 28... exf3 29. h6 $1 Qg6 30. exf3 Bb7 31.
Bd3 Qg5 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Bxb1 Qe5 34. Qxe5 $5 fxe5 35. Bf5 $5 Bc8 36. Rc1 Bxf5
37. gxf5 {White has a positional advantage in the rook ending.} Rb8 38. Rc7 Kg8
39. Ke3 $1 ({Premature is} 39. Rxa7 $2 Kf8 40. f6 Ke8 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Rxe5 Rb6
$1 43. Rf5 Ra6 {drawn (Shirov).}) 39... Kf8 40. f6 $1 Ke8 41. Re7+ $1 Kf8 42.
Rxa7 Ke8 43. Ke4 Rb1 44. a4 $1 Rh1 45. a5 Rxh6 46. Kxe5 Rh1 47. a6 {
Shirov had a great start during the second cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. Be3 $5 c6 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Nd2 Qa5 8.
d5 e5 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bf2 e4 $2 {The black centre will become weak.} ({Better is
} 10... Be7 11. e4 Bg6 {(Bareev).}) 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bh3 $1 Be7 $5
14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. c5 $1 cxd5 $2 (15... dxc5 16. Ndxe4 Rhd8 {defends well.})
16. Qxd5 $1 Qb4 17. cxd6 $5 Nf4 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxg5 20.
Ndxe4 {wins for White.}) 18... Bxd6 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Bg3 $1 e3 $6 (20... Bxc3
21. bxc3 Nh3 {offers more resistance.}) 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. O-O-O+ Kc6 23. Bxb8
Rxb8 24. Nd4+ $1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc5 26. Rd5 b5 27. Rhd1 Rc8 28. h4 b4 29. Ne4
Bb6 30. R1d3 Kb7+ 31. Kd1 Ka6 32. Rd6 Ka5 33. b3 f5 34. R3d5+ Ka6 35. Nc5+ Kb5
36. Nd3+ Ka6 37. Rd7 Ba5 38. R7d6+ Bb6 39. Nxb4+ Kb7 40. f4 Bc7 41. Rd7 Kb6 42.
a4 a6 43. a5+ {Bareev chased Shirov in the standings.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 a6 14. Re4 $6 ({
Usual is} 14. Nxd4) 14... g6 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Nd2 $2 (16. Rxd4 $5 Bg7 17. a3
bxa3 18. Rxa3 {takes the initiative.}) 16... Bc6 $1 17. Nc4 (17. b3 h6 {
also favours Black.}) 17... Qxa4 18. b3 Nc3 $1 19. Qe1 ({The pointe is} 19.
bxa4 $2 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 h6 21. Rh4 Bg7) 19... Qb5 $5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxb5 axb5
22. exd6 $2 (22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rh4 O-O {offers more resistance (Lautier).})
22... Bxe4 23. Bh6 f6 24. f3 Bd5 25. Qh4 Kf7 26. Re1 Rxa2 27. Kh1 Ne2 $1 28. h3
Ne5 29. Rf1 g5 30. Qe1 Nd3 31. Qb1 Rd2 32. Kh2 Nc3 $1 {
Black has an abundant compensation for the pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.08.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bd7 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5
Nd8 15. f3 b5 $5 (15... Bb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 {
happened in Shirov - Gurevich, Santiago de Chile 1990.}) 16. Bb3 Rxc1 17. Bxc1
Qb6 $2 {He makes the decisive error allready.} ({Better is} 17... b4 $1 18.
hxg6 hxg6) 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qe1 $1 Rc8 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Qh4 $2 Rxc1+ $1 21.
Nxc1 Qxd4 22. Qxe7 Ne6 {does not win (Shirov).}) 20... Ne6 21. Bxe7 g5 22. d5
Nd4 23. Bxg5 b4 24. Be3 Qa6 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Qd2 Bg7 27. d6 $1 Bb5 28. Bxf7+
$1 {He lights a fire on the board.} Kf8 ({The pointe is} 28... Kxf7 29. Qd5+
Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Rh5 $1 Bxe2+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Kg3 {
and Shirov has a mate attack.}) 29. Be6 Rc1+ 30. Qxc1 Bxe2+ 31. Kf2 Bd4+ 32.
Kg3 Qxd6+ 33. Qf4+ Ke7 $5 34. Rh7+ {Shirov had the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1991.08.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Bareev had to defeat Shirov in the last round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4.
Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc2 $5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 {
leads to a well-known position.}) 7... Qa5+ $6 ({More solid is} 7... dxc4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 {(Kengis - Andersson, Pula 1997).}) 8. b4 $1 Qc7 9. cxd5 $1 {
Bareev delivers a positional sacrifice.} Ng4 10. O-O Bxa1 11. Nxa1 O-O 12. Nb3
Nd7 $6 ({Better is} 12... Rd8 13. Bb2 Qc4 14. a3 Nd7) 13. Qd4 $1 Ngf6 14. Bb2 {
White controls the long diagonals.} Qb6 15. Qc3 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. N1d2 e5 $1
18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Rd1 $2 (20. Rc1 $1 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ba3 Qd4
23. Bxf8 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Kxf8 25. Nxe5 {gains a pawn and the game.}) 20... Nxc5
21. Nxe5 $2 {He should recapture the knight.} Ncd7 $2 (21... Ne6 $1 {
uses the black knights as defenders.}) 22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7
25. Rd6 Kf8 26. Bc1 $5 Nb6 27. Qc5 Nfd7 28. Bh6+ $5 Ke8 29. Qd4 Ne5 $2 30. Bf4
$2 {Bareev misses the needed win again.} ({They miss} 30. Rd8+ $1 Qxd8 31.
Qxe5+ Qe7 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. h4 $1 {and Bg5.}) 30... Nf7 $1 31. Rf6 Nd7 $2 (31...
Bf5 $1 {imprisons the rook and wins for Black.}) 32. Rc6 g5 $5 33. Bd6 Nxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nf8 35. h4 $5 gxh4 36. Bf3 Bf5 37. gxh4 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qe5+ Be6
40. Qh5+ Bf7 41. Qe5+ Be6 42. Qh5+ Ng6 $5 43. Qxh7 Bf7 44. Qh6 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd4
46. Kg1 Qxb4 47. Qe3+ Kf8 48. h5 Nf4 49. Qxa7 Bxh5 50. Qb8+ Be8 51. Kh2 $1 Qd4
52. e3 Qh8+ 53. Kg1 Qg7+ 54. Kh2 Qh6+ 55. Kg1 Qg6+ 56. Kh2 Nd3 57. Bxb7 Qb6 58.
Qg3 Qxb7 59. Qd6+ Qe7 60. Qxd3 Qh4+ 61. Kg1 Qg5+ {Shirov kept his lead. The
final standings became: Shirov 91/2/14, Bareev 81/2, Andersson and Lautier 71/
2, Christiansen 7, Adams 6, Gavrikov 51/2, Kozul 41/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-fifth Schachfestival was played from 17 vii until 1 viii 1992.
Eight strong grandmasters carried out two cycles. Star player was Karpov. His
main competitor was Georgiev. We follow their decided games.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7
10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3 Nd5 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5
$1 16. e4 Bb7 17. e5 $1 c5 18. Be4 $6 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb1 {
keeps the equality.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 c4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.}
20. d5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Qe2 $1 Nb6 21. Nd2 Nd5 22. Ne4) 20... exd5 21.
Qxd5 Nc5 22. Qd6 Rfe8 23. Rd5 Nd3 $1 {The position of White is exposed.} 24. b3
Rac8 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. g3 $2 ({Better is} 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rb1) 26... Qb7 27.
Kg2 $5 Rcd8 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Nxe5 31. R1d5 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 c3
$1 33. R8d7 Qc6 34. R7d6 Qc4 35. Rd4 Qc8 36. Rd8 Qc6+ {
The passed pawn is going to queen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 b6 $5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bf4 Rad8
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 $5 (16... Nf6 $5 17. Qe3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5
bxc5 {will draw in the same year.}) 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Bf3 Ba8 $5 {
Lautier plays passively.} 19. Rxd8 $5 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd8 22. Bf3
$1 {White exerts a pin. Black can gain a pawn.} Qd2 23. b3 Qxa2 $5 {
Lautier accepts the challenge.} 24. b4 $1 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qa6 $6 (25... Qa3 $1 26.
c5 $1 {(Kortschnoj)} Qb2 $1 27. cxb6 axb6 28. b5 Qxb5 29. Qd4 Qc5 30. Qd8+ Qf8
31. Qxb6 {draws.}) 26. Qd4 $1 Qc8 27. c5 $1 bxc5 28. Qxc5 a6 $1 29. Qe7 {
White has an advantage, despite the minus pawn.} g6 30. h4 $1 h5 $5 {
Black chooses a hard way.} 31. Kg3 $1 Qb7 $2 {
Lautier misses the last chance to draw.} ({Better is} 31... Qb8 $1 32. Kf4 {
(Karpov)} Qb6 $5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qxa8 Qd4+ 35. Kg3 Qxe5+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kh2
Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ {and Black delivers perpetual check.}) 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. Kf4
$1 {White is going to win the bishop ending.} Kf8 34. Kg5 Ke7 35. Be4 Ba8 36.
f3 $1 Bb7 37. g4 $1 Ba8 ({Or} 37... hxg4 38. fxg4 Ba8 39. h5) 38. gxh5 gxh5 39.
f4 Bb7 40. Bf3 Ba8 41. Kxh5 {Karpov utilised a small advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. a3 $5 ({Known is} 13.
Ne5) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb5 $1 {White has a plus.} Nc6 $2 ({
Preferable is} 15... Nd7 16. Rd1 Rfc8) 16. b4 $1 Be7 17. e4 {
The black pieces are chased.} Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. N1c3 $1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd8 $5 (
{The alternative is} 20... Rab8 21. Nd6 Ba8) 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 a6 $1 25. Rd7 $1 axb5 26. Rxb7 Kf8 $1 27. Bd4 Ra6 28. h4 $1
h5 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Rb8 Ke8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Kg2 Kf8 35.
Rb8 Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Be3 $1 {Karpov makes a winning attempt.} Ke8 38. Kf1
$1 Kf8 $2 {Kortschnoj misses the last try.} (38... Rxa3 39. Bxb6 {(Karpov)} Be7
40. Rb8+ Kd7 41. Ba5 Rb3 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Rxb5 Rb2 {goes for the last chance.})
39. Rb8 $1 Ke7 40. Bg5+ f6 41. exf6+ gxf6 42. Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 43. Rxd8 Rxa3 44.
Rh8 $1 Rb3 45. Rxh5 Rxb4 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Re5 Kf6 48. f4 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 b4 50. Rb5
b3 51. Kg4 Rb1 52. Kh5 b2 53. g4 $1 {Karpov played another fine rook ending.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. b4 $5 Nf4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. c4 {White has a plus.} Rad8 $5 23. axb5 axb5 $6 ({Better is} 23...
cxb5 $1 24. c5 Qf6 {(Karpov).}) 24. Ra5 $1 Bf8 25. Bc3 Ne6 26. Nf3 Nd4 $1 27.
Bxd4 exd4 28. c5 $1 Qc7 29. Ra7 Qb8 30. Qa2 d3 $1 31. Ra3 d2 32. Nxd2 Rd4 $1 {
Black counters.} 33. e5 $1 Rxb4 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kh8 $1 36. Rae3 Rxe6 $2 ({
Correct is} 36... Qa8 $1 37. Ra3 Qc8) 37. Qxe6 $1 {
Suddenly, White has a mate attack.} Rf4 38. Ne4 Qd8 $2 39. Qe5+ {
Karpov won his third game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nbc6 $5 13. dxc5 Qc8 $5 {
Black wants to fight.} 14. Qe3 $5 O-O $1 15. cxb6 Rd8 16. Kf2 axb6 17. Rb1 Ne5
18. Qxb6 Qc4 {Black has compensation for the two pawns.} 19. Be3 Nd3+ 20. Kg3
$1 {The king starts an adventure.} f5 $1 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Nd4 $2 (22. Bxe7 Rxe7
23. Qd6 $1 {gains an advantage (Georgiev).}) 22... f4+ 23. Kh4 (23. Bxf4 Nxf4
24. Kxf4 e5+ $1 {favours Black.}) 23... Ng6+ 24. Kh5 Nf8 $1 25. Qc6 Qa2 $3 {
He neglects material and triumphs.} 26. Rhg1 $5 ({The pointe is} 26. Qxa8 Qxg2
27. Rbg1 Qh3+ 28. Bh4 g6+ 29. Kg5 h6+ {and mate.}) 26... e5 $5 (26... g6+ $1
27. Kh6 Ne5 {wins at once.}) 27. Qxa8 Qf7+ 28. Kh4 h6 29. g4 hxg5+ $5 30. Kh3
exd4 31. cxd4 Nf2+ $5 32. Kg2 Qa2 33. Qb8 Nd3+ 34. Kh1 {
The king has made a full retreat.} Qe2 35. Rgf1 Rxd4 36. Qb3+ Kh7 37. Qb5 Rd6
$1 38. h4 Ng6 39. Qxg5 Nxh4 40. Qxh4+ Rh6 41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {
Georgiev won a great game.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 ({
Georgiev played} 13... Qc8 {in the previous round.}) 14. Qf4 $5 (14. Qd6 Qxd6
15. cxd6 Nc8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd6 {leads to equality (Karpov).}) 14... e5
$1 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Kf2 Na5 17. cxb6 Qxb6+ $1 18. Be3 Qc6 $1 19. Rhd1 $2 ({
Better is} 19. Ng3) 19... Nc4 20. Bg5 ({Not} 20. Qd7 $2 Nxe3 $1 21. Kxe3 Qc5+ {
(Karpov).}) 20... f6 21. Bc1 $5 Qb6+ $5 22. Kg3 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Ke1 Rad8
23. Rd7 $1 f5 24. exf5 Rxd7 25. f6 $1 Nf5 $1 26. Qxc4+ {
and White has fighting chances.}) 22... f5 $1 23. exf5 Nxf5+ 24. Kh3 Nce3 25.
Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Qe4 Qe6+ 27. Kg3 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rad8 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31.
Kf2 Rd2 32. Rb1 Ra2 33. Rb5 Rxa3 34. c4 Rf6 35. Rxe5 Rc6 36. c5 Ra5 37. Re7
Rcxc5 38. Nf4 Re5 39. Rc7 Ra4 {Karpov led by one point on Georgiev.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Na6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. e4 $5 {
Karpov attacks in the centre.} Bb4 $5 14. exd5 Bxc3 $5 15. Bxc3 cxd5 16. Qe2
Qe7 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ba3 $1 a5 20. Rac1 h6 21. f3 Ba6 22. Bf1 Nd7
23. Ng4 Nf6 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Qd2 Rdc8 26. Rc2 Bb7 27. Be2 Rd8 $6 ({Preferable is
} 27... e5 $1 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Nf5 Qe6) 28. Rcc1 $1 Rdc8 29. Nc2 dxc4 30. bxc4
Ba6 31. Ne3 $1 {He protects the centre.} Qd7 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Rb1 $1 b5 $6 (
33... Qd6 $5 34. Qxb4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Nd5 $1 {counters.}) 34. c5 $1 Nd5 35. Nxd5
Qxd5 36. Rxb4 {White has gained a pawn.} e5 $6 37. a4 $1 exd4 38. axb5 $6 (38.
Qxd4 $5 Qe6 $1 {(Karpov)} 39. Bxb5 Bxb5 40. axb5 Rxc5 41. b6 {charges.}) 38...
d3 $1 39. Qxd3 $5 Qxc5+ 40. Qd4 Qe7 41. Qe4 Qc5+ 42. Qd4 Qe7 43. Rd2 Bb7 44.
Rb3 Qg5 45. Qe3 Qf6 46. Rbd3 Re7 47. Qf2 Rce8 48. Rd7 g6 49. Rxe7 Rxe7 50. Rd3
Kh7 51. Bf1 h5 52. h4 Qe5 53. Rb3 $5 f5 $1 54. Rb4 $6 Bxf3 $1 {
Black has regained the pawn.} 55. b6 Qd6 56. Rb2 Be4 57. Kh2 Qc6 58. Bg2 Rb7 $1
59. Bf1 Qd6 60. Qe3 Qc6 {The players had three hours for sixty moves. Each one
gets half-an-hour for the rest of the game.} 61. Qf2 Re7 $2 {
He allows an attack.} 62. Ra2 $1 Rb7 63. Ra7 $1 g5 $6 64. Bg2 $5 f4 $5 65.
Bxe4+ Qxe4 66. Rxb7+ Qxb7 67. hxg5 fxg3+ 68. Kxg3 h4+ $5 69. Kxh4 {
White has two extra pawns in the queen ending.} Qe4+ 70. Kh5 Qh1+ 71. Kg4 Qd1+
72. Kh4 Qa4+ 73. Kg3 Qb3+ 74. Kh2 Kg6 75. Qf6+ $1 Kh5 76. g6 $1 Qd3 77. g7 Qh3+
$1 78. Kg1 $1 Qe3+ 79. Kf1 Qc1+ 80. Ke2 Qc2+ 81. Ke3 Qc1+ 82. Kd3 Qb1+ 83. Kc4
Qe4+ 84. Kc5 Qc2+ 85. Kd6 Qd3+ 86. Ke7 Qa3+ 87. Qd6 Qe3+ 88. Kd7 Qh3+ 89. Kd8
Qh4+ 90. Ke8 Qe4+ 91. Kf8 Qf5+ 92. Ke7 {The king goes in the wrong direction.}
Qg5+ 93. Qf6 Qe3+ 94. Kd7 Qd3+ 95. Kc7 Qc2+ 96. Kb8 Qh2+ {Karpov overstepped
the time limit in a won position. Georgiev and Karpov led by 5/7 after the
first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e4 Nh6 7. f4 $5 f5 {
Miles attacks the centre at last.} 8. e5 Nf7 9. O-O-O g5 $6 {
The kingside is weakened.} ({Preferable is} 9... O-O 10. Kb1 Na6) 10. Nf3 Rg8
11. Be2 Na6 12. h3 gxf4 13. Qxf4 Qe7 (13... Rxg2 $2 14. Rhg1 $1 Rg6 15. Nh4 Rg5
16. Bh5 $1 {wins for White (Karpov).}) 14. g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Ng5 16. d5 $5 Nxf3
$6 (16... O-O-O $5 17. Qf6 Qg7 18. Qxg7 Rxg7 {offers more resistance.}) 17.
Bxf3 O-O-O 18. Rh6 $6 Rg7 $6 (18... Qg5 $5 19. Qxg5 Rxg5 20. Re1 {(Karpov)} Rf8
{defends well.}) 19. Rf6 exd5 20. cxd5 Re8 21. g5 Kb8 22. Bh5 Reg8 23. Bf7 $1 {
The restriction increases.} Rc8 24. e6 dxe6 25. dxe6 Nb4 26. a3 Nc6 27. b4 $1
Qf8 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. e7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qe6 31. Rf8 $1 Ne5 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Qf6
Qh3 34. Qxe5 Qxa3+ 35. Kd2 {Karpov took the lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Bf1 $5 c5
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qc3 Rac8 $6 ({An alternative is} 17... Bc6 $1 18.
e4 Nc5) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nef6 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Red1 d5 $5 22. cxd5 Nxd5
23. Qd3 N5f6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 h5 $5 26. Bg2 h4 27. e4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc1
29. Bxc1 Ra8 30. Be3 Ra2 31. Qc3 Kh7 32. Rd2 Ra8 33. Qc1 Ra4 34. Qc3 {
White has an edge.} Qg4 $5 {Black counters.} 35. Rd6 $1 {
White takes the initiative.} b5 $6 ({More solid is} 35... Ra7) 36. Qe1 $1 Nf8
37. f3 Qc8 38. Bf1 $1 Ra3 39. Rd3 $6 (39. Bxb5 Qc2 40. Rd2 Qc3 41. Rh2+ $1 Kg6
42. Qxc3 Rxc3 43. Kf2 {gains a pawn.}) 39... Ra2 40. Rd2 Ra3 41. Bxb5 Ne6 42.
Bf1 $6 g5 $2 ({Better is} 42... Qc3 $1) 43. Rd3 $1 Ra4 44. g4 $5 Qb8 45. Rb3
Nd4 46. Bxd4 $2 (46. Bxg5 $1 Kg7 47. Qh4 Ng8 48. Rd3 Qxb4 49. Qg3 {
plays for a win.}) 46... exd4 47. e5 Nd7 48. f4 Qb6 $1 49. Bd3+ Kg8 50. f5 Ra2
51. e6 $2 (51. Qb1 Rd2 $1 52. Qe1 Ra2 53. Qb1 {draws (Karpov).}) 51... Qd6 $1
52. Be2 $5 Ne5 53. Qc1 Rxe2 54. Qxg5+ Kf8 55. Qh6+ Ke8 $1 56. Ra3 $2 (56. Qh8+
Qf8 57. Qf6 Re1+ 58. Kg2 $1 {fights for the last chance.}) 56... Re1+ $1 {
Karpov turned the game around and defeated his old adversary for the second
time.} ({The pointe is} 56... Re1+ 57. Kf2 Nxg4+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Re1
Qb6 9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 $5 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nf8 14. Nc4 $1
Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ne8 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nb1 $5 b6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nbd2 h5
21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b4 Nf6 $6 23. Nf3 Nh7 $6 {Black deactivates a knight.} 24. Rd1
$1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bg4 26. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 {White has a fine endgame.} Kf8
28. a5 Ke7 29. Nc4 $1 Bxf3 $1 30. gxf3 b5 $2 {
Hereafter, White can win in two beautiful ways.} (30... Ng5 $2 31. Nxb6 $1
Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 axb6 33. a6 Ne6 34. Bxb6 $1 {ends the game}) (30... Kd7 $5 31.
axb6 axb6 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. Nc4 Ng5 34. Nd2 {
costs a pawn, but Black can struggle.}) 31. Na3 $1 (31. Bxa7 $1 bxc4 32. a6 $1
Kd7 33. Bb8 Kc8 34. a7 Kb7 35. Bxc4 {also wins for White (Karpov).}) 31... a6
32. Nxb5 $3 cxb5 33. Bxb5 $1 Ng5 ({The pointe is} 33... axb5 34. a6 Ne6 35. Bb6
$1) 34. Bxa6 Nge6 35. Bc4 Kd8 36. a6 Kc8 37. b5 Bf8 38. b6 Bc5 39. Bd5 $1 Nxd5
40. exd5 Bxe3 41. b7+ $1 Kc7 42. dxe6 Bc5 43. exf7 {
The white king will advance and decide the game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ne3 Bh6 13. Bd3 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Qb6 15. Qc1 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 15... Nb4 16. O-O Ke7) 16. O-O Ke7 17. Qe1 $1 h5
$5 (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 {favours White.}) ({The alternative is
} 17... Nc4 $1 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qf2 $1 Kd7 20. b3 $1) 18. b3 $1 Qc5 $2 ({
Karpov suggests} 18... Rxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nc6 21. Rae1 Qc5 $1) 19.
Nd5+ $1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 $6 (20... Qc3 $5 21. Qh4 Rh6 $1 22. Rae1 {
wins for White (Georgiev).}) 21. Rd1 Rcg8 ({Or} 21... Qc5 22. b4) 22. Qf2 Rh6
23. Bg6 $1 {Georgiev neared Karpov by one point.} ({The pointe is} 23. Bg6 Qe6
24. Bf5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1992.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 e5 13. h3 Bb7 $5 (13... a6 14.
Bb2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 {happened in Tukmakov - Shabalov, Biel Open (6).}) 14.
Bb2 a6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 $1 Rad8 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Ng6 $1 17. Ng5
Be5) 17. Ng5 $1 Qe7 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb4 20. Ng3 f6 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 $2 (
21... fxe5 22. Bf3 {(Karpov)} Kh8 $1 {almost equalises.}) 22. Bd3 h6 ({Avoids} 
22... g6 23. Bxg6 $1) 23. Bg6 $1 Rf8 24. Nf5 $1 c5 $5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 $5
{White misses the immediate decision.} (26. Nh4 $1 Qg5 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. g3 {
wins for White.}) 26... Qc7 ({Or} 26... Qb8 27. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 28. Bf5 $1 Qxa7 29.
Ng6+ Kg8 30. Be6+ {(Karpov).}) 27. Nh4 $1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ra8 29. Qg4 $1 Qc6 ({
The pointe is} 29... Rxa7 30. Qe6+) 30. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Be4 $1 {
The final standings became: Karpov 101/2/14, Georgiev 9, Miles 7, Lautier and
Beliavsky 61/2, Kortschnoj 6, Shirov 51/2, Hansen 5.} ({Karpov analyses} 32.
Be4 Qa6 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Ne5+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nxh6+ Kh8 37. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8
38. Nf7#) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The chess world was divided in two organisations. Kasparov was world champion
of the PCA. Karpov was the FIDE-champion. The FIDE interzonal happened in Biel
from 15 vii until 1 viii 1993. 73 persons played 13 rounds according to the
Swiss rules. 10 places in the candidates matches were at stake.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O $5 12. e4 Bh7 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 14. Nd3 $1 Rd8 $5 15. Ke2
Bf8 16. Rhd1 Nc6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ba2 g5 19. Bf2 Nd7 20. Be3 a6 21. Rd2 Bg7
22. Rcd1 Kf8 23. h4 {The chances are equal.} Bf6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g4 $1 Ke8
26. Nf2 $1 {Pawn g5 becomes a target.} Nf8 $2 (26... Nde5 $1 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.
Nh3 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Bg8 30. Nxg5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Nd4+ 32. Ke3 Ndxf3 $1 {is alright.
}) 27. Nh3 $1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 f6 29. Nf2 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Ne5 31. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 32.
Rxd3 Rc6 $5 33. a5 Nd7 34. Rd2 Bg8 $5 35. Bd4 $5 Bf7 36. Rb2 Rc7 37. Kd3 $1 e5
38. Bb6 $5 Nxb6 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxb6 {
White has an advantage in the rook ending.} Ke7 41. c4 Kf7 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. Kb4
Rd7 44. Kc3 Rc7 45. Kb3 $1 {He creates zugzwang.} Kf7 46. Kb4 Ke7 47. c5 $1 Rd7
48. c6 $1 bxc6 49. Rxa6 $2 (49. Rxc6 $1 Rd6 50. Kc5 {wins quickly.}) 49... Kd6
50. Kc4 Rh7 51. Ra8 $1 Rh1 52. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 $2 {Black misses his last chance.} (
52... Kc7 $1 53. Rf8 Rc1+ 54. Kb4 Rb1+ 55. Kc3 Ra1 (55... Rc1+ 56. Kd2 Ra1 57.
Rf7+ Kd6 58. Rxf6+ Ke7 59. Rxc6 $1 Rxa5 60. Rg6 {and White wins.}) 56. Rf7+ Kd6
57. Rxf6+ Ke7 58. Rg6 $1 Rxa5 59. Kb4 Ra1 60. Rxg5 {
and White has winning chances (after Lautier).}) 53. Rd3 Rc1+ 54. Kb3 Ra1 55.
Kb4 c5+ 56. Kb5 $1 Ke6 57. a6 Ra2 58. Kb6 Ra1 59. Rd8 Ke7 60. Rh8 Kd6 61. Rd8+
Ke7 62. Rh8 Kd6 63. a7 Rb1+ 64. Ka6 Ra1+ 65. Kb7 Rb1+ 66. Kc8 $1 Ra1 67. Rh7 $1
c4 68. Kb8 {Lautier won a difficult rook ending.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 $5 ({The alternative  is} 10... Nbd7) 11. Nce2 d5 12. e5
Nfd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bg2 $1 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Be7 $2 ({Preferable is} 15... a5 16.
Kb1 {(Anand)} Nb6 17. f5 Nc4 18. Qc1 a4 {and Black counters.}) 16. g5 $1 {
An attack starts.} h5 $5 17. f5 $1 Nxe5 18. Nf4 $1 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Kb1 Nxb2
$1 21. fxe6 $3 {Anand finds a sensational win.} (21. Kxb2 $2 Na4+ 22. Kc1 Nc3 {
leads to a black triumph.}) 21... O-O-O 22. Kxb2 $1 Na4+ 23. Kc1 $1 b3 ({Or} 
23... Nc3 24. Qd3) 24. Nxb3 $1 ({Not} 24. cxb3 $2 Ba3+ 25. Kc2 Qc7+ {
and Black wins (Anand).}) 24... Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. Qd3 $1 Bb4
28. Nc1 Kb8 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Be5+ $1 Ka7 31. Qe3+ Rc5 32. Rd3 $1 Qxc2 33. Bxc3
Bxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. exf7 $1 {
He gains a decisive material advantage.} Rf8 37. g6 {
Anand conducted a flawless attack.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. Rxd1
$1 Bc2 13. Rc1 Bxa4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {(Lengyel - Hennings, Kecskemet 1968).})
12... Rd8+ $6 (12... Bxc5 13. e4 Bh7 {
favours Black (Bazinovic - Palac, Kastel Stari 1997).}) 13. Kc1 Na6 $5 14. e4
Nxc5 $5 15. Kc2 $5 Bh7 16. Be2 g5 17. Bf2 Rac8 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Na2 $1 Ba5 $5
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Kb3 Nf4 22. Nxa5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxa5 24. Bf1 (24. Bb5 $1 Nxg2
25. Kc3 {gains an advantage.}) 24... e5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... g4 25. Rd8+ Kg7)
25. Nc3 $1 Ne6 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nd6 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxb5 {
White has gained a pawn.} g4 30. Bc4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Ng5 32. Rd3 Bg6 33. h4 Nh3
34. Nd6 Ra8 35. Kb4 Rb8+ 36. Kc3 $6 (36. Kc5 $1 Rxb2 37. Nxf7 Bxf7 38. Rd8+ Kg7
39. Rd7 {wins for White.}) 36... Ng1 37. Re3 Bh5 $6 (37... Kf8 {
offers more resistance.}) 38. b4 $1 Kf8 39. b5 f6 40. Kb4 Nxf3 41. Kc5 $1 (41.
Kc5 Nd4 42. Rg3 {starts a mate attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $5 (11... Bxc5 {
was played in Sashi - Antoshin, Moscow 1970.}) 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nc4
$1 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Na5 16. Rg4 $5 {Khalifman plays for a win.} Nf6 17. Ra4 Rfd8
18. Qa1 $1 Nc6 19. Rc4 Na5 20. Ra4 Nc6 21. Rf4 $5 {The rook remains a bother.}
Nb4 22. Rc1 $6 {Loek mises a chance.} (22. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 24.
Qxf6 {gains an advantage.}) 22... Qa6 $1 23. Rxf6 $6 {
The idea is applied too late.} gxf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxe2 26. Ne5 $2 {
He makes the decisive mistake.} (26. Bf1 $1 Rd1 $1 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qg5+ $1
Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Ng5 {leads to equal chances.}) 26... Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+
28. Bf1 Qh5 29. Qf4 ({The pointe is} 29. g4 $2 Nd5 $1 {(Ambroz).}) 29... Qf5
30. Qe3 Nc2 31. Qc3 Nd4 32. f4 Qe4 33. Bd3 Ne2+ 34. Bxe2 Qxe2 35. Qa5 Qd1+ 36.
Kf2 Rd8 37. Nc4 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Kg2 Qf3+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kg4
Qf3+ 43. Kg5 Kg7 44. Qc7 h6+ 45. Kh4 Qe2 46. Kh3 Rd5 47. Ne5 Qh5+ {
Khalifman fought like a tiger in great tournaments.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb4 Nb6 14. Ra1
Qe6 15. Qb1 Bd7 16. Ra5 Nc8 17. d5 $5 {
White has an excellent compensation for the pawn.} (17. Ne5 {
happened in Khalifman - Kozul, Bled 1991.}) 17... Qb6 18. e5 {
The restriction increases.} Bf5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Qa3 Bg4 $6 (20... Be4 $1 21. Re1
Qd8 {pressures on the advanced centre.}) 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rc5 Qd8 $5 23. h3 b6
$6 (23... Bf5 24. Rd1 b6 25. Rcc1 a5 26. Bc3 Na7 {defends naturally.}) 24. Rcc1
Bxf3 $5 25. Bxf3 a5 26. Bd2 Ra7 27. Qa4 Rf8 28. Bf4 b5 $2 (28... Rc7 $1 29.
Rcd1 $5 (29. d6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 exd6 31. exd6 {(Gelfand)} b5 $1 32. Qxb5 Nxd6) (
29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Qe8 $1 31. Qc7 Qd8) 29... Qd7 30. Qe4 Rc5 {
tries to survive.}) 29. Qxb5 a4 30. Bg4 Ra5 31. Qb4 Qb6 32. Qc4 Na7 33. Bd2 a3
34. Bxa5 Qxa5 35. Qc5 Qa4 36. Qxe7 a2 37. Bd7 Qa5 38. d6 Rb8 39. Be8 Kh8 40.
Bxf7 Nc6 41. Qc7 {Gelfand played a great Grünfeld Indian Defence.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qe3 Bc6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qd3 Bb4
15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qc2 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Re2 c5 {The Catalan has a wide theory.} 24. d5 $5 (24.
Red2 {drew in Jussupow -  Portisch, Linares 1989.}) 24... e5 25. Be3 Qd6 26.
Bh3 Rc7 27. Nb1 $5 Bc8 28. Nd2 b5 29. Nf3 c4 $5 30. Nh4 g6 $6 (30... Nf6 $1 31.
Bxc8 Rcxc8 32. Nf5 Qd7 {makes a slight concession.}) 31. Bxh6 Nc5 32. Bxc8
Rexc8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nf3 {The knight manoeuvre has netted a pawn.} Ra8 $2
35. Bd2 $2 {They miss a tactical point.} (35. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 36. Bf4 {
wins for White.}) 35... Ra4 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Bxb4 Rxb4 38. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 39. Qxd3
f6 40. Qa3 Qc5 $2 {The queen is needed as blockader.} 41. Nh4 $1 Kh7 $5 42. Qf3
Qd6 43. b3 $1 Qa6 44. Rd2 Rd4 ({Or} 44... Qd6 45. Ra2 $1) 45. Rxd4 exd4 46. Qf4
Qb6 47. d6 $1 Rf7 48. Qg4 $1 Rg7 49. Qh3 $1 d3 $5 50. Nf5+ Kg8 51. Nxg7 Qxd6 (
51... d2 52. Ne8 d1=Q 53. Qe6+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ {leads to mate (Khalifman).}) 52.
Ne8 $1 Qd4 53. Nxf6+ $1 Kf7 (53... Qxf6 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ {
also wins for White.}) 54. Qh7+ Ke6 55. Qxg6 d2 56. Nd5+ Kd7 57. Qf7+ {
Khalifman won another elegant game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The great surprise of the tournament became Paul van der Sterren. He was 37
and had a decent grandmaster rating. Suddenly, he played like a super
grandmaster.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 a5 12. Na2 $5 ({Known is} 
12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 {(Piket - Anand, Amsterdam 1993).}) 12... Bd6 13. Qxb7 Rb8
14. Qa6 $1 {The queen survives the first attack in a heroic defence.} Ne4 15.
g3 $1 {Only this clumsy protection works.} Qg5 (15... Nxf2 $5 16. Rxf2 Bxg3 17.
Nf3 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qc7 {leads to interesting play.}) 16. Qxc6 $1 Nxg3 $1 17.
fxg3 ({The adventurous} 17. Ng2 $6 Rb6 18. Qc8+ Ke7 $1 19. Qxh8 Bf3 20. fxg3
Bxg2 21. Qg8 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Nf6 $1 23. Qa8 Qf5+ {favours Black.}) 17... Qxg3+
18. Qg2 $1 ({Not} 18. Ng2 $4 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Bg3#) 18... Qxh4 19. e4 Bg3 20. Bb5
g5 21. Nc3 Rg8 22. Ne2 Bc7 $5 23. Ra3 g4 $6 ({Hübner suggests} 23... Ke7 $5)
24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Ke7 26. Kh2 $5 Nf6 $2 ({Correct is} 26... gxh3 27. Qxh3
Qxh3+ 28. Rxh3 Bg4 29. Rc3 {and White has an edge (Hübner).}) 27. e5 $1 g3+ 28.
Kg1 Nd7 29. Qc6 Rgd8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Nxe6 $1 {
Suddenly, Van der Sterren has a mate attack.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Nd5 $5 Bf8 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1 c6
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. d3 f6 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. Nd2
Bb4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nf8 24. Rfc1 Ne6 25. Qd1 Rec8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nf3
Qb7 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. d4 e4 30. Nh4 g6 31. Ng2 Ng5 32. Nf4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qc6
34. Ne2 Kf7 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Qc2 37. Qxc2 Ne1+ 38. Kh3 Nxc2 {
Black has a better knight ending.} 39. g4 Ke6 40. f4 $2 gxf4 $2 (40... exf3 {
wins at once.}) 41. Nxf4+ Kd6 {The chances are almost equal.} 42. Ne2 Ne1 43.
Kg3 Nd3 44. Kg2 Nb4 45. Kg3 Nc6 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Ng3 Ne7 49. Kf4 Nc6
50. Ke3 Nb4 51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Nf5 Ke6 53. Ng7+ Kd7 54. Nf5 Nf2 55. Ne3 Kc6 56.
Ke2 Nd3 57. Kd2 Nf4 58. Nf5 Kd7 59. Ne3 Ke6 60. Nc2 Nd3 61. Ne3 Nf4 62. Kd1 Nd3
63. Kd2 Nb4 64. Nf5 Nc6 65. Ke3 Nd8 66. Kd2 Nf7 67. Ke3 Kd7 68. Kd2 Nd6 69. Ne3
Ke6 70. Ng2 $1 Nc8 71. Kc3 Na7 72. b4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} axb4+
73. Kxb4 Kd6 74. Nf4 Nc6+ 75. Kc3 Na5 76. Kd2 Nc6 77. Ke3 Nb4 78. Ne2 Nc6 79.
Kf4 Ke6 80. h6 Kf7 $5 81. Ke3 $1 Ke6 $6 ({Better is} 81... Nb4 82. a5 Kg6) 82.
Nf4+ Kd6 83. Ng6 $1 Nb4 84. Kd2 $5 Nc6 85. Ke3 Nb4 86. Nf8 $1 Nc2+ 87. Kf4 $2
Nxd4 $2 (87... e3 $1 88. Kf3 f5 89. gxf5 Nxd4+ 90. Kxe3 Nxf5+ 91. Kf4 Nxh6 {
draws.}) 88. a5 $1 Ke7 89. Nxh7 Ne6+ 90. Ke3 Nc5 $2 (90... Nc7 $1 91. Ng5 $5
Kf8 92. Nh3 Kf7 $1 {escapes.}) 91. Ng5 $1 {White wins elegantly.} Kf8 92. Kd4
Na6 93. Ne6+ Kg8 94. Kxd5 Nc7+ $5 ({Or} 94... e3 95. Nf4 Kh7 96. Ke6 {
and White wins.}) 95. Kxe4 Nxe6 96. Kf5 Nc5 97. Kxf6 {
White has three pawns for a knight.} Nd7+ 98. Kf5 Kh7 99. g5 Nc5 100. Kf6 Nd7+
101. Ke6 {Adams had won the endless fight.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 a5 11. a3 $5 Bh5 12. b4 Bf8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd2 Nb6 $5
15. bxa5 Na4 16. Rfb1 Nd7 $5 17. Bc3 $1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20.
Rxb7 Nc5 21. Rb4 $6 (21. Rb6 {keeps the equality.}) 21... Rc8 $1 22. g4 $2 ({
Correct is} 22. Nce1 $1 {(Salov).}) 22... Na6 $1 23. Rb2 Bxg4 24. h3 Bh5 25. d4
Bg6 26. Nfe1 Nc7 27. a4 Ne8 $5 28. e3 Nd6 29. Bf1 Rca8 30. Rba2 Ne4 31. Bd3 Rb8
32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ke2 Bf5 35. Nf3 f6 36. h4 g4 37. Nfe1 Rb3 38. Ng2
Bd6 39. h5 Be4 40. Nge1 Kg7 41. f3 Bf5 42. fxg4 Bxg4+ 43. Kd2 Bxh5 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 44. Nd3 Bg6 45. Nc5 Bxc5 46. dxc5 e5 $1 47. Ra3 $1
Rb2 48. R1a2 Rxa2 49. Rxa2 Rxc5 50. Nb4 Rc4 51. Rb2 d4 52. exd4 Rxd4+ 53. Kc3
Be4 $1 54. a5 h5 55. Rh2 Kg6 56. a6 Kg5 57. a7 Rd7 58. Ra2 Ba8 59. Nd3 h4 60.
Nf2 Kf4 {Salov won by simple positional means.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 $5 5. f4 Nc6 6. d4 d5 $1 7. Nf3 Bg4
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 $5 ({The alternative is} 10... Bxf3 11. Rxf3)
11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Be3 c4 13. g4 $5 Bg6 14. Ne1 f6 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... f5 $1
15. exf6 Bxf6 $1) 15. f5 $1 Bf7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng2 $1 O-O-O
19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bf3 Qa5 21. Qd2 Kb8 22. Kh1 Ka8 23. Bf2 Rhe8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Bg3
$1 Rg8 26. Bh2 Rg5 $5 27. Rbe1 Rdg8 28. Bf3 $5 Ba3 $5 29. Ne6 R5g6 $6 ({
Better is} 29... Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf8) 30. Bc7 $1 b6 $2 (30... Qa4 31. Bxd5 {
(Ftacnik)} Ne7 {prolongs the game.}) 31. Qg2 $1 Ne7 32. Nd8 $1 Rxd8 33. Bxd8
Nc6 34. Bc7 Kb7 35. Bh2 h5 36. Qg3 b5 37. Qh4 Rg5 38. gxh5 Ne7 39. Qf4 Qd8 40.
Qxf6 {Yudasin outplayed his opponent.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. Nd2 Bc5 9. Bg5 $5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 $5 11. Bf2 Bc5 12. Nh3 Bxf2+ $5 13. Nxf2
Ke7 14. O-O-O {White has a plus in development.} Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16. Bb3 Nc3 $1
17. Rde1 Be6 18. Kb2 Nb5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. a4 Nd6 22. c4 b6 $1 23.
c5 $1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nb7 25. Nb3 $1 ({The pointe is} 25. c6 $2 Nbc5 $1 26. Nxc5+
Nxc5) 25... Nb8 26. Nb4 a5 $6 (26... c6 $1 27. a5 Nd7 28. Rc1 a6 {
defends properly.}) 27. c6 $1 Nd8 28. Nd5 $1 Ra7 29. Nc3 $1 Ra8 30. Nb5 Na6 31.
Nxa5 Kf6 $1 32. Ka3 $2 ({Better is} 32. Rc1 $1 Ne6 33. Nb7 {
and White has great chances.}) 32... Nc5 33. Rc1 Nde6 34. Rxc5 $1 Nxc5 35. Nxc7
Rxa5 36. Kb4 Rxa4+ $5 37. Kxc5 Ra2 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41.
Rc1 $1 {Kramnik makes an effort to win.} Rc8 $2 (41... Rb2 $1 42. c7 Kd7 $1 43.
Ra1 Rc8 44. Nb6+ Rxb6 45. Kxb6 Rxc7 46. Rd1+ Kc8 {
survives the attack in the centre.}) 42. c7 $1 Rxg2 43. Kc6 Rxh2 44. Kb7 Rxc7+
45. Rxc7 $1 f5 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. exf5 Rf2 48. Rc7+ Kg8 ({Or} 48... Kf8 49. Kc6
Rxf3 50. Kd6 Rxf5 51. Ke6 {and White wins (Kramnik).}) 49. Kc6 Rxf3 50. Kd6 e4
51. f6 $1 e3 $5 52. Rxg7+ Kf8 53. Re7 h5 54. Rxe3 {Kramnik won a great endgame.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 a6 10. Ba3 Nc6 11. Qf4 d5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
cxd5 Nexd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nd3 Re8 18. e3 a5 $6 (18... Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Rad8 {
drew in Sieg - Dankert, Germany 1989.}) 19. Rac1 Re7 $5 20. Qd4 $1 Qd6 21. Nf4
Rd8 $2 (21... Rd7 $5 22. e4 $1 Re8 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Red8 {
blockades the extra pawn.}) 22. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 {White has won a pawn.}
Red7 24. Bf3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Kf8 27. Rc6 $1 Rxd4 28. Rxb6 a4 29.
Rb8+ Ke7 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 $1 Rc4 $5 {
Exchange loses the game.} 34. Kg2 Nd7 35. Ra7 Kd6 36. Bd1 $5 f5 37. Bb3 Rb4 38.
Ra6+ Ke7 39. Rc6 Rb7 40. h4 Rb4 41. Rc7 Rd4 42. Ra7 Kd6 43. Kf1 Rd2 44. Ke1 Rb2
45. Ra6+ Kc7 46. Ra5 g6 47. Rd5 Nf6 48. Rd2 Rb1+ 49. Ke2 f4 $6 ({Preferable is
} 49... Ne4 $5) 50. Kf3 fxg3 51. fxg3 h6 (51... Rf1+ 52. Ke2 Rf5) 52. Rd1 $1
Rxd1 $5 ({Or} 52... Rb2 53. Rc1+ Kd6 54. Re1 $1 {(Ambroz).}) 53. Bxd1 g5 54.
Ke3 $1 gxh4 55. gxh4 Kd6 {
Black draws, if he exchanges his knight for the a-pawn.} 56. Kd4 Nd5 57. Bf3
Nf4 58. Ke4 Ng6 59. h5 Ne7 60. Be2 Nd5 61. Kf5 $1 Ke7 62. Ke5 Nf6 ({
Salov has calculated} 62... Nc3 63. Bc4 $1 Nxa2 64. Bxa2 Kf8 65. Kf6 {
and White just wins.}) 63. a4 $1 Nd7+ 64. Kf5 Nc5 65. a5 Ne6 ({
The last pointe is} 65... Nb3 66. a6 $1 Nd4+ 67. Kg6 Nxe2 68. a7) 66. a6 {
Salov won another subtle ending.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. axb4 $5 (12. O-O {
happened in Gelfand - Bareev, Linares 1993.}) 12... Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qa4 $1 Rb8 $1 18. O-O ({Not} 18. Qxa7 $2
Ra8 $1 {(Kortschnoj).}) 18... O-O $1 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 $2 ({
Correct is} 20... Kf8 21. Qa4 Rxd2 {(Gelfand).}) 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 $2 (21... Bxg2
$1 22. Kxg2 Rxd2 23. Ra4 $1 Rb4 ({Gelfand suggests} 23... Qc6+ $2 {but} 24. Kh3
$1 Qxa4 25. Rg1 $1 {wins for White}) 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxe6 Rd6 26. Qf5+ Rg6+ {
offers counter-play.}) 22. Ra4 $1 Qg5 23. g3 $1 e5 24. Rh4+ Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rd6
26. h5 Be4 27. Qe7 Rbb6 28. Qxe5 Re6 29. Qf4 {Gelfand defeated a great talent.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4 Kg8 14. Rac1 $5 Rc5
$1 15. b4 Rc8 16. a3 Re8 17. e4 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qb8 $5 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Nd2 Ba8 21.
Bg2 a6 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. f4 Rcd8 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. g4 $2 Nxf4 $1 26. Nxf4 e5 27.
Qf2 exf4 28. Qxf4 Ne5 {Black has a positional edge.} 29. Rc3 Qc7 $1 30. Nd2 Qe7
31. g5 Rc8 32. Rfc1 b5 33. h4 Bb7 34. Kh2 Rc6 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Bf1 $5 Rec8 $1
37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Nb3 $2 ({Correct is} 39. Kg2 Qe6 40. Nf3 Nxf3
41. Kxf3 Qb3+ 42. Kf2 {and White survives.}) 39... Qa7 $1 40. Na5 Bd7 $1 41.
Be2 Qd4 $1 42. Kg2 Qb2 43. Qf2 ({Or} 43. Qe3 Bg4 44. Kf1 Bxe2+ 45. Qxe2 Qxa3
46. Qxb5 Qf3+ {and Black wins.}) 43... Qxa3 44. Qf6 Qh3+ 45. Kf2 Qxh4+ 46. Ke3
h5 $1 47. Nb7 Qe1 {Adams has a decisive counteraction.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 e5 8. d5 h6
9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. h5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 $5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. b4 Na6 15.
a3 h5 16. f3 Nh7 $6 ({More useful is} 16... Nc7) 17. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Bf6
19. Nh3 Bh4+ 20. Ke2 Nc7 21. Bd3 Ne8 22. Rac1 Rf7 $5 23. Qd2 Nef6 24. Rc3 g5 $5
25. Rg1 $1 {Capture on g5 would be premature.} g4 26. g3 $1 gxf3+ 27. Kd1 Ng4
28. gxh4 Qxh4 {Black has sacrificed a piece for the attack.} 29. Bf1 Rg7 $1 30.
Bf2 Qf6 31. Rg3 Rf8 32. Ke1 Nh2 33. Bb5 $5 Kh8 34. Qc2 Rg4 35. Rxg4 $2 (35. Bd7
$1 Rxg3 36. Bxg3 {wins for White.}) 35... hxg4 36. Bg3 gxh3 37. Qxh2 Qg6 38.
Re3 Qg4 39. Bf2 $2 ({Better is} 39. Qf2 $1 Ng5 40. Bd3) 39... Ng5 $1 40. Qg3 $2
Qh5 $2 (40... Qf4 $1 {wins at once.}) 41. Qh2 Qg4 42. Bf1 Rf7 43. Kd1 $2 Rh7 $6
(43... Rc7 $1 44. Bd3 Qc8 $1 45. Kd2 Rc1 {wins for Black.}) 44. Bd3 $6 Qg2 $1
45. Bg3 ({The pointe is} 45. Qxg2 fxg2 46. Bg1 h2) 45... Rf7 46. Re1 f2 47.
Bxe5+ $5 dxe5 48. Qxe5+ Kh7 49. Rf1 h2 50. Kc2 h1=Q 51. Rxh1+ Qxh1 52. Qxg5
f1=Q 53. Bxf1 Rxf1 54. Qe7+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ {Gelfand came close to qualification.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxh4 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qb3 $5 d6 11. h4 Nd7 12. O-O-O c6 $5 ({Best is} 12... O-O
$1 13. Kb1 c5) 13. g4 Qc7 14. Kb1 a6 {Black advances slowly.} 15. g5 c5 16. Qc3
Rg8 $5 17. Rhg1 hxg5 18. Nexg5 $1 {White threatens pawn f7.} cxd4 19. exd4 Bf6
$6 ({Preferable is} 19... Rf8 20. Rde1 O-O-O) 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rh8 22. Rg4
Ke7 $5 23. Re1 b5 $2 (23... Rab8 24. Bf1 Rhc8 {manoeuvres the rooks.}) 24. cxb5
axb5 25. Ng5 $1 {An attack in the centre is better than the capture of a pawn.}
Bxg5 26. hxg5 g6 $5 27. Rge4 $5 Kd8 28. Bxb5 d5 29. R4e3 Rb8 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. a4
Qxd4 32. Qc2 $1 Qb6 33. Rc3 Rh4 34. Rc6 {Kamsky scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 $5 {Bareev sets a little trap.} Qc7 11. cxd5 Ne7 $1 (
11... exd5 $6 12. Bg5 $1 d4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 {slightly favours White.}
) 12. Bg5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 17. b4 ({
The pointe is} 17. Be7 $6 Na4 $1 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Qb6 $1) 17... Bd6 18. Qd3
Qb8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bc7 $1 {Black defends perfectly.} 21. Be2 Bd7 22.
Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc7 f6 27. Nc4 Bb5 $5 28.
Kc2 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {The chances are equal.} 30. e5 $2 {
Bareev blunders a pawn.} fxe5 31. Kc3 Kf8 32. Bd3 Bxc4 $1 33. Kxc4 h6 34. a4
Ke7 35. a5 Kd7 36. Bc2 Nd6+ 37. Kd3 Nf5 38. Kc4 Nd6+ 39. Kd3 b6 40. axb6 axb6
41. Bd1 Ke7 42. g3 Ne8 43. Kc4 Nc7 44. h4 Kd6 45. Bc2 b5+ $1 {
He makes an effort to win.} 46. Kc3 Kd5 47. f3 Kd6 48. Bd3 Nd5+ 49. Kb3 Kc6 50.
Bg6 Ne7 51. Be8+ Kb6 52. g4 $1 Nd5 53. Bd7 Nf4 54. h5 $2 {
This weakening allows a decisive knight manoeuvre.} (54. Kc3 $1 Ne2+ 55. Kd3
Nd4 56. Ke4 Kc7 57. Kxe5 $1 Nxf3+ 58. Kxe6 {(Van der Sterren)} Nxh4 {draws.})
54... Ne2 $1 55. Kc2 Kc7 $1 56. Be8 Kd6 57. Kd3 Nd4 $1 58. Ke3 Kd5 $1 59. Kd3
Nxf3 60. Bxb5 Nh2 $1 61. Ba6 Nxg4 {Paul wins another pawn.} 62. Bb7+ {
Van der Sterren was close to qualification.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Re8
9. Nge2 e6 10. Ng3 exd5 11. cxd5 Ba6 12. Nb5 $5 ({Known is} 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13.
O-O {(Ostermeyer - Yrjola, Gausdal 1984).}) 12... Bb7 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 Nbd7
15. a4 Rc8 $5 16. O-O h5 17. Bh6 c4 $5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rf2 Qc7 20. Nf1 Qc5
21. Ne3 Ne5 22. Nc2 $5 Rc7 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Na2 $5 Neg4 $3 {
Piket charges unexpectedly.} 25. fxg4 $1 Nxe4 26. Qe3 $6 (26. b4 $1 Nxd2 $1 27.
bxc5 dxc5 28. Nc6 hxg4 29. Bxg4 $1 Bxg4 30. Rxd2 {gains a plus.}) 26... Nxf2
27. Qxf2 Rce7 28. Nc3 Re3 $1 29. Rd1 hxg4 $2 (29... Bxg4 $1 30. Bxg4 hxg4 {
favours Black.}) 30. Bf1 Bd7 $2 {Time pressure starts.} ({Better is} 30... Bf5
31. Nxf5+ gxf5) 31. Nc2 R3e5 $5 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. Na3 $1 Re1 34. Rxe1 Rxe1 35.
Nxc4 $6 (35. Kf2 $1 Rc1 36. Nxc4 {wins for White (Lautier).}) 35... Bf5 36. Nd2
Rc1 37. Kf2 Kf8 $5 38. Bxa6 Rc2 39. Ke3 Rxb2 40. Bc4 Bc8 41. Bb3 $1 c4 $5 42.
Bxc4 Rc2 43. Nb5 Ke7 44. a5 f5 45. Na7 Bb7 $2 46. a6 $1 Ba8 47. Nc8+ Kd8 48.
Nb6 {Lautier would qualify by a win in the last round.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5 $5 ({The alternative is
} 12... Bg4) 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. h3 $5 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18.
Rc3 b5 $1 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Nb6 $1 21. Rc7 $5 Qe6 22. Bg5 $6 ({Preferable is
} 22. R1c5) 22... Nd5 23. R7c5 $6 {Exchange is better.} h6 $1 24. Bh4 b4 $1 {
Black attacks on the queenside.} 25. Qb2 $5 Nc3 $1 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kh1 Kh7 $3
{He threatens ..Na4!} 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qb3 $2 Qxb3 30. axb3 {
Black wins the endgame.} g5 31. Bg3 a4 $1 32. Nd2 ({Or} 32. bxa4 b3 33. Nd2 b2
34. Re1 {(Kramnik)} Ne4 $1) 32... a3 33. Rc1 e5 $1 34. d5 a2 35. Ra1 e4 36. d6
Ra8 37. Nc4 Nb5 38. Be5 Nxd6 $1 39. Rxa2 $5 Rxa2 40. Bxd6 Rxf2 41. Bxb4 Rf1+
42. Kh2 Rb1 {Kramnik would qualify.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. O-O-O a5 13. Rhe1 $5 ({
Known is} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4) 13... a4 14. Nd2 h6 $2 15. Nc4 $2 ({
They miss the tactics} 15. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 16. Nce4 f5 17. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 18. Nc4)
15... Qb4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. a3 Qb8 19. Ne4 Kf8 $1 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Ned6 e4 $1 22. Rxe4 $1 Bc8 ({Not} 22... fxe4 $4 23. Qxf7#) 23. Red4 c5 24. R4d2
Ba6 25. Qc3 $1 Rg8 $2 ({Better is} 25... Rh7) 26. g3 $2 (26. Ne5 $1 Bxd6 {
(Yudasin)} 27. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 28. Qxc5 {wins for White.}) 26... Qc7 27. Kb1 h5
28. h4 f4 $2 ({Right is} 28... Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 f4 {(Boensch).}) 29.
gxf4 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Bxh4 32. f5 $1 {White charges.} Bg5 33. Qe2
exf5 34. Qxh5 Qe7 35. Nd6 $1 f4 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. Nc3 Rg6 39. Nxa4
Ra6 40. Nc3 Bf6 41. Qb7 Re6 42. Qd5 Qc7 43. Ne4 Bd4 44. f3 Kg7 45. c3 Be3 46.
Nd6 {Yudasin qualified.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "26 FIDE Interzonal"]
[Date "1993.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The Hungarians Lajos Portisch and Judit Polgar met in the last round. They
fought for their last chance} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O
6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Bd7
13. f4 Neg4 14. Bd2 h5 15. h3 h4 $5 {Judit sharpens the game.} (15... Nh6 {
was played in Topalov - Romero Holmes, Mesa 1992.}) 16. hxg4 hxg3 17. e5 $5 (
17. g5 $1 Nh7 18. Bd3 {achieves an edge.}) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Re8 $1 {
Polgar increases the pressure again.} 19. Bf4 ({The pointe is} 19. exf6 $2 Qxf6
20. Rf1 Qd4 $1) 19... b5 $5 20. axb5 Bxb5 $5 21. Bxb5 $5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23.
O-O Nd7 24. Bxg3 Nxe5 25. Nxb5 c4 $5 26. Nd6 Rd8 $6 ({Preferable is} 26... Re7
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxf7 Rxd5) 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxf7 Rxd5 29. Qc2 $6 (29. Qe2 $1
Qc6 $1 30. Nxe5 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Rxe5 32. Qf3 {plays for a win.}) 29... Bd4+ 30.
Kh1 Qc6 $1 31. g5 Rd7 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Qe2 Rb7 34. Rf4 c3 $1 35. bxc3 Qxc3 36.
Qf1 Qa1 $1 37. Qxa1 Bxa1 38. g3 Bc3 39. Ng4 {Both players were out of the race.
The final standings became: Gelfand 9/13, Kamsky, Khalifman, Van der Sterren,
Lautier, Yudasin, Kramnik, Salov and Adams 81/2, Anand 8, Shirov, Epishin,
Ivanchuk, I.Sokolov and Lputian 8, Portisch, M.Gurevich, Sveshnikov, Polgar
and Abramovic 71/2, etc. The top ten qualified for the candidates matches.
Timman and Jussupow joined them. When three candidates were left after two
rounds of matches, Karpov joined them. He remained the FIDE champion at the
end.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-seventh Schachfestival was played from 22 vii until 6 viii 1994.
Vaganian had the highest rating of the twelve participants.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ng6
10. Nbxd4 a6 11. Bxe6 $5 {Forster delivers a spectacular novelty.} fxe6 12.
Nxe6 Bxe6 ({The pointe is} 12... Qe7 $2 13. Nc7+ $1) 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 $2 ({
Correct is} 13... Be7 $1 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Qf7+ Kd7 $1 16. Qf5+ Ke8 17. Ne6 Qe5
$1 18. Qxe5 Ncxe5 19. Nc7+ {and equality (Knaak).}) 14. Qc8+ Qd8 15. Qxb7 Nd7
16. Bg5 Rb8 $5 17. Qe4+ $5 Be7 18. Rad1 $1 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21.
Qa4+ $1 Kf8 ({Or} 21... Kf7 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. Nd7 $1) 22. Ng5 Qc6 23. Qa3 Re8
24. Re6 Qb7 25. Qd6 $1 Qxb2 26. Rde1 Nfg8 (26... Nfd5 27. Qxd5 $1 Nxd5 28.
Rxe8# {ends elegantly.}) 27. Qf4+ Nf6 28. Qc4 $1 Rc8 29. Rc6 $1 {
White threatens 28.Qf7#. The eventual tailender started with a spectacular win.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Nd2 d5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Be6 $5 (18... Bg4 {
drew in Dzindzichashvili - Ibragimov, Philadelphia 1992.}) 19. Na4 Qd6 20. Nb6
Ra7 21. e4 Rd8 $2 ({Correct is} 21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd4) 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. exd5
Nxd5 24. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Nc8 Qd7 26. Nxa7 Qxa7 {White has gained an exchange.}
27. Qc7 $1 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Ba2 29. Ra1 Be6 30. Ne4 $1 Bf8 31. Ra6 Kh8 ({Not} 
31... Rxd3 $2 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rh7# {(Ribli).}) 32. h4 Rxd3
33. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 34. Nf6 Bg7 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Ng4 $1 Rd4 ({The pointe is} 36...
Kg7 37. Rc7+ $1 Kh8 38. Nxe5 $1) 37. f4 $1 Kg7 $2 (37... h5 38. Nxe5 Kg7 39.
Rc7+ Kg8 40. Nxg6 Bd6 {offers more resistance.}) 38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Nxe5 $2 (39.
Nf6 $1 Bg7 40. Rc8+ {wins at once.}) 39... Bd6 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Kh8 42.
Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nxd6 Rxd6 44. Kf2 {White has an extra pawn in the rook ending.}
Kf8 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. Ke4 Re1+ 47. Kd4 Re2 48. g4 Re1 49. g5 Re2 50. Rh7 Kg8 51.
Rh6 $2 Kg7 $1 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg6 $2 ({Right is} 53... e5+ $1 54. fxe5 Kg6
$1 {drawn.}) 54. Rh6+ Kf7 55. Rh1 Rd2+ 56. Ke4 Re2+ 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. Rh7+ Kf8 ({
Or} 58... Kg6 59. Re7 Ra6 60. Kg4 Rb6 61. Rxe6+ $1 Rxe6 62. f5+ {(Ribli).}) 59.
g6 Ra4 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Kg4 e5 62. Kg5 exf4 (62... Rxf4 63. Rxf4 exf4 64. Kh6
$1 {wins for White.}) 63. Rf5 Ke7 64. g7 Ra1 65. Rxf4 Rg1+ 66. Kh6 $1 {
Vaganian came back in the second round.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 a5 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 f5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. e3 $5 Bf6 14. Re1 Rf7
15. d4 Rd7 16. Qc2 e4 $1 17. Nd2 Ne7 $5 18. Nb5 $1 Nd5 19. Nb1 h5 20. N1c3 Ne7
$6 ({Preferable is} 20... Rc8 21. Qe2 g6 {and equality.}) 21. Qe2 g6 22. Bh3
Bf7 23. f3 exf3 24. Qxf3 Nc6 25. Bg2 Bg7 26. h3 Qg5 $5 27. Qf4 Qf6 28. Rf1 Qe7
$5 29. Na4 $1 {He seems to win a pawn.} Kh7 $1 30. Rfe1 $1 ({The trap is} 30.
Nxb6 $2 Bh6 $1) 30... Bh6 31. Qf2 Re8 $2 (31... Ra6 $1 32. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 33.
Rxc6 Bd5 $1 34. Rxb6 Qe4 35. Kh2 Bxe3 $1 36. Rxa6 h4 $1 {counters.}) 32. Nxb6
Rdd8 33. Rc3 Nxd4 $1 34. Nc7 $1 Nc6 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 {
White has gained an exchange.} 36. Kh1 Bg7 37. Rd3 Ne5 38. Rd2 $5 Qc7 $5 39.
Nd5 Qc5 40. Nf4 Qc7 $5 41. e4 $1 fxe4 42. Bxe4 Kh8 43. Qg2 b5 44. Bd5 $1 Kh7
45. Rde2 h4 46. gxh4 Rf8 47. h5 Bxd5 48. Nxd5 Qd6 49. hxg6+ Kg8 ({Or} 49...
Qxg6 50. Rxe5 $18) 50. Re3 Rf5 51. Nc3 Bh6 52. Rd1 Qf6 53. Nd5 Qe6 54. Rc3 Rg5
55. Nf4 $1 Rxg2 56. Rd8+ {Gavrikov started to win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+
Kxf7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxh7 Rxh7 11. dxe5 $5 Qxe5+ 12. Ne2 {
The wild opening has led to a black edge.} Nd7 13. Nbc3 Re8 14. Qd3 $6 (14. O-O
$1 Ngf6 15. Bf4 {develops naturally.}) 14... Ngf6 15. h5 $6 (15. Kf2 {
does not lose time.}) 15... d4 16. Qc4+ $6 ({Great complications bring} 16. Bf4
$1 Qxf4 $1 17. Qc4+ Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxe2+ $1 {(Ambroz)} 19. Kxe2 Qe5+ 20. Ne3+)
16... Re6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Ke8 $1 19. O-O g5 $1 20. Rf5 $1 Qd6 21. Qd3 Nc5
22. Qf3 Nxe4 {Black has gained a pawn and controls the centre.} 23. b3 Rd7 24.
Bb2 Bg7 25. Rd1 c5 26. b4 Qb6 27. Qb3 c4 $1 28. Qxc4 d3+ 29. Kh2 Bxb2 30. cxd3
Nf6 31. Ng3 Be5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. d4 Qe6 34. Qc8+ Rd8 35. Qxd8+ Kxd8 36. dxe5+
Nd7 {The former world champion among females attacked well.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. f4 Bg4 5. Be2 $5 ({Known is} 5. Nf3) 5... exd4
6. Qxd4 Bxe2 $2 ({Preferable is} 6... Nc6 $1 7. Qa4 Bxe2 8. Ngxe2 Be7) 7. Ngxe2
Be7 $5 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Kh1 Bf8 11. Rae1 Nc6 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 a5
14. a3 Na6 15. Ng3 c6 16. Qd1 b5 17. Qf3 d5 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nd4
Rab8 $5 21. Qg4 c5 22. Nf3 $1 {
The white pieces are directed towards the hostile king.} Qc6 23. Nh5 Rb7 ({
Even worse is} 23... g6 $4 24. Qxd7 $1) 24. f5 $1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxg7
$1 Re4 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Qh3 Be5 (28... Kxg7 $2 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31.
Qf6+ Kg8 32. Bh6 {wins for White (Stohl).}) 29. f6 $1 Bxf6 30. Nh5 $6 (30. Qh6
$1 Rb6 31. Nh5 $1 {ends the game.}) 30... Bxb2 31. Bg5 Qe6 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. Rxe4
dxe4 34. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 35. Rxf6 Qe8 ({Or} 35... Qd5 36. Rd6 $1 Qxh5 37. Rd8+ Ke7
38. Qd6# {(Stohl).}) 36. Qg7+ Ke7 37. Rxa6 e3 38. Qf6+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40.
Qe5+ Kf8 41. Qxc5+ Re7 42. Nf4 Qd7 43. Ra8+ {Gallagher had the initiative.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Re1 Rac8
15. c4 Qd6 $5 (15... Rfe8 {happened in Portisch - Karpov, Bogojno 1978.}) 16.
Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Rcd1 e5 $5 19. d5 $5 Re8 20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Rg1 Nf8 22.
Rc1 Ng6 23. Be3 Rc7 24. a4 Nf6 25. a5 $1 Nf4 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rb1 Nxd3 28.
Rxb6 $5 {She brings life to a dull game.} (28. Qxd3 Nd7 {keeps the equality.})
28... Qa3 29. Rxf6 $1 Rxc4 30. Rc6 Rxc6 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Qb3 31. Qd1 Qc3)
31. dxc6 Nf4 ({Or} 31... Qb3 32. c7 $1 f5 33. Rc1 $1 Nxc1 34. Qd7 Qf7 35. c8=Q
Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bxc1) 32. Qd7 Qa8 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rd1
Rf8 35. Kg2 $1 g6 36. c7 {Pia was successful in Biel again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1994.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c4 a6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rac8 13. Rc1 Rfd8 $5 ({
Known is} 13... Rfe8) 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Red1 g6 16. Rc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Qc5 18. Qd3
Red8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rcd2 Ne8 22. Rc2 Qa5 23. Nb1 Bf8 24. Bc3 Qh5
25. Qe1 Rb8 26. Bb4 Nc5 27. Re2 b5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 28. cxb5
axb5 29. h3 Na6 30. Bd2 h6 31. Be3 b4 32. Nbd2 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Nc4 Nf6
35. Rc2 Qa7 36. Rdc1 Rdc8 37. Nxd6 $5 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Bxd6 39. e5 Be7 40. exf6
Bxf6 41. Qe4 $6 {White becomes passive.} (41. Ne5 $1 Rb5 42. Ng4 Bg7 43. Qd2 {
remains active.}) 41... Bc3 $1 42. Ne5 Rd8 43. Qe2 Rd5 44. Ng4 Kg7 45. Qf3 Qd4
46. Ne3 Rd7 47. Qg4 Qa7 48. Qc4 Rd4 49. Qb5 Qc7 50. Rc1 Qf4 51. Rc2 Qd6 52. Qe2
Rd3 53. Qf1 f5 54. Rc1 f4 55. Rd1 $2 (55. Nc4 $1 Qd5 56. f3 {defends properly.}
) 55... Rxd1 56. Nxd1 Qd2 $1 57. Kh2 Bd4 58. Qc4 Kf6 $1 (58... Qxd1 $4 59. Qc7+
Kf6 60. Qxf4+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 59. Qc8 Qxd1 60. Qf8+ Ke5 61. Qxb4
Bxf2 {Gavrikov won again. The final standings became: Gavrikov 81/2/11,
Vaganian and Gallagher 7, Brunner 61/2, Wahls and Chiburdanidze 6, Cramling
and Hoffman 51/2, Pelletier 5, Landenbergue 31/2, Masserey 3, Forster 21/2.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-eighth Schachfestival was played from 21 vii until 4 viii 1995.
Fourteen men participated in the main group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Nge2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Bg5
Qa5+ $6 12. b4 Qd8 13. bxc5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. cxd6 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxa1 $5 {
Black has a poor position.} ({Known is} 16... f5 17. Bc3 $1 Qh4+ 18. g3) 17.
Qxa1 Re8 $5 (17... Qxd6 18. Bh6 Qb4+ 19. Kf2 Qc5+ 20. Kg3 Qd6+ 21. e5 $1 {
wins for White (Dreev).}) 18. Qd4 $1 f6 19. Nc3 $1 a6 ({The pointe is} 19...
Qxd6 20. Nb5) 20. Qb4 b5 21. Be3 $1 Nd7 22. Be2 Ne5 23. O-O Bd7 24. f4 Nf7 25.
Bc5 $1 Rc8 26. Qd4 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Bc8 28. a4 $1 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. axb5 Nxe4
$5 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Bd3 Ra4 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. b6 {
Dreev utilised the opportunity.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qd1 c5 8. e3
$5 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O ({A novelty will become} 9... Ne4 $5 10. Bd2 Nc6 {
(Timman - Short, Horgen 1995).}) 10. Bd3 Qh5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne2 $1 Bd6 13.
Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qh6 15. g3 b6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Rc7 Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Nd5
exd4 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Re1 Rae8 $6 ({Better is} 21... Rac8 22. Rxa7 Qd2 23.
Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Ra8) 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 $2 (22... Nxe8 23. Rxa7 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Nf6
$1 {prolongs the game.}) 23. Rxa7 $2 (23. Bc4 $1 {wins for White.}) 23... Qc1+
$6 (23... Qh3 $1 24. Ra8 Qd7 $1 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {defends well.}) 24. Kg2 Qxb2 $2
25. Bc4 Kh8 26. Ra8 $1 Qb4 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Qa8 $1 (28. Qa8 Qf8 29. Bb5 d3
30. Qxe8 Qxe8 31. Bxe8 d2 32. Ba4 {wins for White (Gelfand).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 b4 13. Na4 Bd7 14. a3 a5 $5 (14...
Bxa4 $6 15. Qxa4 {happened in Z.Polgar - Sax, Aruba 1992.}) 15. Bxd6 $1 c4 $2 (
15... Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qxd6 17. e5 Qxd5 18. Rad1 $5 {(Dreev)} Nbd7 $1 19. Be4 Nb6
$1 20. Bxd5 Nxa4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. exf6 Bxf6 {leads to chances for both sides.}
) 16. Bxc4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Na6 18. d6 Qf6 19. Be3 $5 Nxd6 20. Bxa6 Bxa4 21. Qxa4
Rxa6 22. Bg5 $1 {White strikes.} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf5 24. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 25. Qxe8+
Bf8 26. Be7 $1 ({Dreev avoids} 26. Bh6 $4 Qc5) 26... h6 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Bc5
$1 g5 29. Bd4 f6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Ne5 $1 {Dreev attacked well.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qc8 13. h4 b5 $2 ({Theory is} 
13... Ng4 $1) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qb4 $1 {White has an advantage.} Ng4 16. Bf4
Re8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bh3 $1 Qb6 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxb5 {He grabs a second pawn.
} Reb8 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. b3 c5 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Nd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 24.
Na4 $1 Bd7 {(Dautov)} 25. Be3) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxa2 {Black regains a pawn.}
26. Kg2 Bd4 $5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Be6 29. Rb1 Bd7 30. g4 $1 Bb5 31. Kg3 Bd3
32. Rd1 Bxe4 33. Rxd6 Rb2 34. Rb6 Kg7 35. g5 h6 36. b4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf8 38. f3
Bd3 39. Kf4 Ke8 40. Ke5 Re2 41. Kd4 Bb1 42. b5 Rf2 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Ke6
45. Rb6+ Kd7 46. Rf6 Rd2+ 47. Kc5 Ba2 48. Nc4 Rg2 49. Rxf7+ Ke6 50. Rf4 Rxg5+
51. Kc6 Bb3 52. Re4+ Kf6 53. Ne3 Be6 54. b6 Bc8 55. Nd5+ $1 Kg7 56. Nb4 Rg1 57.
Rc4 Re1 58. Kc7 Re8 59. Re4 Rf8 60. Nc6 Ba6 61. Re3 Kh6 62. Ra3 Rf7+ 63. Kd6
Rf6+ 64. Ke7 Rxc6 65. Rxa6 Kh7 66. Kd8 Kh6 67. Ke7 Kh7 68. Kd7 Rf6 69. b7 Rxa6
70. b8=Q Ra5 71. Ke6 Rf5 72. Qg3 Kg7 73. Qg4 Rf6+ 74. Ke5 Rf7 75. Ke4 Kh7 76.
Qc8 Kg7 77. Ke3 Rf8 78. Qc3+ Kh7 79. Kf2 Rf5 80. Kg3 Rg5+ 81. Kf4 Rf5+ 82. Kg4
Rf7 83. Qe5 {Adianto had a lot of patience.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Be4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 $5 20. Re1 h6 $2
({Better is} 20... Rb8 21. Bf3 Nc7) 21. Nxf7 $1 {
White utilises the opportunity and attacks.} Kxf7 22. Qxh6 Ng7 $6 (22... Nxe4
23. Qh7+ $1 Ng7 24. Rxe4 Bc8 25. Re3 $1 {also wins for White.}) 23. Bxg6+ Kg8
24. Re6 $1 Bxd5 ({The pointe is} 24... Nxe6 25. dxe6) 25. Rxd6 Bxc4 ({Or} 25...
Qe7 26. Rxd5 $1 {(Donev).}) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qh4 {
Dreev gains an additional piece.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Bd2 {
happened in Sveshnikov - Dreev, Rostov 1993.}) 13... h6 14. h4 a6 15. a4 Bb4
16. h5 Ne7 $5 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. Bd3 $2 ({Preferable is} 18. Bd2 O-O 19. b3) 18...
Na5 $1 19. Bb1 $5 Be7 20. Ra2 Nb3 $1 21. Bd2 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Qb4 23. a5 $5 Ba4
24. b3 Bb5 $1 25. f4 $6 (25. Nf3 Rc3 26. Bd3 {offers more resistance.}) 25...
Rc3 $1 26. Qf2 Kd7 $5 27. f5 $5 Rhc8 28. f6 $2 ({Better is} 28. Kh2 Kc7 29.
fxe6 fxe6 30. Bg6) 28... gxf6 29. exf6 Bd6 30. Nf3 Rc1 $1 31. Rad2 Qxb3 {
Dreev won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {They play the Evans Gambit.} Bxb4 5. c3
Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Qxd4 d6 $5 (8... Nf6 {
happened in Kasparov - Anand, Riga 1995.}) 9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 Qe7 11. O-O Bd7
$5 ({Preferable is} 11... Qxe4 $1 12. Re1 Kf8 {(Shirov).}) 12. Nd4 $5 O-O-O $6
({Better is} 12... Qxe4 13. Nd2 Qe5) 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Qe3 h5 15. Rb1 Nh6 16. Qd3
$5 b6 $6 {He weakens his position.} 17. a4 $1 Kb8 18. a5 $1 {Shirov attacks.}
Nxa5 19. Qa6 Ka8 $2 (19... Nc6 $1 20. Ra1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rdg8 {
offfers more resistance.}) 20. e5 $1 {Shirov finds a brilliant finish.} Qxe5 $5
({Or} 20... Bxe5 21. Bf3+ d5 22. Bxd5+ c6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Ra1 $1 Na5 25. Rxa5
$1 bxa5 26. Nxc6 {and White wins.}) 21. Bf3+ d5 22. Nc4 $1 Bc8 23. Qxa5 $1 Qxd4
(23... bxa5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc6 {also wins for White.}) 24. Qa2 Qxc3 25. Be3
$1 Bb7 26. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 27. Nxb6+ Kb8 28. Nxd5 {Timman scored poorly.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1995.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Qb3 b6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 $5 ({Known is} 9... Nfd7) 10. Bg2 a5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a3
Be7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 Ra7 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 $1 a4 18. Qc2 g5 19. Qe4 Nb6
20. O-O Nc4 21. Bb4 O-O 22. Rc2 Re8 23. Rfc1 Bf6 24. Bf1 Nd6 25. Qg2 g6 26. Rd2
Bg7 27. Be2 Nc8 28. Bf3 Ne7 29. Ne4 Nd5 30. Bd6 Ra6 31. Qg3 Nd7 32. Nc5 Nxc5
33. Rxc5 Qd7 34. e4 Nb6 35. Be2 Nc8 36. Be5 f6 37. Bb8 Ra8 38. Qc7 Re7 39. Qxd7
Rxd7 40. Bg3 Ne7 41. f3 Rad8 42. Bf2 f5 43. e5 Kf7 44. Bf1 Ke8 45. Be2 f4 46.
Bf1 Rd5 47. Rxd5 Nxd5 48. Bd3 {The chances are about even.} Ne3 $5 49. Bxg6+
Ke7 50. Be1 $2 (50. Bxe3 fxe3 51. Rd3 c5 52. dxc5 Bxe5 53. Rxd8 Kxd8 54. Bd3 {
leads to many exchanges and a draw.}) 50... Nc4 $1 51. Rd3 Nxb2 52. Bb4+ Kd7
53. Rc3 Bf8 54. Bxf8 Rxf8 55. h4 $5 gxh4 56. Kh2 Nc4 $1 57. Kh3 c5 $1 58. dxc5
Kc6 $1 59. g5 Rg8 60. Be4+ Kxc5 61. Kxh4 b4 (61... Kd4 $1 62. Rd3+ Kxe5 {
wins quickly.}) 62. Rc1 Kd4 63. Bh7 $6 (63. axb4 Nxe5 64. g6 Nxg6+ 65. Bxg6
Rxg6 {offers more resistance.}) 63... Rg7 $1 64. Rd1+ Kxe5 65. g6 Kf6 66. axb4
a3 67. Kh5 a2 68. Ra1 Ra7 69. Kh6 Nd6 70. Bg8 Ra3 71. Kh5 Ra8 72. Bf7 Rh8+ 73.
Kg4 Nf5 $1 {The final standings became: Dreev 9/13, Shirov 8, Adianto and
Gelfand 71/2, Tkachiev and Zvjaginsev 7, Milov, Kindermann and De Firmian 61/2,
Gavrikov 6, Hodgson and Campora 51/2, Timman 5, Brunner 31/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The twenty-ninth Schachfestival was played from 22 vii until 3 viii 1996.
Twelve strong grandmasters participated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3
O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. Bb2 e6 11. Nc3 b5
12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rc1 Ba6 $5 ({Usual was} 13... b4) 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nb1 $5 Ne7
16. Ne1 c5 $5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. exd3 {
White has a weak pawn, but Black possesses little advantage.} Rb5 22. Nd2 Ra5
23. Ne4 $1 Ngf5 24. Nxc5 Rxa2 25. Rc4 Rb8 26. Nd7 Rb5 27. Rc7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 27. g4 Nh4 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ne8+ Kf8 30. Nc7) 27... h5 $1 28.
Rb1 Rba5 $5 29. Be4 $5 Ra7 30. Rxa7 $6 (30. Rbc1 $1 Nd4 31. R1c4 Rxc7 32. Nf6+
Kf8 33. Rxc7 Nxb3 34. Rb7 {counters.}) 30... Rxa7 31. Ne5 Nd4 32. Nc4 Ra2 33.
Kf1 Kg7 34. h4 Ng8 35. Ke1 $5 Nf6 36. Nd2 Ng4 $1 {Black threatens ..Nxf2!} (
36... Ng4 $1 37. f4 Rc2 $1 38. Bf3 Rxd2 $1 {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
a3 $5 Qe7 16. Rc2 Nf6 ({Karpov has analyzed} 16... Bxa3 $2 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18.
Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Nb8 20. Rca2) 17. Qc1 Kh8 $5 18. e3 Ne4 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. b4
Bb8 $5 21. Bf1 Qe8 22. a4 a6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Bd6 $5 26. Ba3
Bxa3 $6 ({Preferable is} 26... Qe7 27. Bxd6 Qxd6) 27. Qxa3 Qf7 28. Rdc1 $1 c5
$5 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. a5 $6 (30. Qb2 $1 {keeps an edge.}) 30... Rxc2 31. Rxc2
bxa5 32. b6 d4 $2 ({Better is} 32... Qf6 $1 33. Bh3 e5 34. Qxa5 d4) 33. exd4 e5
$2 (33... Bd5 $1 34. Ba6 Kg8 35. Rb2 Rb8 36. b7 Qc7 {defends properly.}) 34.
Bc4 $1 Qe8 35. d5 Qd8 36. Qxa5 e3 37. fxe3 Qf6 38. Qb4 h5 39. e4 Qf3 40. Qe1
Qf6 41. Qe3 Qg6 42. Rf2 Rc8 43. Bb5 Rd8 44. h4 Rd6 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46. Be8 Qg4 47.
Qf3 Rxb6 48. Bxh5 Qh3 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. exf5 {
Karpov attacked on the queenside and moved to the other flank.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Bc2 Bd7 $5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bb3 a6 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. N2c3 Qb6 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 $2 {Milov should postpone this move.} ({Right is} 21. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 22. Rxd4
Qxd4 23. Nxe8 Bxe8 24. Qxb7 {and White has an advantage.}) 21... Qxd4 22. Rd1
Qxb2 23. Rxd7 Red8 24. Rxd8+ ({Not} 24. Rxe7 $4 Rc1+) 24... Rxd8 25. g3 Qb1+ $2
(25... Rd4 $1 26. Bd1 Qa1 27. Nc3 Rd7 {wins for Black.}) 26. Kg2 Qd3 27. Nf6+
$1 Kh8 28. Qxb7 $1 Bxf6 29. Qxf7 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 $2 (30. Kg1 $1 Qe5 31. Bf8 Bg7
32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxe6 {creates new chances.}) 30... Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Bd4 $1 32.
Bxe6 Qxf7 33. Bxf7 Rc8 34. f4 Rc3 35. a4 Ra3 36. Be8 Ra2+ 37. Kh1 $1 Rc2 38.
Bd7 Bg7 39. Bg5 Kg8 40. f5 Be5 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Bh3 Kf7 43. Bf1 a5 $1 44. Bd3
Rb2 45. Bc4+ Kg7 46. Bd8 Bc3 47. Bb5 Kf7 48. Bc4+ Ke8 49. Bg5 Kd7 50. Bf4 Ke7
51. Bb5 Kf6 52. Bc7 Rd2 53. Bf4 Ra2 54. Bc7 Kf5 55. Bd7+ Ke4 56. Bc6+ Ke3 57.
Bf4+ $2 ({Better is} 57. h4) 57... Kf2 $1 58. h4 Re2 59. Kh2 Be5 60. Bxe5 Rxe5
{White has lost the advantage of the two bishops.} 61. g4 $5 Re3 62. g5 Re6 63.
Bd7 Rd6 64. Be8 Kf3 65. h5 gxh5 66. Bxh5+ Kf4 67. Be8 Kxg5 68. Kg3 Rf6 $1 {
Black wins the endgame.} 69. Bb5 Rf5 (69... Kg6 $1 {wins at once (Hecht).}) 70.
Bc6 Rf6 71. Be8 Kh6 $1 72. Kg4 Kg7 $1 73. Bd7 Rf2 74. Kg3 Rf7 75. Be8 Rf6 76.
Kg4 Kf8 $1 77. Bb5 Ke7 78. Kg3 Kd6 79. Kg4 Kc5 80. Kg3 Kb4 81. Kg4 Rf2 {
Black is going to capture pawn a4 and wins by one tempo. Andersson played a
fine endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. Nd2 b5 $5 (9... Be7 10. Qh5 g6 {
lappened in Morozevich - Milov, Tilburg 1994.}) 10. Bb3 g6 $5 11. Nf3 Bg7 {
He overprotects pawn d4.} 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qd2 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Bh6
Ba6 $1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c3 Qd6 $1 19. c4 {Glek plays for a win.} Qc5 $5 20. e5
f6 21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. Ng5 Rf5 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Ng3 Rf7 25. Re4 Raf8 26. f3 Bb7
27. Rce1 Qc5 28. Bd1 e5 $5 29. Qg5 $2 ({Preferable is} 29. R4e2 Qe7 30. Ne4)
29... d6 $1 30. Rh4 Nd8 $1 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 {
White's iniiative had no effect.} Re8 34. Bg4 Qc7 35. Rh3 Nb7 36. b3 Nc5 $1 {
Black has a superior blockade.} 37. Bd1 Ref8 38. Rg3 $2 ({Better is} 38. Qd2 {
(Milov)} Qa7 39. Qe2) 38... Rf4 $1 39. h3 Qg7 $1 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rf3 (41.
Bc2 Rf2 42. Rc1 Rd2 {is hopeless for White as well..}) 41... Rxf3 42. gxf3 Nxd3
43. Rf1 g5 44. Kg2 Rf4 45. Be2 Nc5 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. Rb2 h5 48. Bd1 g4 {
Pawn e4 falls. Milov came back in the fifth round.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 Bf8 13. Re1 $6 Nxc3 14. bxc3
e5 $1 15. Be3 Bf5 $1 16. Qd1 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Rc8 18. Qa4 b6 19. Red1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19. Qa6 exd4 20. cxd4) 19... Qd5 20. c4 Qa5 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qd5
exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Nb3 Qa4 25. c5 b5 26. Rd4 Nc4 27. Rf4 Rxe3 $4 ({Right is
} 27... Re7 $1 28. Nd2 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qc2 {and Black wins.}) 28. fxe3 $4 {
The tables turn again.} ({Later Karpov finds} 28. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 29. Rh4 h6 30.
Qf6+ Kh7 31. Rg4 $1 g5 32. fxe3 Qxb3 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qxc8 {and White wins.})
28... Qxb3 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Re4 $2 Nd2 31. Re6 Ne4 32. h4 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qd4 {
Karpov scored a lucky victory.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. b3 Qh5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 $5 ({Usual is} 11... Bh3) 12. Qc2 Bh3
13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qb1 $5 (14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nf1 {equalises.}) 14... a6 15. Qa1
$6 {He makes an odd manoeuvre.} b5 $1 16. Rc1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 $1 18. h3 Qc5
19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Nc4 a4 $1 21. bxa4 Qa6 22. Ne3 $5 e5 $1 23. a3 Bh6 24. Rc3
Na5 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Nc4 $1 {Ehlvest attacks.} 27. e4 Qxa4 28. Bc1 Bg7 29.
Bg5 Re8 30. Rd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 30. Qd1 Qa8 31. Qb3) 30... Qd7 31. Nh2 {
Tukmakov defends stubbornly.} Qe6 32. Re2 Ra8 33. Bc1 Ra5 34. Qa2 Rc8 35. Qb3
d5 $1 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 38. Qf3 $5 Qd1 39. Bf4 $2 ({Correct is} 39.
Bg5 $1 {(Ehlvest)} Qd6 40. Bc1) 39... h6 $1 40. Nf1 Rd8 41. Re4 ({The pointe is
} 41. Be3 e4 $1) 41... Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd6 $1 {White has to lose material.} 43.
Rxe5 Bxe5 44. Bxe5 Nc4 45. Bf4 g5 46. Be3 Ne5+ {
Ehlvest won a fine positional game.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O a5 8. Be3
Na6 9. h3 exd4 10. Bxd4 $5 ({Usual is} 10. Nxd4) 10... Re8 11. Nd2 c6 12. Re1
Nc5 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. g3 $5 Ne6 15. Be3 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nd2 $5 Nd7 18. a4 $5
h5 $1 {Glek takes the initiative on the kingside.} 19. h4 Ne5 20. f3 f5 21. Nd5
Rf8 22. Nf4 $6 (22. Qc2 {supports the centre.}) 22... Qe8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bf2
$2 (24. Ra3 $5 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 {keeps the position closed.}) 24... Nxf4 $1 25.
gxf4 {The g-file is opened.} Qg6+ $1 26. Kh1 ({Or} 26. Kh2 $5 Bxf3 $1 27. Nxf3
Ng4+ {(Glek).}) 26... Ng4 $1 27. Bg1 Qf6 $1 28. Kg2 Rae8 29. Kh3 Bh6 30. Ra2
Bxf4 31. b3 Qg6 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Ne4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Rg2 Bxg2+ $5 36.
Bxg2 Ne3 37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qg4+ {
Miles will be mated by a pawn. He played a poor tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. h3 O-O {
The game 'Golubev - Milov, Nikolaev 1995' ended as a draw in this position.}
11. O-O-O $5 Be6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. g5 Ne8 $5 16. Nb3 Nd6
17. Bc5 Re8 18. Qf4 $1 Bc7 19. Qh4 g6 20. f4 {
White takes the initiative on the kingside.} Ne7 $5 21. Qf2 Qd7 22. h4 Bg4 23.
Rde1 $1 Bf5 24. Bxf5 $6 (24. h5 $1 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Ndf5 26. Qh2 $1 {
prepares a charge.}) 24... Ndxf5 $2 ({Better is} 24... Nexf5 $1 25. Qd2 Ng3)
25. h5 $1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qh2 h6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Nd4 $2 (29. gxh6 $1 {
attacks.}) 29... h5 $1 30. Re6 Qd7 31. Qh3 $1 Rc6 $5 32. Rf6 Rd6 33. Nxf5 Nxf5
34. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. c4 $5 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39.
Ka2 Nd4 40. Qc3 a5 $2 ({Right is} 40... Nc6 41. Rf5 Qd4) 41. Rb6 $2 (41. c5 $1
{wins immediately.}) 41... a4 $2 (41... Rb8 {prolongs the game.}) 42. Qa5 $1 {
Almasi won at last.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4
9. Qb3 Ra7 10. a5 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 $5 (13. Bd2 {
was played in Tisdall - Agdestein, Norway 1994.}) 13... Qc7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Raa8 $5 {(Ehlvest)} 17. Bf3 f5)
17. d5 f5 $5 18. Be3 Raa8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bb6 $6 (20. c5+ Kh8 21. Qe6 {
gains an edge.}) 20... Qb7 21. c5+ Rf7 $5 22. Bb1 $1 Raf8 23. Ba2 Kh8 24. Qxf7
$1 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bf8 $2 ({Better is} 25... Bf6 $1 26. Be6 Nf8) 26. Be6 $1 Nf6
27. Rd8 Qe7 28. Bc4 Kg7 29. Rc8 Kh6 30. Rxc6 Ne4 31. Rc8 Qh4 32. c6 Be7 33. Bf1
Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Rc1 Ne6 36. Re8 Ng5 37. Rc3 Ne4 38. Rc2 {
Miles lost again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 Qc7 $5 12. a3 a5 $1 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 16. f3 a4 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. bxa4 $5 Qxa4 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Bc7
$5 Rdc8 21. Bg3 Bd5 22. Rab1 $1 Qc6 23. Ne3 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Red1 h5 24.
Bf2) 23... c4 $1 24. Nxd5 Bc5+ $1 25. Ne3 $1 cxd3 26. cxd3 Rxa3 27. Kh1 Bxe3
28. Qxe3 {White has a weak pawn.} Qd5 29. Red1 Rcc3 30. Qf4 $5 h6 $1 31. h4 $6
({Lautier suggests} 31. Qe4 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd5 exd5 $5 34. Kg1 Nc5 {
and Black has gained a pawn.}) 31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Kh2 Rd2 34. Ra1 Re2
35. Re1 Rb2 36. Qc1 Rd2 37. Bf4 Ra2 38. Qb1 Nf8 $1 39. Qe4 Qd8 $1 40. Be3 $5
Ng6 41. Kh3 Qa5 $1 42. Rc1 Re2 43. Qd4 $5 Qf5+ 44. Kg3 Ne5 45. Rg1 Nd3 46. Bc1
Kh7 $1 47. Rd1 Ne1 $1 ({Lautier has planned} 47... Ne1 $1 48. Rd2 Rxg2+ $1 49.
Rxg2 Qxf3+ 50. Kh2 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Karpov and Milov shared the lead, when the last round began.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qd3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10.
Qc2 c5 $5 11. d5 e5 {He closes the position.} ({More active is} 11... Re8 $5)
12. g3 Nh5 13. Ne1 Ndf6 14. Ng2 Bc8 15. b4 Qd7 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Qh3 18.
Nb5 $1 Qd7 19. Bd2 a6 20. Nc3 Qh3 21. Na4 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 Nf6 $1 24.
Bg5 ({The pointe is} 24. fxg4 $2 Nxg4 25. Rf2 Qxh2+) 24... Bd7 25. Rb6 Rab8 26.
Rfb1 $1 (26. Rxa6 $6 Ra8 $1 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 {brings a counter.}) 26... Rxb6 27.
Nxb6 Rb8 28. Rb3 Ne8 29. Ne1 $1 Rb7 30. Nd3 Qh5 31. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 $2 ({Better is
} 31... Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qxg5 33. Qb8 Qe7 34. Qc8 Bh6 35. Nb8 Kf8 36. Nxa6 $1 {
and Karpov regards the position as won. However,} Qf6 $1 37. Nc7 $6 Qxf3 $1 38.
Qxe8+ Kg7 {draws.}) 32. h4 $1 Qxf3 33. Nf2 $1 {
Karpov had scored the needed win.} (33. Nf2 $1 Qh5 34. g4 {gains a queen.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1996.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Be3 f5 $5 {
Miles continues the odd opening's choice.} 8. e5 h6 9. h4 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11.
Bf4 a6 12. Be2 Ra7 $6 {The rook moves offside.} 13. O-O g5 $5 {
Black counters at a strange moment.} 14. hxg5 Ng6 $1 15. Bg3 $2 ({Better is} 
15. Be3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 hxg5 {(Stohl)} 17. Bh5) 15... hxg5 16. Re1 $6 g4 $2 (
16... f4 $1 {gains a piece.}) 17. Bd3 $5 Kf7 $5 18. d5 Bxc3 $2 (18... gxf3 19.
Rxe6 Ne5 20. Bxf5 Bc8 {catches a rook.}) 19. dxe6+ $5 Kg8 $5 20. Bxf5 gxf3 $5
21. Bxg6 fxg2 $2 (21... Bf6 $1 22. Bxd6 Bc6 {tries to survive.}) 22. Bf7+ Kg7
23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. f3 $5 Bc8 $5 25. bxc3 Rxf7 26. Qd4 $1 Qf6 27. Bxd6+ {
Milov had played the tournament of his life.The final standings became: Karpov
and Milov 71/2/11, Ehlvest 7, Andersson, Almasi, Lautier and Glek 6, Portisch
51/2, Tukmakov 41/2, Romanishin and Onischuk 31/2, Miles 3. Karpov got the
first place on tie-break.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirtieth Schachfestifal was played from 21 vii until 1 viii 1997. Six
men carried out double rounds. We follow the decided games by the stars, Anand
and Karpov.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7.
Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Bg2 13. Re3 Nb6
14. Bd3 Nd5 15. f3 $1 {
Anand improves the theory, although he has not prepared this line.} ({Known is
} 15. Rg3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 {(Bauer - Prie, France 1996).}) 15... Bb4 $2 ({
An alternative is} 15... Nxe3 $5 16. Bxe3 Ba3 {(Mueller).}) 16. Kf2 $1 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 19. Rxb7 {Anand notices the lack of defence for Black.}
Rd8 (19... Bh3 20. Rxf7 $1 c5 21. Rf5 $1 {wins for White (Lautier).}) 20. h6 $3
gxh6 $5 21. Bg6 $3 {A great move is made. Lautier experiences a nasty surprise.
} Ne7 ({The pointe is} 21... Qxd1 22. Rxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Bxf7#) 22.
Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd3 $1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bd3 $1 {
Anand started with a wonderful win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 a6 $5 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. O-O b5 14. Qa2 c5
15. Rfd1 Nd5 $1 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne4 20. Rcd3
Bd5 21. Qb2 Rac8 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. f3 $5 Bc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qb3 Nb6 26. Bf1 h6
27. Rd6 $6 ({Preferable is} 27. e4) 27... Nd5 $1 {He imprisons a rook.} 28.
Rxa6 Rc3 29. Qb2 Rfc8 $1 30. e4 $5 Ne3 $1 31. Re1 Nxf1 $1 32. Rxf1 Rc2 {
Black attacks!} 33. Qe5 Rd8 $1 34. Qxb5 $2 (34. Kh1 $1 Rdd2 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36.
Rg1 {defends the king.}) 34... Rdd2 $1 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qg3 Qd7 $1 37. Ra5 Qd4+
38. Kh1 Rd1 $1 {Karpov scored a solid game.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h4 Qd7 $5 14. O-O-O ({
More solid is} 14. Be2 $1) 14... Nb4 $1 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 $2 Rxc3 $2 (16...
Bxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Nxc2 18. Qg7 {should win for White, according to Anand, but}
Qe6 $1 19. Qxh8+ Kf7 $1 {wins for Black!}) 17. bxc3 Qa4 18. Kb2 $1 Nd5 $5 19.
hxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 $5 ({Even better is} 20. Nxf5 $1 Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22.
Rxh8+) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Qh5+ Kd8 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Rd2 Ngf6 25. c4
Nc3 26. f3 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Bd3 Nce4 27. Rd1) 26... Nd1+ $1 27. Kc1 Ne3 {
Suddenly, the chances are equal.} 28. Bxd6 Nxf1 $2 (28... exd6 $1 29. Qxf6
Qxa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb4+ 31. Kc1 Qa3+ {leads to perpetual check (Anand).}) 29. Qf8 $1
Nd5 30. Bxe7 $1 Nxd2 31. Qd8+ Ke6 32. cxd5+ Ke5 33. Qd6+ Kd4 34. Qc5+ Ke5 35.
Qd6+ Kd4 36. Qf4+ Ne4 37. Qxf5 {Anand scored a spectacular victory.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Nb5 Nxe4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 $5 (12... Nd7 {
happened in Karpov - Timman, Indonesia 1993.}) 13. a4 Bc6 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qe2
a6 $5 16. Nc7 Ra7 $6 ({Better is} 16... Nh5 $1 17. Be5 Nd7) 17. Qe3 b6 18. Nxe6
$1 Nd5 ({The pointe is} 18... fxe6 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxc3 {
and White has a plus (Karpov).}) 19. Qg3 fxe6 20. Bxb8 Raf7 21. Bd6 Re8 22.
Rfe1 Kh8 23. Be5 Nf6 24. Bd4 Ne4 $5 25. Qh4 $1 Nd6 26. Bd3 $6 ({Karpov mentions
} 26. Re5 $5 Nxc4 27. Rxa5 bxa5) 26... Nf5 27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Re5 b5 29. Rae1 g6
30. Qe2 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Qd8 $2 (31... Ref8 32. f3 Qxa4 33. Qb2 Rd7 34. Rxe6 {
equalises.}) 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qe3 Ref8 34. Re2 $5 Rf4 35. Rxe6 Rxd4 $5 36. Bc2
Rd6 $5 37. Bb3 Kh8 38. Qc3+ Rf6 39. Rxd6 Qxd6 40. Re6 $1 {
Karpov gains material. Both stars had made two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f3 Qc7 $5 11. g4 b5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Ne2 $5 Rd8 14. h4
Bb7 15. Kb1 Rab8 16. Bg2 b4 17. Nd4 a5 18. h5 a4 $1 {
Both sides attack and defend well.} 19. Be3 Nd7 20. g5 Ne5 21. b3 Ba6 $6 (21...
d5 $1 {(Anand)} 22. g6 dxe4 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 {favours Black.}) 22. g6 Bf6 $2 ({
Better is} 22... hxg6 23. f4 g5 $1) 23. gxf7+ $1 Qxf7 24. Bh3 Re8 $2 (24...
axb3 25. axb3 {(Anand)} (25. Bxe6 $2 bxa2+ 26. Bxa2 Bc4) 25... Bc8 $1 {
defends properly.}) 25. f4 $1 Nd7 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 28. Nxe6 {
Knight d7 lies under attack.} axb3 29. axb3 exf4 30. Nxf4 $1 Ra8 31. Bd4 Ne5
32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Qd8+ $1 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Qf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nd5 Bd6 37. Rh4
$1 {Anand took the lead at the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 b6 $5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bb4 $6
({Better is} 14... Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Rfc8 16. Bc3 {(Fritz).}) 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. a3
Qe7 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Rac1 a6 19. Nc7 b5 20. Qa5 Rac8 $2 (20... Qd8 21. Ne5 Nec5
$1 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 {defends well.}) 21. Nxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 {
White has gained a pawn.} Ra8 23. Qc6 Nd6 24. Bxb5 Nf6 25. Ba6 Rfb8 26. b4 Qd8
27. b5 Nc4 28. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 29. Ne5 Qa5 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Rf1 Nd5 32. Qc5 Qc2
33. Nd6 Qd3 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Bb7 Rxa3 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. b6 Rb3 38. Nxf7 $1 Rf8 (
{The pointe is} 38... Kxf7 39. Qc7+ $1 Ke8 40. Rc6 Qf5 41. Qxg7) 39. Qxd5 Kh7
40. Ne5 Qd2 41. Rf1 Qc2 42. Qc5 Rc8 43. Qd6 Ra8 44. h4 Rb1 45. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 46.
Kh2 Qe4 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. h5 Qc2 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50. Qf7+ Kh7 51. Nd7 {
Karpov defeated Pelletier for the second time.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. c3 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 $1 ({Known is} 
13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 {(Kalegin - Dvoirys, Kursk 1987).}) 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bf4 Ng6 $1 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 {Black has a great compensation for the exchange.} 17.
cxb4 Bxb4 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Nf3 $1 {brings a knight into safety.})
19... Rd8 $1 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Bb5 22. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Qg1 {
White tries to escape from the pressure.} Be8 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. Qf2
Kg7 27. h3 Rd7 28. Rc5 $2 (28. Rc1 {utilises the rook as a defender.}) 28...
Qd8 $1 29. Qe3 Rd3 $1 30. Qe1 Qd4 31. Rxa5 Re3 32. Qc1 Qe4 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1
Qg3 {Anand kept the lead.} (34... Qg3 35. Kf1 Nf4 {(Anand)} 36. Qd2 Re1+ 37.
Qxe1 Qxg2# {leads to a nice finish.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe3 a6 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc5 15.
f3 Re8 $5 ({The alternative is} 15... Qb8) 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Ba3 Rcc8 18. Rac1
Qb7 19. e4 h5 $1 {Both sides go forwards.} 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. Qe2 e6 22. Ba3 Rcd8
23. Rc2 d5 $5 24. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 24. cxd5 exd5 25. f4 {(Milov).}) 24...
Neg4 25. cxd5 $2 (25. e5 $1 dxc4+ 26. Kg1 cxb3 27. axb3 {fights for survival.})
25... Nxe4 $1 26. Nxe4 exd5 27. Nc6 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 {
Black has a winning attack.} 30. Bc1 e3 31. Kf3 Nxh2+ 32. Ke2 $5 Bf6 $1 33. Rd5
Qc8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nd4 Qa8 36. Rxf5 Bxd4 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Rxh2 Qe4 $1 39. Rc4
b5 $1 40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Bxe3 Qb2+ 42. Bd2 Qxa2 43. b4 $1 Qc4+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45.
Ke2 Qc4+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Ke2 Qg1 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49. Rh5+ Kf6 $2 {
The king has to move forwards.} 50. Bf4 $2 (50. Be1 $1 Qg2+ 51. Ke3 {
creates a fortress (Anand).}) 50... Qg2+ 51. Ke3 Qa2 52. Rh4 Kf5 53. Bh6 Qg2 $1
54. g4+ Ke6 55. Bf4 Kd5 56. Rh5+ Kc4 57. Rh6 Qxg4 58. Rxa6 Kxb4 59. Rd6 Qf5 60.
Rd4+ Kc3 61. Re4 Qd5 {Karpov joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 $5
(14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Qxd4 {
drew in Shabalov - Gulko, Parsippany 1996.}) 14... Qa5 15. Be3 Kf8 $5 ({
Lautier prefers} 15... Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5) 16. Bf4 $5 Bxf4 $2 (16... e5 $1 17.
Nb3 exf4 $1 18. Nxa5 g5 19. Nxb7 Be7 20. Qh3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rb8 {
counters brilliantly.}) 17. Qxf4 Rc8 18. Nf3 Ke7 $5 19. Qg3 Qb4 20. Ne5 g5 21.
c4 $1 Rhd8 $5 ({The pointe is} 21... Qxb2 $5 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Qd2 24. Kf1
Rhd8 25. Rxa7 {and White has an advantage.}) 22. Qh3 h5 $5 23. Qe3 g4 24. a3 $5
Qxb2 25. Rab1 Qxa3 26. Nxf7 $1 Qc5 (26... Kxf7 $2 27. Bg6+ {costs a queen.})
27. Nxd8 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Kxd8 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Ra7 Rc5 31. f4 gxf3 32. Rxf3 Ne8
33. Rf7 Nc7 34. Rh7 Be8 35. Kf2 Kc8 36. Rh8 Kd7 37. Ke3 e5 38. Be2 Bg6 39. Bxh5
Bf5 40. Be2 Be6 41. h4 Kc6 42. Rh6 Kd7 43. h5 {Anand took the sole lead again.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
e5 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nd2 Bd7 $5 (12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 {
happened in Podgaets - Raetsky, Biel 1997 (previously in the same tournament).}
) 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. a3 b5 15. Nb3 Nf4 $1 16. Bf3 Kh8 $5 17. Na2 g5 $5 {
He starts a risky attack.} 18. Nc5 $1 Rg8 $5 19. Nb4 Rg6 20. Qc2 g4 21. Be2
Rag8 22. Rfd1 $5 {He could have captured a6.} N6h5 23. g3 Bc8 24. Nc6 ({Not} 
24. gxf4 $2 g3 $1 25. hxg3 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Rxg3+) 24... Qg5 $5 25. Bf1 $5 Rh6 $5
26. Qc3 $2 ({Right is} 26. Nd3 $1) 26... Nf6 $1 27. Nd3 $1 Qh5 28. h4 gxh3 $2 (
28... Nxe4 $1 29. Nxf4 Qf5 30. Qe1 exf4 {leads to chances for both sides.}) 29.
Ndxe5 $1 Rg7 30. Bxf4 Nxe4 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. Bxh6 h2+ 33. Kxh2 Nxf2 34. Bxg7+
Kxg7 35. Rd4 {Karpov defended well.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 cxd4 7. exd4 a6 8.
O-O b5 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Bg5 $5 O-O 11. Re1 $6 ({More solid is} 11. Nc3 Nc6 12.
Rad1) 11... Nc6 12. Nc3 $6 {White sacrifices a pawn.} (12. Rd1 $5 {
costs a tempo.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qa7 15. Bc2 h6 $5 16. Be3 Bb7
17. Ne4 Qb8 $1 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nxf6+ $5 Bxf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 ({Or} 21. Bxh6
Rd8 22. Qe2 Bxb2 23. Bxg6 Bxa1) 21... Bg7 22. Qh3 Kh7 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Rc7 Bd5
25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Bxd5 $2 ({Better is} 26. Bd6 Bxb3 27. Qxb3) 26... Qxf4 $1 27.
Bxa8 Qxc7 28. Be4 Bxb2 {Black has gained a second pawn.} 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. h4 h5
31. Bb7 Qa5 32. Qc6 Qxa2 33. Bxa6 Bd4 $1 {Anand and Karpov played a quick draw
in the last round. The final standings became: Anand 7/10, Karpov 61/2,
Gelfand 51/2, Lautier 41/2, Milov 4, Pelletier 21/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1998.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-first Schachfestival was played in vii 1998. The twelve
participants of the main group were unimpressive. We look at three games of
the winner, Mladen Palac.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6
6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 Bg4 11. a3 $5 Bf8 12. h3 Be6
13. Kh2 f6 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rc4 a5 19.
Qc2 Rad8 20. Nf3 f5 21. Nh4 $5 Nd4 $1 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. b4 $1 (23. Rxc7 $2 Bd6
24. Rc4 b5 25. Rc6 Bxa3 {favours Black.}) 23... axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Rxc7 Bxb4
26. Nxf5 $6 ({Preferable is} 26. Ng2 $1) 26... Qxf5 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Qxb4 Rxe2
29. Kg1 {White has a passive position.} h6 30. Rc5 $6 Qxd3 $1 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32.
Rxb5 d3 {Black advances a dangerous passed pawn.} 33. Rd1 d2 34. Kf1 Rde8 35.
Rbb1 Kh7 36. Ra1 R8e6 37. Rab1 Kg8 38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Rab1 Ke7 40. g4 g5 $1 41.
Ra1 Kd7 42. Rdb1 $5 R6e4 43. Kg2 Re1 44. Rd1 Kc6 $1 45. f3 Re8 $5 46. Kf2 R1e2+
$2 (46... R8e2+ $1 47. Kg3 Rxd1 48. Rxd1 Kd5 49. f4 Ke4 50. f5 Kd3 {
wins for Black.}) 47. Kg3 Rd8 48. Ra2 Rd3 49. h4 Kc5 50. hxg5 $5 hxg5 51. Rc2+
$2 ({Better is} 51. Rda1 $1) 51... Kd4 $1 52. Ra2 Kc3 53. Ra5 Re1 54. Rxd2 Kxd2
55. Rxg5 Ree3 56. Rf5 Ke2 57. g5 $1 Rd1 $1 ({The trap is} 57... Rxf3+ $2 58.
Rxf3 Rxf3+ 59. Kg4 $1 {drawn.}) 58. Kg4 Rg1+ 59. Kh5 Rxf3 {Black wins easily.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1998.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. Nfd4 Nd7
$5 ({Theory is} 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 f6 16. bxc3 Kf7) 15. bxc3 {
White has sacrificed a pawn for the initiative.} g6 16. f4 $1 Bc5 17. fxe5 O-O
18. e6 $6 (18. Bh6 $1 {continues the attack.}) 18... Qe5 19. exf7+ Rxf7 {
Suddenly the chances are about equal.} 20. Qc4 Nf6 21. Bf4 $5 Qd5 $1 22. Kh1 $6
Qxc4 $1 23. bxc4 {White has weaknesses.} Ne4 24. Ne6 Bb6 25. g3 Rf6 26. Nbc7 $2
({Preferable is} 26. Nec7 $1 Rc8 $6 27. Nd5 $1) 26... Rc8 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 27. Rfe1 Nf2+ 28. Kg2 Bxc7 29. Kxf2 $5 Bxf4 $5 30.
gxf4 Re8 31. Nd4 Rxf4+ {Black has gained a pawn.} 32. Kg3 Rfe4 $5 33. Red1 $2 (
33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Kf3 Rh4 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rb1 Nxd4 37. cxd4 b6 38. c5 {
draws by exchanges.}) 33... Re3+ 34. Kg2 R8e7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Ra6 Rc7 $5 37.
Rc1 $2 (37. Rd6 $1 c5 38. Rdc6 Rd7 39. Ra2 {plays for a draw.}) 37... Re4 38.
Ra4 Rd7 39. Kf3 $5 Rh4 40. Kg3 g5 41. Rf1 Rd3+ 42. Rf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rxh2 {
Black has two connected passed pawns.} 44. Rxa7 $2 (44. Kg4 $1 Rg2+ 45. Kf5 h5
46. Rxa7 h4 47. Kg6 {fights for the last chance.}) 44... Rh4 $1 45. c5 Rf4+ 46.
Kg3 h5 47. Rc7 Rc4 48. Rxc6 Rxc3+ 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Rc8 Kg6 51. c6 Kf5 52. c7 Kg4
53. Ra8 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rxc7 55. Ra4+ Kh3 {Palac won the rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1998.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bb2 a4 16. Bxd5+ $5 (16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qc1 {
happened in Sunye Neto - Hansen, Novi Sad 1990.}) 16... Qxd5 17. e4 $6 {
Pawn d3 is weakened.} Qd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nc4 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. Qc2
Rad8 20. Rbd1 Qxd3 21. Qxc7) 19... Rfd8 $1 20. Qg4 Qd7 $1 21. Qh4 $5 (21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 {costs a pawn.}) 21... Qxd3 22. Ne3 $5 Qxa3 $5 23. Rfc1 Qd6
24. Nf5 Qd7 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. Rdc1 Rac8 28. h4 h5 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Ne3
a3 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qc4+ Kh8 {The final standings became: Palac 71/2/11,
Mittelman and Hickl 7, Ekstroem, Pelletier and Peptan 51/2, Galagher and
Marciano 5, Bagirov, Zueger, Landenbuergue and Jenni 41/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-second Schachfestival was played from 19 until 28 1999. Six men
carried out double rounds.} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. c3 Be7
6. Qa4+ c6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 c5 10. d4 Qb6 $5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3
$1 Nc6 $2 ({Preferable is} 12... Nbd7 13. exd5 exd5) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Bg4
15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 $1 {White has a number of small advantages.} Qd6 17. Nd4
a6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 h6 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qd2 Nh7 $5 23. Bc2
Rfe8 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. Bc5 Qf4 27. Rd4 Qe5 28. Rfd1 {
The white pieces slowly move to better places.} Nf6 29. R4d2 Nh5 30. Qd4 Qg5 $5
31. g3 Nf6 32. Qd3 g6 33. Bd4 Nd7 34. Qf1 $1 Qe7 35. Qh3 $1 Kh7 36. g4 $1 Nc5
37. Qg3 Ne6 38. Re2 Qg5 $2 {The queen will be chased.} (38... Rc8 39. f4 Qd8
40. Be3 d4 41. cxd4 Qd5 {offers more resistance.}) 39. Be5 $1 Nc5 40. Bf4 $1
Qf6 41. g5 $1 Qh8 42. Be5 Qf8 43. gxh6 Ne6 44. h4 $1 Qxh6 45. h5 Ng7 46. hxg6+
Kg8 ({Or} 46... fxg6 47. Rh2 Nh5 48. Bxg6+ $1 Qxg6 49. Rxh5+ {
and White delivers mate (Psakhis).}) 47. gxf7+ Kxf7 48. Kf2 $1 Nh5 49. Qh4 Rg8
50. Rh1 d4 51. Bb3+ {Bologan attacked patiently.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Ncxe4 $5 ({Known is} 9. Ngxe4) 9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12.
O-O Bh4 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rf7 15. N2c3 Raf8 16. b4 a6 17. Rad1 Qd8 18. Qe2
Nb6 $5 19. c5 Nc8 $1 20. g3 Be7 21. a4 $1 {
White takes the initiative on the queenside.} a5 $5 22. bxa5 dxc5 23. a6 $1
bxa6 24. Bxa6 {He has a superior pawn structure.} Rf3 25. Rd3 Bh5 26. Qa2 R3f7
27. Rd2 Qd7 28. Be2 Bxe2 $2 (28... Bg6 {keeps the strength of the two bishops.}
) 29. Rxe2 Na7 $6 (29... h5 {tries to counter.}) 30. Qc4 Qh3 31. Qa6 $5 {
Pawn c5 could be captured.} Nc8 32. Qe6 $1 Qxe6 33. dxe6 Rf3 34. Nd5 Bd6 35.
Rc1 Ra3 36. Nxc5 Re8 37. Ne4 Rxe6 38. Nxc7 Bxc7 39. Rxc7 Nb6 40. Nc5 Re8 41.
Re4 Nd5 42. Ra7 h5 43. a5 Nf6 44. Rb4 $5 e4 $1 45. Rbb7 Kh8 46. a6 $2 ({
Better is} 46. Rxg7 $1 Rxa5 47. Rxa5 Kxg7 48. Ra6) 46... e3 $1 47. fxe3 Ra1+ $2
(47... Ra2 $1 {draws.}) 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 $1 Ng4 50. Re7 Rd8 51. Rxg7 $2 ({
Correct is} 51. Nd7 $1 Nxh2+ 52. Kf4 {(Ribli).}) 51... Rf2+ 52. Ke4 Nf6+ 53.
Ke5 Rd5+ 54. Ke6 Rxc5 55. Rgc7 Ra5 $2 (55... Rg5 $5 56. Rab7 Ne8 $1 57. Rh7+
Kg8 58. a7 Ra5 59. Rhe7 Ra6+ 60. Kd5 Ra5+ {defends properly.}) 56. Rf7 Re2 57.
Kxf6 {Avrukh won after a number of adventures.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Decades ago I played with Joop Piket in Leiden. His son Jeroen became a lot
stronger than us.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 dxc4 $5 (12...
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 {
happened in Stoltz - Kottnauer, Groningen 1946.}) 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Ne2 c5 $6 15.
dxe5 $6 (15. d5 {gains a plus.}) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. f3
Rfd8 19. Rd3 g6 20. Rfd1 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Kg7 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 {
White has a slightly better endgame.} Bc6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc7 26. Rd8 g5
27. Kf2 Re7 28. Ke3 Nh5 29. g3 Nf6 30. g4 $5 h5 $1 31. h4 $6 {
The white collapse begins.} gxh4 32. g5 Nh7 33. f4 h3 34. Bc4 $2 {
He spoils time.} ({Better is} 34. Rd1 $1 f6 35. g6 Kxg6 36. Rh1) 34... h2 35.
Rd1 f6 36. g6 $5 Kxg6 37. Rh1 $2 (37. Be6 $1 Kh6 38. Bf5 Rg7 39. Kf2 Nf8 40.
Rh1 Ng6 41. Bxg6 Rxg6 42. Rxh2 {fights for a draw.}) 37... f5 38. Rxh2 Nf6 39.
Rd2 Rxe4+ 40. Kf3 Rd4 41. Rg2+ Kh6 42. Bf7 Ng4 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kxh4 Rxf4 45.
Kg3 Kg5 46. Re2 Re4 47. Rd2 f4+ 48. Kg2 Rd4 {
Piket led by half-a-point on Avrukh and Bologan at the end of the first cycle.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 d6 9. Nh3 $5 {The knight wants to move towards d5.} ({Theory is} 9. f3)
9... Nbd7 10. Qd4 $5 b6 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 a5 14. Be3 Neg4 15. Bc1
$5 a4 $1 16. b4 $1 Ne5 17. Be3 $2 (17. b5 $1 a3 18. Rb1 Ra4 19. Rb4 Qa8 20. Bd2
{defends well.}) 17... c5 $1 18. Qxd6 Nxc4 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. bxc5 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 bxc5 {Black has a superior pawn structure.} 22. Rdb1 Bc6 23. Rb6 Rac8 24.
h4 h6 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. h5 Kf8 $1 27. Rab1 Ke7 28. c4 Rd2 29. Ra6 (29. R6b2 Rxb2
30. Rxb2 Rb7 {also wins for Black (Piket).}) 29... Rxa2 {
Jeroen has gained a pawn.} 30. Rbb6 $2 (30. Rd1 $1 Bb7 31. Ra7 {
hinders the opponent.}) 30... Kd6 $1 31. Kf2 a3 32. Ke1 Rb2 33. Rb5 $1 Rb4 34.
Rba5 Rxc4 35. Rxa3 Rb7 36. Ra2 Rc1+ 37. Kd2 Rg1 $1 38. Kc3 Rxg3 39. Bc8 Rc7 40.
Bf5 Rxe3+ 41. Kc4 Ke5 $1 {Piket kept the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. O-O $5 ({The alternative is} 11. Bb3) 11... e5
12. Be3 exf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Bb3 Qh5 15. h3 Qg6 16. Qf3 a6 $5 17. e5 $1 dxe5
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxb7 Rfe8 20. Rf2 Bf8 21. Rb1 Kh8 22. Qc7 Rad8 23. Rbf1 e4
24. Qc6 Bd6 $1 25. Ne2 (25. Qxa6 $5 Bg3 26. Rd2 Rb8 {counters.}) 25... Be5 26.
c3 Nd5 27. Bd4 Bxd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 27... Bf6 $5 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 e5
30. Rg4 Qxg4 $1 31. hxg4 exd4) 28. Nxd4 h6 29. Qxa6 e3 30. Rf3 Qe4 31. Qe2 $2 (
{Better is} 31. Re1 $1 Rb8 32. Qc6 Rec8 33. Qd7 {and White has an advantage.})
31... e5 32. Nb3 $2 (32. Qc2 $5 Nf6 33. Rxf6 Qxc2 34. Nxc2 gxf6 35. Nxe3 {
exchanges towards equality (Avrukh).}) 32... Qg6 $1 33. g4 Nf4 $1 34. Qxe3 Rd3
35. Qe1 Nxh3+ $6 36. Kh2 Ng5 $6 37. Re3 Red8 38. Nc1 $2 {
Both players mess around during time pressure.} ({Correct is} 38. Rf5) 38...
Rxe3 $5 39. Qxe3 e4 40. Kg3 Nf3 41. Qf4 Kg8 42. Qf5 Qd6+ 43. Qf4 Qe7 44. Kg2
Rf8 45. Qg3 Nh4+ 46. Kg1 Qc5+ 47. Rf2 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 h5 49. Nd3 exd3 {
Avrukh kept chasing Piket.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 $5 ({
The alternative is} 6... c5) 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Rb8 9. a6 $6 {
The a-pawn becomes a weakness.} Ba8 $1 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Ne5 $6 {
He overestimates his chances.} ({Better is} 11. Nbd2) 11... O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. Nd3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Ne4 15. e3 Rb6 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc8 18. O-O $5 {
Jeroen gives a pawn for counter-play.} Rxa6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bd6 24. Qa6 $1 Qxa6 25. Rxa6 Ra8 26. Nb2 Kf8 $1 {
He is going to liberate his position.} 27. Nc4 Ke7 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Ke2 Kc8 30.
Nxd6+ cxd6 31. e4 $6 (31. Rxd6 a5 32. Rc6+ Kb7 33. Rc2 a4 34. Ra2 Kb6 35. Kd3
Kb5 36. Rb2+ {forces a draw.}) 31... Kb7 $1 32. Rxd6 a5 $1 33. Kd3 a4 34. Kc2
Kc7 35. e5 a3 36. Kb1 Rb8+ 37. Ka2 Rb2+ $1 38. Kxa3 Rxf2 {
He still has an extra pawn.} 39. h4 $2 (39. Ra6 $1 Rxh2 40. Ra7+ Kc6 41. Rxf7
Kd5 42. Rd7+ $1 Kc4 43. d5 $1 exd5 44. Rxg7 {draws.}) 39... Rf3+ 40. Kb4 Rxg3
41. Ra6 Kb7 42. Rd6 Rf3 $1 43. Kc4 Kc7 44. Ra6 Rf1 45. Ra7+ Kb6 46. Rd7 Kc6 47.
Ra7 h5 $1 48. Re7 Rf4 49. Ra7 Rxh4 $1 50. Rxf7 Rg4 {
Onischuk has connected passed pawns.} 51. Ra7 Rg6 $2 (51... h4 $1 52. Ra6+ Kb7
53. Ra3 g5 {starts an effective avalanche.}) 52. Ra6+ Kb7 $1 53. Kb5 $1 h4 $1
54. Rb6+ Kc8 $1 55. Kc6 h3 $1 56. Ra6 Kb8 $5 57. Ra1 $2 ({Right is} 57. Rb6+ $1
Kc8 58. Ra6 Kd8 59. Kd6 Ke8 60. Ra8+ Kf7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Ra8+ Kh7 {
The king has escaped at last.} 63. Ra1 Rh6 64. d5 $1 exd5+ 65. e6 g5 66. Kxd5
Kg6 67. e7 Kf7 68. e8=Q+ Kxe8 69. Ke5 $1 g4 70. Kf4 {
White stops the passed pawns.}) 57... h2 58. Rh1 Rh6 $1 59. Kd7 g5 60. d5 Rh7+
61. Kxe6 g4 62. Kf5 g3 63. d6 Kc8 64. e6 g2 65. Rc1+ Kb7 66. Rb1+ Kc6 67. e7
Rh8 $1 {Onischuk won the rook endgame. Avrukh took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 $1 {
Piket plays a fine novelty in the decisive game.} Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 {
Two black pieces are misplaced.} 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. a3 Nc6
19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bf3 $1 Qd6 $1 21. Rd1 $1 {White has gained a plus.} Qe5 $2 {
Black commits a tactical error.} ({Preferable is} 21... Qc7 22. e5 Qxe5 23.
Bxa8 Rxa8 {and Black has compensation for the exchange.}) 22. Bd4 $1 Qe6 23. e5
Nd5 {He closes the long diagonal.} 24. Ne4 $1 {Jeroen threatens b3.} Nf4 25.
Nc5 $1 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxa8 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxa8 {
Black has lost the exchange.} 29. Nd7 $1 Be6 30. Bc5 $5 Re8 31. g3 $1 Bh6 32.
Kg2 Nc1 33. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Rd8 {A mate attack has been started.}
Bd2 36. Rxd2 Nb3 37. Rd8 Nxa1 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Bxg4 41. Nxg4+
Kh5 42. Nf6+ Kh6 43. f4 Nc2 44. Ng4+ Kh5 45. Kg3 {
Piket led by half-a-point ahead of Avrukh and Onischuk.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. a4 $5 Re8 $5 12. Nb5 $5 cxd4 $6 ({Preferable is
} 12... Qb8) 13. exd4 e5 14. Nd6 Rf8 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Re7 $1 15. Bg5 exd4
16. Bf3 $1 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7) 15. Ba3 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 $5 {
Black makes a desperate attempt.} 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qe7 19. Bf3 $1 Rac8
20. Qa3 Rcd8 21. Nb5 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nxa7 Rxc4
26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Nc6 Re8 28. h3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. a5 Ba6 31. Re3 Rxe3 32.
fxe3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Be2 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Kd6 36. Kf3 Kc5 37. Ke4 Kb5 38. Kd5
Kxa5 39. Kd6 Kb5 40. Ke7 f5 41. Kf7 Kc4 42. Kxg7 Kd3 43. Kxh7 Kxe3 44. Kg6 Kf4
45. h4 Kg4 46. h5 f4 47. h6 Kg3 48. Kg5 {Avrukh won a fine game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. a4 a5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nc2 Bb7 15.
f4 $5 {White prevents ..g5.} (15. f3 c4+ 16. Nd4 {
drew in Ree - Knezevic, Kiev 1978.}) 15... c4+ 16. Nd4 Rb8 $1 17. Re3 Ba8 18.
Qc2 Nd5 $3 {Jeroen delivers a great sacrifice.} 19. Bxd8 ({A pointe is} 19. Rh3
$2 Nb4 $1) 19... Nxe3 20. Qb1 Rbxd8 {
Black has a minor piece and a rook plus an attack for a queen.} 21. h3 $2 (21.
Kf2 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Ne3 {leads to a repetition (Piket).}) 21... f5 $1 {
The attack proceeds.} 22. Qa2 Bxe4 23. Nxc4 Bd5 24. b3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nxg2 26.
Qf2 $5 ({Or} 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qc2 Ne3 28. Nxe3 Rxe3 {and Black charges.}) 26...
Re6 27. Nxa5 Rde8 28. Nc4 Rg6 $1 29. Kh2 Nxf4 $1 30. Rg1 Rxg1 {
Piket kept the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e4 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 $5 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rac1 c5 14. d5 {
The white pawn centre becomes vulnerable.} Kh8 15. Qd2 g5 $1 16. g3 Rg8 17.
Rcd1 Raf8 {He prepares a charge on the kingside.} 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Bg2 Qf6 21. Re2 h5 22. Qd3 h4 23. Kf1 {The king goes to the other flank.} a6
24. Ke1 Rb8 25. a4 Bc8 26. Kd2 Bd7 27. Kc2 b5 $1 {
The area of attack has changed to the queenside.} 28. axb5 axb5 29. cxb5 Bxc3
30. Qxc3 e5 $1 {Black has the better bishop.} 31. Kb1 Rxb5 32. gxh4 gxh4 33.
Bh3 Bxh3 34. Qxh3 Rbb8 35. Rf1 Qf4 36. Qe3 Rg4 37. h3 Rg5 38. Qa3 $2 {
White is going to lose time.} ({Correct is} 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. Kc2) 38... Rb4
39. Rfe1 Kg7 40. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 41. Rxe3 f5 $1 {
The white pawn centre is eliminated in the double rook ending.} 42. R3e2 Rd4
43. Kc1 Kf6 44. f4 exf4 45. e5+ dxe5 46. Rxe5 Rg2 47. Re8 f3 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49.
Re5 Rf4 {The final standings became: Piket 7/10, Avrukh 61/2, Onischuk 6,
Bologan 5, Pelletier 31/2, Bunzmann 2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-third Schachfestival was played from 24 vii until 4 viii 2000. Six
grandmasters played double rounds. Peter Svidler was the star.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qb6 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Nce2 Nf6
$5 ({Known is} 9... Nc6) 10. b4 $1 {White gains an edge from the opening.} Bxd4
$5 (10... Bxb4 11. Nf5 Qc7 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Bh6 {
also leads to a white advantage (Svidler).}) 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. c4 e5 13. Bb2 Nc6
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc3 Nd4 $5 (15... Nxb4 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Bc4 {favours White.})
16. Bxb5 O-O 17. Bd3 {White has a number of advantages.} Rfd8 18. Re1 d5 19.
exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Bc4 Rd7 23. a3 Rad8 24. Qd3 e4 $5 25.
Qe3 h6 26. h3 Rd6 27. Bf1 Rd5 28. Rc4 Nf5 29. Qc1 R8d6 $5 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31.
Rcxe4 Qb6 32. Re5 Ng3 $5 33. Qc8+ Rd8 34. Qxd8+ {Black will lose material.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Na3 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Ne3 $6 (18. Qd3 Bg5 19. Ne3 {
ended as a draw in Psakhis - Topalov, Las Vegas 1999}) ({Preferable is} 18. Qe1
$1 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qf2) 18... Ne7 $1 19. c4 Bg5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 f5
$1 {Black has the initiative.} 22. Bd3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rf8 25. Qe2
Bc8 26. Nd2 $1 a5 27. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {The two bishops bring a plus.} 28. Rf1 Bf4
29. Qe1 Qf7 30. Ng1 $5 Qc7 31. Ne2 Qc5 32. Nc3 ({The alternative is} 32. Nxf4
$5 exf4 33. Qh4 Bd7 34. Qe7 {(Svidler).}) 32... Qd4 33. Be2 Bd7 34. Bb5 Bc8 35.
Qe2 g6 36. g3 $5 Bd2 37. Rxf8+ $5 Kxf8 38. Qd3 $2 {
White blunders under time pressure.} (38. Kg2 $1 Ke7 39. Nd1 {defends properly.
}) 38... Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Bd7 $1 {
Black has the better bishop in the ending.} 41. Bc2 b5 $1 42. axb5 Bxb5 43. Kg2
a4 $1 {The passed pawn decides the game.} 44. c4 a3 $1 45. Bb3 Ba4 $1 46. Ba2
Ke7 47. Kf3 Bc2 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd2 $5 Bxe4 50. Kc3 Bf3 51. Kd3 ({The pointe is
} 51. Kb3 e4 52. Kxa3 e3) 51... Kc7 52. Ke3 Bg4 {Svidler won again.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. Na3 f5 $5 ({Known is} 15... Bf5) 16. Bh5+ (16. Ng3 $5 {
will be played in future games.}) 16... Kd8 17. Ng3 e6 18. Nc2 Bd6 19. Bd2 Nc4
20. O-O-O Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Bc7 23. Nf1 $5 b5 24. g3 Rb8 25. b4 $6 {
He weakens his pawn structure.} Rd8 26. Nfe3 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bb7 28. a3 a6 {
Black has gained a plus.} 29. Na1 $5 Bb6 30. Nb3 Na7 31. Bd1 Nc8 32. Nc5 Nd6
33. Rc2 $2 ({Preferable is} 33. Nxb7 Rxb7 34. Be2) 33... Bxc5 34. bxc5 Ne4 {
Van Wely controls the centre.} 35. c4 Rc8 $2 (35... Nxc5 36. cxb5 Nd3+ 37. Kd2
Nxf2 {gains a pawn.}) 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Bf3 Kd7 38. Kb2 Bd5 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40.
Rc3 $2 (40. Rd2+ $5 Ke7 41. Kb3 Rxc5 42. Kb4 {defends properly.}) 40... Kc6 41.
Nf1 $5 Rd8 42. f3 Bd3 43. Ne3 h5 44. Kc1 Rd4 45. Nd1 Be2 46. Nf2 Rc4 47. Kd2
Rxc3 48. Kxc3 Kxc5 {Black has won a pawn.} 49. f4 exf4 50. gxf4 Kd5 51. Kd2 Bf1
52. h4 Kc4 53. Nh1 Bg2 54. Nf2 Kb3 $5 {
Black is going to make a manouevre on the queenside.} (54... Kd4 $1 {
leads to zugzwang.}) 55. Nd3 Bd5 56. Nb4 Be4 57. Na6 Kxa3 {A second pawn falls.
} 58. Kc3 Bd5 59. Nb4 Ka4 60. Nd3 Ka5 61. Nb4 Bc4 62. Nc2 Ka4 63. Nd4 Ka3 64.
Nc6 Ka2 65. Ne5 Kb1 $1 66. Nd7 Kc1 67. Nf6 Be2 68. Ne8 Kd1 69. Ng7 Bg4 70. Nxe6
Ke2 $1 71. Nd4+ Kf2 72. Nxb5 Kg3 {
Black has returned the extra pawns, but he wins easily.} 73. Kd2 Kxh4 74. Ke1
Kg3 75. Nd4 h4 76. Kf1 h3 77. Kg1 h2+ 78. Kh1 Kh3 {Mate in one follows.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. a4 b6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bc4 h6
9. h3 Ne7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 $5 ({Known is} 12... Nf6) 13. Nf1
Nf6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Bd3 $5 c5 16. dxc5 $2 ({More active is} 16. d5 $1 {
(Finkel).}) 16... bxc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe2 d5 $1 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bc1 Rae8
21. Qd2 $6 ({More useful is} 21. Qf1) 21... Nh4 $1 {Black attacks.} 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c4 25. Bf1 d4 26. Nce2 {White is driven back.} Qc5
27. Qd1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Qe2 $6 ({Slightly better is} 30. Bd2
Be5 31. b4) 30... d3 $1 31. cxd3 cxd3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Be3 Qd5 $1 34. Bd2 Bxb2
35. f3 $5 Be5 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. fxe4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 $1 {
White will be mated. Ponomariov came back from a previous loss.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 {They play a razor-sharp opening.} 12.
Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2 15. Bxf7+ {Another piece is sacrificed.}
Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 18. f6+ $5 (18. Nd6 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kf6 {
was applied by Van Wely in two rapid games.}) 18... Ke8 19. f7+ Ke7 20. Qd2 $1
Qc6 $2 {Gelfand puts his queen on a wrong square.} (20... Qb6 $1 21. Qg5+ Kxf7
22. Rhf1 Bh6 $1 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 $1 24. Rd8+ $1 Qxd8 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Nf6+ {
leads to equality, but Black will win in Almasi - Svidler, Polanica Zdroj 2000.
}) 21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bc5 ({The pointe is} 22... Bh6 $2 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 24.
Rd8#) 23. Nxf2 Nd7 24. Ng4+ Ke8 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Rfe1 Nf6 $5 ({Or} 26... Rg8
27. Qh5+ Rg6 28. Nxg6 Be3+ 29. Kb1 hxg6 30. Qf3 $1 {(Svidler).}) 27. Nd3 Be7 (
27... Ne4 28. Qh5+ Qg6 29. Rxe4+ Be7 30. Qe5 {wins for White (Svidler).}) 28.
Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Re1 Nd7 {White captures on e6 and wins easily. Svidler led by 4/
5 after the first cycle, one point ahead of Van Wely.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. g4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O-O e4
15. Qb3 $5 (15. Qd2 {happened in Khalifman - Gelfand, Las Vegas 1999.}) 15...
Bd6 $5 16. Qxb7 {Gallagher accepts the challenge.} Nd7 17. Qc6 Qe7 18. Qa4 Nb6
19. Qa5 Rfb8 20. Rd2 Qb7 $5 {He threatens ..Nc4!} 21. c4 $1 Qe7 22. Rc2 Nd7 23.
Rc3 Be5 24. Rb3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Rxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. g5 Qb6 28. Qc2 g6 $5 29. Bg4
f5 $1 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. Be6+ Kg7 32. f4 $2 (32. h4 $1 Rb8 33. Rh3 $1 {
continues the attack.}) 32... exf3 33. Rf1 $6 a4 $1 34. bxa4 $6 Rxa4 35. Rxf3
Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ra2 $5 37. Kd1 $6 Rxb2 38. Qd3 Rxh2 39. Rf2 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41.
Qa3 Rb4 42. Qa8 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Bd4 45. Bxd4 $2 (45. Qa3 $1 {
defends properly.}) 45... cxd4 46. Qa3 d3+ $1 47. c5 Qxc5+ (47... Qb1 $1 48. c6
Qc2+ 49. Ke3 d2 {wins quickly.}) 48. Qxc5 Ne4+ 49. Ke3 Nxc5 {
Black has two extra pawns in the knight versus bishop ending.} 50. Bg4 h5 51.
Bd1 Kf6 52. Kd4 Nd7 53. Kxd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Nb6 55. Kf3 Nxd5 {
Loek has to win a theoretically won ending.} 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Nf4 $1 58.
Bc2+ Kf6 59. Bd1 Ng2+ 60. Kg3 Ne3 61. Ba4 Nf5+ 62. Kh3 g5 $1 63. Bd1 Kg6 64.
Be2 Kh6 65. Bf3 Nh4 66. Bd1 Ng6 67. Kg3 Ne5 68. Be2 g4 69. Kf4 Ng6+ $1 70. Kg3
Kg5 71. Ba6 h4+ 72. Kh2 Nf4 73. Bc8 g3+ 74. Kh1 Kf6 75. Kg1 Ke5 76. Kf1 Kd4 77.
Bg4 Ke3 78. Kg1 h3 $1 {Van Wely neared Svidler.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rdg1 $5 (
21. Rhg1 {drew in Shirov - Svidler, Wijk aan Zee 1999.}) 21... Kh8 $1 22. f4 $6
Qa6 $6 (22... Qf5 $1 23. fxe5 Qxd3 24. cxd3 dxe5 25. Rg5 Nxd5 26. Rxe5 Nxe3 27.
Rxe7 Nf5 {favours Black.}) 23. Nc4 $1 Rfc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 23... e4 $1 24.
Qd4 Rac8) 24. b3 a4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. d6 axb3 27. axb3 Rd8 28. Bg5 Ng8 $6 (
28... Rd7 $1 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Kb2 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 {offers more resistance.})
29. Qe3 Bxg5 $6 ({Better is} 29... Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6) 30. Rxg5 Rxd6 31. Nxd6
Qxd6 32. Kb1 Ra5 33. Qc1 Qf6 34. Rg4 Nxh6 $2 35. Qxh6 {
Svidler increased his lead on Van Wely.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Van Wely had to win, because he was tailing Svidler by one point.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. Bg2 d5
10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 {
They seek the confrontation. White has sacrificed a piece.} 15. Qd3 $5 (15. Qe2
hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 {drew in Tolnai - Gavrikov, Berlin 1989.}) 15...
hxg4 16. O-O-O $5 {A pawn is given as well.} ({More solid is} 16. hxg4 Rxh1+
17. Bxh1 Bc6 18. O-O-O) 16... gxh3 $1 17. Rxh3 Rxh3 18. Qxh3 Bc6 19. Qh7 Kf8 $2
({Better is} 19... Nd7 $1 20. f4 Nf8 $1 21. Qh6 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qe7 23. Bxb7 Rd8
24. Bc6+ Nd7) 20. Be4 $2 (20. c4 $1 Nd7 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd7 {
gains an advantage.}) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd7 $1 22. Bf3 $1 Qc7 23. Rg1 Qc4 $2
({Right is} 23... Ke7 $1 24. Bh5 Kd6 $1 25. Bxf7 Qe7 26. Qg8 Kc7 27. Be6 Kb6 {
and Black has a plus (Van Wely and Cifuentes).}) 24. Bxb7 e4 $2 (24... Nc6 $1
25. Bxa8 Nd4 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. c3 Ne2+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Nxg1 30. Qxg1 Qxf5 {
offers more resistance (Svidler).}) 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Bxa8 Qxa2 27. Qxb8 $6 Qa1+
28. Kd2 Qxg1 29. Qb4+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Qb6+ Ke7 $6 32. Qc5+ Kd8 33. Qd6+
Kc8 34. Qc6+ {Svidler had won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qg4
g6 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 {
(Tiviakov - Bosboom, Hoogeveen 1999).}) 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O b4 $2 ({Better is} 
10... Nc6) 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. a3 $1 {White attacks on the queenside.} Nc6 13. Bd2
bxa3 14. Rxa3 $1 {White has achieved an edge.} Qc8 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17.
Nca5 {He blockades.} Ne5 $5 18. Nxb7 Nxd3 $1 19. cxd3 Qxb7 20. Na5 Qd7 (20...
Qxb2 $2 21. Rb3 $1 Qa2 22. Qd1 $1 O-O 23. Nc4 Qa4 24. Nb6 {costs material.})
21. Rb3 Rc8 22. Nc4 $1 Bd8 23. Bh6 {White has the initiative on both flanks.}
d5 $5 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Qa4 26. Qf3 $5 Nd7 27. b3 dxe4 28. dxe4 Qa5 29. Rb7
Qh5 30. Qf4 $1 e5 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Ra7 g5 33. Qd6 $1 {Black will be mated soon.
The final standings became: Svidler 71/2/10, Van Wely and Ponomariov 51/2,
Gelfand and Milov 5, Gallagher 11/2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-fourth Schachfestival was played from 23 vii until 3 viii 2001.
Six strong grandmasters carried out double rounds. We follow the decided games.
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. e4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qe5 $5 14.
Bf4 Qh5 15. Qd3 $5 {
It is difficult for White to find compensation for the pawn.} Nbd7 $5 16. e5 $1
Nxe5 17. Qd4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $5 Ng6 {Black has a plus.} 19. Bd6 Qa5 20. Bc5 $1 {
The black position remains restricted.} b6 $1 21. Bb4 $2 ({Better is} 21. Ba3
$1 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. a5 Ng6 $1 {(Kortschnoj).}) 21... Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23.
Bd6 Ned7 24. a5 Ne4 25. axb6 Nxd6 $1 {
Kortschnoj returns one pawn for development.} 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Rxc6 axb6 28.
Rb1 Rhc8 29. Ba4 Nc5 30. Bb5 $5 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Ra2 32. h4 Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34.
Be8 f6 35. Bb5 Ra3 36. c4 e5 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Rd5 $5 e4 39. h5 h6 40. Kg1 $6 (
40. g3 {offered more resistance.}) 40... Ra3 41. Kh2 Rd3 42. Rf5 Kd6 43. Rf4
Ke5 44. Rg4 Ne6 45. Bc6 Ng5 46. f4+ Kf5 47. Rh4 Ne6 48. g4+ Kxf4 49. g5+ Kxg5
50. Rxe4 Nd4 {Kortschnoj showed great strength at the age of seventy.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5
Bb6 15. Bg5+ $5 {Svidler tries something new.} ({Theory is} 15. Bxa8 Nd3+ 16.
Kf1 Nxc1) 15... f6 $1 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 $1 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be6 {
The chances are about equal.} 20. Rh5 $1 {
White takes the initiative on the kingside.} Kf7 $6 (20... Bf2 $1 21. Bxf2
Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Nd3 23. Nf3 $1 Nxb2 24. Re1 Nd3 $1 25. Re3 {(Svidler)} Rb6 $1 {
brings a fine alternative.}) 21. h3 Ne5 $5 22. Rh6 Ng6 23. Rf1 f5 24. Bg5 {
He has developed an attack.} Kg7 25. Nf3 Bc4 $2 {
Grischuk misses a difficult line.} (25... Rhd8 $3 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rh5 Rd6 28.
Bb7 Nf4 29. Rh4 Ng6 30. Rd4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 f4 {defends in an excellent way.})
26. Rd1 $1 {Svidler has an active piece play.} Rbf8 $5 27. h4 $1 {
The attack has become decisive.} Bxa2 $5 28. h5 $1 Ne7 29. Rd7 $1 Re8 30. Ne5
$5 Bc5 31. Nd3 Bb6 32. Bf3 Bc4 33. Ne5 {Grischuk can hardly move.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 bxa3 14. b3 Qb6 $1 {
Pelletier brings a fine novelty.} 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bxa3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18.
Rxa3 O-O {The chances are equal.} 19. Rfa1 Rfc8 20. Qd2 e5 21. Nf5 Rd8 22. Qc3
g6 23. Ng3 Qc6 $5 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bf1 {White pressures on a7.} Rdb8 $5 26.
Bc4 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Ne4 Rb4 29. Nd2 Rb7 30. Ra5 Rd8 $5 31. Ne4 Nc7 32.
Rxe5 Rxb3 33. g4 a6 34. Rc5 Rb7 $5 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. f4 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rc6
a5 39. Nf6 Rd8 40. Ra4 Ne8 $5 41. g5 $5 h6 42. h4 Nxf6 43. gxf6+ Kh7 44. Ke2
Rd5 45. e4 Rh5 46. Rac4 $1 {
Svidler creates winning chances in the double rook ending ingeniously.} Rxh4
47. e5 $1 g5 $2 (47... a4 $1 48. Rc7 Rxc7 49. Rxc7 Rxf4 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+
Kf8 52. Ke3 g5 {draws (Gelfand)}) ({Another way is} 47... Rd7 48. Rc7 Rh2+ 49.
Ke3 Rh3+ 50. Ke4 Rhd3 {drawn.}) 48. f5 $1 Rxc4 49. Rxc4 a4 50. e6 $1 fxe6 ({Or
} 50... a3 51. e7 a2 52. Rc1 $1 Ra8 53. Ra1) 51. fxe6 Kg6 52. e7 Ra8 53. Rxa4
Rb8 54. Ra6 h5 55. Rd6 Rb2+ {
Gelfand compensated for his loss in the first round.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 $5 a6 14. Qb2 O-O
15. b4 Rac8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. b5 $1 a5 20. Qa3 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Qc3 $5 {
The exchange of queens would be fine too. White has an edge on the queenside.}
Qd6 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. h4 Nf8 26. h5 $1 {He advances on both flanks.} Bc8 27. Ne5
Bd7 28. f3 $5 Be8 29. g4 g5 30. Ne2 Nd7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Ng3 fxg4 33. fxg4 Nxe5
34. dxe5 Qc5 35. Qd2 Qc7 36. Qb2 Kg7 37. Ne2 Kg8 38. Kf2 Bf7 39. Qd4 Kg7 40.
Qc3 Qb8 $5 ({The alternative is} 40... Qxc3 41. Nxc3 Bg8 42. Ne2 Kf7 43. Nd4
Ke8 {and Black has a hard defence.}) 41. Nd4 Qd8 $2 (41... Kf8 $1 42. Nf3 Ke8 {
utilises the black king as a defender.}) 42. Ke2 Bg8 43. Bb1 $1 Kh8 44. Qa3 Nc8
45. Bg6 Kg7 46. Bb1 Kh8 47. Qc1 $1 Ne7 $5 (47... Na7 48. Nc6 Qd7 49. Qf1 $1 {
also wins for White.}) 48. Qf1 Nc8 49. Nc6 $1 {Kortschnoj won again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qb6 $5 ({Known is} 10... Nc6) 11. O-O Na6 $1 12. Be5
Rfd8 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. e4 Rd7 15. h4 $5 Rad8 16. h5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Bf4
$1 h5 17. a3) 16... Nb4 $1 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 a5 19. Qg5 $1 {
White threatens Qxg6!} Bxe4 $6 ({Better is} 19... Nd3 $1 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 {
(Svidler).}) 20. Na4 $1 Qa7 21. Nac5 $6 (21. Nbc5 Bf5 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qh4 {
gains an advantage.}) 21... Rd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Na4 Nxa2 25. Bb6
Qa8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Nxa5 Qc2 28. b3 $1 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Qxb3 30. Qa5 {
White has made a useful exchange.} Nd5 31. Bc5 Nf4 32. Re1 $2 (32. Qd8+ Kh7 33.
Nb6 Qe6 34. Qxe7 Qg4 35. g3 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ {draws.}) 32... Qd5 $1 {
Black starts a mate attack.} 33. f3 Qg5 $5 34. g4 Qh4 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd2 Qg3+
37. Kf1 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Qxg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Nc3 $1 {
Kortschnoj and Svidler started with two wins.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na6 13. Ne5 $5 {
White makes a premature move.} Rc8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. Bf1
Rfc8 $5 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. Qxa7 g5 $1 20. Be3 Bxe4 $2 ({Better is} 20... f6 $1)
21. Qxb6 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bf3 23. Qd6 h6 24. Rac1 Nc6 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bg2 $2 (
26. Rc3 {wins (Pelletier).}) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ree8 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. Rec1 Ra8
30. R1c3 Nd5 31. Rb3 Nxe3+ {His position can be defended easily, but
Kortschnoj overstepped the time limit. Svidler took the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 $5 Nc6 11. exd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Qa4+
({Not} 14. Qxb7 $2 O-O 15. dxe6 fxe6) 14... Kf8 15. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 exd5
17. O-O Re8 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. h3 Be5 (19... Kg8 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Bg6 23. Bf1 h6) 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Na4 g5 22. Nc5 Kg7 $1 23. Nxb7 {
The chances are equal in the endgame.} Be2 $6 ({Preferable is} 23... Rb8 24.
Bxa6 Re7 25. Nc5 Rxb2 {(Kortschnoj).}) 24. Rfe1 Rhe8 25. Nc5 Bxd3 $5 26. Rxe5
Rxe5 27. Nxd3 Re2 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. Rc3 Rd1+ $6 (29... Ne4 30. Ra3 {
slightly favours White.}) 30. Ke2 Rg1 31. Ne1 Nh5 32. g3 Rh1 33. Ra3 Rxh3 34.
Rxa6 Nf6 35. a4 Ne4 36. Nf3 Rh1 37. a5 Ra1 $2 (37... h5 $1 38. Rb6 h4 39. gxh4
gxh4 {fights for a draw.}) 38. Nd4 $1 {He threatens mate.} h5 39. Nf5+ Kh7 40.
f3 Nc5 41. Rh6+ Kg8 42. Rxh5 Rxa5 43. Rxg5+ {White has gained a pawn.} Kf8 44.
Rh5 $1 Kg8 45. b4 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Kd4 $1 Ne6+ 48. Kxd5 Rxf3 49. b5 Rb3
50. Kd6 $1 Rb1 51. Ke7 Nf8 52. Rg5+ Ng6+ 53. Kd7 Kf8 54. Nd6 Rb3 55. g4 Rb4 56.
Rf5 Rxg4 57. b6 Rb4 58. b7 {The passed pawn is going to queen.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. e4 $1 ({The quiet alternative is} 11. e3)
11... a5 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qb1 Bc4 $2 (14... f5 $1 {
charges the centre.}) 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. a3 Na6 17. Qa2 b5 $5 18. d5 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Qd7 $5 20. a4 $1 {Peter had underestimated this move.} Nc5 $5 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 $5 23. Nd4 Qc8 $2 ({Better is} 23... Qc7 $1 {The pointe is}
24. axb5 $2 Nxe4 $1 25. Nc6 Ne5 $1) 24. axb5 $1 Nxe4 25. Nc6 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxe7
27. Nc6 Re6 $2 {White can win a queen. Pelletier had defeated the current
leader of the tournament again. The standings after the first cycle were:
Kortschnoj 31/2/5, Pelletier and Svidler 3, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 $5 e5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bg2 Nf8
15. b5 Ne6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. O-O g5 $1 {
Pelletier wants to attack on the kingside.} 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Ne2 $5 exd4 $2 {
Pelletier plays too shy.} (20... e4 $1 21. Ba5 Qc8 {gains a plus.}) 21. exd4
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nd7 $5 23. Bh3 $1 Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4
27. Bxf4 Qb7 28. Bxb8 $5 Qxb8 29. Qxc6 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Qe4 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7
$5 Qxd4+ $5 33. Kg2 {White has an edge in the endgame.} Bxc5 $5 34. Kh3 Qe3 $6
{There is no need to give up a pawn.} 35. Qxd5 g6 36. Bd3 Kh6 37. Be4 Qf2 $2 ({
Better is} 37... Qg5) 38. Qe6 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 $1 Kg7 40. Qxg6+ {
A second pawn falls.} Kf8 41. Qf5+ $2 {He should avoid the exchange.} Qxf5 42.
Bxf5 Bg1 43. Kh3 Kf7 $2 ({Correct is} 43... Bc5 $1 44. g4 Bd6 $1 45. g5 Bf4 $1
{drawn (Pelletier).}) 44. g4 Kf6 45. Kg3 $1 Be3 46. Bc2 Bd2 47. Kh4 $1 {
The king goes to h5. Thereafter, the passed pawns move to h4 and g5 and White
wins. Kortschnoj increased his lead to one point.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nc5 8.
Qe3 d5 $5 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. O-O Ncd7 $1 11. Nd5 Bc5 12. Nxe6 $1 {Lautier charges.
} fxe6 ({The pointe is} 12... Bxe3 $2 13. Ndc7+ Ke7 14. Nxd8 Kxd8 15. Nxa8) 13.
Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bf3 $1 Nf8 $2 ({Better is} 14... Nf6 $1 15. Nxf6+ Kf8 $1 16. Qxc4
Bxf6 17. Bf4 {and White only has a plus (Lautier).}) 15. Qe5 $1 Ne6 16. Bh5+ $1
Kf8 17. Bh6 $1 {White threatens Qf5+.} Kg8 18. Bg4 $1 gxh6 19. Bxe6+ Bxe6 20.
Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. Qxh6+ $5 Kf7 23. Qh5+ $2 (23. Rfd1 $1 Qd6 24. Qh5+
Qg6 25. Qf3+ Kg7 26. Nxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxc4 {wins for White.}) 23... Kg7 24. Qg4+
Bg5 25. Nf4 Ne5 $5 {Errors are made under time pressure.} 26. Ne6+ $5 Kf6 27.
Qh3 Qd7 28. Nxg5 Kxg5 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Rfd1 Qc6 $5 31. Qe7 $1 Nf7 32. Rd4 $5
Qf6 33. Qe4+ $5 Kg7 34. Rcxc4 Rhd8 $1 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qxb7 Qe6 37. Rc7 Qxa2
38. b3 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. e4 Qg6 41. Re7 a6 42. Qc7 Rd1 $4 ({Correct is} 
42... Rd4 $1 43. Qc3 Qd6) 43. Qe5+ $1 {
Kortschnoj kept the sole lead, despite this loss.} ({Material can be gained by
} 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Qxf7 46. Qg4+ Qg6 47. Qxd1 Qxe4+ 48. Qf3
{(Lautier).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The tournament was decided soon, because Kortschnoj played a quick draw
versus Svidler in the last round. Grischuk was more aggressive.} 1. Nf3 d5 2.
d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Be7
10. a5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Ne5 $5 O-O 13. f4 Qc7 14. Ndf3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Bb2 Ne4 {
Black has the initiative.} 20. Rfc1 $5 Rfc8 21. Rc2 $5 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxc2 23.
Qxc2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. h3 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Rf1 f6 26. f5) 25... h5 $1
26. Qd1 Qc2 $5 27. Qxh5 Qf2+ 28. Kh2 Qg3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ $6 (29... Rc2 $1 30. Qf3
Qxf3 31. gxf3 Nd2 32. Ra4 Nxf3+ {gains a plus (Grischuk).}) 30. Kh2 Rc2 31. Qg4
$1 {White prevents and threatens mate.} f6 $1 ({Not} 31... g6 $2 32. Ra2 $1)
32. Rd1 $6 (32. h4 $1 Rc7 33. Kh3 {achieves an advantage.}) 32... g5 33. f5 Kf7
$6 34. Bxf6 $4 (34. Ba7 $1 Rd2 $1 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38.
Bd4 Qc2 39. Qh7 Qf2 $1 {(Grischuk)} 40. Qh6+ $1 Kf7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Bc5+ $1
Nxc5 43. Qxf6+ Ke8 44. Qe5+ Kd8 45. Qxd5+ Nd7 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47. Qxg5 {
tries to win.}) 34... Kxf6 35. Rxd5 Qxe3 36. h4 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 gxf4 {Black has g
ained a piece. The final standings became: Kortschnoj 6/10, Svidler 51/2,
Gelfand 5, Pelletier, Lautier and Grischuk 41/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-fifth Schachfestival was played from 22 vii until 1 viii 2002. Six
grandmasters carried out double rounds. The important games have been selected.
Support by Crédit Suisse had stopped in 1997. The organisers Peter Burri and
Peter Bohnenblust found new sponsors each year.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11.
Ne4 c5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Re1 O-O $5 14. e4 $5 {
Kortschnoj gives a pawn for the initiative.} cxd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nb3 $1 Rc8 17.
Qe2 Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. h4 Rfe8 $1 20. h5 f5 $5 (20... Nc5 $1 21. Nfxd4 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 h6 {equalises.}) 21. exf6 $5 Bxf6 {
Black has gained a pawn, but his pawn structure is weak.} 22. Qe4 $5 Nf8 23.
Qg4 $1 e5 $1 24. Bd2 Qb8 25. Bf5 Rc7 26. Ng5 Qd8 27. Ne4 Bc8 28. Nbc5 {
White pieces attack.} Rc6 $5 (28... Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Rcxc8 {
makes useful exchanges.}) 29. Nd3 h6 $6 ({Better is} 29... Bxf5 30. Qxf5 b3)
30. Bxb4 {The pawn has been regained at an excellent moment.} Be7 $5 31. Bxe7
Rxe7 32. Ng3 Nf6 33. Qf3 Qe8 $6 34. Nb4 $6 (34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36.
Qxc6 Bxf5 37. Qxa6 {achieves a great advantage (Pelletier).}) 34... Rc5 35. Ne4
Bxf5 $2 (35... Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Qf7 {prolongs the game.}) 36. Nxc5 Bg4 37. Qb3+
Kh8 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Qxd5 Bxh5 40. Rac1 Ng6 41. Nd3 Kh7 42. Qe4 Qd7 43. f3 $1
Kh8 44. Rc5 Qd6 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. g4 {Kortschnoj had a great start.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 13. c5 Nf4 14. Qb3 fxe4 $5 15.
fxe4 Kh8 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rad1 Nc6 $5 {Black delivers a semi-sacrifice.} 18.
Nf7+ $5 Rxf7 19. dxc6 Rf8 20. e5 $1 bxc6 (20... Bxe5 $6 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Nb5 {
favours White.}) 21. exd6 cxd6 22. cxd6 Bf5 $5 23. Bf3 Rf6 24. b5 $1 Rxd6 25.
bxc6 {He has another passed pawn.} Rb8 $6 ({Preferable is} 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Qe7 27. Nd5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Be5) 26. Qc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Re8 $2 ({
Better is} 28... Be5 29. Nd5 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Rc1 Bb2 32. Re1 Rc5) 29. Nd5
$2 {White misses his only chance to advance the passed pawn.} (29. c7 $1 Be5
30. Qb5 $1 Re7 31. Rd8+ {wins for White (Pelletier).}) 29... Qf2 $1 30. Qf1
Qxa2 31. Nxf4 Qa4 32. Re1 Rf8 33. Ne6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 a5 35. Qe1 Qc4 $1 36. Re8
Qc5 37. h3 a4 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 39. Qa1+ Bg7 40. Qxa4 Be5 41. Qd1 {The passed
has been stopped definitely. Smirin had drawn his only problematic game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. a3 Bd7 $5 ({Usual is} 11... Rd8) 12. Bd3 Rfd8
13. Bc2 Be8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rac8 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Na5 $5 19.
Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 20. b4 Nc6 $5 21. Nc3 $1 Rh5 {
The rook has to go to a vulnerable place.} 22. Bf4 Rf5 23. Bg3 Bf6 24. Ne4 Be7
25. Nc3 Bf6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Ne5 $1 {White makes an effort to win.} Rd8 $5 28.
Qe3 $5 Rh5 $2 ({Better is} 28... Nxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 $1 30. g4 $5 fxe5 31. gxf5
exf5 32. Nc5 e4) 29. Ng4 $1 Kg7 30. Qc3 Nxd4 $2 31. Bc7 $1 {
Tkachiev gains material.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bb7 $5 8.
O-O Be7 9. cxd5 $1 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Re8 14.
Rac1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e3 Re7 $6 (16... c5 $1 {
solves the weakness. The pointe is} 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxb7 $4 Reb8 $1) 17. Rc2
h5 $5 18. Rfc1 Rd8 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Ne8 {
Black protects his weak pawn.} 22. Bf1 Ba8 $6 {He spoils time.} 23. a4 $1 f6 $6
{Square g6 becomes weak.} 24. Nh4 Nd6 $2 (24... Kf7 {defends passively.}) 25.
Ng6 $1 Red7 26. Bh3 Kf7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Nf4 Nc4 29. e4 $1 c6 30. Nxh5 $1 {
White has gained an exchange and a pawn.} b5 31. e5 $1 fxe5 32. dxe5 d4 ({
The pointe is} 32... Nxe5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Rc7 {and White wins (Gershon).})
33. Nf4 Ke7 34. Nd3 Rd5 35. f4 Bb7 36. Kf2 Bc8 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rxc4 $1 bxc4
39. Rxc4 Bf5 40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Rc6+ Kd5 43. Rc5+ Ke4 44. e6 $1 {
Vallejo had won a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Bf4
d6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Bxd6 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxd5 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. e4
Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Nbc6 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rd8 18. Be5 $5 {
Dreev makes a different move. He achieves a pleasant endgame anyway.} (18. Bc7
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {happened in Dreev - Yemelin, Moscow 2002.}) 18... Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nd7 Kf7 (21... f5 $5 22. e5 Kf7 {
will be played in Delemarre - Gschnitzer, Germany 2003.}) 22. Rd6 Nc8 23. Rc6
Rd8 24. e5 $1 f5 ({The alternative is} 24... fxe5 25. Nxe5+ Ke7 {(Hecht).}) 25.
Nf6 Ne7 $2 ({Better is} 25... h6 $1 26. Rc7+ Ke6 27. f4 Nd6 $1 28. Rc6 $1 Kf7
$1 29. Nd5 Nc4 30. Rf6+ Kg7) 26. Rc7 Ke6 $2 (26... f4 $1 27. Nxh7 Rd5 28. Ng5+
Ke8 29. Nf3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 {fights for the last chance.}) 27. f4 h6 28. Rxa7
{White has gained a pawn.} g5 ({Or} 28... Nd5 29. Nxd5 Kxd5 30. Rb7 g5 31. Rxb6
gxf4 32. Rd6+ $1 Rxd6 33. exd6 Kxd6 34. Kd2 {and White wins.}) 29. Nh5 Ng6 30.
Ng7+ Kd5 31. e6 Kd6 32. g4 $1 gxf4 33. gxf5 f3 34. fxg6 f2 35. Rf7 Rg8 36. e7 {
Dreev won the endgame elegantly.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ng5 $6 {
Kortschnoj makes an optimistic move.} (12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3
15. Rb1 $1 {favoured White in Kortschnoj - Balinov, Leipzig 2002.}) 12... Bxe2
13. Qxe2 Qa6 $1 14. Qxa6 Nxa6 {Black has a plus after the exchanges.} 15. d5 $1
c4 $1 {White has a bad weakness.} 16. Be3 Rac8 $1 17. Bxa7 $6 ({Preferable is} 
17. Rac1 $1 Nc5 18. Rc2) 17... Bxc3 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Be3 Bg7 {
Black has an advantage on the queenside.} 20. Rb5 $5 c3 $1 21. f4 $2 ({
Better is} 21. Rc1 Rc4 22. f3) 21... c2 $6 (21... Rc4 $1 {wins.}) 22. Rc1 $6 (
22. e5 $1 Rc4 23. a3 $1 {(Smirin)} h6 24. Nf3 {offers more resistance.}) 22...
Rc4 $1 23. a3 h6 24. Nf3 Rxe4 25. Kf2 Rc7 26. Bb6 Rc3 27. Rb2 Rxa3 28. Rbxc2
Nb4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Nd3+ 31. Kf1 Nxf4 {Black has two extra pawns.} 32. Re8
f5 33. Bc7 Rd3 34. Rxd3 Nxd3 35. Rb8 Rb4 36. Re8 Bf6 37. Rd8 Nc5 38. d6 exd6
39. Rxd6 Bg7 40. h4 Ne4 41. Re6 Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45.
Kg1 g4 $1 46. Nh4 g3 {All games were drawn in the rounds four and five. Smirin
led by 3/5 at the end of the first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a5 9. c4 $5 Bb7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Be4 {Exchanges occur.} Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Na6 13.
d5 $1 {White has the initiative.} exd5 14. Qxd5 Nb4 $6 {
He should develop first.} ({Preferable is} 14... O-O $1 15. O-O Nb4 16. Qe4 Qc7
) 15. Qe4 Nf8 (15... O-O $5 16. a3 $1 Na6 17. O-O {favours White.}) 16. a3 Nd3+
17. Ke2 $1 Ne6 $1 18. Nc4 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1 O-O $1 20. Rhd1 Qc7 21. a4 $1 {
Smirin has pressure.} Rad8 22. g3 $5 Kh8 23. Kf1 f5 $2 ({Preferable is} 23...
h6 24. Kg2 Rfe8) 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rxd8+ $2 ({Better is} 25. Ne3 $1 {
and the threat Nd5 decides the game.}) 25... Qxd8 26. Nce5 $5 c4 $2 (26... Rf8
$1 27. Re1 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 {defends well.}) 27. Qxc4 Bc5 $2 ({Müller prefers
} 27... Qg8 28. Re1 Bc5 29. Kg2) 28. Qxe6 $1 {Smirin kept the lead.} (28. Qxe6
Rxe6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd8 {gains a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 Qe7 11. Bc4 $5 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Nf8 13. g3 Ng6 14.
Qe3 Kb8 15. h4 $5 Qb4 16. Bb3 h6 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. c3 Qh5 19. Nfd2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
{The chances are about equal.} h5 21. Rde1 Ne7 22. Nf3 Nf5 23. Nfg5 Nh6 24. Nd2
Bd5 25. Nc4 Kc8 26. Ne3 Bxb3 27. axb3 a5 {Little happens.} 28. Ne4 Kb7 29. Kc2
Be7 30. Ra1 Rhe8 31. Ree1 Nf5 32. Nc4 Bf6 33. Ra2 $5 Nd6 34. Nexd6+ cxd6 35. d5
$5 Re7 ({The pointe is} 35... exd5 $2 36. Nxd6+) 36. Rd1 $6 {
He should activate the other rook.} exd5 37. Rxd5 Kc6 38. Rd2 d5 39. Ne3 $2 ({
Better is} 39. Ra1 $1 Red7 40. Na3 d4 41. Rad1 $1) 39... d4 $1 {Black charges.}
40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Nf5 Rd7 43. Nxd4+ Rxd4 44. Ra1 (44. Ra4 $2 Kd5
$1 {wins for Black.}) 44... Rd6 45. Rf1 (45. Re1 Rf6 46. Re2 Rf3 {
favours Black (Finkel).}) 45... Re6 46. Kd2 Rd6+ 47. Kc2 Rg6 48. Rd1 Re6 49.
Rd2 Re1 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Kc2 g6 52. f4 $2 (52. Kd3 Rc1 53. Re2 Kb4 54. Kd2 Rc6
55. Re3 Rf6 56. f3 {defends desperately.}) 52... Re3 $1 53. Rd7 f5 54. Rc7+ (
54. Rd3 Rxd3 55. Kxd3 Kb4 56. Kc2 b5 $1 {leads to zugzwang.}) 54... Kd5 55. Rc3
Rxc3+ $1 56. Kxc3 Ke4 57. Kc4 Kf3 58. Kb5 Kxg3 59. Kxb6 Kxh4 60. Kxa5 Kg4 61.
b4 h4 62. b5 h3 63. b6 h2 {Vallejo Pons was defeated again by Kortschnoj.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d5 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 Na6 11. Rfd1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b3 $5 Qe7 14.
Qb2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Nc7 16. Nec4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Ra6 $5 17. Ne3
g6 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Bh3 $1 a4 $5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Rda8 $5 {
The rooks occupy strange squares, but it is alright.} 22. N5g4 Nxg4 23. Nxg4
Qg7 $2 ({Preferable is} 23... Qg5 24. h3 axb3 25. f4 $1 {(Pelletier)} Qe7 26.
dxc5 h5) 24. b4 $1 {Now the black rooks are misplaced.} a3 25. Qd2 c4 26. Rc3
$1 b5 27. Rb1 $5 Bc6 $6 ({More active is} 27... Rf8 28. h4 Ra4) 28. Ne5 $1 {
Hereafter, White will be able to make simple attacking moves.} Be8 29. h4 Qe7
30. Rf3 $1 Rc8 31. Ng4 Qg7 {Black has no counter-play.} 32. Rc1 h5 33. Nf6+ Kh8
34. Rcc3 Rca8 35. Qf4 Bc6 $5 36. Qe5 Be8 37. Rf4 Rc8 38. Kh2 Rca8 39. g4 hxg4
40. Rxg4 R6a7 41. h5 $1 {The attack on the kingside cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. O-O e5 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 f5 14. c5 Nf7 15.
Qb3 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 a5 $5 ({Known is} 17... e4) 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Rc7
$1 Qf6 20. e3 $1 (20. Nc4 $5 Bxc4 21. R1xc4 {
will draw in Portisch - Winants, Rethymnon 2003.}) 20... e4 21. Nb3 Qe5 22. Nd4
$1 Qxd5 23. f4 $1 Nh6 $6 ({Better is} 23... g6 $1 24. Qa4 Rfd8) 24. R1c6 $1
Rac8 25. Qc3 $1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rf7 27. Rc6 $1 Qxa2 $2 {Kortschnoj is too greedy.
} 28. h3 $1 Qb1+ ({The pointe is} 28... a4 $6 29. Rxb6 Qc4 30. Qa5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2
$1) 29. Kf2 $1 {White sets a trap.} Qd3 $2 {The queen should return.} 30. Qc1
$1 {The black queen has been imprisoned. White threatens Rc3 or Bf1.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Rac1 g5 15.
Na4 e4 16. Ba5 $5 {White pressures on the queenside.} Bd7 $6 ({
Black misses the opportunity} 16... Nxd5 $1 17. Qxd5 Qxa4 18. Bxc7 e6) 17. Nc3
Rc8 $2 ({Better is} 17... Qc8 $1 18. Qa3 c6 19. d6 exd6 20. Na4 Nd5 21. cxd6
Qe8) 18. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qb6 Rb8 23. Qa6
Ra8 24. Qc4 $1 Rxa5 {White has three passed pawns for a piece.} 25. c6 Bc8 26.
b4 Ra8 27. b5 Qd8 28. Qc5 Ne8 29. b6 Nd6 {Black tries to stop the pawns.} 30.
Rb1 Ba6 31. a4 Qb8 32. Nb5 $6 {Errors are made under time pressure.} (32. a5 {
wins easily.}) 32... Bxb5 33. axb5 Ra2 34. b7 $5 Be5 $5 35. Rdc1 $1 Ra4 ({Not} 
35... Rxe2 $2 36. Qb6 Ne8 37. c7 $1 {(Pelletier).}) 36. e3 Kh7 37. Bh3 $5 h5
38. Qc2 Ra5 39. Bf1 f4 40. Bg2 fxe3 $5 41. fxe3 Kg7 42. Bxe4 Rxb5 $5 43. Bh7 $1
Rxb1 44. Rxb1 Ne8 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6 Bg7 47. Qxg5 Kxh7 48. Qxe7 Rf5 49. c7 $1
Nxc7 50. Qe4 Kg6 51. Rf1 Qxb7 52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53. d6 Nd5 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ {
The final standings became: Smirin 6/10, Tkachiev and Dreev 51/2, Kortschnoj 5,
Pelletier 41/2, Vallejo Pons 31/2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-sixth Schachfestival was played from 21 until 31 vii 2003. Again
six grandmasters carried out double rounds. Ten wins and one draw have been
selected. Morozevich had thought about leaving chess, but he returned
successfully.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. h5 h6 10. Rh4 Bd7 11. Rg4 Qc7 $5 12. Nf3 (12. Rxg7 $6
cxd4 13. Bf4 f6 {favours Black.}) 12... g5 $1 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Rb1 g5 $1 15.
dxc5 $1 {Morozevich plays aggressively.} O-O-O 16. Bd3 Rhg8 $2 ({Preferable is
} 16... Be8 $1 17. Qe2 Bh5 18. Ra4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rdg8) 17. Qe2 $1 Rdf8 18. c4
$1 {The attack begins.} Ng6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Ba6 $5 {
A charge is aimed at the hostile king.} bxa6 $6 21. Qxa6+ $6 (21. e6 $1 Re8 22.
exd7+ $1 Kxd7 23. Be3 {brings a great advantage (Pelletier).}) 21... Kd8 22.
Rb7 Qc8 23. e6 $1 {The sacrifices continue.} Bxe6 24. Nd4 $1 Bd7 $2 (24... Nge5
$1 25. Ba5+ Nxa5 26. Nxe6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf7 28. Nxd5+ $1 Qxb7 29. Qf6+ $1 Ke8
30. Qxe5+ Kd8 31. Qd6+ {leads to perpetual check (Pelletier).}) 25. Ba5+ $2 {
Many tactical errors are made in a difficult position.} (25. Rxg5 $3 Nge5 26.
Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 27. Qxa7 Ke7 28. c6 $1 Nxc6 29. Nxc6+ Qxc6 30. Bb4+ Ke8 31. Rb6 {
wins for White.}) 25... Ke8 26. Qe2+ Nge7 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Nce5 $1) 27.
Rc7 Qb8 $4 ({Right is} 27... Nxa5 $1) 28. Nxc6 Qb1+ 29. Kd2 Rg7 30. Rb4 {
Morozevich took great risks.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 f5 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. Qxc5 $1 ({
Known is} 7. Qd5 Qe7 $6 8. O-O {
(Medina Garcia - Vilardebo Picurena, Barcelona 1946).}) 7... Nxc5 8. Bg5 Qxg5
9. Nxg5 Nc6 10. O-O ({A new move will become} 10. f4 $5) 10... Ne6 11. Nf3 b6
12. Bd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rad1) 12... Bb7 13. c4 O-O-O 14.
Nc3 h6 15. Rad1 g5 $1 {He takes the initiative on the kingside.} 16. Rfe1 Rhe8
17. Nb5 $5 Kb8 18. b3 Nf4 19. Nc3 a6 20. Nd4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Re3) 20...
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 c6 $1 {Pawn e5 becomes vulnerable.} 22. Bf3 Kc7 23. Kf1 Re6 $1
24. g3 Ng6 25. Bh5 Nxe5 {Black has gained a pawn.} 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 c5 $1
28. Rd2 Nf3 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxe6 $6 (30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1
Rf8 33. Kd2 {offers more resistance.}) 30... dxe6 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 {
He has an extra pawn in the bishop versus knight ending.} 32. Na4 Kc7 33. Kf2
Bc6 34. Nc3 Kd6 35. Ke3 e5 $1 36. Ne2 Bd7 37. a3 Be6 38. Ng3 $6 ({
The last chance brings} 38. fxe5+ $1 Kxe5 39. Nf4 b5 40. Nd3+ Kd6 41. Nb2)
38... a5 $1 39. a4 Bd7 40. Ne2 Bc6 41. Nc3 Ke6 $1 {Zugzwang arises.} 42. Ne2
Be4 $1 43. Nc1 exf4+ {Morozevich scored his second win.} (43... exf4+ 44. Kxf4
Bc2 $1 {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 Ra8
22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Bc3 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Na8 $5 ({An alternative is} 24... Ra8 25. Qb2
Nfe8) 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Nb3 Na4 27. Na5 Qa8 28. Rc1 {
White has a slight advantage.} Rc8 29. Bd2 Bf8 $2 ({More active is} 29... Bd8
$1 30. Nd1 Bxa5 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. bxa5 Nc5 33. Qb1 Kf8) 30. Nc2 $1 Nb6 31. Na3
{The pressure on pawn b5 increases.} Nc4 $5 (31... Qa6 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 {(Wedberg)
} 33. Qf1 Na7 34. Qc1 {favours White.}) 32. N3xc4 bxc4 33. Nxc4 Qxa1 34. Rxa1
Nxe4 $1 35. Nb6 Nxd2 36. Nxc8 $1 {The passed pawn becomes strong.} Bxc8 37. Ra7
$1 e4 38. Be2 Nb3 39. Rc7 $1 Bf5 40. Bc4 Nd4 41. g4 Bg6 42. b5 Nxb5 43. Bxb5 e3
44. f3 $1 f6 45. Bd7 h5 46. Bf5 {Smirin won a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qd7 $5 ({Theory is} 12...
cxd4 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. cxd4) 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d5 c4 $1 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Nd4
Bxd4 $1 {Black wants to equalise the game.} 17. cxd4 b5 $1 18. f4 $1 {
Two blocks of pawns advance.} e6 $5 ({The alternative is} 18... Rab8 19. f5 e6)
19. dxe6 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 fxe6 21. Rxb5 Qd3 $1 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23. Rd1 {
White has little advantage in the endgame.} Rc4 $2 ({More solid is} 23... Rd8
24. Kg1 Rac8) 24. Rxd3 Rxe4 25. h3 Rxf4 $5 26. Rb7 $1 {
Smirin seemed to be out of the race for the first place.} (26. Rb7 Rf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Rd6 $1 {wins for White (Bacrot).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Ng5 Nfd7 $5 10. h4 h6 ({The alternative is} 10... Nc6 $5) 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. f4
Nd4 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Kh2 Bc6 $5 (14... a6 $1 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 e5 {
leads to a slght advantage for Black.}) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 17. cxb5
Nf6 $5 ({The alternative is} 17... Rc8 $1 18. Ng1 Nf6) 18. Ng1 Qd7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 18... Rc8 $1 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Rc1 {(Morozevich)} Qd7 $1 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 {and equality.}) 19. a4 $1 a6 $5 20. bxa6 Qa7 21. Bh3 Qxa6 22. Nf3 b5 23.
a5 $1 Qa7 24. g4 Nh7 $5 (24... Ne8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nc7 27. Qb3 $1 {
favours White.}) 25. g5 $1 hxg5 26. hxg5 g6 27. Qd2 $1 b4 28. f5 $5 Rb5 $2 (
28... exf5 29. exf5 d5 $1 {defends properly.}) 29. a6 $1 Rb6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31.
Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Bd5 $5 Rxa6 33. Rac1 Qd7 34. Qg2 Rf4 35. Qg3 Rg4 $5 36. Ne5 $1
dxe5 37. Rf7+ Kh8 38. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 39. Qh3+ {
Lutz will be mated. Morozevich led.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5
b6 9. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 10. d4 $2 ({Preferable is} 10. axb6 axb6 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12.
Nc3) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 13.
Qe5 Nxe4 $1 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Nc3 $2 {White tries to attack.} ({Better is} 15.
Be3) 15... Bb4 $1 16. axb6 Nxc3 $1 17. b7 Rb8 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ba3 Rf6 20. Qe3
Bxa1 21. Be7 Qe8 22. Rxa1 Rb6 {The standings after one cycle became:
Morozevich 4/5, Smirin 31/2, Bacrot 3, Kortschnoj, Pelletier and Lutz 11/2.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. Nd2 e6 10. Bf3 $5 Re8 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Bg4 $1 14. Qd1
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bf4 b6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Bd2 f5 20. Re1 Be5 21.
Nb5 $5 Nxb5 22. axb5 Nf6 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. c3 Qf7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. c4 $2 {
Pelletier blunders a pawn.} ({Correct is} 26. Ne3) 26... Nd2 $1 27. Qd1 Rxe1
28. Qxe1 Nxc4 29. b3 Ne5 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. Qa1 Nd3 32. Qd1 Nf4 33. Qd2 Nh5 34.
Nc4 Nf6 35. Qd1 Kf8 36. Qd2 Ke8 37. b4 cxb4 38. Qxb4 Nxd5 39. Qd2 ({Or} 39.
Qxd6 Qxd6 40. Nxd6+ Kd7 41. Nf7 Nc7 {(Finkel).}) 39... Qe6 40. Qd4 Kd7 41. Qg7+
Ne7 42. Qc3 Qd5 43. Qb3 Qc5 44. Qa4 Nc8 45. Ne3 d5 46. Qd1 Kd6 47. Qd3 d4 {
Morozevich increased the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Bxb6
axb6 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. h4 $5 Bxd5 $1 18. exd5 $5 (18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. exd5 Nc4
20. b3 Nd6 21. a4 {almost equalises.}) 18... e4 $1 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Bf1 $1 exf3
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. b4 {regains the piece.}) 19... f5 $1 20. b4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1
Qxd5 22. Rd1 Rad8 $1 23. bxa5 Qd4 $1 {Smirin controls the board.} 24. Qc1 ({Or
} 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Kf1 bxa5 {and Black has an advantage (Ftacnik).}) 24... e3
$1 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Kh2 Re2 27. axb6 Qd5 $1 28. Ne4 Qxd1 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Qf7
Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qd5 $1 {Smirin wins easily. He neared the leader Morozevich.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. c3 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxa6 Ra8 13. Qe2 Qb8 $5 14. d4 $1 bxc3
15. d5 $5 {Morozevich takes the initiative.} cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nb4 17. dxe6 Nxa6
18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ba3 $5 Nh5 $5 20. g3 Nb4 $1 21. Nc3 $5 Nc6 $1 (21... Rxa5 $2
22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Nd5 {favours White (Bacrot).}) 22. a6 Qc8 23. Nd5 Rxa6 {
Black has equalised.} 24. Rec1 $6 ({More solid is} 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bxd6 Rxa1
26. Bxe7 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nxe7 28. Qxh5 Nc6 29. Nd3) 24... Bd8 $1 25. Kg2 g6 26.
Qc4 Kg7 27. Bxd6 $5 {Morozevich wants complications.} Rxa1 28. Qxc6 $1 Rxc1 29.
Bxe5+ Kg8 30. Qxc1 Qe6 31. Qc3 $1 Qg4 32. Nd2 c6 $5 (32... Qe2 $1 33. Bd4 Bg5
34. Qc6 Ng7 {(Bacrot)} 35. h4 $1 Qxd2 36. hxg5 Qxd4 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Ke7
39. Qxc7+ Qd7 40. Qc5+ Kd8 41. Qb6+ Qc7 42. Qxg6 {also leads to equality.}) 33.
Qxc6 Qe2 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ {
Morozevich delivers perpetual check. He kept the lead on Smirin.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. f4 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. a3 $5 {White has a plus.} ({
Known is} 12. O-O-O) 12... a5 13. h5 h6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 a4 16. Rh3 Rac8
17. Nb5 $5 Rhd8 $2 ({Correct is} 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. f5
{and White keeps an advantage.}) 18. Nd6 $1 Rb8 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. Qd3 {Kortschnoj
had participated for the last time in the main group at the age of 72.} (20.
Qd3 Kg8 21. Nxf7 $1 {wins for White (Pelletier).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 $5 (13. h4 {
was played in Shirov - Morozevich, Astana 2001.}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15.
h4 b5 16. h5 $1 h6 17. Rh3 $6 ({Preferable is} 17. Qe3 Nd4 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Nxc8 Rxc8) 17... f4 $1 18. Qxf4 $6 {White sacrifices an exchange.} ({Better is
} 18. Rh4) 18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Kh8 20. Rd2 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb8 22. a3 $6 ({
More solid is} 22. b3) 22... Na5 23. Ba2 $6 Rb7 $1 24. Qa4 Qc8 25. Ne3 ({
The pointe is} 25. Qxa5 Qf5+ 26. Ka1 Qxf3) 25... Rb5 26. Qe4 Qb8 27. Nd1 Nb3
28. Bxb3 Rxb3 29. Ka2 c4 30. Nd4 Rd8 $1 31. Ka1 Rd3 $1 {Lutz was no match for
Morozevich. The final standings became: Morozevich 8/10, Bacrot and Smirin 61/
2, Pelletier 4, Lutz 5, Kortschnoj 2. A pleasant surprise was the
participation by the 13-years-old Sergei Karjakin in the Open Group.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-seventh Schachfestival was played from 19 until 29 vii 2004. Six
grandmasters carried out double rounds. The decided games by Morozevich and
Sasikiran have been selected.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d6 5. g3 g6
6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 12. Bh6 $5 {
Morozevich opens quietly.} c4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxc4 Bxc4 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Ne3
Be6 17. Ng5 $1 {The knight is poisoned.} Qe5 18. f4 $1 Qc5 ({Not} 18... Qxb2 $2
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxc6) 19. Qf2 Rb5 20. Rac1 Bd7 $1 (20... Bxa2 $5 21. b3 {
imprisons the bishop.}) 21. Nd1 Rc8 22. Nf3 e5 $1 {
McShane has achieved a positional advantage.} 23. c4 Ra5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. fxe5
Nh5 26. Nf2 $6 ({Preferable is} 26. Kh2 Rxa2 27. Re2) 26... Nxg3 27. Nd3 Rd8
28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Ke3 Be6 $6 (29... Rxa2 {grabs a pawn.}) 30. Rc2 Rxa2 $2 (30...
Rxd3+ $1 31. Kxd3 Rxa2 {keeps an advantage.}) 31. Nxc5 b3 32. Rf2 Nb4 $2 ({
Better is} 32... Bxc4 33. Rc1 Bb5 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Rcxf1 {(Ftacnik).}) 33.
Nxe6+ fxe6 34. Nd4 Ra6 35. Rc1 g5 36. Bf1 Nf4 37. c5 Ra4 38. Bb5 Ra5 39. c6
Rxd4 40. Kxd4 Nc2+ 41. Rfxc2 bxc2 42. c7 $1 {
Morozevich was the dominant player again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Rc8 $5 11. a4 Qa5 12. Qxc4 b5 $5 {
He affects the pawn structure on the queenside.} 13. Qe2 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 c5 16. Qb5 $1 Qc7 $5 17. a5 Rh5 $6 (17... Be7 18. O-O O-O {
completes the development.}) 18. Bf3 Rf5 19. Be4 Rh5 20. Qa4 cxd4 $6 ({
Better is} 20... Be7 21. Bd2 Kf8) 21. exd4 Qc4 22. Be3 $1 b3 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24.
Ke2 Bb4 25. a6 Nb6 26. Bd3 Rc7 27. Rhc1 $1 Kd7 $2 (27... Re7 $1 {
avoids a disaster.}) 28. d5 $1 {The position is opened decisively.} Nxd5 29.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 30. Bxa7 Ra5 31. Rxa5 Bxa5 32. Bd4 f6 33. a7 e5 34. Be3 f5 35. Bc4
Kc6 36. Bxb3 Bb6 37. Bd5+ $1 {An elegant finish occurs.} Kxd5 38. Bxb6 Na8 39.
Bd8 Kc4 40. Be7 Kb3 41. Bf8 {Sasikiran won a fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 Nh5 $2 {
This knight is needed in the central area.} ({Theory is} 12... Qe7) 13. Bd5 $1
Qf6 14. a4 Nf4 15. Nb3 $1 Bb6 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe2 bxa4 $5 {
The pawn structure has been opened.} 18. Rxa4 Rfd8 $6 ({Preferable is} 18...
Qf6) 19. Rc4 $1 Rd6 20. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rad8 22. b4 Rg6 23. Qe3 $1 Rgd6
24. Qxf4 $5 exf4 {White dominates the game.} 25. Ra1 Kf8 26. c4 Rb8 $5 27. Rb1
Ba8 28. e5 Rh6 29. e6 $1 Rb6 30. exf7 Rh5 31. Re1 $1 {
Morozevich won his second game too and took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bf1 Qc7 $5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Qc2 Qb8 $6 ({More useful is} 18... Bh6 $1)
19. g3 Bg7 20. Rad1 Ba8 $5 21. axb5 axb5 $5 22. b4 c5 $6 {
He should oppose in the centre.} ({Preferable is} 22... d5 $1 23. exd5 Nxd5 24.
dxe5 Nxe5) 23. bxc5 exd4 24. cxd4 dxc5 25. d5 $1 c4 $1 {Both sides advance.}
26. Bc3 Qc7 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Qa2 Nxe4 $2 {
Sasikiran makes an optimistic sacrifice.} ({Better is} 28... Nh5 $1 29. Bxg7
Nxg7 {(Ponomariov).}) 29. Nxe4 Bxd5 30. Bxg7 Bxe4 $6 ({More solid is} 30...
Kxg7 31. Qa1+ f6 32. Qd4 Qc6) 31. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 32. Bc3 {
The passed pawns are stopped.} Re6 33. Qd2 $1 f6 34. Qd5 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36.
Nd4 Rc5 37. Rxb5 $1 Rbxb5 38. Nxb5 Ne5 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. f4 Nd7 41. Nxc4 h5 42.
Kf2 Rc6 43. Bd4 Nc5 44. Kf3 Ne6 45. Bb2 Kf7 46. Ne3 Nc7 47. Bc4+ Kg7 48. Ke4
Ne8 49. Bd4 Rc7 50. Kd3 Rd7 51. Bb5 {White advances slowly.} Rd8 52. Bxe8 Rxe8
53. Nd5 Re6 54. Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 55. g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Kf7 57. Bxf6 Kxf6 58. Kd4 Ke6
59. Kc5 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. g5 $1 {Ponomariov wins the pawn ending.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8. Bh4
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 a6 11. b4 c4 12. b5 $5 Ne8 13. Bg3 e6 $5 14. Qc2 f5 $6 {
Black weakens square e5.} 15. Qb2 a5 $5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7
19. f4 g5 $2 ({Better is} 19... Qc5 $1 20. Rf3 g5 $1 21. fxg5 Qc7 {
and the white pawn structure has been crippled.}) 20. Nf3 g4 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. h3
h5 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Rh2 Rag8 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Rah1 Qd8 28. Rh6 $1
Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Rh8 30. Rf6+ $1 {This manoeuvre decides the game.} Kg8 31. Qa3
Rh1 32. g3 Qe8 33. Bf1 Bc8 34. Bg2 Rd1 35. Qd6 Bd7 $2 (35... Rd2+ 36. Ne2 Bd7 {
offers more resistance.}) 36. Rh6 $1 {He prevents counter-play.} Qf7 37. Bf1
Ra1 38. Qxb6 Qe7 39. Qxa5 Be8 40. Be2 Qa3 41. Nc2 Qxa4 42. Qxa4 Rxa4 43. Nd4
Ra2 44. b6 Bd7 ({Or} 44... Rb2 45. Nxe6 Rxb6 46. Nxg7 Rxh6 47. Nxe8 {(Finkel).}
) 45. e4 $1 dxe4 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. Bxc4 Rxb6 48. Rf6 Rb2 49. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5+ 50.
Rxf5 Rc2 51. Rg5+ Kf7 52. Rxg4 Rxc3+ 53. Kd4 Ra3 54. Kxe4 Ba4 55. Kd4 Bc2 56.
Rg5 Rf3 57. Be2 $1 Ra3 58. Bh5+ Kf8 59. Bg6 Bd1 60. Bd3 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Ra3 62.
Kd2 Bf3 63. Bc4 Ke7 64. Rg7+ Kf8 65. Rg6 Bh5 66. Rg5 Bf7 67. g4 Ra5 68. Kc3
Ra3+ 69. Kd4 Ra4 70. Kc5 Ra5+ 71. Kb4 Ra1 72. f5 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Rc1 74. f6 Re1
75. Kd4 Rd1+ 76. Bd3 Ra1 77. Rg7 Ra4+ 78. Bc4 Ra1 79. g5 Rd1+ 80. Bd3 {
McShane lost his fourth game in a row. The standings after one cycle became:
Morozevich 31/2/5, Sasikiran 3, Ponomariov, Bacrot and Pelletier 21/2, McShane
1.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. f3 Bc5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Nb3 $2 ({Better is} 19. fxe4 dxe4
20. Bxe4 {(Hellers - Z.Polgar, Adelaide 1988).}) 19... d4 $1 {
He counters in the centre.} 20. Bxd4 $2 ({Preferable is} 20. Bxe4 dxe3 21. Qc1
e2+ {(Ftacnik).}) 20... Rxd4 $1 {The game has been decided.} 21. Nxd4 Nxb2 22.
Qc1 Bxd4+ 23. Kh2 Nc5 24. Qf4 Bc3 25. Re3 Nbd3 $1 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxa1 {
Sasikiran joined the lead with Morozevich.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. c3 Bb6 10. Qh5 $5 ({Known is} 10. Nf3 dxc3 11. bxc3) 10... dxc3 11.
bxc3 O-O 12. d4 Be6 $1 13. Nf3 f6 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Re1 Rae8 {
Black defends accurately.} 16. Ba3 Ng6 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Re6
20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Rae1 d5 $1 22. h3 {The position has become equal.} Bc7 23. Qg4
h5 $5 24. Qf3 ({The pointe is} 24. Qxh5 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 dxe4) 24...
dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Kf7 28. Qe2 g6 29. c4 $5 {
Bacrot shows ambition.} Bb6 ({Not} 29... Qxd4 $2 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Qf8+ $1) 30.
d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 Qe8 32. Qd1 $2 ({Better is} 32. Qd2 $1 Qe5 33. Qb4 {
and equality.}) 32... Qe5 33. d6 $6 {The d-pawn becomes a target.} ({Correct is
} 33. Kf1 $1 Qh2 34. Qf3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qa1 36. Bb4 $1) 33... Ke8 $1 34. Bb4 (34.
d7+ $2 Kd8 35. Bb4 Qf5 {costs a pawn (Finkel).}) 34... a5 35. Ba3 Kd7 36. Qf3
$2 (36. h4 $5 Bd4 37. Qc2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Be5+ 39. g3 Bxd6 40. Bxd6 Kxd6 41. Qd3+
{offers more resistance.}) 36... Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxa3 38. Qxb7+ Ke6 39. Qe7+ ({
The pointe is} 39. Qxb6 Qxd6+ 40. Qxd6+ Kxd6 {and Black wins the pawn ending.})
39... Kd5 40. Qb7+ Ke6 41. Qe7+ Kf5 $1 42. g4+ hxg4 43. hxg4+ Kg5 44. f4+ Kxg4
45. Qe6+ Kf3 {Morozevich grabbed a piece in the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. f4 $6 ({Theory is} 11. h4) 11... Nfd7 12. Nxf7 $5 {
Sasikiran starts a great adventure.} ({An alternative is} 12. Bh5 Nxe5 13. fxe5
) 12... Kxf7 13. Bh5+ Ke7 $2 (13... Kg8 $1 14. O-O Kh7 15. fxg5 Rf8 {
gains an advantage (Sasikiran).}) 14. e5 Qb6 15. fxg5 $6 ({Preferable is} 15.
O-O $5) 15... Kd8 16. Qg4 Bxe5 $2 {Black gives up his material edge.} ({
Better is} 16... c5 $1 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. e6 Ne5) 17. dxe5 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+
19. Bxe2 Na6 20. Ne4 Nac5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. O-O-O+ Kc7 23. Rhf1 hxg5 24. Rf7+
Kb6 25. Bf2 $1 Rab8 ({Or} 25... Rxh2 26. Rxb7+ $1) 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28.
Rd2 Rhf8 29. Rf6 Rfd8 30. Rc2 Rd5 31. Rxe6 Bc8 32. Re8 g4 33. h4 $1 {The black 
pieces are pinned. Sasikiran and Morozevich shared the lead after seven rounds.
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The decisive game of the tournament was played in round eight.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8
10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Bb2
Qb6 17. c4 $5 ({Known is} 17. Qc2) 17... Nh5 ({A novelty will become} 17...
bxc4 $5 18. Nxc4 Qc7) 18. b4 Bg7 19. c5 $1 {Morozevich plays for a win.} Qc7 $1
20. cxd6 $5 Qxd6 21. dxe5 Qxb4 $1 {Sasikiran counters aggressively.} 22. Ba3
Qc3 23. Bd6 Nxe5 24. Ra3 Qb2 {He also wants to win.} 25. Rb3 Qa2 $6 (25...
Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Qa2 27. e5 Bf8 {brings chances for both parties.}) 26. Nxe5 $6 (
26. Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Nf3 {is better for White.}) 26... Bxe5 27.
Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nc4 $1 {White charges.} Re7 $4 ({Right is} 28... bxc4 $1 29. Bxc4
Qxa4 30. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 $1 31. Rxb7 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxe4 33. Rdd7 {
and White has the initiative (Morozevich).}) 29. Ra3 $1 {
The black queen has been caught.} bxc4 30. Rxa2 Rd8 31. Rd2 Red7 32. Qf3 Rxd3
33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Re3 Rd7 35. Qe2 {Morozevich took the lead by one point.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. Bd2 a6 10. e5 axb5 11. exf6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 gxf6 $1 ({Known is} 12...
g6) 13. Qg4 $1 {Ponomariov plays the thematic move.} b4 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Qxf6
bxc3 16. Bxc3 $5 {An exchange of queens equalises.} Qc5 17. Bd3 b6 18. Bxh7 {
The capture of this pawn took a lot of time.} Ra4 $5 ({Preferable is} 18... Ra3
19. Bb2 Qe3+ 20. Kd1 Ra5 21. Bd3 Rd5) 19. O-O-O $1 {White has to counter.} Nb4
$1 (19... Rxa2 $2 20. Rhe1 Ra3 21. Bb2 Re3 22. f5 {brings a white attack.}) 20.
Bb2 Bb7 $5 21. Rhe1 Nxa2+ 22. Kb1 Bd5 $1 (22... Nb4 $2 23. Rxe6+ $1 {
leads to mate.}) 23. Rxd5 $2 (23. f5 $1 Nb4 24. Rd2 $1 Ba2+ 25. Kc1 Nd5 26.
fxe6 $1 dxe6 27. Qg7 {favours White.}) 23... Qxd5 24. c3 $2 (24. f5 $1 Rf4 25.
Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rh4 27. fxe6 Rxh7 28. exd7+ Kxd7 29. Kxa2 {
fights for the last chance.}) 24... Qd2 $1 25. Qe5 f5 $1 {He threatens ..Qd3+.}
26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 {Black has an extra exchange in the endgame.
} Rh8 29. Rh3 Rxh3 30. gxh3 Rxf4 $1 {He gives the knight for a number of pawns.
} 31. Bh5 $5 Rh4 32. Bd1 Rxh3 33. Kxa2 f4 34. Bg4 Rh4 35. Bd1 Rxh2 36. Kb3 e5
37. Bf3 Rh3 38. Bg2 Rg3 39. Bf1 f3 40. c4 Rg1 {
Pelletier lives in Biel. The local hero scores well.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. O-O-O {
Morozevich prefers castling at the other side.} e5 $5 {He offers a pawn.} ({
Theory is} 13... Ng4) 14. Nxe5 Re8 15. Nc4 $2 ({Correct is} 15. Bc3) 15... Qa6
$1 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qg3 Qxa2 18. Bc3 Ne4 $6 (18... Rad8 $1 {wins easily.}) 19.
Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nd2 $1 Rd4 $5 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qb3 $1 Qa1+ 23. Nb1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1
Bxf2 {Black has an extra pawn.} 25. Rd7 $1 Rf8 26. h5 $5 Qa5 27. Nc3 Qxh5 28.
Qxb7 Re8 29. Kb1 Bb6 30. Ka2 Qf5 31. Kb3 Re3 32. Qd5 Re5 33. Qd6 Rc5 34. Qe7
Rc8 35. Qd6 Re8 36. Qd5 Qg6 37. Ka2 Re3 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qd5 Re6 40. Qd2 {
White's flag fell, when this move was carried out. The final standings became:
Morozevich 71/2/10, Sasikiran 6, Ponomariov, Pelletier and Bacrot 41/2,
McShane 3.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-eighth Schachfestival was played from 17 until 27 vii 2005. Six
grandmasters carried out double rounds. Gelfand had the highest rating.
Morozevich could not be afforded financially. Volokitin, Nakamura and Carlsen
were the youngsters.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3
Bd6 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 $5 ({
Known is} 12. Bb3) 12... Bc7 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Re5 $5
{The chances are equal.} Qd8 17. Ree1 Nbd5 {Black avoids a repetition of moves.
} 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 $1 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Bb1 $1 g6 {He threatens ..f6.}
22. Qc5 Be6 23. Qxd6 $5 ({More ambition shows} 23. f4) 23... Bxd6 24. Rc1 $6 {
White spoils time.} ({Preferable is} 24. f4) 24... Rad8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. g3 $2
({Better is} 26. Nd3 $1 Nc7 27. Be3) 26... Nc7 $1 27. Nc4 $6 (27. Bc3 Nb5 28.
Bb2 {protects the weak pawns.}) 27... Nb5 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Bf4 Rd7 30. Re3
Nxd4 {Black has gained a pawn.} 31. h4 f6 32. Rce1 Kf7 33. g4 $5 Ree7 34. g5
Bd5 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf1 $2 (38. Kh2 Ke6 39.
Kh3 {lets the white king assist in the protection of the kingside.}) 38... Nf3
$1 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bxh7 h4 41. Bd3 h3 42. Be2 Kf5 43. Bg3 Bc4 $1 {
Gelfand scored an important win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Qb5 $5 ({Known is} 10. O-O-O) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O $1 (11.
Qxb7 $6 Bd7 $1 12. a3 a4 {favours Black.}) 11... Qb8 (11... Qc7 $5 {
will become a novelty.}) 12. Na4 Ra6 13. Kb1 Ne8 14. Nb6 $6 ({More solid is} 
14. Qd3) 14... a4 $1 15. Nd2 Bd8 16. Nd5 Ra5 17. Qe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 19. Qc4 Ra5 20. Ne4 Be7 $6 (20... Ne7 $1 21. Nc3 Nf6
22. Bg5 d5 {achieves an advantage.}) 21. Be2 a3 22. b3 Nf6 23. Bb6 Ra6 24. Bf2
Qc7 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rd5 Ra5 27. Rhd1 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Be4
Kg7 31. Be3 Qe7 32. Bc1 Ra8 33. Rb5 Ra6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. c3 Ra8 37.
Qc4 Rc8 $6 (37... Ra6 {continues the protection of pawn a3.}) 38. Bc1 $1 Qd7 $5
({The pointe is} 38... Ra8 $6 39. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 40. Bxc6) 39. Bxa3 {
White has regained the pawn and achieved a positional plus.} Nd8 40. Qd5 Rxc3
$2 (40... Be7 {defends pawn d6.}) 41. Qxd6 Qe8 $2 {
Exchange offers more resistance.} 42. Rb6 Ne6 43. Rxb7 {He has an extra pawn.}
h5 44. Rb8 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Qxc8 46. Bb2 Nd4 47. Qb4 Qa6 48. Qe1 h4 49. Qd1 Qb5 50.
f4 Qb6 51. fxe5 Bxe5 52. a4 f6 53. Ka2 Ne6 $6 54. Qd7+ $1 Kh6 55. Bc1+ $5 Bf4
56. Bxf4+ Nxf4 57. Qd2 g5 58. g3 Qe6 59. Bf3 Ng6 60. a5 Ne5 61. Bb7 hxg3 62.
hxg3 Qe7 63. Be4 Qc5 64. a6 f5 $5 65. Bxf5 Nc6 66. Qh2+ Kg7 67. Qh7+ Kf6 68.
Qg6+ Ke7 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. Qf6+ Ke8 71. Bg6+ Kd7 72. Qf5+ Qxf5 73. Bxf5+ {
White has two extra pawns in a simple ending.} Kc7 74. Ka3 Kb6 75. Bd3 Ne5 76.
Be2 Nc6 77. g4 Nd4 78. Bd3 $1 {Nakamura joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Magnus Carlsen made his debut in Biel at the age of fourteen.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Bb4
10. h3 $5 (10. exd5 exd5 11. h3 {happened in Carlsen - Korneev, Warsaw 2005.})
10... O-O 11. Nde2 $5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 d4 $1 13. e5 Nxg4 $1 {
Black makes a desperado move.} 14. Qxg4 $6 (14. Bxd4 Ngxe5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Qxd8
Rxd8 17. Rad1 {equalises.}) 14... dxe3 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16. Ne4 $1 Qc7 17. Nf6+
$6 {White overestimates his chances.} ({Better is} 17. f4) 17... Kh8 18. Qh5
Rb8 $1 {The development goes on.} 19. Rae1 Rb4 $6 (19... Rxb2 $1 20. Rxe3 Rb4 {
gains an advantage.}) 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. fxe3 $2 (21. Rxe3 Rxb2 22. Rf3 {
defends well.}) 21... f5 $1 {Black counters successfully.} 22. e4 ({
The pointe is} 22. exf6 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Rb5 24. fxg7 Rxh5 25. gxf8=N+ Kg7 {
and Black wins (Ribli).}) 22... Qb6+ $5 23. Kh1 Qd8 24. Nf2 Rxb2 25. Rg1 Qe8
26. Qh4 Rxc2 27. Rg2 c5 28. Reg1 Rg8 29. Qg3 Bb7 30. Qb3 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxg2 32.
Rxg2 fxe4 33. Qb7 Qh5 34. Qxe4+ Qf5 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rd7 37. Kh2 Qe4 {
Volokitin, Gelfand and Nakamura joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nb3 Qc8 12. a5 Bxe2 $5 (12... Re8 13. Ra4 Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Qg4 {occurred in Short - Anand, Dubai 2002.}) 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Na4 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. c4 Qc7 17. Nc3 $5 Bxc3 $5 {Gelfand has calculated accurately.
} 18. bxc3 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Bd4 e5 $1 {
Black has to fight for equality, despite the extra pawn.} (21... Kf7 $2 22. f5
$1 gxf5 23. Qh5+ Ke6 24. Qxh7 {wins for White (Ftacnik).}) 22. fxe5 dxe5 23.
Qg4 $1 {White forces a draw.} exd4 24. Qxd7 dxc3 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ {
He delivers perpetual check. The standings after the first cycle became:
Nakamura 31/2/5, Gelfand and Volokitin 3, Pelletier 21/2, Carlsen 2, Bauer 1.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 c5 6. dxc5 $5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bxc5
8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. e4 $5 (9. Rc1 Nd7 10. b4 Bb6 11. e4 {
was played in L'Ami - Carlsen, Schagen 2005.}) 9... Qd4 $5 ({An alternative is
} 9... Qc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Qb1 Qd7) 10. O-O-O $1 Nd7 ({Not} 10... Qxf2 $2 11.
Nh3 Qd4 12. Bg5 {(Pelletier).}) 11. Bb5 O-O $4 {Carlsen blunders terribly.} ({
Correct is} 11... Be7 12. Nf3 Qb6) 12. Bc3 $1 Qxf2 13. Qxf2 Bxf2 14. Bxd7 Be3+
15. Kc2 {White has gained a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. e4 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 $5 {
White has the initiative for a pawn.} (13. Qc2 {
was played in Kazhyaleyev - Lautier, Aix en Provence 2004.}) 13... c5 $1 14.
Rh4 $1 Nef6 $1 (14... Ndf6 $6 15. g4 $1 h5 16. gxh5 {favours White.}) 15. Ne5
Nd5 $2 ({Alright is} 15... Nxe5 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bg5 Nd7 $1) 16. dxc5 $1 Nxe5
17. Qxe5 Qd7 $2 (17... Kf8 $1 18. Bh6 Qf6 {offers more resistance.}) 18. Qxg7 {
White has gained a pawn and attacks.} O-O-O 19. Qe5 Ba6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxb4
Bb5 22. c6 $5 Qxc6 23. Be3 Rhe8 24. Qf4 d4 $1 25. Qf5+ Kb7 26. Qxb5+ Qxb5 27.
Rxb5+ Ka6 28. Rb3 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 30. fxe3 Rb8 31. b3 Rg8 32. Kf2 Rg6 33.
Rh1 h6 34. Rh4 Kb6 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rf5 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kd8 38. Kf4 Ke8 39. b4 Kf8
40. a4 Ke8 41. Rb5 {
Bauer scored better after his family had arrived. He defeated the leader.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qh3 dxe5 13. Ncxb5 Qb6 14. fxe5
Ne4 15. Bc4 Nf2 $1 {Gelfand applies a novelty and finds the way to a draw.} (
15... axb5 $2 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Rhf1 $1 {leads to a decisive attack by White})
(15... O-O-O $2 16. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nf2 18. Qb3 axb5 19. Rd8+ {
won for White in Krakops - Sokomorokhin, Berlin 1993.}) ({or} 15... Be7 $2 16.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Qxe6 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Nxe6 {and wins}) 16. Qb3 O-O-O 17.
Nd6+ (17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Na7+ Qxa7 19. Qxe6+ Kc7 20. Qf7+ Kb6 21. Qe6+ Kc7 {
also draws.}) 17... Rxd6 18. exd6 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxh1 20. Nc5 $1 Bxg2 21. Bxe6+
Kd8 $1 22. Bxf7 g6 23. Kb1 Bc6 24. Ne6+ Kd7 25. Nc5+ Kd8 26. Ne6+ {
Carlsen delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8.
f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bc1 $5 ({Known is} 11. Be2) 11... e5 $1
12. Qd2 O-O $1 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb5 a6 $6 ({Volokitin prefers} 14... Re6 $1) 15.
Bd6 $1 Qa7 $2 ({More active is} 15... Qb7 $1 16. Be2 (16. Bc4 $6 Qc6 17. Bb3 a5
18. a4 Ba6) 16... Qc6 $1 {and chances for both sides.}) 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7
18. O-O-O $1 {The attack begins.} a5 19. a3 Rac8 20. g4 Rc6 $6 ({Better is} 
20... Qb6 $5 21. h4 $1 Qc6 22. Kb2 {but White will win (Volokitin).}) 21. g5 $1
Nh5 22. Bxe5 $1 Qc5 ({The pointe is} 22... Rxe5 23. Qxd7 Qa8 24. Qxb7 $1) 23.
Qxd7 Qxe5 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Bxe8 {White has gained material.} Rc7 26. Qd8 Qf4+
27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Qb6 {Volokitin took the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Qa5 16. Bb2 $5 ({Known is} 16. Bd2) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 d5 19.
cxd5 cxd5 20. Rxe5 $1 {White keeps the initiative by a witty sacrifice.} Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Qxb5 ({The alternative is} 21... Qb6 $5 22. Bb2 Rad8 {(Pelletier).})
22. Rb1 Qc6 $2 (22... Qa6 $1 23. Ba1 Qxa2 $1 24. Rxb7 Rfb8 25. Qd4 Qxa1+ 26.
Qxa1 Rxb7 {counters brilliantly.}) 23. Ba1 {He threatens Qd4.} Rf4 $2 24. g3 $1
Rc4 25. Qd2 $1 Qc5 26. Bf6 g5 $6 (26... Nf5 27. Bxd5 Rd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd5 {
prolongs the game.}) 27. Rxb7 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Qc4 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Nf5 31.
Bg4 {Nakamura lost again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. fxe4 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 $1 {
White reaches a favourable position.} ({The alternative is} 12. Bg5 cxd4 13.
cxd4 exd4 14. O-O) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. Rb1 Ng6 15. Qf2 b6 16. Nh4 Rf8
17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Qg3 f6 19. h4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. h5 $1 Kh8 $6 ({Better is} 
21... Nd6 22. h6 Rf7) 22. h6 $1 Rf7 23. Qh4 Ng8 24. hxg7+ Rxg7 25. a4 a5 $6 ({
Preferable is the blockade} 25... Nd6 $1 26. Ra1 Qc7) 26. Be3 Nd6 27. Rf2 Rb8
28. Kh1 Rbb7 29. g4 h6 30. Rh2 Rh7 31. Qe1 $2 (31. Qh5 $1 {
strengthens the attack.}) 31... Qe8 32. Qd1 h5 $1 33. Rbb2 $2 hxg4 34. Qxg4 e4
$2 (34... Qxa4 {charges on the queenside.}) 35. Bf1 Qe5 $5 36. Bf4 $5 Qxf5 37.
Qg3 Rbg7 $1 38. Rxh7+ Qxh7+ 39. Rh2 Nf5 $2 ({Better is} 39... Rxg3 40. Rxh7+
Kxh7 41. Bxg3 Nb7) 40. Qf2 Nfh6 41. Bxh6 $1 {
Bauer achieved a strong charge, but the end of the game became confused.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Gelfand trailed the leader by half-a-point', when the last round began.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7
9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 {He offers two knights at once.}
Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18.
Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+ Ke8 {White has three pawns for a bishop.} 20. c3 $5 (20. Re3
{was played in Kosten - Georgiev, Saint Affrique. That game occurred on the
same day.}) 20... Qc6 21. Qb4 a5 $1 {Black counters.} 22. Qxa5 Ra8 23. Qg5 f6
$1 24. Qd5 $2 ({Right is} 24. Qh5+ $1 Rf7 25. a3 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Qxc3+ {
and Black delivers perpetual check (Gelfand).}) 24... Qxc3+ $1 {
Exchange would draw.} 25. bxc3 exd5 26. exd5+ Kd7 27. Kb1 Ra4 28. g3 $6 ({
More active is} 28. Re6 Rxf4 29. Rb6) 28... Rfa8 $5 29. Rd2 R8a5 30. d6 $5 Be4+
$1 31. Ka1 h5 32. h3 Bd5 33. g4 Rxa2+ 34. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kb1 Rh2 36. Re3 h4 37.
Kc1 Kxd6 38. f5 Rf2 39. Kd1 Rf3 {Gelfand scored the needed win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Ne5 $5 ({
The alternative is} 14. Nh4) 14... Be6 15. f4 Qc8 16. Qh4 $5 (16. Qe2 $1 Bf5
17. Qh5 g6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. a4 {gains a plus.}) 16... Nd7 17.
Qg3 ({The pointe is} 17. f5 $4 Nxe5 18. fxe6 Nxd3) 17... Nf8 18. f5 $1 {
Volokitin makes a winning attempt.} Bxf5 19. Bxh6 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 $1
Bxg3 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Nxc8 Kxh6 24. hxg3 Rxc8 25. Re1 Rc7 $1 {
The remaining rook ending is drawn.} 26. Kf2 {The final standings became:
Gelfand and Valokitin 6/10, Pelletier 5, Nakamura and Bauer 41/2, Carlsen 4.
Two players shared the first place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The thirty-ninth Schachfestival was played from 24 vii until 3 viii 2006. Six
strong grandmasters carried out double rounds.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 h6 15. Qf3 $5 ({Usual is} 15. Ng4)
15... Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Na4 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bd7 21.
Bd2 Rc8 22. Bb3 Be6 {The chances are equal.} 23. Rac1 $6 ({Preferable is} 23.
Bxa4 bxa4 24. Ne3) 23... Nb2 $1 24. Qe2 Nc4 $1 {Black blockades.} 25. Ne3 Qd7
26. f3 Be7 27. Red1 $6 (27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd3 {
makes timely exchanges.}) 27... Qa7 $1 {The black pieces are more active.} 28.
Bxc4 $5 Bxc4 29. Qf2 Bxa2 {He has gained a pawn.} 30. Ra1 Bb3 31. Rdc1 Qb7 32.
Ra3 Be6 33. Rca1 Rc6 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. Qe2 Bd8 36. Nf5 a5 $1 {
The position is opened.} 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Bxa5 39. Rb1 Bxf5 40. gxf5 Bxc3
41. Bxc3 $2 (41. Rxb5 $1 Rb6 42. Rxb6 Qxb6+ 43. Be3 {avoids a disaster.}) 41...
Rxc3 42. Rxb5 {The exchanges have led to a lost game.} Rc1+ $1 43. Kf2 Qe7 44.
Qd2 Qh4+ $1 45. Ke3 Qh1 46. Rb2 Rf1 $5 47. Qxd6 $5 f6 48. Qd5+ Kh7 49. Rd2 Qg1+
50. Kd3 Rc1 51. Qf7 Qf1+ 52. Re2 Rc8 $1 53. Qd7 Qb1+ $1 {
"The return of the lion king!" was written in New in Chess Magazine.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. Na3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Qe7 12. Nh4 $5 (12. Nb5 c6 13. Nc3 d5
{drew in Ivkov - Benko, Vrsac 1969.}) 12... Bxg2 13. Nxg2 c5 14. Ne3 Rfd8 15.
Nb5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Qf4 Nce4 $1 18. Ng4 ({The pointe is} 18. f3 $6 g5 $1
19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21. Qxg5+ Kh8) 18... Nxg4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qf3 {
The chances are equal.} Ne8 21. a4 Rac8 22. b3 Nf6 23. Nc3 h6 24. Rd3 Nd7 $1 {
Carlsen sets an ingenious trap.} 25. Qb7 $2 ({Better is} 25. Rd4) 25... Qf8 $1
26. Qxa7 $5 (26. Ne4 d5 27. cxd5 Qb4 $1 28. dxe6 Qxe1+ 29. Kg2 Ne5 30. Rxd8+
Rxd8 31. e7 Re8 32. Qc7 Ng4 33. Qd7 Qxe2 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 {wins for Black.}) 26...
Nc5 $1 27. Rdd1 Rc6 28. a5 Ra8 29. axb6 Rxa7 30. bxa7 Qa8 31. Ra1 Nxb3 32. Ra4
Nd2 33. Nb5 Nxc4 34. Rb1 Kh7 35. f3 d5 {Carlsen overwhelmed a queen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O b4 $5 13. Nd5 $5 {
Radjabov plays for a win.} exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Qe4+ Be7 $6 (15... Kd8 $1 16.
Nc6+ Bxc6 17. dxc6 f5 $1 18. Qxb4 Qxc6 19. Qa5+ Qb6 {gains a plus.}) 16. Nf5
Nc5 17. Nxg7+ $1 Kf8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nf5 b3 $1 20. Bc4 $1 ({Not} 20. axb3 $4
Nxb3+) 20... bxc2 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Nh6 Qb6 24. Qc3 $2 Na4 $1 25.
Qxc2 Rxg5 $3 {Black completes his development brilliantly.} 26. fxg5 Bxg5+ 27.
Kb1 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Bd7 $1 29. Bg4 $5 Bb5 $1 30. b3 Bxh6 31. Bf5 Bg7 32. Qc8+ Ke7
$2 (32... Be8 $1 33. Re1 Nc3+ 34. Kc1 Bh6+ 35. Kb2 Qf2+ $1 36. Kxc3 Qxe1+ {
wins for Black.}) 33. Rc1 Nc5 $5 34. Qg8 Be5 35. Bxh7 Qa5 36. Qg5+ Kf8 $2 {
The tables turn during time pressure.} ({Better is} 36... f6 $1) 37. Rxc5 dxc5
$2 ({Correct is} 37... Bd3+ $1 38. Bxd3 Qxc5 {and equality (Ftacnik).}) 38.
Qxe5 Qd2 39. Bc2 Bd3 $6 {Radjabov was the third star player.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ba3 Bh6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bxb4 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 $5 15.
a5 Rf7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. c5 $5 dxc5 18. Bc3 $5 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 $5 ({
Preferable is} 19... Nxc6 $1 20. Nc4 Rd7) 20. Na3 fxe4 $5 21. Nac4 $1 Ned5 22.
Bxe5 Bg7 23. Nd6 Re7 24. N2c4 $1 Be6 $6 25. a6 Nb4 26. Qc1 Nd3 $5 27. Bxd3 exd3
28. Qc3 $5 Bxc4 $1 29. Qxc4 Qg8 $1 30. Qxc5 d2 $6 ({Better is} 30... Qd5 31.
Qxd5 Nxd5) 31. Rad1 Rxa6 $5 32. Rxd2 {White controls the position.} Nd5 33.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 $2 ({Correct is} 33... Kxg7 34. f4 Qe6) 34. h3 $6 (34. Re2 $1 Re7
35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. Ne8 $1 {wins for White (Carlsen).}) 34... Qe6 $1 35. Rb1 $1
h6 $1 36. Qc4 Rb6 $2 (36... Rga7 $1 {defends properly.}) 37. Rxb6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2
Nxb6 $2 (38... Qxd2 39. Rxc6 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 Nxf4 {tries to survive (Carlsen).})
39. Qf4 $1 Nd5 $5 {Black allows a pretty finish.} 40. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 41. Qf8+ Kh7
({The pointe is} 41... Rg8 42. Qxh6#) 42. Ne8 $1 {
Morozevich suffered his first defeat in Biel.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Bd2 g5 14. g4 Ng6 15.
f3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Rfd1 $5 ({The quiet alternative is} 17. Nd1 c6 18. Bc3
) 17... h5 $1 18. h3 (18. gxh5 $5 Be5 19. Qf2 Kg7 20. Ne2 {
is alright (Radjabov).}) 18... Be5 {Black has the initiative.} 19. Be1 Kg7 20.
Rd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Kg2 $1 Rh8 21. Bf2) 20... Rh8 21. Nd1 hxg4 22. fxg4
Qf6 23. Bc3 Bd7 24. Nf2 Rae8 25. Qf3 {White has to defend passively.} Bxc3 26.
Rxc3 c5 27. Re1 a6 28. Rc2 b5 $1 29. b3 Re7 30. Kg2 Rhe8 31. Rce2 Qh6 32. Nd3
f6 33. Nf2 Qh4 34. Qc3 a5 $1 {Black opens another front.} 35. Qf3 ({Not} 35.
Qxa5 $2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 b4 {wins for Black.}) 35... Rb8 36. Rc1 Be8 $1 37. Qd3 Ra7
38. Qf3 Bg6 39. Nd3 (39. cxb5 $1 Rxb5 40. Nd1 {defends the queenside.}) 39...
Re7 40. Nf2 Reb7 41. Rec2 $2 (41. cxb5 $1 Rxb5 42. Nd3 {resists well.}) 41...
b4 $1 {Hereafter, Black triumphs.} 42. Qd3 a4 43. Qf3 Ra8 44. Re1 Re7 45. Rce2
axb3 46. axb3 Ra3 $1 47. Rb1 Re8 48. Qd3 Rea8 49. Kf1 R8a7 50. Qf3 Ra2 51. Rbe1
Rxe2 52. Rxe2 Ra1+ 53. Re1 Ra3 $1 54. Re2 Qg3 $1 {White has been outplayed.
Radjabov and Carlsen shared the lead by a score of 2/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 {
This fashionable line has been reseached extensively.} 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5
Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 {
White has a lot for a queen.} Qc6 24. b3 Nb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Nf5 $1 {
Morozevich improves the theory.} Rxf7 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rhd1 g6 $5
30. R1d5 Qc6 31. R5d6 Qb5 32. Rb6 $1 {White avoids a draw by repetition.} Qxb6
33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. bxa4 Qc5 {Black can defend well.} 35. Rb8 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qxf3
37. Rxe5 $1 h5 38. a5 Qc6 39. a6 $5 {He gives a pawn temporarily.} Qxa6 40. Re4
Kf7 41. Nd3 Qa3 42. Rf4+ Ke7 43. Rxb4 Kd8 44. Rc4 Ke7 45. Nb4 Ke6 46. c3 Qa4
47. Kb2 $1 {White moves forwards slowly.} Kf7 48. Rd4 Qb5 49. Kb3 Qf1 50. Kb2
Qb5 51. a3 Kf8 52. Kb3 Qf1 53. a4 $1 Qb1+ 54. Kc4 Qa1 55. Kb5 $1 {
The a-pawn becomes strong.} Qxc3 56. Nc6 Qb3+ 57. Rb4 Qf7 58. a5 Qf5+ 59. Kb6
Qf2+ 60. Kb7 Qf7+ 61. Ka8 Qf1 62. Kb8 Ke8 63. Rd4 $1 Qf5 64. Rd8+ Kf7 65. Kc7
Qb5 66. Rb8 Qc4 $2 ({Better is} 66... Qf1 $1 67. Rb4 Kf8 68. Ra4 Qa6) 67. Rb4
$1 Qf1 68. Kb7 Ke6 69. a6 Kd6 70. a7 $5 Qf7+ 71. Ka6 Qe8 72. Na5 $6 {
Attack and defence are difficult.} (72. Rb8 $1 Qe2+ 73. Rb5 $1 Qe8 74. Na5 Qc8+
75. Nb7+ {wins for White (Fracnik).}) 72... Qc8+ 73. Nb7+ Kd5 $5 74. Rb5+ $6
Kd4 75. Rc5 Qe6+ 76. Kb5 Qb3+ 77. Kc6 Qa4+ $2 ({Correct is} 77... Qg8 78. Kc7
Qf7+ 79. Kb8 Qf4+) 78. Kc7 $1 Qe8 ({Volokitin has missed} 78... Qxa7 79. Ra5 {
and the queen is trapped.}) 79. Nd6 Qa8 80. Ra5 Kc3 81. Nc8 Kb4 82. Nb6 Qf8 83.
a8=Q Qf4+ 84. Kc6 Qc1+ 85. Kd7 {Morozevich came back from a previous loss.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Ba2 b5 10. Nd5 a5 $5 ({Known is} 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bd7) 11. c3 a4 12. d4
c4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 $1 16. Bh4 Bb7 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nb3
19. Rb1 Qe6 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Bh4 Rd7 23. d5 Qg6 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. Ng1
Rc7 26. Ne2 Nf4 $6 (26... Nc5 $1 {gains a plus.}) 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Re1 Re5 29.
Qf3 f5 $5 30. Qxf4 Rf7 $6 31. Bg3 $1 fxe4 32. Qh4 Rg5 33. Rxe4 {
White has gained a pawn.} Kh7 $6 34. Rbe1 $1 Nc5 35. f4 $2 (35. Rg4 $1 Nd3 36.
Rxg5 Qxg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 {(Cebalo)} 38. Re8 {wins for White.}) 35... Rxd5 36.
Qd8 Rd2 37. Qxc8 Rxc2 38. Re8 Qf5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qg8 Kh5 41. Qe8 Qd7 42. Qe3
Qf5 43. Qf3+ Kg6 44. Qc6 Ne6 $6 45. Rd1 $1 Rxb2 $5 46. Rxd6 Re7 47. Re8 $6 (47.
Qa8 $1 Re2 48. Rf8 Qe4 49. f5+ {wins for White.}) 47... Kf7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49.
Qd7+ Kf6 50. Bh4+ g5 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Qd8+ Kg6 53. Qg8+ Kf6 54. Bxg5+ $1 Ke5
55. Rd2 $2 (55. Rd1 Nxg5 56. Rd5+ {wins for White.}) 55... Rxd2 56. Bxd2 Qd3
57. Be1 Qe3 58. Bg3+ Kf6 59. Bh4+ Ke5 60. Qb8+ Ke4 61. Qxb5 Qxc3 62. Qc6+ Ke5
63. Qxa4 Nd4 64. Qe8+ Kd5 65. Qd7+ Ke4 66. Qh7+ Nf5 67. Qb7+ Ke5 68. Qb5+ Ke6
69. Qc6+ Nd6 70. Bg3 Qxa3 71. h4 Qd3 72. h5 Qd5 73. Qxd5+ Kxd5 74. Bf4 c3 75.
g4 c2 76. Kg3 Ne4+ 77. Kf3 Nf6 78. Bd2 Ke6 79. Kf4 Nd5+ $2 ({Right is} 79...
Nd7 $1 80. g5 Nc5 $1 {drawn.}) 80. Kg5 $1 Nf6 81. Bc1 $1 Kf7 82. Kf5 Nd5 83. g5
Ne7+ 84. Ke5 Nc6+ 85. Ke4 Ne7 86. Kf3 Ke6 87. Kg4 Kf7 88. Bb2 $1 Ke6 89. g6 Ng8
90. Kg5 Nf6 91. h6 Ne4+ 92. Kh4 {Morozevich and Carlsen joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Rac1 $2 {Carlsen protects his weakness.} (17. e5 $1
Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Bxe2 19. Rxc7 Nd5 {drew in Cvetkovic - Lanka, Trnava1989.}) 17...
Rac8 18. e5 Nd5 $1 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. f5 $5 {
Carlsen charges in the central area.} dxc4 $6 (20... dxe5 $5 21. f6 g6 22. Qg4
dxc4 23. Qg5 Kh8 24. Rf5 Bb7 25. Rxe5 Rg8 {favours Black.}) 21. f6 g6 22. Qg4
$2 ({Better is} 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Qxe6 Qd7 25. d5 $1 {
and White has a counter-attack (Volokitin).}) 22... Qc6 $1 {
Black has a decisive counter.} 23. Rf4 dxe5 24. dxe5 Bb7 $1 25. Qh3 Rfe8 26.
Kf2 Rxe5 27. Rcxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd7 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Bc6 31. Qd4 Rd5 32.
Qg4 h5 {Carlsen lost the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 $5 ({Usual is} 10... Qc7) 11. e4 c5 $1 12. e5 $1
Ng4 $5 13. h3 $1 cxd4 $1 14. Nd5 $5 ({More solid is} 14. hxg4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 {
(Morozevich).}) 14... exd5 15. hxg4 Qe6 $1 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Nxd4 $5 Qxe5 18. Qe3
Qxe3 19. Bxe3 Na4 {Black has little advantage.} 20. Nf5 $2 (20. Bc1 $1 {
protects a weakness.}) 20... Nxb2 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 {
Black has a positional edge.} 24. Bd4 O-O-O $1 25. Bc3 Bc5 26. Nxg7 Rxd2 27.
Kxd2 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 b4 $5 29. Bf6 Rd7 30. Rc1 Kb7 31. Kb1 Bd3+ 32. Kb2 Bxf2 33.
Kb3 a5 34. a3 bxa3 35. Kxa3 Be4 36. Nf5 Rd3+ 37. Kb2 a4 38. Rc3 Rxc3 39. Bxc3
Bc5 40. Nh4 Kc6 {Morozevich took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be5 Ng7 14. Rab1 Bf5
15. b4 a6 16. a4 $5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b5 $5 18. Rfc1 Nf5 19. e4 $5 dxe4 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. axb5 axb5 {The chances are about equal.}
24. Rc6 $1 {White plays for a win.} Ra2 25. Rb6 f6 $1 26. Bh2 $5 Bxb4 $6 (26...
Rea8 $1 27. g4 R8a3 $1 28. gxf5 Rxf3 29. fxg6 Rfxf2 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 {
draws (Bruzon).}) 27. g4 $1 Ba5 $2 ({The sacrifice} 27... Nxd4 $5 28. Nxd4 Bc5
29. Re6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 {(Radjabov)} d4 $1 {
delivers a fine resistance.}) 28. Ra6 $1 Ng7 29. Rxb5 Ra3 30. Kg2 Bb4 31. Rxa3
Bxa3 32. Rxd5 Be7 33. Ra5 $1 Rd8 34. d5 $1 Bb4 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. Kf1 $1 h5 37.
Ke2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ra8 39. Rb3 Ba5 40. Nd4 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Be1 42. d6 Rd8 43. Rb7 {
The standings after one cycle became: Morozevich 4/5, Radjabov 31/2, Carlsen 3,
Volokitin 2, Bruzon 11/2, Pelletier 1.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 $5 ({The alternative is} 
13. b3) 13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nc4 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16. Ra3 Rfc8 17. Bb2 a5 $5 18.
Rxa5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Na4 20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. Ba3 $1 Qxc3 (21... exd4 $5 22. cxd4
Qxa5 23. e5 Ne8 {regains the pawn at once (Morozevich).}) 22. Nb1 Qc6 $1 23.
dxe5 Nxe4 24. exd6 Bf6 $1 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qe3 Nb3 27. Nbd2 Re8 28. Ne4 Bd8 29.
Nd4 Nxd4 $5 30. Qxd4 f6 31. Re3 Bxa5 $1 {The pawn has been captured at last.}
32. Nxf6+ $5 {Morozevich charges.} gxf6 33. Rg3+ Kf7 34. Qh4 $1 Re1+ 35. Kh2
Qe4 $2 {Black blunders a piece.} ({Correct is} 35... Qb5 $1 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37.
Qe7+ Kd5 38. Qxf6 Bd2 39. Qf3+ Kd4 $1 40. Qf6+ Kd5 {
and a sharp line leads to a repetition of moves.}) 36. Qh5+ $1 Ke6 37. Qxa5 Qb1
38. Rg7 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qd3+ 40. f3 $1 Qb5 41. Re7+ Kf5 42. Qc7 {
Morozevich increased his lead.} (42. Qc7 Bc6 43. Qc8+ Bd7 44. Qc2+ {
will mate soon.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nd7 6. Bf4 $5 ({Usual is} 6.
e5) 6... g6 7. Qc1 Bg7 $5 8. Bh6 Qa5+ $1 9. c3 Ne5 $5 {
Castling would have been simplier.} 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 Qa6 12. Qc2 Be6 13.
f4 Bc7 14. O-O f6 15. c4 $1 O-O-O 16. a4 $1 {White has the initiative.} Rd7 17.
a5 $1 Rhd8 18. Ra3 $1 Bxa5 $6 {Carlsen makes a risky move!} 19. f5 $1 Bf7 20.
fxg6 $5 hxg6 $5 21. e5 $1 Be6 22. exf6 exf6 23. Nb3 Rxd3 24. Nxc5 Bb6 $6 ({Or} 
24... Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxd3 Bb6+ 27. Nf2 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Bd4 {
and Black has lost material.}) 25. Rxa6 Bxc5+ 26. Kh1 bxa6 27. Bg7 $4 {
The tables turn.} (27. b4 $1 Bb6 28. Qe2 {wins for White (Carlsen).}) 27... Bg4
$1 {Carlsen will defeat Morozevich again.} 28. b4 $1 Be3 $1 ({
He avoids the trap} 28... Rd1 $2 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Bxd1 31. bxc5) 29. h3
Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32. g3 Rd2+ $1 ({Carlsen notices} 32... Bf3 $4
33. gxf4 {timely.}) 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. hxg4 Bxb4 35. Bxf6 a5 {
The bishop ending is won easily.} 36. Kg2 Kd7 37. Kf3 Bd6 $1 38. Ke4 Bxg3 39.
Kd3 Ke6 40. Bd4 a6 41. Kc2 a4 42. Kb1 Be5 43. Bf2 Kd6 44. Ka2 Bc3 45. Ka3 Ke5
46. Kxa4 Kf4 47. Bb6 Kxg4 48. Ba5 Bxa5 49. Kxa5 Kf4 50. Kb6 a5 {
Morozevich led by half-a-point on Carlsen and Radjabov.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2 exd4 $5 ({Theory is} 
13... c5) 14. cxd4 c5 15. b4 $6 (15. d5 $1 {
will be played in Karjakin - Shirov, Khanty Mansiysk 2007.}) 15... cxb4 16. Ng5
$5 Nc4 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxc4 Rxa2 $1 {
Black delivers a positional sacrifice.} 19. Rxa2 bxc4 20. Qa4 b3 21. Rae2 Qc7
$6 (21... d5 $1 {gains a plus.}) 22. d5 Rb8 23. Re3 Nd7 24. Rc3 Nc5 $1 25. Rxc4
$5 h6 26. Nf3 Qb6 27. Qa1 f5 $1 28. Be3 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxd5 30. Bxc5 $2 ({
Better is} 30. Rd4) 30... dxc5 31. R4e3 b2 32. Qb1 Qa7 33. Re8 $2 ({Correct is
} 33. Qc2) 33... Ba2 34. Qxa2+ Qxa2 35. Rxb8 c4 36. Nd4 c3 37. Ne6 $5 Qxe6 $5
38. Rxe6 c2 39. Reb6 c1=Q+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. Rxb2 Bc5
44. R8b3 $6 (44. R8b5 $1 Bd4 45. Re2 Qf1 46. Rbb2 $1 Bxb2 47. Rxb2 {
tries to survive (Kuzmin).}) 44... Qe1 $1 45. Kg3 Bd4 46. Rb1 Qxf2+ 47. Kh2
Be5+ 48. Kh1 Qf4 49. Kg1 Qh2+ 50. Kf2 Bd4+ 51. Kf3 h5 52. Rb5 Kh6 53. Rd5 Ba7
54. Rbd1 h4 55. R5d2 Qe5 56. Rd6+ g6 57. R1d3 Qg3+ 58. Ke2 Qxg2+ 59. Kd1 Bb8 $1
{Motozevich increased his lead to one point.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Qd2 $5 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14.
Ne5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a3 Rad8 (16... Qg5 $5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 {
happened two weeks later in the rapid game Morozevich - Meier, Mainz 2006.})
17. f4 Nf6 18. c4 Qc7 19. b4 $5 {He wants to attack.} Nd7 20. Kb2 Nxe5 21. fxe5
Kh8 $6 (21... a5 $1 {counters.}) 22. Qe3 Rd7 $6 23. g4 $1 Rfd8 $6 24. g5 $1
hxg5 ({The alternative is} 24... h5 $5 25. g6 $1 Kg8 26. gxf7+ Rxf7) 25. Qh3+
$1 Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Re3 $1 {A rook joins the attack.} g4 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29.
Qxg7 Bf3 $2 ({Better is} 29... Rd4 30. h3 Rf8 {and Black prolongs the game.})
30. Bg6 $1 Rf8 ({Or} 30... Rd2+ 31. Kc3 Rc2+ $1 32. Kxc2 Bxd1+ 33. Kc3 Ke8 34.
Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc8 36. Qxe6+ {and White wins (Ftacnik).}) 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7
32. Rd3 $1 Qc8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Rd6 $1 {
Morozevich had won the tournament after seven wins and two losses!} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Qxd6 f5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qc7 {
White forces an exchange of queens and obtains the initiative.} fxe4 $5 (12...
Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 a6 {
will be played in Carlsen - Gurevich, Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006 (blitz).}) 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rad8 $2 ({Preferable is} 15... a6 $1 16. Nd6 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Rad8 18. Nxe4 Kg7) 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Ra4 $1 b6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20.
Rb4 b5 21. Nf3 $1 Nc6 22. Re4 b4 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxb4 {
White has gained a pawn. Black has the two bishops.} Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Rxd1+ 26.
Nxd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rd8 28. Nc3 Rd2 {
Black has positional compensation for two pawns.} 29. a4 Rxf2 30. Rb6 a5 31.
Nd5 $2 {Pawn a5 should be attacked immediately.} Rxh2 32. Rb5 Bd2 $6 (32...
Rh1+ 33. Ka2 Bf8 $1 34. b4 axb4 35. a5 h5 36. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 37. Nd7 Rd1 38. Nxf8
Kxf8 39. a6 Rd7 40. Ra5 Ra7 41. Kb3 Ke7 42. Kxb4 Kd6 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. Ra4 {
leads to a great advantage for White (Volokitin).}) 33. c4 $1 h5 34. c5 $1 Rh1+
35. Kc2 Bh6 36. f4 Bf8 37. Rb8 Rh2+ 38. Kd3 Rh3+ 39. Kc4 {
Volokitin had defeated Carlsen for the second time.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "2006.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nb8 $5 14. Ne3 Nbd7
15. a4 g6 16. b4 Bg7 17. Bb3 c6 18. g4 $5 Qc8 $5 19. g5 Nh7 $5 20. gxh6 Bxh6
21. Kh1 Ndf6 22. Rg1 Kf8 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 Qh3 {
The chances are equal.} 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Qf1 Ke7 28. f4 $1 Rh8 29. Ra2 Rh7 30.
f5 g5 31. Qg2 c5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Qa2 $1 c4 $2 {
Black loses time.} ({Correct is} 34... Bc6 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Qa7+ Kd6) 35. Bd1
$1 Qh4 36. Qa7+ Kf8 $5 37. Qxa8+ {White has gained a piece.} Kg7 38. Nf1 $1
cxd3 39. Bf3 d2 40. Kg1 $1 Nxe4 41. Qd5 $1 Nxg3 42. f6+ $1 Kxf6 43. Qxd6+ Kg7
44. Qxe5+ f6 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. hxg3 $1 Qc4 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ {
The final standings became: Morozevich 71/2/10, Carlsen and Radjabov 6,
Volokitin and Pelletier 4, Bruzon Batista 21/2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The fortieth Schachfestival was played from 23 vii until 3 viii 2007. Ten
grandmasters participated in the Jubilee event.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Qd2 $5 ({Known is} 13. Qc2) 13... Re8 14. Ba5 $1 Qe7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd2 dxc4 $5 19. bxc4 e5 $1 20. d5 $5
e4 21. Be2 Red8 22. Rfd1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6 24. Be1 $1 Nxd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
24... Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5) 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Rxa5 $1 Nc2 27. Bd2 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Ra8
29. Rd5 Bf8 $2 (29... Na3 $1 30. Bd1 Nc4 31. Bb4 Bf8 {
defends properly (Bu Xiangzhi).}) 30. Bd1 $1 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 32. Bb3 {
White controls the centre.} b6 33. Rd7 $1 Rf8 34. g4 g5 35. Rb7 Bc5 36. Bd5 Kg7
37. Kf1 ({Not} 37. Bxe4 Re8 38. Bd5 Re7 $1) 37... h6 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. a4 Kg7 40.
Rc7 Bb4 41. Bxe4 $1 {White captures the pawn at the right moment.} Rd8 42. Bd3
Kf8 43. Rb7 Rd6 44. Bc4 Rf6 45. Bd5 Be7 46. f3 Bb4 47. Kd3 Be1 48. Ke4 Bg3 49.
Bc4 Be1 50. f4 {He advances slowly.} gxf4 51. exf4 Bg3 52. f5 Be1 53. Bd5 Kg7
54. Kd4 h5 55. Kc4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Bf2 57. Be6 $5 Be3 58. Kd5 Kf8 59. Ke5 Kg7 60.
Ke4 Bd2 61. Kd3 Bf4 62. Kc4 Kf8 63. Bd5 Be3 64. Kb5 Kg7 65. Be6 Kf8 66. Bc4 Bf2
67. Bd5 Kg7 68. Bc6 $1 Kh6 69. Rxb6 $1 {A sacrifice decides the game.} Kg5 $5
70. a5 $1 Rd6 ({Or} 70... Kxg4 71. Be4 $1) 71. Rb7 Kxg4 72. Rxf7 Kg5 73. Rd7 $1
Rh6 {The exchange of rooks is hopeless too.} 74. Be4 Rh8 75. a6 Rb8+ 76. Kc4
Kf4 77. Re7 Rc8+ 78. Kd3 Rd8+ 79. Ke2 Bd4 80. Bd3 Bc5 81. Re6 Rh8 82. f6 Rh2+
83. Kd1 Rh6 84. f7 $1 {The youngster started with a fine win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd4
exd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Bxd5 Bc6 $5 ({
Known is} 13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc7) 14. Qb3 $5 {White loses time.} ({Better is} 
14. e4 $1) 14... Nc5 15. Qf3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe8 $1 17. Qf3 $5 Qe6 18. Ne3 Ne4
19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Nd5 Rc2 $5 21. Nxf6+ $6 (21. Qd3 $1 Rfc8 22. f3 {
keeps the equality.}) 21... Nxf6 22. Rd2 Rc5 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Be3 Rf5 25. Qb7
Re5 {Black has the initiative.} 26. Qf3 h5 27. Rad1 $2 (27. Rd2 d6 28. b3 {
defends the a-pawn.}) 27... Qxa2 28. R4d2 Qa4 29. h3 $6 (29. Bd4 $5 Rxe2 30.
Bxf6 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Re1+ 32. Kg2 gxf6 33. Qxh5 {
offers a strong resistance (Polgar).}) 29... Qb5 30. Bd4 Rf5 31. Qb7 Rxe2 32.
Bxf6 gxf6 $1 33. Qc8+ $5 Kg7 34. Rxd7 Rfxf2 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ Re7 37.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Qb7+ Ke6 39. Qe4+ Qe5 40. Qc6+ Kf5 {
If White captures the rook, Black achieves a won queen ending.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 f6 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Ne3 Rfc8+ 20. Kb1
Nc5 21. Ra3 $5 {The first new move is made at last.} f5 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Rd1 Rc5
24. Nc2 Kf7 25. Nd4 Kf6 {Standard moves have been carried out.} 26. Rb3 Nd6 $6
({Better is} 26... e5 $1 27. Nb5 Ra8 $1) 27. g4 $1 {
The black pawn structure is attacked.} f4 $2 ({Preferable is} 27... Re8 $1 28.
Nb5 Nxb5 29. Rxb5 Rc7 30. gxf5 Kxf5 {and White has an edge.}) 28. g5+ $1 Ke7
29. Rh3 $5 Rh8 30. Bg4 e5 31. Ne6 Rxa5 32. Nxg7 Ne4 $5 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. g6 $1
Nf6 ({The pointe is} 34... Nf2 35. Rxh7 $1 {(Onischuk).}) 35. g7 Re8 36. Bh5 $1
{Onischuk played an inspired game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Nh6 8. h4
Nd4 $5 ({Known is} 8... Qd7) 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Ng4 11. Bh3 Nf6 12. Bg5 c6 $1
13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Kd7 $5 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. h5 g5 18. b4 $5 Qe7
19. Ke2 Raf8 20. Rhc1 Be5 21. c5 Rg7 22. Rab1 Rgf7 23. Be1 $5 b6 $5 24. a4 Rf6
25. Rc2 Qf7 26. Kd1 Rh6 27. Rbc1 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rxh5 29. cxd6 Rh1 30. Qe2 $2 (
30. f4 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 30... Bxd6 31. Rxc6 $2 {
Loek allows a decisive blow.} Qxf2 $1 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. R6c4 Bxg3 34. Rxd4+ Ke7
35. e5 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Rf4+ 37. Ke2 Rxd4 38. Rc7+ {
Van Wely collapsed at the end.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 $5 c5 15. Qe4
{White attacks directly.} f5 $2 ({Correct is} 15... g6 16. Bh6 Re8) 16. exf6
N7xf6 17. Qxe6+ {White has gained a pawn.} Kh8 18. Ne5 $1 Bc8 19. Qc6 Rb8 20.
O-O Bb7 ({The pointe is} 20... Rb6 21. Qa8 $1 Bd6 22. Qxa5 {
and White wins (Avrukh).}) 21. Qe6 Bc8 22. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 {
He avoids the smothered mate.} 23. Qxf7 Rb7 24. Bg5 $1 Bd6 25. Qh5 $1 c4 26.
Bxc4 Qc7 27. Qe2 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Qe5 Qxc4 30. Rac1 Qg8 31. Bxf4 Ng4 32.
Qe4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Rf7 $2 34. Qxf7 $1 {Avrukh wins everything.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qd3
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Ne8 $2 {Black makes a passive move.} ({Known is} 15... a6) 16.
Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rac8 ({Not} 17... Qxc2 $2 18. Bc4) 18. c3 Nf6 19. Qb3 $1 {
Grischuk has calculated a trick.} Nxe4 20. Bg4 Ra8 21. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Bxd6+
Bf6 23. Bxc7 Rxd1 24. Bh5+ $5 g6 25. Bxd1 {He gained a pawn.} Nd2 26. Re1 b5
27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Bb3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Bc1 {
White has an extra pawn and the two bishops in the endgame.} Kd7 31. Kg1 Kc6
32. Kf2 Kc5 33. Bc2 a5 34. a4 $6 ({Better is} 34. Ke2) 34... b4 $1 35. b3 Na3 (
35... Bxc3 36. bxc4 Kxc4 37. Bf4 b3 38. Be4 Kb4 39. Bd6+ $1 Kxa4 40. Bc6# {
mates elegantly.}) 36. Be3+ $2 (36. Be4 Bxc3 37. Kf3 Bf6 38. g4 {
gives a pawn, but keeps a great advantage.}) 36... Kd6 37. Bd3 $2 (37. Be4 $1
bxc3 38. Ke2 {plays for a win.}) 37... bxc3 $1 38. Bc1 Bd4+ $1 39. Kf3 Bc5 40.
Ke4 Ke6 {Black has created a fortress.} 41. g4 $1 h5 $2 {
He weakens the kingside.} ({The passive defence by} 41... Kd6 42. h4 Ke6 43. h5
Bb4 {offers better chances.}) 42. g5 Bb4 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Kd5 Be7 45. Kc6 $1 Bb4
46. Kb6 Kg7 ({Or} 46... c2 47. Bb2 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 47. Bxa3 $1 Bxa3 48. Kxa5
Bd6 49. h3 Be7 50. h4 Bd6 51. Kb5 Bg3 52. a5 Bxh4 53. a6 Bf2 54. Kc4 {
Black cannot stop the white pawns. Grischuk compensated his previous loss.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3
c6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Ba3 d5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re8 21. e5 Nd7
22. Bd6 c5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 f6 27. Bb3 fxe5 $6
28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. f5 Qb6+ $6 31. Kh2 Nf6 32. Qf7 e4 33. fxg6 Qb8
34. gxh7 $6 Qe5 $2 35. Bd6 $4 {The tables turn.} (35. Qg6 $1 Re6 36. Kg1 $1
Nxh7 37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 {wins for White.}) 35... Qxd6 {Carlsen was lucky.}
({Motylev had 'seen'} 35... Qxd6 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {
and Ng5+, but the last move is not allowed.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 a6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Re1 Kb8 20. Na4 $5 {
White charges on the queenside.} Bf8 21. Rc1 $5 Bc6 $5 ({Better is} 21... Bd6 {
with the point} 22. b3 $2 Rxh2 $1 23. Kxh2 Qxf2) 22. b3 $1 Bh6 23. Rc2 Qd4 $2 (
23... Ka7 24. Rce2 Rhe8 {tries to survive.}) 24. Qb1 $1 Ka7 $2 25. bxc4 $1 Bxa4
26. Rb2 Rd6 ({Or} 26... Rd7 27. Bxd5 {(Onischuk).}) 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rb7+ Ka8
29. Qb6 $1 {Onischuk and Carlsen had scored two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bg6 11. e4 b5 12. Qxc6 b4 13. e5 Rc8 14. Qa6 bxc3 15.
exf6 Bxf6 $5 ({The alternative is} 15... Nxf6) 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxa7 {
White has gained a pawn.} Nb8 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Rc7 18. Qa3 Be7 19. Qb3
Nf6) 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nc6 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Be3 $6 Rc8 $6 {
Black could have captured e5.} 22. Qb5 $6 Rb8 $1 23. Qa6 Bd3 24. Qa4 Bc2 25.
Qh4 Nb4 $6 (25... Nxe5 26. Bf4 f6 27. a4 Rc5 {
stops the passed pawn (Bu Xiangzhi).}) 26. Qd4 Nd3 27. Re2 $1 Bb1 28. h3 h5 29.
a4 Rcb3 {Black controls a lot of territory.} 30. a5 $1 {But White advances.}
R3b4 ({The pointe is} 30... R8b4 $1 31. a6 $3 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Rb8 33. a7 {
and White wins.}) 31. Qd6 Qc3 32. Ra4 Qxe5 33. Qxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. a6
Be4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. a7 Ra4 38. Rc2 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 {The passed pawn will queen.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The joint leaders meet in the fifth round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11.
O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 {White has a pleasant game.} e5 $1 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d5 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Nb6 $6 (15... Nf6 $1 16. Qd6 {(Carlsen)} Qe6 $1 {equalises.}) 16. Qc5
Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bg4 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... e4 $1 18. Nd4 f5) 18. h3 $1 Rac8
19. Nxb7 {White has gained a pawn.} Be6 20. b3 $1 Rc2 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. Bc4 Nc3
23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 e4 25. Kf1 Rb8 26. Nc5 Bxc4+ $5 27. Nxc4 Rb5 28. Na6 $1
Bf8 $6 (28... Kh7 {makes a waiting move.}) 29. b4 $1 Bxb4 $6 {
Other moves prolong the game.} 30. a4 Rb7 31. Rc1 $1 Nd5 32. Rb1 f5 $5 33. a5
Kg7 34. Ne5 f4 35. exf4 e3 36. fxe3 Nxe3+ 37. Kg1 Nd5 38. Kh1 {
Onischuk lost on time. Carlsen took the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a3 Bb7 13. h4 h6 $5 14. Rh2 $5
Nc5 15. Rhd2 h5 $5 16. g5 f5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Qe3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 $5 {
Preferable is the capture by a knight.} d5 20. Bg2 Bd6 $1 21. Rf2 Kb8 22. Kb1
Rhe8 23. Rff1 Nd7 24. Nce2 Nb6 25. Ng3 Nc4 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Nxh5 $2 Rh8 $1 28.
c3 Qa5 29. Rd3 (29. Nf6 $5 Rxh4 {favours Black.}) 29... e5 $1 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31.
Qf6 Qd8 $1 32. Nf4 $5 ({Or} 32. Qxd8 Rcxd8 33. Nf4 Nxd3 34. Nxd3 Rxh4 35. Rxf7
Rg4 {(Ftacnik).}) 32... Qxf6 33. gxf6 Nxd3 34. Nxd3 Rcg8 35. Bf3 Rh6 $1 36. Be2
Kc7 37. h5 Bc8 38. Kc1 $6 (38. Rh1 {offers more resistance.}) 38... Bg4 $1 39.
Bxg4 Rxg4 40. Nb4 Bxb4 41. axb4 Rxh5 42. Rf2 Kd6 43. Kb1 Rhg5 44. Nf5+ Ke6 45.
Nd4+ Kd7 46. Nb3 Rg2 47. Rf3 R5g3 48. Rf4 Rh3 49. Nc5+ Kd6 50. Rf1 Rhh2 51. Nd3
Rd2 52. Rf3 d4 $1 {Polgar has an extra exchange.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. a5 $5 {
White offers a pawn.} Nb4 $5 {He reacts shily.} (14... Nxa5 15. e5 Ne8 $1 16.
Ne4 {leads to chances for both sides.}) 15. Bg1 e5 $6 {
Black weakens the centre.} 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 $1 Rbe8 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Bd3
Bd6 $2 ({More solid is} 19... Bd8 $1 20. Bc5 Be7) 20. Bc4 $1 {
Radjabov has the initiative.} h6 21. Nh4 Nh5 ({Not} 21... Nxc2 $2 22. Rxf6 $1
gxf6 23. Rf1 {(Ftacnik).}) 22. Qf2 Nf4 23. g3 Be6 $1 24. gxf4 $1 Bxc4 25. Rg1
$1 Be7 $5 (25... Rg8 $1 26. Nf5 Nc6 27. Qh4 $1 Bf8 {offers more resistance.})
26. Nf5 $1 Bf6 27. Bc5 $5 Nc6 28. Ne3 Be6 29. f5 Bd7 30. Ncd5 Bg5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8
32. f6 $5 g6 33. Rad1 Be6 34. Nc4 $5 (34. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Nf5 $1 {
wins quickly.}) 34... Rd8 35. c3 Kh7 36. Nce3 $6 Bf4 $6 37. Ng2 g5 38. Qf3 Qc8
$2 39. Ngxf4 exf4 40. Rxg5 $1 {Radjabov crushes the opposition.} ({Notice} 40.
Rxg5 $1 hxg5 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qh6 {and mate in one.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 a5 $5 11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rd8
14. Nc3 d6 15. Bd3 Kf8 16. Bxh7 $6 {Carlsen makes an odd effort to win.} f5 $1
17. e4 Kg7 18. exf5 Kxh7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rhe1 Bxg2 21. Ne4 $2 ({Preferable is
} 21. Rg1 $1 Rg8 ({or} 21... Bf3 $2 22. Rd3 $1) 22. Rxd6 Ra6 23. Rd2) 21...
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Ra7 $1 {Black refutes the white idea.} 23. Rxe6 ({The pointe is} 
23. Rg1 $2 Rg7 $1) 23... Rad7 {Black has a knight for two pawns.} 24. Rd3 Nc6
$1 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. Rhh6 Ne5 27. f4 $5 {Magnus makes a desperate try.} Nxc4 $1
28. b3 Nxa3 29. Rhg6+ Kh8 30. Rh6+ Kg8 31. Rhg6+ Kh8 32. Rh6+ Rh7 $1 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxh2 35. Ra6 Nb5 36. Rxa5 Nd4 $1 37. Kb1 Nxb3 38. Rb5 c4 $1 39.
f5 Kg7 40. f6+ Kxf6 41. Rf5+ $1 Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rd5+ Kc6 $1 44. Rd6+ Kc5
45. Rc6+ Kd5 $1 46. Rd6+ Ke4 47. Re6+ Kd3 48. Re3+ Kd2 $1 {
The desperado checks have ended.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 {
This position occurred four times in a game Van Wely - Radjabov.} Nh5 15. c5
Nf4 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf5 18. g3 $5 (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 {
happened in the blindfold game Van Wely - Radjabov, Monte Carlo 2007.}) 18...
Nh3+ $1 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Rg4 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 ({Not} 21. Qxf3 $4 Nh4+) 21... e4+ $1
22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23. Bg5 Ne7+ $1 {The chances are about equal.} 24. Kg2 Be5 {
Loek's computer has analysed this position during the rest day.} 25. Rf4 $1
Bxf4 26. gxf4 $6 ({Better is} 26. Bxf4 $1 d5 27. Qa1+ Kg8 28. Bh6 Nf5 29. e7
Qxe7 30. Bxd5+ Rf7 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. Qe5 h6 {(Radjabov).}) 26... d5 $1 27. f5 $2
{Van Wely has little success with his preparation.} (27. Qa1+ $1 d4 28. Nd6 $1
h6 29. Bxh6 Kh7 $1 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 {almost equalises.}) 27... h6 $3 28. Qd4+ Kh7
$1 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qxd5 Rad8 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qc3 Qg7 34. Qg3+
Kh7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kg3 Rd4 {Radjabov and Carlsen joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 Rfd8
$5 ({The alternative is} 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 Nc4) 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Be3 $1 Qb4 $6
({Preferable is} 16... Qc7 17. dxc6 Nxc6) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Qxc4 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. h3 Bxc3 $6 ({Better is} 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c5) 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxc3 Qxa2 $2 (23... Qxe4 24. Qxc6 Qe5 $1 {defends properly.})
24. b3 $1 Qe2 25. Qe5 $1 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rxc1 27. Qxe7 $1 {
This intermediary move wins.} Rh1+ $1 ({Onischuk has calculated} 27... Qd1 28.
Bh6 Qg1+ 29. Kg3 Rc3+ 30. f3 Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qd1+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 {
and White will deliver mate.}) 28. Kxh1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Qf6 $1 Qe6 31.
Qd8+ Kg7 32. Bd4+ f6 33. Qc7+ Nd7 34. Qxa7 {White has gained a pawn.} g5 35.
Qc7 Kg6 36. f3 h5 $5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qxf4 Kf7 39. b4 Kg6 40. Be3 Qe5 41. Kg3 $1
Qxf4+ 42. Kxf4 {He wins the bishop versus knight ending.} Nf8 43. g4 Ne6+ 44.
Kg3 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Ng7 46. h4 Nh5 47. Bd4 Ng7 48. Bc5 Ne6 ({The pointe is} 48...
Nh5 49. Bf8 $1 {and zugzwang.}) 49. h5+ Kf7 50. h6 $1 Ng5 $5 51. Kf5 Nf3 52.
Bf2 Nd2 53. Bd4 Nc4 54. Bxf6 {Onischuk won a fine game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 Qe7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bf4
Rac8 $5 16. Rac1 Ba5 $5 17. Bg3 Bb6 18. Bb1 {White has the initiative.} Qb4 19.
Ne5 $1 Rfd8 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne8 21. Rd7 Rd8 $1 22. Rxd8
Bxd8) 20. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Bc7 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 {Black has a passive position.
} 23. f4 Nb6 24. Ne5 a5 $2 {He blunders a pawn.} ({Right is} 24... Bh7 $1) 25.
Nxg6 fxg6 26. Ba2 $1 Kf7 27. f5 $1 gxf5 28. gxf5 Nh5 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. d5 $5
cxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxc1 $5 32. Rxc1 Nxd5 33. exd5 Nf4 34. Rc7 $1 Nxd5 35. Rf7+ Ke8
36. Rxg7 Nf4 37. Rg8+ $1 {Pelletier played his best Biel tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nb6 $5
({More solid is} 14... Nf8) 15. Ne5 f6 16. Qh5 $1 Be6 $2 ({Preferable is} 16...
Re7 $1 17. f3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Nf6) 17. f3 $1 {Loek charges.} fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf7
19. Qh3 $1 Nf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qh6 $3 (21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rfe1 {
brings little advantage.}) 21... Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8
25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. e4 $1 {White plays for a win.} Qb5 28. Qg6+ Kf8
29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. e5 $1 Qc6 32. Qf5+ $5 Ke7 33. Qh7+ Kd8 $1 34. f4
Qd7 35. Qxd7+ $5 Kxd7 $1 36. g4 Rg8 $1 37. h3 Na4 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kg3 a5 40. a3
b4 $1 {Carlsen takes action.} 41. cxb4 axb4 42. axb4 Nb2 43. Rc3 Nd3 44. b5
Rgb8 45. Rb1 Ra5 46. f5 $1 {The pawn avalanche moves forwards.} Raxb5 47. Rxb5
Rxb5 48. e6+ $6 ({Better is} 48. Ra3 $1 Nxe5 $1 49. Ra7+ $1 Kd6 50. dxe5+ Kxe5
51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Kf4 {and White wins (Van Wely).}) 48... Ke7 $6 ({
Or} 48... Kd6 $5 49. Ra3 Nb4 50. g5 Rb8 51. Kg4 Rc8 52. e7 $3 Kxe7 53. f6+ Kf7
54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. g6 Nc6 57. Re1 $1 {and wins (Van Wely).}) 49. Ra3
Rb7 50. g5 Nb4 51. Re3 $1 Nc6 52. f6+ Kd6 53. Kg4 c3 54. e7 c2 55. Rc3 Rb8 56.
Rxc2 Nxd4 57. Rb2 Rc8 58. g6 Ne6 59. Rb6+ Kd7 60. Rb7+ $1 {Carlsen lost the
lead by two successive losses. Onischuk and Radjabov achieved the top
positions.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Ke7 16. Rfd1 b5 $5 17. Rb2 Rac8 18. Rbd2 Nc5 19. Re2 Qf4 20. g3
Qg5 21. Qf3 h5 22. e5 f5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rc2 Qg4 25. Rxc4 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Ne4 27.
Rdc1 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Kg2 a5 31. Ne1 Rd4 32. f3 Nd2 33. Kf2
Nc4 34. f4 Nb6 35. Nf3 Ra4 36. Rb2 Nd5 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Ng5 Rxa2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+
40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Nc3 42. Ke3 a4 43. Nxf7 a3 44. Nd6+ Kf8 {
Black has the initiative.} 45. Rf7+ $6 (45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Kd4 Ne2+ 47. Ke3 {
draws.}) 45... Kg8 46. Ra7 Ra1 47. Kd4 Nd5 48. Nb5 $2 (48. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 49. Nf7
a2 50. Ng5+ Kh6 51. Nxe6 Nb6 52. Ra3 Rd1+ 53. Kc5 Nd7+ 54. Kc6 Nxe5+ 55. fxe5
a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Rxa1 57. Nc7 {achieves equality.}) 48... Nb4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Nc3
a2 51. Ra4 h4 $1 52. Rxb4 $2 ({Better is} 52. Nxa2 $1 Nxa2 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. Kc5
Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Nc3 56. Kxe6 hxg3 57. hxg3) 52... Rd1+ $1 53. Nxd1 a1=Q+ 54. Nc3
h3 $1 {Grischuk obtained a positive score.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Carlsen trailed the leaders by half-a-point, when the last round began. So he
needed a win.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7.
a3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Ba6 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nce2 bxa3 $5 ({Theory is} 
12... d5) 13. Rxa3 $1 d5 14. Re3 $1 {Carlsen takes the initiative.} dxe4 15.
Re1 Qc7 16. Nf5 Bd8 $2 ({Preferable is} 16... Rfe8) 17. g5 $1 Nd5 18. Rxe4 f6
19. Neg3 g6 $6 (19... fxg5 20. dxe5 Ne7 {defends properly.}) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21.
dxe5 fxg5 $6 ({Or} 21... fxe5 $5 22. c4 N5b6) 22. e6 $1 Kxh6 23. e7 $1 Qb6 ({
The pointe is} 23... Nxe7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Rad8 26. Qd4 {
and White will mate soon (Carlsen).}) 24. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Qd6 Kg7
27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Re7+ $1 {The final standings became: Carlsen and Onischuk 51/
2/9, Pelletier, Polgar, Onischuk and Radjabov 5, Bu Xiangzhi, Van Wely,
Motylev and Avrukh 31/2. The leaders had to carry out a playoff.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "40 Playoff"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.08.02"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The playoff started after the last round. Two rapid games were drawn. The
next two blitz games were drawn too. An Armageddon game ended the tournament.
Onischuk got White and five minutes. Carlsen received four minutes and needed
to draw at least.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3
O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc4 $5 {Magnus has a solid position.} 16. Bc5 $5
Rfd8 17. Qe4 Rac8 18. f4 $6 {Onischuk tries to attack.} f5 $1 19. Qf3 b6 20.
Bf2 e4 $1 21. Qh5 Qf7 22. Qh4 $5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nb2 24. Rd6 Nc4 25. Rd1 Nb2 26.
Rc1 $5 {A draw is useless for White.} Na4 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxa2 29. g4 Be6
30. Rd1 Nb2 31. Ra1 Nc4 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Qg5 h6 34. Qg3 Kh7 35. e3 Rc7 36. Kf2
Qg6 $5 37. Qh4 Nb2 38. Bf1 $2 (38. Kg1 Nd3 39. Kh1 {keeps the game going.})
38... Nd3+ $1 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Rg1 $2 Qxg1+ $1 41. Kxg1 d2 42. Qh5 Bc2 $1 {
Carlsen had won his first great tournament at the age of sixteen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-first Schachfestival was played from 20 until 31 vii 2008. Six men
carried out two cycles. Sixteen decided games are shown.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10.
exd5 cxd5 11. b4 $5 ({Known is} 11. O-O-O) 11... Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O e4 14.
Ne1 Nb8 15. Qc1 $1 Be6 16. Nc2 $1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Bd8 18. a4 Ne7 19. Bf4 $1 {
He starts the attack.} Qd7 20. b5 Ba5 $5 21. Rb3 $5 Bg4 ({The alternative is} 
21... axb5 $1 22. axb5 Bg4) 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nf5 25. Ne2
axb5 26. axb5 g6 $5 ({More useful is} 26... Rfc8 $1) 27. Qb2 $5 {
The c-pawn could have advanced at once.} Bd8 28. Rc1 Be7 $2 ({Preferable is} 
28... g5 29. c6 Qe7 30. c7 gxf4 31. cxd8=Q Rfxd8 32. Nxf4 Qg5 {
and White has an edge.}) 29. c6 $1 bxc6 30. bxc6 Qe6 $5 31. c7 $1 Rac8 32. Rb6
Qd7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. Rxb5 g5 35. Rxd5 gxf4 36. Rxf5 fxe3 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Rf1
Rfc8 39. d5 Ra2 40. d6 $1 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 Rxc7 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Ng3 {
Alekseev had a fine start.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.
exd6 Bf6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bg5 Nc2 $5 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rd8 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {was played in Bareev - Polgar, Elista 2007.}) 19. Re7 $6 Bxf3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19... Bxe7 $1 20. dxe7+ Ke8 21. Rc1 f6 22. Rxc2 fxg5 23. Re2 g4
24. Nb5 Nf6 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Ne5+ Kxd6 27. Bxb7 Rae8 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Nxh8 Kxb7
30. Nf7 Kc7 {and Black has a plus.}) 20. Bxf3 Bxg5 21. Rxd7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8
23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Bg2 h5 25. a4 a6 26. Bb7 Rh6 $1 27. d7 Rd6 28. Bc8 Nf3+ 29. Kg2
Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nf3 32. h4 Ke7 33. Ne3 g6 34. Bxa6 Kxd7 {
The chances are equal in the endgame.} 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. f4 Ng4 37. Bb5+ Ke7 38.
Nd5+ Kd6 39. Bc4 Nh6 40. Ne3 Bf6 41. Bd3 Bd8 42. Kf3 Ng4 $2 {
There is no need to sacrifice a pawn.} ({Correct is} 42... Ke6 43. b3 Bf6) 43.
Nxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Ke6 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46. Kf3 f5 $1 47. Ke2 Kf8 48. Kd3 Bf6 49.
b3 Bb2 $6 ({The alternative is} 49... Ke7 $1 50. Bd5 Bd4 51. b4 $5 {(Pelletier)
} Kd6 $1 52. Bf7 Bf2 $1 53. Bxg6 Bxg3 {drawn.}) 50. Bd5 Ba3 51. Kc4 Bb4 52. Kb5
Ba5 53. Bc4 Ke7 54. Kc6 Kf6 55. Bd3 Kf7 $2 ({Right is} 55... Ke6 $1 56. g4 fxg4
57. Bxg6 Kf6 58. Be4 Kg7 59. Kb7 g3 60. Ka6 Kh6) 56. h5 $1 gxh5 57. Bxf5 Kf6
58. Be4 Kg7 59. Bf3 Kh6 60. Kb5 Kg6 61. Bd1 Kh6 62. Be2 $1 Kg6 63. Bf3 $1 Kh6
64. Bc6 $1 {White is going to win another pawn by zugzwang.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Nd2
g6 $5 ({The alternative is} 14... Nf6) 15. Nb3 Ng7 16. f3 $5 Bf5 17. Bxf5 $6 (
17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. fxe4 Be6 {keeps the equality.}) 17... Nxf5 18. Rhe1 Nc4 19.
Qc1 $1 Qg5 {He focusses on e3.} 20. g4 Ng7 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Nh4) 21.
f4 $6 Qh4 22. e4 $1 Qxh3 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Nc5 {
White has the initiative for a pawn.} Ne6 25. b3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Na5 $2 (26...
Na3+ $5 27. Kb2 d4 $1 {counters.}) 27. b4 $1 Nc4 $6 (27... Nc6 $5 28. b5 $1
Qxg4 $1 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Ne2 Rd7 {fights back at the cost of a piece.}) 28.
Nxd5 Na3+ 29. Ka1 Rhe8 $6 (29... Nb5 $5 30. c6 $1 Rc8 31. Qb2 $1 {
also wins for White (Pelletier).}) 30. c6 $1 bxc6 31. Qxc6 {
Carlsen scored his second win and took the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng3 a5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qb3 Rfb8 $5 (19... Rab8 20. a4 b4
{drew in Bacrot - Aronian, Turin 2006.}) 20. a4 $1 b4 21. Be3 c4 $5 {
Black delivers no real sacrifice.} 22. Qxc4 bxc3 23. Red1 $1 Bb4 24. Rac1 Rc8
25. Qa2 Qd6 26. Ne2 Nd8 27. d4 $1 Nxe4 28. dxe5 Qa6 29. Nf4 Rc4 30. Nd4 Rac8
31. Nb5 Nf7 32. Qc2 Bc5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Qc6 35. Nxe6 Nxe5 36. Rcd1 Nd2 $2
{Black overestimates the counter.} ({More solid is} 36... Nf6) 37. Ng5 $1 Qg6
$2 ({Better is} 37... Ng6 38. Qa2 h6 39. Bxd2 cxd2) 38. Rxc4 Ndxc4 39. Qxc3 h6
40. Bf4 Qf5 41. Bxe5 Nxe5 42. Qb3+ Kh8 43. Ne6 Qe4 44. Qd5 Qxa4 $5 {
Exchange prolongs the game.} 45. Rd4 $1 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Ng6 47. Qf5 Kh7 48. h4 $1
Qe1 49. Re4 {Bacrot suffered his third loss.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfc1
c4 $5 15. a4 a6 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3 $5 Qg6 20. Bf3 Rfb8
21. h3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qc2 23. Nb1 $5 {This move has an unexpected strength.} (
23. Qd6 Qxd2 24. Qxc6 Nf6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 c3 27. Rf1 Qd3 28. Qc5 {
keeps the equality.}) 23... Qc1+ 24. Kh2 Qb2 25. Qc3 $2 {
White misses the escape.} ({Right is} 25. Ra6 $1 Rc8 26. Qd6) 25... Qxf2 26.
bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Ra5 Nf6 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nb3 Bf5 32.
Nc5 g5 33. Qa3 Kg7 34. Nb7 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 {The standings after one cycle
became: Carlsen and Alekseev 31/2/5, Dominguez and Onischuk 3, Bacrot 11/2,
Pelletier 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
Rac1 $5 ({Usual is} 15. e4) 15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 {
Black has accepted the pawn sacrifice.} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 $6 ({
Even better is} 18... Nd7 19. f4 b5) 19. Ne4 b5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qd7 ({Not
} 21... Qxd6 $2 22. e4) 22. a4 f6 23. Ba3 Nb6 24. a5 Na4 25. Rd4 Bd5 $1 26. Bc5
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 e5 28. Rd2 Rfd8 29. Qb3+ Qf7 30. Qe3 Rd7 31. a6 h6 32. f3 Qe6 $2
(32... Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Qe6 {gains an advantage.}) 33. Bxa7 Ra8 $2 ({Correct is} 
33... Kf7 34. Bc5 Ra8) 34. Rxc6 $1 {White delivers a surprising sacrifice.}
Raxa7 35. Qd3 $1 b4 ({Or} 35... Ra8 36. Qxb5) 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Qh7 $1 {
White has a mate attack.} f5 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39. Rf8+ Rf7 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Qd8+
Kg6 42. d7 Nc5 43. Qe8 {Alekseev lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be3 e6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O Nxc5 $5 ({
Known is} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5) 15. Qa3 Ncd7 16. Qe7 Rc8 $1 17. Ng5 Nf8 ({
The alternative is} 17... Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rd8+ Bf8 20. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 21.
Rxf8 Nbd7) 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd4 $6 g5 $1 22. Nxc6 Bxc6
23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 {Black has conquered the centre.} 25. Bf3 Rac8 26.
Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Rc4 29. a3 Kg7 30. Rf2 f5 31. Rd6 R8c6 32. Rxc6
Rxc6 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rg2 Ng6 35. Rxg4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Rf4+ $6 Kg6 38. Ke2
Nc4 $1 39. Ne4 Nxb2 {Black has gained a pawn.} 40. h4 Nc4 41. Rf6+ Kh5 42. Ng5
Nxa3 43. Nxe6 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 b4 45. Rf5+ Kg6 46. Rc5 Rf2 47. Nd4 b3 48. Nxb3 $5
Rf3+ 49. Ke4 Rxb3 50. Rc6+ Kh5 51. Rxa6 Nc4 52. Ra8 Nd2+ 53. Kd4 Kxh4 {
White has to suffer for fifty moves in a rook versus rook and knight ending.}
54. Rg8 Nf3+ 55. Kc4 Rb1 56. Kd5 Ng5 57. Ke5 Kg4 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+ 60.
Kd5 Re7 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Rf8+ Nf7 63. Ra8 Kf4 64. Rf8 Rd7+ 65. Kc5 Ke4 66. Ra8
Rc7+ 67. Kb4 Kd4 68. Kb3 Ne5 69. Rd8+ Nd7 70. Kb2 Kd3 71. Rh8 Rb7+ 72. Kc1 Nc5
73. Rh3+ Kd4 74. Kc2 Rc7 75. Rh4+ Ne4+ 76. Kb3 Rc8 77. Kb2 Rg8 78. Kb3 Rg2 79.
Kb4 Rb2+ 80. Ka3 Rb8 81. Ka4 Kd5 82. Ka3 Nc5 83. Ka2 Ne6 84. Ka3 Nd4 85. Rh7
Rb6 86. Ka2 Kc4 87. Rc7+ Kd3 88. Rd7 $2 {Many other moves draw.} Kc2 $1 89. Ka3
Nc6 $1 90. Ka4 Rb4+ $1 91. Ka3 Rb5 $1 {The elementary ending remains difficult.
} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 c6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rcd1 Bb4 $5
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qf8 $5 18. Bh3 Rcd8 19. Qc2 h6 $5 20. Nh4 $5
c5 21. Nf5 a6 22. Qb2 Bxc3 $5 23. Bxc3 Ne4 24. dxc5 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 bxc5 26. Qa5
Nf6 {The chances are about equal.} 27. Qb6 $2 {Pelletier allows a horrible pin.
} ({Better is} 27. Rc1 Ne4 28. Bg2 Bc8 {(Carlsen).}) 27... Bc8 $1 28. Kg2 $6 ({
Pelletier had missed} 28. Nxh6+ $2 gxh6 29. Bxc8 Rd6 $1) (28. Qc6 Be6 29. g4 {
offers more resistance.}) 28... Ne4 29. f3 Ng5 30. g4 h5 31. Rc1 g6 32. Ng3
Nxh3 33. Kxh3 hxg4+ 34. fxg4 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Bxg4 36. Qxc5 $5 Re3 $5 37. Qd4 Qh3+
38. Kg1 Rxg3+ 39. hxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kh1 Bf5 {
Carlsen took the sole lead, as was expected before the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8.
Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 $5 ({Usual is} 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O)
11... Bf5 12. O-O-O {Magnus wants to attack.} Rad8 13. Qb4 Qe6 14. Kb1 b5 15.
b3 Qe5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd4 Qf5 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Bd5 20. Rhe1 Rd7 21. Bf2
Rfd8 22. Rd4 h5 $1 23. h3 Bf7 24. g4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} hxg4 25.
hxg4 Qg5 26. Kb2 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qd5 28. Rd1 b4 $5 29. Qxb4 Qxf3 30. Rd2 Qxg4 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 31. Bc3 $1 Qc8 $1 32. Rg2 Bd5 33. Rg1 Qf5 34. Qb7 Kf7
35. Qxc7+ {The pawn has been regained.} Rd7 36. Qc8 Be4 37. Qh8 Qh7 38. Qc8 Qf5
39. Rf1 Qe6 40. Qh8 Re7 41. Rd1 Re8 42. Qh2 Bf5 43. Rd2 Re7 44. Qb8 Rd7 45. Rf2
Bg6 46. Rh2 Qe8 47. Qg3 Qe4 48. Rg2 Re7 49. Rd2 Rb7 50. Qh2 Re7 51. Qb8 Bf5 52.
a4 Bg6 53. a5 Bf5 54. a6 Bg6 55. Qg3 Bf5 56. Rg2 Bg6 57. Rh2 Bf5 58. Qb8 Bg6
59. Ka3 Bh7 60. Rd2 Bf5 61. Qh8 Qe3 62. Kb2 Qe4 63. Rf2 Qg4 64. Qh2 Bg6 65. Qd6
Qe6 66. Qxe6+ $5 {The endless manoeuvres halt by an exchange.} Kxe6 67. Ba5 $6
{If White exchanges the rooks, the draw will be easy to achieve.} Be4 68. c4 g5
$1 69. Bd2 Rg7 70. Re2 $5 f5 $1 71. b4 g4 72. b5 cxb5 73. cxb5 g3 74. Re1 Kd5
75. Be3 $2 {
Carlsen has continued the game too long and blunders in a hard position.} (75.
b6 $1 Kxc5 76. Be3+ Kb5 77. b7 Bxb7 78. axb7 Rxb7 79. Rg1 {draws (Alekseev).})
75... Bd3 $1 76. Rd1 Ke4 77. Rxd3 $5 Kxd3 78. Bg1 f4 79. b6 f3 80. b7 Rg8 81.
c6 f2 82. c7 fxg1=Q 83. c8=Q Qd4+ {Alekseev caught up with Carlsen.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Ba3 $5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qd3 $5 d5 $1 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. exd5 Qd8 22. Rab1 Bxd5 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd4 Nf6 26. h3
Qc7 {It should be a dead draw.} 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Rb7 $1 Qc8 29. Qb6 h6 30. Rc7
Qf5 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Re1 Qd3 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. a5 Nd5 35. Qd7 Nf4 36. Qxd3 Nxd3
37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Rd6 Ra8 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. Ne5 Re8 $6 ({More useful is} 40... f6
41. Nc6 Re8 $1) 41. f4 Re6 $2 ({Preferable is} 41... Kf8 42. Rc6 Ne6 43. g3 g5
$1 {and Black counters.}) 42. Rb8+ $1 Kh7 43. Nxf7 {White has gained a pawn.}
Rf6 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kf5 46. Rc8 Nb3 47. Rc4 $1 g5 (47... Nxa5 48. g4+ Ke6
49. Ra4 {also favours White (Dominguez and Ibarra).}) 48. g4+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Ke7
50. Ng6+ Kf7 51. Rc7+ Ke6 $5 ({The pointe is} 51... Kxg6 $2 52. f5+) 52. f5+
Kd5 53. Ne7+ Ke4 54. Ng8 $1 Rf8 55. Nxh6 Nd4 56. Nf7 {
Dominguez led by half-a-point on Alekseev and Carlsen.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Nf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 Ra7 13. Bf4 Rae7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. b4
Nbd7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Bf4 $5 ({Known is} 18. Rb1) 18... Qb6 19. Bg5
Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxd6 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Bg5
Rec7 24. Ne2) 23... Qxd6 24. e5 Qd8 25. exf6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxf6 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 27. Ne4 Rc8 $5 ({Even better is} 27... Rxd5 $1 28.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qh6 Bc6) 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Be4 Re8 30. Qd3 Nc4 31. Nd2 Bxd5 $1
32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Nxc4 $2 (33. Qc5 Rxd2 34. a4 {offers more resistance.}) 33...
Rxd5 34. Bxd5 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Qc3 $1 36. Re4 Qxa3 {
Black has a decisive material advantage.} 37. g3 Kf8 38. Rf4 f5 39. Kg2 Qd6 40.
h4 Ke7 41. Bb3 a5 42. Kg1 Qd3 43. Ba4 h6 44. Bc6 Kd6 45. Be8 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. Ra4 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Kh2 Ke7 50. Bh5 Qb5 51. Ra2 g4 52. Bg6 a4 53. Bh7
Kf8 54. Rc2 Qd7 55. Bg6 Kg7 {
Bacrot scored his second win during the second cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. O-O h5 $1 {
Dominguez has prepared well.} ({Theory is} 13... Ba6) 14. gxh5 Rxh5 {
Black has started an attack on the kingside.} 15. Nd4 $5 Nf6 16. Nc6 Qc7 17.
Qf3 Bf5 $1 18. Re1 {White prevents ..Be4.} Qd7 19. a3 b3 20. cxb3 Bxh3 21. Bd2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rf5 $5 (22... g6 $1 23. Rh1 e4 24. Qe2 Rxd5 {gains a pawn.}) 23.
Qd3 Nh5 24. Rh1 $1 g6 25. b4 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Kf1 $1 Qb7 26. Re1) 25... Bg5
$1 26. b5 $5 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rf4 28. Rh3 Kf8 $2 ({Right is} 28... Rc4 $1 29. Rh2
Qf5) 29. Rah1 $2 (29. f3 $1 {defends properly.}) 29... Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Ng3+ $1 {
Black decides the game.} 31. Rxg3 Qxg3 32. b6 Qf3 33. Rh2 Kg8 $6 (33... Qb3 $1
{ends the game.}) 34. b7 Re8 $1 35. b4 ({The pointe is} 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Nxb8
Rd4) 35... axb4 $5 36. axb4 Qg3 37. Rh1 Qf3 38. Rh2 Qg3 39. Rh1 Qb3 $1 40. b8=Q
Rxb8 41. Nxb8 Rxb4 42. Nd7 Qc4+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Rg4+ {
Dominguez increased his lead.} (45... Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ {
crushes the opposition.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nb5 Bf8 $5 (
14... c5 {drew in Aronian - Ivanchuk, Linares 2006.}) 15. Nc6 $6 {
White starts a doubtful plan.} Qd7 $1 16. Nbxa7 $6 Rxa7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Qc2 c5
$5 19. a3 Rxa7 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Qb5 Nd7 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qb5 Ne8 25.
Qd3 Nac7 26. a4 Rc8 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. dxc5 bxc5 $5 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Be5 Rd8 31.
e3 Ba8 32. Rd3 Ne8 33. Rcd1 N8c7 34. f4 Na6 35. Bc3 Nec7 36. Ba5 Rb8 37. Rc3
Bd6 38. Rdc1 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ne8 40. Bf1 Nac7 41. Bg2 Na6 42. Bf1 Nb4 43. Bb5 $6
Na2 $1 44. Rxc5 Nxc1 45. Rxc1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Bb7 47. Kd3 Bc8 48. e4 $2 {
The opening of the position helps Black.} dxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Ba3 $1 50. Re1 Nd6+
51. Kd5+ Be6+ 52. Kc6 Rc8+ {Alekseev scored a useful win.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{When the last round began, Dominguez led by one point on Alekseev and Carlsen.
Carlsen played a quiet draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4
Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 $5 ({Known is} 9... Nc6) 10. f3
Nfd7 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 Nac4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bc5 Re8
17. O-O Qc8 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nf4 c6 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Nfe2 Qc7 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23.
Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Qd2 Red8 26. Rd1 Nb7 27. Qe3 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd8 29.
h4 b4 30. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Qxc6 32. Qd4 Qc2 33. Kh2 Nd6 $6 ({Better is} 
33... Qc5 34. Qxc5 Nxc5) 34. Ne3 Qf2 $2 ({Right is} 34... Qc3 $1 35. Qxc3 $1
bxc3 36. Kg3 f5 37. Kf4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Nf7 {and Black fights for equality.}) 35.
Nf5 $1 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Nb5 37. Nc6 $1 a5 38. Nxe7+ Kf8 39. Nc6 Nc3 40. Nxa5 Nxa2
{White has an extra pawn in the knight ending.} 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd6 $2 43.
Kg5 $1 {Pelletier ended a poor tournament. Dominguez won again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Rad1 b4 14. Qd3 $5 (
{Known is} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4) 14... g6 15. d5 $1 exd5 (15... bxc3 16. d6
Bxd6 17. Qxc3 e5 18. Nxe5 {favours White.}) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18.
Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 {White exerts pressure.} Nb7 $1 20. Rd4 h6 21. Nf3 a5 22.
Be4 Rb8 23. Rc1 Be6 24. h4 Bxa2 $5 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Rc7 $1 Nd8 {
Black suffers from restriction.} 27. Ra7 Rb5 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Rdxd7 {
White has a positional compensation for the pawn.} Kg7 30. Ra6 Kg8 31. Bd5 Kg7
32. g4 Re8 33. Kf1 Rc5 $2 ({Better is} 33... Rf8 $1) 34. Ra8 $1 Rc1+ 35. Kg2
Rc2 $2 (35... Rd1 $1 36. Rxa5 $1 Rd4 37. Bxf7 $1 Rxd7 38. Bxe8 Rd6 {
prolongs the game.}) 36. Bxf7 $1 {Bacrot won at the cost of the sole leader.
The final standings became: Alekseev and Dominguez Perez 61/2, Carlsen 6,
Bacrot 51/2, Onischuk 4, Pelletier 11/2. The leaders had to carry out a
play-off.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "41 Playoff"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Two rapid games and one blitz game were drawn. A dramatic decision happened
in the fourth game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. Re1 Bb6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4
Qc7 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Kh7 $5 17. Bd3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
Nf8 20. Bb5 Re7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc2 e4 23. Nd2 Qe5 24. f3 Qxf5 25. fxe4 Qg6
$1 26. Bf2 Ne6 27. Nf3 Nf4 28. Nh4 Nxh3+ $2 ({Correct is} 28... Qg5 $1 29. e5+
g6 30. exf6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rd2 $1 32. Qxd2 Nxh3+) 29. Kf1 $1 Qg4 30. e5+ $1 g6
31. exf6 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 c4 $2 (32... Rd6 33. Be2 Qf4+ 34. Nf3 Rxf6 35. gxh3 Qh2
{battles.}) 33. Qe2 Qf4+ 34. Nf3 Rd3 35. Bd2 Be3 36. Bxc4 $4 {The tables turn.}
(36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Qxc4 {wins for White.}) 36... Rxd2 37. gxh3 Rxe2 38. Kxe2
Qxc4+ 39. Kxe3 Qe6+ 40. Kf2 Qxf6 41. Re1 Qb6+ 42. Kg3 Qxb2 43. Re7 Kg7 44. Re3
Qxa2 {Alekseev had won the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-second Schachfestival was played from 19 until 30 vii 2009. Six
grandmasters carried out double rounds. Morozevich participated again.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2
exd5 9. Bf4 $5 Bf5 $5 {Black gives a pawn for the initiative.} ({
The alternative is} 9... Nc6) 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Rc2 $6 ({
Better is the development by} 12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 {
in Wiley - Balogh, Arinsal, played on the same day.}) 13. f3 Nf6 14. g4 $1 Bg6
15. h4 $5 Rxb2 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 18. Rh2 $1 Rb3 $5 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. g5 Ne8
21. Nc1 Rb6 22. Na2 $5 Nf8 23. Nb4 Rd8 24. h6 $5 Ne6 $1 25. hxg7 $5 Nxf4 26.
exf4 Nxg7 27. Bd3 Ne6 28. f5 $5 ({Or} 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Kf2) 28... Nf4 $5 29.
f6 $1 h5 $2 ({Right is} 29... Nxd3+ 30. Nxd3 Rb3 31. Nc5 $5 Re8+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+
33. Kxe2 Rb2+) 30. Kf2 $1 a5 31. Kg3 $1 Ng6 32. Rxh5 $1 axb4 33. Rah1 $1 bxa3
34. Rh7 {Morozevich scored a fine win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
c4 Qc6 9. Nf3 $5 b6 (9... Bb4+ $5 10. Bd2 O-O {will become a novelty.}) 10. Be2
Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd4 $1 Qc8 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Nac5 $1 15. Qa3 Nf6 16. b4
Nce4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c5 $1 bxc5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 $5 ({The alternative is} 19...
Kf8) 20. Rac1 cxd4 $1 21. Rxc8 Rhxc8 22. Ba6 Rab8 23. b5+ $5 (23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24.
Qd3 {(Informant)} Nc3 25. a3 {gains a plus.}) 23... Nd6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1
Rc3 $1 26. Qa6 Rxb5 27. Qxa7+ Rb7 28. Qa6 Rbc7 29. h3 R7c6 30. Qa7+ Rc7 31. Qa6
R7c6 32. Qa7+ {The mathematics student Vachier Lagrave played great chess at
the age of eighteen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 $5 (12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Re2
Nf6 {brought no advantage for White in Tiviakov - Stefanova, Wijk aan Zee 2004.
}) 12... Qb6 13. Re2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Na4 Qc6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc4 18.
Rd2 Qxd3 $6 {Black accepts passivity.} ({Wiser is} 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rfc8)
19. Rxd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rfe8 21. Rb3 Re7 22. Rd1 Rc8 $5 ({Morozevich prefers} 
22... h6 23. Bd4 Nh7) 23. Bxa7 $5 Rxc2 24. Be3 Rd7 25. Rb5 h6 26. a4 {
White has the initiative on the queenside.} Rc4 $6 (26... Kh7 27. Rd4 Kg6 {
activates the king.}) 27. b3 $1 Rh4 {A rook has moved offside.} 28. f4 $1 Rh5
29. Kg2 $1 Ne4 $2 (29... Kh7 30. Rd4 Ne8 {defends properly.}) 30. Rd4 Rd6 $4 {
Boris Gelfand blunders under time pressure.} (30... g6 $1 31. f3 Nf6 {
prolongs the game.}) 31. Rxe4 $1 {Morozevich had scored 2/2 and led.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 {
Ivanchuk avoids the drawish exchanges in the Four Knights.} c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3
Bd6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 O-O 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rg1 Nd5
$5 (13... g6 {was played in Spraggett - David, Casablanca 1994.}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rg5 d4 $2 ({Preferable is} 15... Bg6 16. c3 d4 $1 17. cxd4 Rb8 {(Kritz).})
16. Rxh5 dxe3 17. fxe3 {Black has sacrificed three pawns.} g6 18. Rh3 Qb6 19.
Kf2 Qxb2 20. d4 $1 Rac8 21. Bb3 Rxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 $1 Qxa1 23. f4 Qh1 24. Qc4 a5
25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.} Kg7 27. f5 $5
gxf5 28. Bc2 Rc8 $6 ({Better is} 28... h6 29. Bxf5 Rb8) 29. Bxf5 Rc1+ 30. Ke2
h6 31. Be4 $1 a4 32. Rh4 $1 a3 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. h3 Bc7 35. Bd5 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rf2
$5 37. Rg8 Bd6 38. Ra8 Kg7 39. Ra6 Bb4 40. Ra7 Bf8 $2 (40... Kf8 $1 41. e4 Be7
42. Ra8+ Kg7 {offers a strong resistance.}) 41. e4 $1 {
White occupies the centre.} h5 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. e5 Rf5 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Ke3 Rf5
46. Ke4 Rf2 47. e6 $1 Kg6 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Ke2 {
Black cannot stop the threat of e6-e7.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Fabiano Caruana was almost seventeen, when he made his debut in the
grandmaster group of Biel. He won one game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7
11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Rf8 $5 ({More active is} 14... e6
) 15. h3 $5 Na5 16. Bd3 e5 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. g4 Bd7 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 f6 21. Ng3
b6 22. Bd1 Nb7 23. Be2 Nd6 24. Rf2 Rac8 25. Rcf1 Kg7 26. Qe3 h6 27. Rb1 {
Back to defence.} Rc5 28. Bd1 Ra5 29. Qd2 Be8 30. Be2 Qc7 31. Rbf1 Rf7 32. h4
Qe7 33. Qc2 b5 34. Qb1 Qd8 35. Bd1 Qb6 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Qc1 Ra6 38. Qd2 Rb6 39.
Bc2 Rbb7 40. Qc1 a5 41. a3 Rb8 42. Bd1 Bd7 43. Be2 Rh8 $5 44. Qa1 $5 h5 $1 45.
gxh5 f5 $1 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Qb1 $1 Qe3 $4 ({More solid is} 47... Rhf8 {
(Krasenkow).}) 48. Bg4 $1 Qd3 49. Qe1 $1 {The pawns e5 and f5 are attacked.}
Re8 50. Rf3 $5 Qxd5 51. Bxf5 e4 52. Bxe4 $1 Qe5 53. h6+ Kf8 54. Rxf7+ Nxf7 55.
Qf2 Re7 56. Bg6 Be8 57. Qf6 Qxf6 58. Rxf6 Kg8 59. Nf5 {
Morozevich experienced his first loss.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 $5 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 $6 {White has no hurry.} h6 11. Nxb6 $5 axb6 12. Be3
d5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 13. Bc2 c5 14. O-O Be6 15. a3 Qc7 $1 16.
exd5 $1 {White has to act.} Bxd5 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. d4 $1 {He counters timely.}
e4 19. Nd2 c4 {The standings after one cycle became: Morozevich and Ivanchuk 3/
5, Vachier Lagrave and Caruana 21/2, Gelfand and Alekseev 2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Be4 11. f3 $5 Bd5 12. Be3 g6 13. c4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5
15. Rg1 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Rg2 Bg7 {
Black develops well.} 20. Rh2 Qd6 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Qc2 a6 23. Be2 b5 24. Kb1
bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 26. Qe2 $6 ({Preferable is} 26. Rh1 Bg7 27. Qe2) 26... Qe6 $1
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qh2 Bf6 $6 {The exchange of bishops brings a plus.} 29. Bc1
$6 ({Better is} 29. Rd3 $1) 29... c5 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. d5 $1 Qe2 32. Qb3 c4 33.
Qa4+ Kf8 34. Rd2 Qxf3 35. Qxc4 a5 36. a3 Qh1 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Rd1 Qg2 39. Qc4
Qf3 40. Rd3 Qf1 41. Ka2 Qe2 42. g5 Be5 43. Kb1 e6 $2 (43... Kg7 {
keeps an advantage.}) 44. dxe6 $1 Kg7 ({The pointe is} 44... Qxd3+ $2 45. Qxd3
Rxd3 46. e7 {and White wins (Postny).}) 45. e7 $1 Re8 46. Qd5 $1 Rxe7 47. Re3
Qh2 48. Bd2 f6 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 $2 (49... Bxf6 {prolongs the game.}) 50. Qf3+ $1
Kg7 51. Bc3 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Qg5 53. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 54. Qd5 Kf6 55. Qd6+ {
Alekseev gains material.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be4 $5 (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. b3 {
was played in Kramnik - Morozevich, Mexico City 2007.}) 10... Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qe8 $5 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Nf3 $1 e5 17. b3 $5
exd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Qe5 $5 19. Nf3 $5 Qc3 ({Not} 19... Qxa1 $2 20. Bb2) 20. Qb1
Qf6 21. Rd1 Ne5 (21... Bc3 $5 22. Rxd7 Bxa1 23. bxc4 {battles (Marin).}) 22.
Rd5 Ng6 23. a3 Bc3 24. Ra2 Qc6 25. Rh5+ Kg8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Bg5
Rab8 $6 ({Preferable is} 28... Be5) 29. Qc1 $1 Rb5 30. Rxc4 {
White has gained a pawn.} Qe6 31. a4 Rd5 32. e4 Ra5 33. e5 $2 (33. h3 $1 {
prevents ..Qg4.}) 33... Bxe5 34. Bd2 $2 ({Correct is} 34. Re4 Qd5 35. Qe1)
34... Bb2 $1 35. Rxa5 Bxc1 36. Rxc1 Qe4 37. Be3 Nh4+ 38. gxh4 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxf3
40. Rac5 Re8 41. Kg1 Re4 42. Rg5 Rxh4 43. Rg3 Qh5 44. Rxc7 Rxh2 45. Bd4 Rh1+
46. Kg2 Qh2+ 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Rxg1 Qxg1 {Gelfand spoiled a game.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14.
Nce2 g5 {The game Inarkiev - Naiditsch, Budva  2009 was drawn in this position.
} 15. Bh2 $5 a6 $6 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Be6 $1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {
equalises (Informant).}) 16. e6 $1 Nd6 17. Rfe1 $1 {White has the initiative.}
Rh6 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... fxe6 18. Nc1 c5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kf7) 18.
exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nf3 g4 {He cannot develop the queenside.} 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Bf4
Rh7 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Ng3 Bf6 $5 24. Nd3 Nf5 $2 (24... a5 25. a4 b6 {
advances on the queenside.}) 25. Ne4 $1 Be7 26. Bxc7 {White has gained a pawn.}
Be6 {The development comes too late.} 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Ng5 Rh6 30.
Be5+ Kg8 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 g3 33. Re5 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nd6 35. Bb4 Nc8 36.
Rxb7 Rh4 37. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 {
Vachier Lagrave, Ivanchuk and Morozevich led by 4/7.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 $5 12. Ng3 $2 ({Correct is} 12. h3
a6 13. f4) 12... c4 $1 {The white bishop is in troubles.} 13. h3 $6 a6 $2 (
13... g5 $3 14. Qxg5 a6 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Ne5 {wins for Black (Marin).}) 14. f4
$1 Nf3+ 15. gxf3 axb5 16. O-O b4 17. Nce2 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. Nxc3
b5 21. a3 Kc7 22. Rad1 Rhg8 $5 23. e5 Nh5 $1 24. Rfe1 $1 {
The chances are about even.} g5 $5 25. exd6+ $6 (25. Qxh5 $1 gxf4 26. Nce4
Rxg3+ 27. Kh1 $1 Rxh3+ 28. Qxh3 Bxh3 29. Nxc5 dxc5 {favours White.}) 25... exd6
26. Nxh5 $2 (26. Qxh5 gxf4 27. Nce4 Qb6 28. Qxf7 {(Velickovic)} fxg3 29. Nxg3 {
is alright.}) 26... Rg6 27. Ne4 $5 Rxh6 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Ng3 gxf4 30. Ne2 Kd6
31. Nxf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rh4 33. Ng2 Rxh3 34. Rh1 Rgg3 35. Rxh3 Rxh3 36. Re1 h5
37. Re4 Rh1 38. a4 Rb1 39. axb5 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3 c3 41. Ne3 Bxb5 {
Ivanchuk won a fascinating game.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Nf4 $5 {
Morozevich figures out a great novelty over-the-board.} e5 $5 14. Nfe6 fxe6 15.
Nxe6 {White has sacrificed a knight.} Qa5 16. exd5 Qxa2 17. Qd3 Kf7 $2 ({
Better is} 17... e4 $1 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Ne6+ Ke8 {and perpetual check.}) 18. g5
Nxd5 19. Bh3 $1 Nxe3 20. Nd8+ Ke7 $5 (20... Ke8 21. Bxd7+ Kxd8 22. Be6+ Nd5 23.
Bxd5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Bxa8+ Qd4 {also brings to an advantage for White.})
21. Nc6+ Kf7 22. g6+ $5 (22. Be6+ $3 Kxe6 23. Qg6+ Nf6 24. Nd8+ Ke7 25. gxf6+
gxf6 26. Nc6+ Ke6 27. Qe8+ {leads to a king chase (Vachier Lagrave).}) 22...
Kg8 23. Qxe3 Bc5 24. Qe4 $1 Nf8 25. Rd8 Bb7 26. Rxa8 $5 (26. Rxf8+ $1 {
wins quickly.}) 26... Bxa8 27. h5 Rh7 $1 {Square h8 is vacated for the king.}
28. Re1 $5 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Bd4 30. Kd2 Qxb2 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Kd3 a5 33. Qc8 $2 (
33. f4 $1 Qc3+ 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxe5 $1 {still wins for White.}) 33... Qa3+
34. Ke4 b3 35. cxb3 a4 $1 36. Rb1 Qb4 37. Qc4 $1 Qb7+ 38. Qd5 Qb4 $1 39. Qc4
Qd2 40. Bg4 $2 (40. Qc8 $1 Qe2+ 41. Kd5 Qb5+ 42. Ke4 {draws (Vachier Lagrave).}
) 40... a3 $1 41. Qf7 Qc2+ 42. Kd5 Qc5+ 43. Ke4 a2 44. Rc1 a1=Q $1 45. Rxc5
Bxc5 46. Qd5 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Kc4 Qxd5+ 49. Kxd5 Ba3 $5 ({Notice} 49...
Nxg6 $1 50. hxg6 h5) 50. Bf5 $1 Kg8 51. Kxe5 Rh8 $1 52. Kd5 {
White almost draws, despite the material difference.} Nh7 $1 53. gxh7+ Kf7 54.
Bg6+ Kf6 55. f4 Bc1 $1 56. f5 Bd2 57. Kd6 Be1 58. Kd7 Bb4 $1 59. Kc7 Ke5 60.
Kd7 Ba3 61. Kc6 Kd4 62. Kc7 Kc3 63. Kd7 Kb4 $1 64. Kd6 Kxb3+ 65. Kd5 Bb2 66.
Kd6 Bf6 67. Kc5 Kc3 68. Kd6 Kd4 69. Kc6 Rd8 70. Kb6 Kd5 $1 71. Kc7 Kc5 72. Bf7
g5 $1 73. fxg6 Rd6 74. Be8 Be5 75. Kb7 Rb6+ 76. Kc8 Kd6 {
A spectacular game has ended. Vachier Lagrave and Ivanchuk joined the lead.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qb3 Nc6 $5 ({Usual is} 9... Qe7) 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qe2 Ne4 13.
Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 $6 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. a5 c6 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. h4 a5 19. h5
Be7 20. Rdc1 $5 Rfc8 21. b3 h6 22. Ra4 $5 Nd5 $1 23. e4 Bb4 $1 24. exd5 Bxd2
25. dxe6 Bxc1 26. Qxf7+ $2 (26. e7 $1 Qa7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Bd3 Bg5 29. Qg6 Kg8
30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd3 {draws.}) 26... Kh8 $1 27. Bd3 Qd8 $1 28. Qg6 Qg8 {
White cannot deliver mate.} 29. Rc4 Ba3 30. g3 Be7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rf4 Bd6 33.
Rf7 Rc7 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Qf5 Rxd7 36. exd7 Bc7 37. Bb5 Rf8 38. Qg6 Qf7 {
Ivanchuk lost the lead. Only quick draws were played in the last round. The
final standings became: Vachier Lagrave 6/10, Morozevich and Ivanchuk 51/2,
Alekseev 5, Gelfand and Caruana 4.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-third Schachfestival was played from 19 until 29 2010. Ten
youngsters participated.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6
6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Kf1 $6 (10. O-O {is usual.})
10... Bh5 11. Re1 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. b4 $6 {White weakens the queenside.} Bg6 $1
14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 a5 $1 16. a3 ({The pointe is} 16. Qxb5 $2 axb4 17. Ne5
Qa6 {(Postny).}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. h4 Ne4 20. Nfd2 Ra3
21. Rb1 Rfa8 22. Kg1 Nd8 $2 23. Rh3 $1 Qc6 24. Na5 R8xa5 $1 25. bxa5 Nxc3 26.
Rb3 Ra1+ 27. Nb1 $6 ({Preferable is} 27. Kh2 $5 b4 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5) 27...
b4 28. Bd2 Na2 29. Re3 $2 ({Alright is} 29. Rb2 $1 Qa4 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. hxg5)
29... Nc1 $1 30. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc6 32. g3 Nxa5 {So made a good start.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3
b5 $5 ({More solid is} 8... O-O) 9. a4 $5 (9. Nxc6 $1 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11.
Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 {gains a plus.}) 9... b4 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 Nbd7
$5 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bg2 $5 e5 $5 15. Re1 $5 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Rc8 18.
a5 Re8 19. Rd1 exd4 20. exd4 Bd6 21. Be1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24.
Qxb4 Ne5 $1 25. Qb7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rxd4 $2 (26... Ne1+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne1+
{leads to perpetual check.}) 27. Na3 $1 Nd2 28. Ra2 $1 Nf3 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30.
Rd2 {White will win a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Bd6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. d4 O-O 14. Bd2 $5 (
{Known is} 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. exf5 Qf7) 14... a5 $5 15. dxe5 $6 ({
The natural answer is} 15. a4) 15... Qxe5 16. g3 f5 $1 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5
Rxf5 19. Qd3 Raf8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Re1 Qf6 $1 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 h5 24. Qe4 Qf7
25. c4 Rf5 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Kg2 h4 29. Bd2 Ref8 30. Re4 $5 Rh5 31.
Qe2 $6 (31. Qf3 $1 {protects the pawns g3 and f4.}) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 $1
33. c5 $6 {White has little time left.} Bxc5 $2 (33... Qh7 $1 34. Qf3 Rh2+ 35.
Kg1 Bxc5+ {wins for Black.}) 34. Bxa5 $5 Qh7 $5 35. Kf3 b6 36. Bb4 $2 ({
Right is} 36. Bc3 $1 Rh2 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 {(Caruana).}) 36... Rh2 $2 ({
Better is} 36... Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Rh2) 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 $1 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 R8xf4+
40. gxf4 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Qh3+ 42. Ke4 Qe3+ 43. Kf5 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 {
A crazy game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bg3 Ne4 $5 ({Known is} 10... Bd7) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 g6 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Rb3 a6 17. c4 Be6 $5 18. Rxb7 Rfc8 $1
19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd1 Nd4 $1 21. Rb4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxa3 23. Ra4 Qc5 24. e4 Bb7
25. Qb3 Qc3 26. Qxb7 Qxd3 27. e5 Bg7 $2 ({Correct is} 27... Rcb8 28. Qc6 Bg7)
28. Rf4 $1 Rf8 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 30. Qxa8+ {White has gained a pawn.} Rf8 31.
Qc6 Qxf3 32. Qxa6 Qe4 33. Qa5 h5 34. Re1 Qf5 35. Qa2+ Kh7 36. e6 Re8 37. Qc4
Bf6 38. Kg2 g5 39. Qc6 h4 $1 40. Qxe8 $2 ({Better is} 40. f3 h3+ 41. Kg1) 40...
h3+ $1 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. Qd7+ Kh6 $1 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46.
Ke2 Qe4+ 47. Kd2 Qb4+ 48. Kd3 Qxe1 49. Kc4 Qc3+ 50. Kb5 Qb3+ 51. Kc6 Qc4+ 52.
Kb7 Qb4+ 53. Kc8 Qf8+ 54. Kc7 Qc5+ 55. Qc6 Qe7+ 56. Kc8 Qf8+ 57. Kb7 Qb4+ 58.
Kc7 Qe7+ 59. Kb6 Qb4+ 60. Qb5 Qe4 61. Qb3 Kg6 62. Kc7 Be5+ 63. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 64.
Kc6 Qe4+ (64... Kf6 $1 65. Qxh3 Qxe6+ 66. Qxe6+ Kxe6 {draws.}) 65. Qd5 $1 Qa4+
66. Kd6 Qa6+ 67. Qc6 Qa3+ 68. Qc5 Qa6+ 69. Kd7 Qa4+ 70. Kd8 Qa8+ 71. Kd7 Qa4+
72. Ke7 g4 73. Kd8 Qd1+ 74. Ke8 Qa4+ 75. Ke7 Qe4 $5 76. Qb5 $1 Kh6 77. Kd6 Qf4+
78. Qe5 Qxf2 $2 (78... Qb4+ {continues the checks.}) 79. e7 $1 Qb6+ 80. Kd7
Qb7+ 81. Ke6 Qb3+ 82. Kf5 Qc2+ 83. Kxg4 Qg2+ 84. Kh4 Qf2+ 85. Kxh3 Qf3+ 86. Kh4
Qf2+ 87. Kg4 Qg2+ 88. Kf5 Qg6+ 89. Kf4 Qf7+ 90. Kg3 Qe8 91. h4 Kg6 92. h5+ Kh6
93. Qf6+ Kxh5 94. Qf5+ {Tomashevsky wins the queen ending at last.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Rb8 8. h3
b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bg5 $5 a5 12. a4 bxa4 $1 13. Nxa4 Ne5 14. Nec3 Bc6
15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxa4 19. bxa4 {
Black has an edge.} Rb4 $1 20. Ra1 $6 (20. c3 Rxa4 21. Qc2 Ra3 22. Bd2 {
imprisons a rook.}) 20... Reb8 21. Rfe1 c4 $1 22. Ra3 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rb2 24. Qe3
Rc2 $1 {Caruana has a great positional superiority.} 25. Raa1 h6 $1 26. Bxh6 $6
Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rbb2 $1 28. Rab1 $5 Qb6 $1 {Caruana mates or gains a rook.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 exd4 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 gxf5 $5 (19... a6 {
was played in Giri - Bok, Eindhoven 2010.}) 20. exf5 Kh8 $1 21. Rad1 Bb7 22.
Rf4 $5 Qd5 23. Bf1 Rg8 {Black has taken the initiative.} 24. Kh1 Rad8 $5 25.
Qf2 Rg4 26. Rd2 Rdg8 27. Ne6 $5 {White counters.} Qc6 28. h3 Rxf4 $5 (28... Nd3
$1 {(So)} 29. Qd4 $1 Rxg2 30. Qxf6+ R2g7+ 31. Bg2 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxd2 33. Rg4 Qb2
34. Qxb2 Nxb2 35. Nxg7 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Rxg7 37. Rxb2 Rf7 {gains an edge.}) 29.
Nxf4 Qe4 30. Nh5 Qc6 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Kh1 Qc1 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Kh1 Qf7 {
He avoids a repetition.} 35. Nf4 Be4 36. Rd6 Qg7 37. Nh5 $6 (37. Qh4 Bxf5 38.
Qxf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 {is alright.}) 37... Qh6 $1 38. Qh4 $4 ({Better is} 38. Qf4
Bxg2+ 39. Bxg2 Qxh5 40. Rxf6 Qe2 41. Qf1 Qxa2 42. Re6) 38... Bxg2+ $1 39. Bxg2
Qc1+ {So won his second game.} ({The pointe is} 39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Nf3+ 41.
Bxf3 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. e4 c6 13. Qb3 $5 ({Known is} 13. Bg5)
13... Nd3 14. Bg5 $1 f6 15. Red1 Nc5 16. Qa3 Qd6 $2 ({Right is} 16... fxg5 17.
Qxc5 Bf8 18. Qe3 cxd5 19. Nxd5) 17. Be3 $1 {The pin becomes fatal.} Bf8 18.
Rac1 $1 Nca4 ({Or} 18... Nc4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Na4) 19. Qxd6 Bxd6
20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. dxc6 Be7 22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Rc7 $1 Bxe4 24. Rdd7 $1 Bf8 25.
Ng5 $1 Bxg2 26. Nxh7 Re6 27. Nxf8 Rc6 28. Rg7+ Kxf8 29. Rcf7+ Ke8 30. Kxg2 {
Andreikin won easily.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ng5 c5 $5 (10... Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. f3
Ngf6 {accepts the sacrifice (Zvjaginsev - Krasenkow, Tropoli 2004).}) 11. Nce4
Qc7 $5 (11... Bb8 $1 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. f4 Qxc5 {
equalises (Caruana).}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nh7 Ng4 $1 {Black counters.
} 15. g3 Rd8 16. h3 cxd4 $5 (16... Nde5 $1 17. hxg4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 $1 {
levels the game ingeniously.}) 17. exd4 Ngf6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.
Rfe1 b5 $6 ({Better is} 20... Nd5 $1) 21. Bc7 $1 Rd7 ({Or} 21... Rxd4 $6 22.
Qc6 $1) 22. Qc6 Ra7 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc5 Ra8 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. a4 Nd7 $5 27. Ba5
bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb8 $5 29. Bb6 Bc6 30. Rb4 a5 $5 {
It should have been wiser not to give a pawn.} 31. Bxa5 Rea7 32. Bb6 Ra1 33.
Rf1 Rxf1+ $2 {Black allows the development of the king.} ({Preferable is} 33...
Bd5 $1 34. Bc5 Nc6) 34. Kxf1 Bf3 35. Ke1 $1 Nc6 36. Rb5 Ne7 37. Kd2 $1 Bc6 38.
Ra5 Rb8 39. Bc5 Rxb2+ $2 (39... Nd5 40. Ba3 Nb4 {prolongs the game.}) 40. Kc3
$1 Rxf2 ({The pointe is} 40... Rb7 $2 41. Ra8+ $1) 41. Bxe7 {
He has gained a piece.} Rf3 42. Kd2 Rxg3 43. Rc5 Bd7 44. Rc7 Be8 45. Rc8 f6 46.
Bd6 Rg2+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Bh7 $1 e5 49. d5 $1 {
White threatens Rc7+! Caruana triumphed and overtook the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qa4 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nf4 $5 ({
Known is} 14. Ng3) 14... g6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nh3 $1 Raf8 17. Ng5 {
White tries to attack.} Nb8 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Re3 Ke8 20. Rf3 Ne7 21. Rf6 Nf5 22.
g3 {Negi accepts a draw, although he has a plus.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. a3 Qc8 13. b4 Nc6 $5 ({Usual is} 
13... Nbd7) 14. Qb2 a5 $5 15. bxa5 $5 Nxa5 16. Qxb5 {White accepts the gift.}
Bc6 $2 ({Preferable is} 16... c6 $1 17. Qb2 c5 $1 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 {
and the chances are equal.}) 17. Qb2 Rb8 18. Bb4 $1 {
The counter on the queenside brings a plus.} Bd5 19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rfc1 Ncxb4 22. axb4 Rxb4 {Black has regained the pawn.} 23. Qc2 c5 24. e3 Rb8
25. dxc5 Rb5 26. c6 $1 Rc5 $1 27. Qxc5 $1 {He plays for a win.} Bxc5 28. Rxc5
Qb8 29. Nd4 Nc7 30. Rcc1 Qb4 31. Rcb1 Qc5 32. Rb7 $1 {
The passed pawn exerts a strong pressure.} Nd5 $2 (32... e5 $1 33. Rxc7 exd4
34. exd4 Qxd4 35. Re1 g6 {tries to survive.}) 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35.
Rcb1 g6 36. Rb8 $1 {A defender will be exchanged.} Qd8 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Rc1 $1
Kg7 39. c7 {A knight manoeuvre will force the promotion.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. g4 c6 12. a3 a4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. h4 cxd5 $5 ({Known is
} 14... Qa5) 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. g5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} hxg5 17. hxg5
Nh7 18. Rg1 f5 $2 ({Better is} 18... Re8 $1 19. Bf1 $1 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qc7) 19.
gxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc2 Bh6 $1 21. O-O-O Bxe3 22. fxe3 Kg7 23. Kb1 Be8 24. Bb5 $5
Bxb5 25. Nxb5 Ng5 26. Nc3 $2 (26. Rdf1 $1 Qe7 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Rxg5 Ne6 $1 29.
dxe6 $1 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Qe7 31. Rg3 Qxe6 32. Nc3 {favours White.}) 26... Nf3 $1
27. Rg2 Nxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qf3 29. Rdg1 Rf6 30. Rg4 Rh8 31. Ka2 $2 ({Right is} 31.
Nxa4 $1 Nxa4 32. Qa5 Nc5 33. Qc7+ Kf8 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qxh8 Qe2 {
drawn (Krasenkow).}) 31... Rh1 32. Qc2 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Qxe3 34. Qh2 Qf2 $1 35.
Qh1 b5 $5 36. Nxb5 Nd3 $2 (36... Qc2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 37. Rg2 Qf3 38. Rh2
$2 (38. Nxd6 $1 Nf2 39. Qf1 Rxd6 40. Qxf2 Qb3+ {leads to perpetual check.})
38... Qxh1 39. Rxh1 Nc5 40. Re1 $2 (40. Rc1 $1 Nxe4 41. Rc4 Nc5 42. Nxd6 $1
Rxd6 43. Rxc5 g5 44. b3 g4 45. bxa4 {fights for the last chance.}) 40... g5 $1
{The passed pawn advances decisively.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Be3 Bf5 $5 (12... Be6 {
drew in Botvinnik - Basman, Hastings 1967.}) 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Bg5
Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. h3 Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Bxh3 $5 20. Bxf6 $1 (20.
Kxh3 $2 Qe6+ 21. Kh2 Ng4+ 22. Kh3 Nxf2+ 23. Kh2 Ng4+ 24. Kh3 h6 $1 {
favours Black.}) (20. Bxh3 Qxf2+ 21. Bg2 Ng4+ 22. Kh3 Qg1 $1 23. Kxg4 Qxg2 24.
cxd5 h5+ 25. Kf4 cxd5 {also brings a black plus.}) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxc4 22.
Qxb7 $1 gxf6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. dxc4 Qe6 $1 26. Qf4 $5 (26. Qxe6
fxe6 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Ke4 Kd6 29. c5+ {leads to a better pawn ending.}) 26...
Kg7 27. c5 a5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qf4 Kf8 31. Kh2 f5 $5 32. Qb8+ Kg7
33. Qd8 Qh6+ 34. Kg2 f4 $6 35. Qh4 $6 (35. g4 $1 Qg6 36. Kf3 h5 37. gxh5 Qxh5+
38. Kxf4 Qh2+ 39. Ke3 {gains a pawn in an open position.}) 35... Qxh4 $2 ({
Right is} 35... Qf6 {and White should not exchange.}) 36. gxh4 Kf6 37. Kf1 $1 {
Giri finds a fascinating winning manoeuvre.} ({Not} 37. Kf3 $4 Kf5) 37... Kf5 (
{The pointe is} 37... f3 38. Ke1 $1 Kf5 39. Kd2 Ke4 40. Kc3) 38. f3 $1 h5 39.
Ke2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kf5 41. Kc3 $1 Kf6 42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd2 $1 {
He uses a zugzwang trick.} Kf6 44. Kc3 {
The Dutch prodigy was 16-years-old at this time.} (44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Kc4 $1 f6
46. Kc3 f5 47. Kc4 {wins for White in the pawn ending.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8.
b4 e4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 exf3 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Bf4 {
An interesting endgame has developed after a battle in the opening.} a5 $5 (
14... f6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Kc2 {drew in Vajda - Anka, Hungary 2006.}) 15. Ne5
$6 ({Preferable is} 15. b5 $1 Nd8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne6 18. Kc2) 15... Bf5
$6 (15... O-O-O+ $1 16. Kc2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf5+ 18. Kb3 Rd2 {gains an advantage.
}) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bh3 O-O-O+ 18. Bd2 Bd7 $5 19. Kc2 Be7 20. Rab1 a4 21. Rbe1
Bf6 22. Bf4 Rhe8 $5 23. Be3 h6 24. Bxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rh3 Red8 26. Rxf3 Rd3 $2 (
26... Re8 $1 27. Rh1 Re6 {keeps a plus.}) 27. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Bxh6 $6 (28. Rh1
$1 {takes the initiative.}) 28... Rf3 29. Be3 f5 30. Bd4 Kd7 31. Kb2 Rf4 32.
Ka3 Re4 $2 (32... Ra8 $1 33. Rh1 Rg4 34. Rh6 Rg6 {defends the black position.})
33. Rh1 $1 Re2 34. Rh6 Rde8 35. Rd6+ Kc7 36. Rf6 R8e7 37. Rxf5 Rc2 38. Rf6 Kb7
39. f4 Re1 $2 (39... Rg2 40. Be5 Rc2 {prolongs the game.}) 40. Kxa4 Rxa2+ 41.
Kb3 Rae2 42. Be5 $1 Rb1+ 43. Kc4 Re4+ 44. Kd3 Ree1 $5 45. Rxf7+ Ka6 46. Rc7 Kb5
47. Rb7+ Ka4 48. Kc4 Ka3 49. Rb6 Re4+ 50. Bd4 Rxf4 51. Rxc6 Kb2 52. Rf6 {
Howell fought back in the game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qa4 d6 11. Rd1 c5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 $5 ({
Known is} 14. h3) 14... a4 $1 {Black achieves an advantage.} 15. bxa4 $5 Nc8 $1
16. Bb2 $2 ({Better is} 16. e4 $1 Be6 17. Qd3) 16... Nb6 $1 17. Bd5 c6 $1 18.
a5 $1 ({The pointe is} 18. Bxc6 $2 Nxc4) 18... Nxd5 $1 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Na4 $1
d4 $1 21. Nb6 Qe8 $5 22. Re1 $5 Qc6 $5 23. Rac1 $5 Rfe8 24. Ba1 h5 25. f3 Kh7
26. e4 $1 Be6 27. a4 Rxb6 $5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. a5 Qa7 30. f4 Ra8 31. f5 $5 Bb3
32. Qd3 c4 $6 {Black allows a positional sacrifice.} 33. Rxc4 $1 Bxc4 34. Qxc4
Qxa5 35. Rd1 Qa4 36. Qd3 d5 37. exd5 Re8 38. Rf1 Re3 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. Qd2 Qc4
41. d6 $5 Re2 42. Qf4 Ra2 $1 43. Qe4 Qc5 $1 44. Kh1 (44. d7 d3+ $1 45. Kh1 Qc2
$1 {wins for Black (Ftacnik).}) 44... Qxd6 45. Rb1 Qf6 {
Nguyen scored his first win after seven draws.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nd6
15. Rfe1 Bf6 $5 16. Be5 Qa5 17. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. c4 $5 {
The c-pawn will become vulnerable.} ({Preferable is} 19. Ne5 $1) 19... Bf5 20.
Ne5 f6 21. g4 $5 Bc8 22. Nd3 b6 23. g5 $5 Bd7 $5 24. Qb2 fxg5 $6 (24... Bf5 $5
25. Nb4 Bd7 {keeps the equality.}) 25. Ne5 Rad8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Bh3 Nf5 28.
Bxf5 gxf5 29. Re5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Rd6 30. Rae1 Qa4 31. Qe2 Qd7
32. Qh5 $5 (32. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 a5 {
leads to a better rook ending for White (Krasenkow).}) 32... Rg6 33. Re6 Kg7
34. R1e3 f4 35. Rh3 $2 Rxe6 $2 (35... Rg8 $1 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 {
defends well (Vachier Lagrave).}) 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Rh6+ Ke5 38. Rxe6+ Kd4 39.
Qf5 $5 Qa4 40. Re4+ Kc5 41. d6+ $1 e5 42. Rxe5+ Kxd6 43. c5+ $1 bxc5 44. Qf6+
Kc7 45. Qf7+ Kd8 46. Qd5+ Kc7 47. Qxc5+ Kb7 48. Qd5+ Kb6 49. Rxg5 Qc6 50. Qxc6+
Kxc6 51. h4 f3 52. h5 Re4 53. Kh2 Ra4 54. Kg3 {
Vachier Lagrave joined the lead with Caruana.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 $5 {
White plays an interesting novelty.} Bg6 14. Nc4 Bxf5 $5 15. exf5 Qe7 16. a4 {
He takes the initiative on the queenside.} Nd5 17. Rb1 e4 $5 {
He exposes his main pawn.} 18. a5 Bd4 $2 ({Correct is} 18... Bc7 $1 19. Bxe4 $6
Rfe8 20. f3 b5 $1 21. axb6 axb6) 19. Qxe4 $1 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bb2 Bxf2+ $1
22. Rxf2 $5 Nxe4 23. Re2 Nxg3 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 $5 {
He wants to attack.} Nxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 ({The pointe is} 27... Ng7 $2 28. Nd6 $1
Kh8 29. Nxf7+) 28. Rxb7 {Nguyen has a positional advantage in the endgame.}
Rab8 29. a6 $1 Rxb7 30. axb7 Rb8 31. Na5 Nd6 32. Rd1 Nxb7 33. Nxc6 $1 Rc8 34.
b5 $1 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rc7 36. Rd5 $1 {Black has been restricted.} f5 37. c4 Kf6 38.
c5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Kf4 $1 Rd7 41. Rxf5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Nd8 $5
44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Nxd8 Rxd8 47. c6 $1 Rd1 48. Re8 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rc1
50. Kf3 $1 h5 51. Ra8 Rc5 52. Ke4 $1 Re5+ ({Or} 52... Ke6 53. Kd4 Rd5+ 54. Kc4
{and White wins (Ftacnik).}) 53. Kd4 Re7 54. Kd5 Re5+ 55. Kd6 Rxb5 56. c7 Rb1
57. c8=Q Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 {Nguyen shared the first place. The final
standings became: Nguyen, Vachier Lagrave and Caruana 51/2/9, Andreikin 5, So,
Tomashevsky and Rodshtein 41/2, Giri 4, Howell 31/2, Negi 21/2. The top three
had to carry out a play-off.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43 Playoff 1"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The semi-final of the playoff happened between Vachier Lagrave and Caruana,
because they had the lowest tie-breaks. Two blitz game were carried out (five
minutes per game plus two seconds per move). Each player won one game.
Thereafter, an Armageddon game followed. White had to win.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6
3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O
Nd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a4 $5 a5 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Bb5 Qc8 16. Rac1 c4
17. Nd2 Bc6 18. e4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Ra1 Rd5
23. Ra4 Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Qd8 25. Rc7 Rf5 26. Qxe4 Rc8 $2 27. Rxe7 $2 (27. g4 $1
Rd5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxe7 {leads to the needed win.}) 27... Rxf4
28. Qb7 $1 Rb8 29. Rd7 Qe8 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qd6 Rf5 32. Rb7 b5 33. g4 Rf6 34.
Re5 b4 35. Rxa5 bxc3 36. bxc3 {White has gained a pawn.} h6 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. Rb2
$2 ({Better is} 38. Rb1) 38... Qa4 $1 39. Qc6 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. Qg2 Qc1 42.
Re2 Qf4+ 43. Qg3 Qc1 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ $2 ({Correct is} 45. Qg2) 45... g6
46. Kg3 Kg7 $2 {Black does not strike.} 47. Qe3 $2 ({Right is} 47. Qe4) 47...
Qg1+ $1 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kh5 Qb1 $1 50. Qe4 Qxe4 51. Rxe4 Rf3 {
Caruana had qualified for the final of the play-off.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "43 Playoff 2"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Nguyen and Caruana carried out the final of the playoff. Two rapid games
occurred (ten minutes per game plus ten seconds per move). Nguyen missed the
win in the first game.} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6.
Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qa3
Nd7 $5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. c4 Qb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5
19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. h3 Rac8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qc4 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 {
Black controls more territory but the chances are equal.} 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Rc8+
Kh7 30. b3 $2 ({Correct is} 30. Rc2) 30... a3 $1 31. Ra8 $5 Ra5 $1 32. Rxa5
bxa5 {Caruana has a better knight ending.} 33. Nd4 Nb4 34. Nb5 Nxa2 35. Nxa3
Nc1 36. Nc4 Nxb3 {Black has gained a pawn. White hopes to regain it soon.} 37.
Ke2 a4 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Kc3 Nc5 $1 40. Kd4 $1 Na6 41. Ne5+ Kf6 42. Nd3 e5+ $5
43. Kc4 $1 Kf5 44. Kb5 a3 $1 45. Nc1 Nc7+ $1 46. Kc4 $2 (46. Kb4 $1 Nd5+ 47.
Kxa3 Ke4 48. Kb3 f5 49. Kc4 Nxe3+ $1 50. fxe3 Kxe3 51. Kd5 $1 e4 52. g3 $1 {
draws.}) 46... Ne6 47. Kb3 Nc5+ 48. Kxa3 Ke4 49. Kb2 Nd3+ $1 50. Kc2 Nxf2 51.
Kd2 Kd5 52. Ke2 Ne4 53. Nd3 Nc5 54. Nb4+ Ke4 55. Na2 Na4 56. Kd2 f5 57. Ke2 g5
$1 58. Kd2 h5 $1 59. Ke2 g4 $5 60. hxg4 fxg4 61. g3 Kd5 62. Nb4+ Kc4 63. Nc6
Nc3+ 64. Kf2 Kd5 65. Ne7+ Ke4 66. Ng8 Kd3 67. Kg1 Ne4 68. Kg2 Kxe3 69. Ne7 Nf6
70. Nf5+ Kd3 71. Kf2 e4 72. Ne3 h4 73. Ng2 e3+ {Caruana had won the tournament.
The next day he celebrated his eighteenth anniversary.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-fourth Schachfestival was played from 18 until 29 vii 2011. Six
grandmasters carried out double rounds. Soccer scores were used for the first
time. Carlsen was the great star.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5.
e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12.
Bc4 Bg7 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. e5 e6 $5 {Black attacks the centre.} ({
Known is} 15... Ba6) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rbd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nc6 19. Bb5 Nxe5 (
19... Nd4 $5 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 {equalises.}) 20. Qe4 Nf7
({Or} 20... Rf8 21. Be7) 21. Bh4 Bd4 $1 22. Rxd4 $2 ({Better is} 22. Bxe8 Qxe8
23. Rfe1 e5 24. Qb7) 22... cxd4 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxd4 {
Carlsen has kept the extra pawn.} Rc8 25. Re1 e5 26. Qg4 Rc2 $1 27. h3 Qc6 28.
Bg3 Rxa2 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra4 31. Qd1 Rf4 32. Qb3+ Rf7 33. Re7 $1 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 $1 Kf8 36. Re2 $5 (36. Rxf7+ Qxf7 37. Qc3 Qxf2 38. Qh8+
Ke7 $1 39. Qxh7+ Qf7 {leads to a better queen ending for Black.}) 36... Kg7 37.
Qd5 a5 38. f3 Rc7 39. Re1 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {
The queen ending is won for Black, but the end will be time consuming.} 41. Kh2
Qc7+ 42. Kh1 Kf6 43. Qd4+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ Kd6 45. Qd4+ Kc6 46. Qe4+ Kb5 47. Qe2+
Qc4 48. Qe8+ Qc6 49. Qe2+ Kc5 50. Qe3+ Kb4 51. Qe1+ Kc4 52. Qe2+ Kc3 53. Qe3+
Kb2 54. Qd2+ Kb1 55. Qd3+ Qc2 56. Qb5+ Ka1 $1 57. Kh2 Qc7+ 58. Kh1 Qc1+ 59. Kh2
Qf4+ 60. Kh1 Qd4 61. Qf1+ Kb2 62. Qe2+ Kc1 63. Qe4 Qc3 64. f4 b5 65. Qe5 Qc4 $5
66. Qa1+ Kc2 67. Qxa5 b4 $1 68. Qa4+ Kb2 69. f5 gxf5 70. Kh2 h5 71. Qd7 Qf4+
72. Kh1 b3 73. Qd3 Qf2 74. Qd5 h4 75. Kh2 Qf4+ 76. Kh1 Kc2 77. Qc5+ Kb1 78. Qb5
b2 79. Qd3+ Ka2 80. Qa6+ Kb3 81. Qb5+ Ka3 82. Qa5+ Qa4 83. Qc5+ Ka2 84. Qd5+
Ka1 85. Qe5 Qe4 86. Qa5+ Kb1 87. Qc3 f4 88. Qd2 {Carlsen made a fine start.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 Nh5
16. g3 $1 {Carlsen has prepared an improvement.} (16. Qf3 {
happened in Gelfand - Dreev, Tilburg 1993.}) 16... Bc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
16... b4 17. Na4 a5) 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Qd6 21. Rac1
Ng7 22. a4 f5 $2 {Shirov reaches a lost position quickly.} (22... b4 {
defends properly.}) 23. axb5 f4 $5 24. Ne2 $5 Bb6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. Bc4 g5 27.
Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Rc8+ Bd8 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Nf6 31. Qd3 $1 Ra7 32. Qb5+ Qd7
33. Rxd8+ $1 {Carlsen scored his second win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Rad8 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. f4 Qd7 16. Bb5 Qe6 $5 17. f5 Qd6 ({The alternative is} 17... Qxe4 $5
18. Rf4 Qe5 $1 19. Ng3 f6) 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Qe5 21. Rc3 Rh8 22.
Rh3 $1 f6 23. Qf4 b5 $5 {The exchange of queens should be preferable.} 24. Qh6+
Kf7 25. Nf4 Rdg8 26. Ne6 bxc4 27. Ra3 $6 Qxe4 $1 28. Ng5+ $4 ({Right is} 28.
fxg6+ Rxg6 29. Ng5+ $1 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 Rg8 31. Qh5+ {
with chances for both sides (Milanovic).}) 28... fxg5 29. fxg6+ Ke8 30. Rxa7
hxg6 31. Ra8+ Bc8 32. Qxg5 Kd8 33. d6 Qd4+ 34. Rf2 Qd1+ 35. Rf1 Qd4+ 36. Rf2
Qd1+ 37. Rf1 Qxd6 $1 {Black has gained a piece.} 38. h3 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Rf8 40.
Re1 Rf6 41. Qg3 Rhf8 {Morozevich grabbed the opportunity.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a3
h6 9. Nf1 Nh7 $5 {Caruana makes a passive move.} ({Known is} 9... Re8) 10. Ng3
$1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Ng5 12. c3 Bg4 13. d4 $5 Qc8 14. Qd3 $5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Be6 16.
d5 Bh3 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qg4 $1 19. Bd2 Bg5 $5 20. f3 Qh4 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22.
dxc6 bxc6 23. Nf5 (23. Qxd6 Rad8 24. Qxc6 Qf4 25. Re2 {slightly favours Black.}
) 23... Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. Qd4 Qh6 26. Re2 Rfe8 27. Rae1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qd6
29. c4 c5 $1 {He sacrifices a pawn for the attack.} 30. Qd2 $1 d4 31. Qxg5 d3
32. Re4 Nd7 33. Qe7 Qc6 $2 (33... Qb6 34. Qxd7 Qxb3 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kh7
37. Qe4 Qd1+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 34. Re3 d2 35. Rd3 Nf6 36. Qe3 Qc7
37. Qxd2 {White has gained a pawn.} Qe5 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kh7 40. Qd2 a5
41. Kf1 Kg8 42. Bd1 Qc7 43. Ke1 Qe5+ 44. Be2 Qc7 45. Kd1 Nd7 46. h4 Nf6 47. Kc2
Kh7 48. Kb3 Nd7 49. Ka2 Nf6 50. Bd1 Nh5 51. Ba4 f6 52. Be8 Nf4 53. Qd7 $1 Qb8
54. Bf7 Ne2 55. Bg6+ Kh8 56. h5 Nd4 57. Kb1 Qg8 58. h6 $1 gxh6 59. Qe7 Nxf3 60.
Bf7 Qg1+ 61. Ka2 Ne5 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Bg6+ {Shirov played patiently.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Ne7
$5 ({Usual is} 7... Nf6) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2
Bd4 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Qe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. a3 Nd5 18. b4 Bd6
19. Nd4 $5 {Carlsen delivers an interesting positional sacrifice.} Bxf1 20.
Kxf1 Nb6 21. Nxc6 Rfe8 22. a4 Kf8 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc1 a6 25. f4 $5 Re6 $2 {
Caruana blunders a piece.} (25... Ne3+ $1 26. Rxe3 Bxf4 27. Rf3 Bxc1 28. Bd5 f6
{favours Black.}) 26. Bd5 $1 Rf6 27. Re4 {Carlsen scored his third win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Nf3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Nde4) 12...
O-O 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ne4 Bb5 $1 {Pawn c4 is precious for Black.} 15. Bc3 $2 (15.
Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Rab1 {gains some compensation for the pawn.}) 15... Na4 $1 16.
Qd2 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Ba4 $1 18. Rdc1 c5 19. d5 Rad8 20. e4 b5 21. Qe3 Bxc3 22.
Qxc3 b4 $1 23. Qe5 Bb5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Rac1 Qd8 26. Qh5 exd5 27. exd5 Rh6 28.
Qf5 Rf6 29. Qe4 Nb7 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Re1 Qc8 34. Ne5
Qf5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Bh3 $5 Rh5 37. Bg4 Rh6 38. Rc1 f6 39. Nc6 f5 $6 {
Black has been spoiling his advantage.} 40. Bd1 $2 (40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. Nxf5 Nxf5
42. Bxf5 {regains the pawn.}) 40... Kf8 41. Bf3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Nd8 Ke7
44. Nb7 Rh5 $1 45. Nxc5 e3 $5 46. Re1 ({Or} 46. fxe3 Rxd5 47. Ne4 Re5 48. Nd2
Rxe3 49. Nxc4 Re2) 46... Kd6 47. Ne4+ Kxd5 48. Rxe3 Kd4 $5 49. Nd2 Bc6 50. h4
$5 Ra5 $1 51. a3 bxa3 52. bxa3 Rb5 $1 {
Caruana had ben outplayed and suffered his third loss in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ncd5 Be6 12. c3 $5 ({Known is} 12. g3)
12... Na5 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. g3 Qd7 15. Nde3 Ne7 16. Nxe7 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qxe7 18.
Qd3 Rad8 19. Rcd1 b6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. b3 Re8 22. Kg2 Qg5 23. Rfd1 Kg8 24. Qe2
Red8 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. h4 Qf8 27. h5 Qe7 28. h6 g6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {
White has little advantage after the exchanges.} Qg5 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Qd3 Qf6
33. Qe3 Qe6 34. Rf1 f6 35. b4 Ke8 36. Rfd1 Kf7 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 $1 Rc8 39. b5
Qg4 40. axb6 axb6 41. Ra1 Rb8 42. f3 Qe6 43. Qd2 Kf7 44. Rd1 Ke7 45. Ra1 Kf7
46. Ra6 Qe7 47. Qe3 Qe6 48. Qc1 g5 49. Qh1 Kg6 $2 ({The counter by} 49... f5 $1
50. Qh5+ Qg6 51. Qxg6+ Kxg6 52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4 fxe4 54. fxe5 Rf7 55. Rxd6+
Kh5 $1 {leads to equality.}) 50. g4 $1 Kf7 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Qf1 Kf7 53. Ke3 Kg6
54. Qh1 Kf7 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc2 Qg8 57. Qa1 Qf8 58. Rd1 Rdb7 59. Rh1 Kf7 60.
Kb3 Qe7 61. Qa2 Qd7 62. Ra1 {
The white manoeuvres do no great harm, but Black has to play carefully.} Qe7
63. Qd2 Kg6 64. Qh2 Kf7 65. R1a2 Qd7 66. Qh5+ Kf8 67. Qh1 Kf7 68. Qd1 Kg6 69.
Rd2 Rd8 $1 70. Qh1 Kf7 71. Rda2 Rdb8 72. Ra1 Qe7 73. R6a2 Rd7 74. Qd1 Kg6 75.
Qh1 Kf7 76. Qb1 Rdb7 77. Qd3 Kg6 78. f4 $1 gxf4 79. Qh3 $1 Kf7 80. Ra8 Qe6 $2 (
80... Rd8 81. Rxd8 Qxd8 82. Qh5+ Kg8 {continues the passive defence.}) 81. Qh5+
$1 Kf8 82. Qf5 $5 {Patient play also leads to the win.} (82. Rxb8+ $1 Rxb8 83.
Ra7 {ends the game.}) 82... Qxf5 83. gxf5 Rxa8 84. Rxa8+ Kf7 85. Kc2 Re7 86.
Kd3 Re8 87. Ra7+ Kg8 88. Rg7+ Kf8 ({Or} 88... Kh8 89. Rb7 $1) 89. Rxh7 Kg8 90.
Ra7 Kh8 91. h7 Rb8 92. Ke2 Rd8 93. Kf3 Rc8 94. Kg4 Rd8 95. Kh5 f3 96. Kg6 {
The standings after one cycle became: Carlsen 10/5, Morozevich 9, Vachier
Lagrave and Shirov 6, Pelletier 4, Caruana 2.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The contemplation time was 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one
hour. Thereafter, the players got 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 20
seconds per move.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2
Ngf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nd5 $5 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6
13. a3 $1 {Carlsen has gained a plus in a quiet opening.} e5 $5 ({
The alternative is} 13... N4d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5) 14. axb4 exd4 15. Nb5 Bf6 16. Rd1
Bg4 $5 ({Preferable is} 16... Re8 $1 17. c3 Bg4 18. f3 dxc3 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. fxg4 Rd1+ 22. Kf2 cxb2 23. Bxb2 Rd2+ 24. Kg1 Rxb2 25. Rxa7) 17.
f3 $1 Bf5 18. g4 a6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxc2 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. f4 $1 Rd7 {Check on the first rank is useless.} 24. b5 Rd1+ $2 (24... a5 $1
25. Kf2 a4 {equalises.}) 25. Kf2 axb5 26. Bxb7 f5 27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Ra5 fxg4 29.
Bxg4 Bd3 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. b3 h6 32. Bb2 Nd5 33. Ra7 $1 {
White has a decisive arrack in the endgame.} Nf6 34. Rf7 Rd6 $6 (34... Nh5 35.
Kf3 Bg6 {defends properly.}) 35. f5 $1 Bc2 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Rxf6
Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rd3+ ({Or} 39... Rxh2 40. Rf7+ Kh8 41. f6 Bg6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. f7)
40. Ke2 h5 41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rc7 $1 {White is going to gain a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. d6 Re8 $5 (12... Nd5 13. Qd3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 {favoured White in Carlsen - Dominguez Perez, Sofia 2009.}) 13.
Qd3 b5 14. f3 b4 15. Nd1 Re6 16. Qc2 Nh5 $5 (16... Qxd6 {makes more sense.})
17. Be3 $5 (17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qb7 {gains an edge.}) 17... Be5 18. g3 Rxd6 19.
Qc5 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Ne3 Be6 $2 ({Better is} 21... Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23.
Nc2 Rd6 24. Nxb4 Bb7 {but White gains a pawn.}) 22. Nc2 $1 Rd2 23. Nxb4 Rxb2
24. Qc3 $1 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. a3 Bh3 28. Bf1 Be6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30.
Kf2 Rb3 31. Qd4 Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Be2 Nf6 35. Rc1 {
The extra exchange has been activated.} Ra2 36. Ke3 a5 37. Rd2 Ra3+ 38. Rd3 Ra2
39. Rxc6 a4 40. Rcc3 Nd7 41. Ra3 Rb2 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. Rd4 {
Morozevich chased the leader.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Bb2 $5 b5 18. Rbd1 Bd7 19. Bf3 c4 20. Kh1 Bf5 21.
Qd4 Bb6 22. Qd5 Be6 23. Qe5 Qd7 24. Ba3 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Bf2 26. Rf1 Bb6 27. Rfe1
Bf2 28. Rf1 Bf5 $5 {Caruana avoids a repetition of moves.} 29. Qf6 $6 ({
Right is} 29. Qd5) 29... Be3 $6 (29... Re6 $1 30. Qg5 Bb6 {
gains an advantage (Ftacnik).}) 30. Bd5 Be4 31. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 32. f5 Rbe8 33. h3
Bh6 34. Bb4 Bg7 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qd2 gxf5 37. Qf2 f4 $5 38. Qc5 Be5 39. Qd5 $6 ({
Correct is} 39. Rfe1) 39... Re3 40. a4 bxa4 41. Qxc4 $5 a5 $5 42. Bxa5 $5 Kh8
$5 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qxd6 45. Qxd6 Bxd6 {Black has a better endgame.} 46.
Bb4 $1 Bc7 $1 47. Ra1 Ra8 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52.
Rd1 $2 (52. Ra2 f5 53. c4+ Kc6 54. Re2 {offers more rersistance.}) 52... Be5
53. Kc2+ Kc4 54. Re1 f6 55. Re4+ Kb5 56. Kb2 Rg8 57. Re2 Rg3 58. Rf2 h5 59. Ka2
Re3 60. Kb2 Re1 61. Ka2 Kc4 62. Ka3 Ra1+ 63. Kb2 Rd1 64. Ka3 Re1 $1 65. Ba5 Kd3
66. Kxa4 Re2 $1 {If the rooks are exchanged, Black will win the bishop ending.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Nf1 $5 Nb8 {Both parties manoeuvre quietly.} 10. Ne3 Ng4 11. Bg3 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 Nd7 13. d4 {Shirov advances in the centre.} Nf6 $1 14. Bd3 Ng4 $1 15. Qe2
Bg5 16. dxe5 (16. h3 $1 Nxe3 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. h4 Bf4 19. Bf2 Nxg2+ 20. Kf1 {
(Carlsen)} Nxh4 21. Bxh4 Qd6 {leads to a battle.}) 16... dxe5 17. Bxe5 Bh4+ 18.
g3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. O-O-O c6 $5 22. Nd4 a6 $5 23. Rhf1 c5 24.
Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 b5 26. Bc2 c4 27. Rfd5 $1 Be5 28. Qh5 Rae8 29. a3 Qa7 {
Carlsen plays for a win.} (29... Bxc3 $5 30. bxc3 Qxa3+ {leads to a perpetual.}
) 30. Kd2 $1 Qb8 31. Ke2 Re6 32. Qh4 Qb6 33. Rd8 Ree8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd5 Qc7
36. a4 $5 Qb6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qh5 Qb8 39. Rd7 $5 g6 $1 40. Qf3 (40. Qxh6 $5
b4 $1 {looks risky.}) 40... Rf8 41. Kf2 b4 $1 42. Qe2 bxc3 43. bxc3 Qc8 44. Qd2
Bxc3 $1 45. Qd5 Qa6 46. e5 $2 ({Correct is} 46. Bd1 $1 Bb4 47. Kg2 Qa2+ 48. Kh3
Bc3 49. Rc7 Qd2 50. Qxd2 Bxd2 51. Rxc4 Bxe3 {drawn.}) 46... Qa2 47. Qe4 Bxe5 $1
{Black has gained a pawn.} 48. h4 Re8 49. Kg2 h5 $1 50. Kh3 ({The pointe is} 
50. g4 Re6 51. gxh5 Bf6 {and Black wins.}) 50... c3 51. Rd5 Qa6 $1 52. Bd3 (52.
Rxe5 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Rxe5 54. Qxe5 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qxc2 {wins for Black (Carlsen).})
52... Qc8+ 53. Kg2 Bg7 54. Rc5 Qd7 55. Qc4 Rxe3 56. Rc7 Rxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Be5+ 58.
Kf2 Qxc7 59. Qxc7 Bxc7 60. Kf3 {Carlsen kept the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd5 $5 14.
Qe4 f5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 $5 Bd6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bxd5 $2 {
He loses the ywo bishops.} exd5 19. Be3 f4 $1 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. Bc3 $6 Rae8 22.
Qd2 Be4 23. Rad1 h6 $1 24. Rfe1 Qf7 25. Qd4 $6 (25. Bd4 b6 26. Rc1 {
avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 25... b6 26. Bb4 (26. Rc1 Qg6 27. Qd1 Re6 {
favours Black positionally.}) 26... Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Bxc2 {
Black has gained as pawn.} 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Be4 31. Nd4 $1
f3 $5 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Kf7 35. Nd4 {
White has drawing chances in the ending, due to the blockade in the centre.}
Bg4 36. f3 Bd7 37. Kf2 g5 $1 38. Ke3 h5 39. Ne2 Kf6 40. Nd4 $5 a5 41. a3 a4 42.
Nc2 Ke5 43. Nd4 Be8 44. Ne2 Bg6 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. Kd2 Bh7 47. Ne2 Kc5 48. Kc3 $1
h4 49. Nd4 Kd6 50. Kd2 Bg6 51. b3 $5 axb3 52. Nxb3 Ke5 53. Ke3 Be8 54. Nd4 Bd7
55. Ne2 Bc8 56. Nd4 Kd6 57. Kd3 Ba6+ 58. Kd2 Bf1 59. Nb3 Bh3 60. Nd4 Bd7 61.
Kd3 g4 $1 {Otherwise Black makes no progress.} 62. fxg4 Bxg4 63. Kd2 Ke5 64.
Ke3 Bh5 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66. Nd4 Kc5 67. Kd3 Bg6+ 68. Kc3 Kd6 69. Kd2 Be4 70. Ne2
Ke5 71. Ke3 Kf5 72. Nd4+ Kg4 73. Kf2 Kh3 74. Kg1 Bg2 (74... Bd3 $1 75. Nc6 Bf5
76. Nd4 Kg4 77. Kf2 Kf4 {wins for Black.}) 75. Nf5 Bf3 76. Nd4 Be4 77. Ne6 Kg4
78. Kf2 Bf5 79. h3+ $1 {White creates a new opportunily.} Kxh3 80. Nf4+ Kg4 81.
Nxd5 Be4 82. Nc3 $6 (82. Nf6+ Kf5 83. Ne8 Bc6 84. Nd6+ Ke5 85. Nc4+ Kf4 $1 86.
Kg1 b5 87. Nd2 Bd5 {wins with a great difficulty.}) 82... Bf3 $1 {
Shirov won at last.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 $5 b5 11. Qd3 a6 $5 12. a4 $5 b4 13. Ne4 a5 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg5 Bb7 $5 ({Preferable is} 15... h6 $1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16. Bxb7
Rxb7 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Re5 $1 {White has a plus.} Rd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd5
21. Rae1 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 {The black queen should capture.} 23. Rxe6 $3 {
Vachier Lagrave delivers a great sacrifice.} fxe6 $5 {Pelletier wants proof.}
24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Re4 $1 f5 28. Qh6+ $1 ({Not} 28.
Rh4+ $4 Qxh4 29. gxh4 Rg8) 28... Kg8 29. Rxe6 Rd7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Rxc6 $2 {
White misses the decision.} ({Better is} 31. Qh5 $1 Ke7 32. Qe2+ $1 Kf7 33.
Qe6#) 31... Ke8 $2 (31... Rg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Rc5 Qe8 $1 {defends properly.})
32. d5 $6 Re7 $1 33. c4 f4 34. Qh5+ Rff7 35. Kg2 f3+ 36. Kh3 Qd7+ 37. g4 Kd8
38. Qg5 Rg7 39. Qf4 Ke8 $5 40. Kg3 $1 Qb7 41. Qf5 $1 Rc7 42. Rh6 Rh7 (42... Rg8
43. c5 $1 Rf7 44. Re6+ {continues the white attack.}) 43. Re6+ {
Pelletier played a poor tournament.} (43. Re6+ Rhe7 44. d6 $1 {ends the game.})
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Qf4 $5 Bb4 $1 {
Caruana counters.} 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 $1 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rh7 {
The chances are about equal after the exchanges.} 18. Ke3 Nd7 19. Bg3 O-O-O 20.
Be2 f5 21. Rd6 fxe4 $5 22. Rxe6 $5 Nc5 23. Rg6 h5 24. Rg5 Rd5 25. Rd1 Nd3 26.
b3 {White charges on the queenside.} Ba6 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rd2 Kb7 29. Rg8 $6 (
{Preferable is} 29. Rc2 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 29... Kb6 $1 30. Rc2 $2 (30. Rb8+ $1
Kc5 31. Rb1 {defends properly.}) 30... Ne1 $1 31. Rc1 Nxg2+ 32. Kxe4 Re7+ 33.
Kf3 Nxh4+ $1 34. Bxh4 Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rxe2 {Caruana has a won position.} 36. a4
Rb2 $6 ({Better is} 36... Re4 37. Bg3 Rg4) 37. Rb8+ $6 (37. a5+ $1 Kc5 38. Be7+
Kd5 39. Rd8+ Ke6 40. Re1+ Re5 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Rh8 {fights back.}) 37... Bb7
38. Rxc4 c5+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. f4 Rd5 41. Rd8 Rbd1 42. Rxd5 Bxd5 43. Rc3 c4 44.
Bf6 Kc5 45. Kg3 Kb4 46. Rc2 a5 47. f5 Rf1 $1 {
Carlsen took a decisive lead on Morozevich.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3
f6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nb6 $5 13. O-O-O $5 Bb4 14. Nd2
O-O 15. Kb1 a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. a3 Ba5 18. f3 Qd7 19. e4 f5 20. Be5 f4 21. g3
Ng6 22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Qc2 $2 ({Preferable is} 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Rg1) 23... Ng6
$1 24. Bg3 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc2 b5 28. Be5 Rae8 29. Rde1
Nxe5 30. Rxe5 h6 31. Rc1 Rxe5 32. dxe5 {Black has a positional advantage.} Ne7
33. Ne4 Qd5 34. Nc5 Rf4 35. Rd1 Rd4 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. Nd3 Qe3 38. f4 Qe4 39.
Ka1 Nd5 40. Qd2 Kh7 41. Qd1 Kg8 42. Qd2 Ne3 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Nc5 Qxf4 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 45. Ne6 Qf1+ 46. Ka2 Ne7 47. Qd4 Nd5 $1 48. Nd8 Qh3
$1 49. e6 b4 $1 50. Qd1 Qxh2 51. Qc1 bxa3 {The final standings became: Carlsen
19/10, Morozevich 17, Vachier Lagrave and Shirov 12, Caruana 10, Pelletier 5.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-fifth Schachfestival was played from 23 vii until 2 viii 2012. Six
grandmasters carried our double rounds.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3
Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. Qb5 $5 Bd7 9. Qc5 b6 10. Qg5 {
The queen jumps like a knight.} c5 11. dxc5 Bc6 12. Qh4 bxc5 13. Be2 e6 14. Bg5
h6 $1 15. Bxh6 Nxe4 $1 16. Qf4 Nxc3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. bxc3 Qf6 $1 19. Qe3 Nd7
20. O-O Rab8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. h3 Bd5 23. a4 a5 24. Rab1 Bb3 25. Rd6 Bxa4 26.
Ra1 Qe7 27. Ra6 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Ra7 $5 Rdb8 30. Ne5 R8b7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7
32. Rxa5 Qd6 $2 33. f4 $2 (33. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36.
Nxd6 {gains a pawn.}) 33... Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qd1 $1 36. Qf2 Qh1+ 37.
Kg3 Rf1 38. Qxc5 Rd1 39. Qe3 $5 Qf1 40. Kh2 Re1 $1 41. Qd2 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Re3+
43. Kf4 $5 g5+ $1 44. Kg4 $6 ({Correct is} 44. Kxg5 $1 Rxh3 $1 45. Kg4 Rh6 46.
Qe2) 44... Kh6 $1 45. Ra4 $2 Rxe5 46. h4 f6 $2 ({Krasenkow analyses} 46... f5+
$1 47. Kf3 Qf1+ 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. Kg4 Qb5 $3 50. Rb4 Re3 $3 51. Rxb5 Rg3#) 47.
Kf3 Qh2 48. hxg5+ fxg5 49. Re4 $2 (49. Rg4 Rf5+ 50. Ke2 Qe5+ 51. Qe3 Qb5+ 52.
c4 $1 Qb2+ 53. Kd3 $1 Re5 54. Re4 Qb1+ 55. Kd4 {
fights for a draw with only moves (Krasenkow).}) 49... Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Qg3+ {
Giri wins material.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Wang Hao finds normal games boring and plays fighting chess.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10.
g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Ba3 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Be2 h6 $5 (15... Ne8
{happened in Kramnik - Giri, Hoogeveen 2011.}) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 f4 18. Qd2
$6 ({The alternative is} 18. gxf4 $5 Nh5 19. Bxh5 Bxc3 20. Rc1) 18... f3 $1 19.
Bd1 Qc8 20. Re1 Qxc4 $2 (20... Qxe6 21. Bxf3 Qxc4 {gains an edge.}) 21. Bb3 $1
Qa6 22. Bb2 Rad8 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 d5 26. Re3 Rd6 27. Rae1
Qb6 28. Bd1 a5 29. b5 Nf5 30. e7 $1 Re8 31. Re5 Qc7 32. Bxf3 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Nxe7
34. Qe5 $1 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ng8 36. Re8+ $1 (36. Re8+ Kxe8 37. Qxg8+ Ke7 38. Qg7+
Kd8 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40. Bg4+ {wins for White (Martinovic).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Qxg2 10. Qd2 {They play an exciting opening.} e5 11. Bxe5 $5
Bf5 ({The pointe is} 11... Qxh1 $2 12. O-O-O $1 {and White wins}) 12. Bf3 $1
Qg6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Qe3 {White has the initiative.} Bb1 $1 {
Black wants to mate too.} 15. Rd2 $5 ({The alternative is} 15. Bd6+ Ne6 16. Qb3
O-O-O) 15... Bxa2 16. Bd6+ $2 ({Better is} 16. Rd6 $1 Ne6 17. Ne2) 16... Ne6
17. Be4 Qh6 18. f4 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bxc4 20. Re1 O-O-O $2 (20... Nd5 $1 21. Qf2 $1
Rd8 {keeps a plus.}) 21. Bxc6 $1 Ba6 $2 ({Correct is} 21... bxc6 22. Qxa7 Rxd6
$1 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qa7+ {and White delivers a perpetual.}) 22. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 $2
23. Bd7+ $1 {He forces mate.} Kxd7 ({Or} 23... Rxd7 24. Qc5+ Kd8 25. Be7+ Ke8
26. Qc8+) 24. Qe7+ Kc6 25. Qc7+ {
and mate in two. Morozevich has to withdraw due to illness the next day.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e4 c5 7. e5 Ne8 8. d5 $5
({Theory is} 8. Bd3) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Bg5 $5 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O
$5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 {Black has achieved equality.} 14. Re1 Bxf3 $5 ({
More solid is} 14... Nbd7 $1) 15. gxf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 c4 $1 18. Bf5 (
18. Bxc4 $5 Ne8 19. Be3 Ne5 {and Black regains the pawn.}) 18... Nc5 ({
The pointe is} 18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bxh6 $1) 19. Rhg1 Kh8 20. Rg6 $1 Rf7 21. Reg1
Qf8 22. Be3 Nxd5 $5 23. Bd4 $5 Nf6 24. Qd2 Re8 $2 (24... Nd3+ $1 25. Bxd3 cxd3
26. Qxd3 {(Timman)} Qe7 {offers more resistance.}) 25. Rxg7 $1 Qxg7 26. Rxg7
Kxg7 27. Qf4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Kd2 Kg6 30. Kxd3 Re6 31. h4 Rfe7 $2 ({
Right is} 31... Rh7 $1) 32. h5+ $1 Kf7 33. Qf5 Re5 34. Qg6+ Ke6 35. f4 $1 {
Carlsen had defeated Wang Hao for the first time.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. b5 fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Nxc7 Qh3 19. Rf2 Rac8 20. Rh2 {
This line was invented by Loek van Wely.} Qxg3+ 21. Rg2 Qh3 22. Qxd6 Rf7 23. c5
Nf5 24. exf5 Rfxc7 25. Be3 $5 {Giri has prepared a novelty.} (25. c6 {
was played by Van Wely.}) 25... Qxf5 $6 ({Preferable is} 25... Kh8 $1 26. Bxh6
$1 Qxf5 $1 27. Bd3 e4 28. fxe4 Qxc5+ {(Giri).}) 26. Rf1 $1 Bf8 $6 ({Better is} 
26... Kh7) 27. Bd3 $1 e4 28. fxe4 Qxf1+ 29. Bxf1 $6 Bxd6 30. cxd6 Rc3 $5 (30...
Rd7 $5 31. e5 g5 $3 32. exf6 Rxd6 {tries to survive.}) 31. Bd4 Rf3 32. e5 $1
Rf4 $5 33. Bb2 $1 Nh7 34. e6 Ng5 35. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 36. d7 Rg4+ 37. Bg2 {
The passed pawns are going to queen. Giri scored his second win.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14. Ne4 Qe5
15. Nf3 Qc7 {This line was played by Polugaevsky as Black in the 1960's.} 16.
Qe3 Bb7 17. Nfg5 h6 18. Qh3 $5 ({Known is} 18. Nxe6 $2 {
The sacrifice comes too early.}) 18... g6 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Kh1 $6 Ne5 21. Rae1
Bb4 22. Re3 Bd5 $1 23. Be2 Nc4 24. Rd3 Qe5 {
Black has achieved a positional advantage.} 25. a3 Ba5 26. Bg4 Nd6 $4 ({
Right is} 26... Nxb2 27. Re3 Kd8 {and Black wins (Nakamura).}) 27. Rxd5 $1 {
The black position is taken by firce.} Qxd5 28. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 29. f7+ Kd8 ({Or} 
29... Ke7 30. Qxh6 $1) 30. Nxe6+ {The knight appears on e6 victoriously.} Kc8
31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Bd8 33. Nxd6+ Kb8 $1 34. Rf1 $1 Rxd6 35. Nxd8 Qc4 $5
36. Rg1 Rxd8 37. Qg3+ Kb7 38. Qxg6 {White has conquered two pawns.} Rd2 39.
Qxh6 Rxc2 40. Qg7+ Kb6 41. b4 Qd3 42. Re1 Qe3 43. Qf6+ Kc7 44. Qf1 Rf2 45. Qg1
Qf4 46. h3 Qg3 47. Qh2 {Wang Hao and Nakamura showed great tactical skills.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Bologan arrived as a replacement for Morozevich, before round four started.
The postponed third round game was played on the rest day.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. c3 d5 8. d3 a6 $5 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2
dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 $1 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Na3
b4 17. Nb1 $6 {He plays too timidly.} ({Preferable is} 17. cxb4 $1 cxb4 18. Nb5
$1 {(Kritz).}) 17... O-O 18. Ba4 h6 19. Bh4 Rd8 20. Nbd2 g5 $5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22.
Bb3 Nf8 23. Qc2 (23. Bxe6 $5 Nxe6 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Ng4 Bg7 {
brings little advantage.}) 23... f6 24. Nc4 $2 (24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qb3 $1 Kf7
26. Nc4 {keeps a plus.}) 24... Qa6 25. Qe2 $5 Rb8 $1 26. Ne3 Qxe2 27. Bxe6+
Nxe6 28. Rxe2 Ra8 $1 29. h4 Ra2 $1 30. Kf1 Kf7 {Black has the initiative.} 31.
Bh2 Na5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rd2 b3 $5 (33... g4 $1 34. Nxg4 Nc4 {
conquers the queenside.}) 34. Bxe5 $5 g4 $1 (34... fxe5 35. Nxe5+ {
gives counter-play.}) 35. Nxg4 Nc4 36. Re2 Nxb2 37. Nd2 c4 38. Bg3 Nd3 39. f4
Nexf4 40. Bxf4 Ra1+ {
Carlsen and Giri joined the lead after three rounds in hindsight.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Kb8 12. O-O Qe8 $5 13. Ba4 Nxa4 14.
Qxa4 Bd3 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Be7 18. Rxc6 $5 {
Bologan delivers an interesting sacrifice. It brings him no advantage.} Qxc6
19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Nd4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. b4 Kb7 24. Rc1 d4 $5
25. Bxd4 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 28. Rc4 Re8 29. Kf2 Rf7+ 30. Ke2 Re6 31.
Na5+ Kc8 32. g3 Rh6 33. h4 Bd8 34. Be3 Re6 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Re4 Rfe7 37. Nc4 g6
38. Re3 Bg7 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. Na5 Rce6 41. Nc4 h6 42. g4 Rd7 43. Ke4 Bf8 44. Rf3
Rf7 45. Rc3 Rd7 46. Be3 Kd8 47. Rb3 Ke8 48. h5 $5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Rc6 50. Nb2 $5
Rc2 $1 51. Bf4 Rf7 52. a4 Re2+ 53. Be3 Rf1 54. Nd3 Be7 55. Nf4 Ra2 56. Nd5 Bd8
57. a5 c6 58. Nf4 Rh2 59. Ne6 Rh4+ 60. Kd3 Rd1+ 61. Kc2 Re1 62. Rd3 Bg5 63.
Nc7+ Ke7 64. Bc5+ $1 {White has survived the black initiative and takes over.}
Kf7 65. Nxa6 Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rh4+ 68. Kc3 Ra1 $6 ({Better is} 68...
Bf4 69. Bd6 Rc1+) 69. Kb2 $1 Rhh1 70. Nb8 Rhb1+ 71. Kc3 Rc1+ 72. Kd4 Ke6 73.
Nxc6 Rc2 74. Ke4 $6 (74. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 75. Kxc3 Kd5 76. Ne7+ Kxe5 77. Kc4 {
plays for a win.}) 74... Re1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg4 Rg2+ 77. Kh3 Ra2 78. a6 $2 (
78. Nd4+ Kxe5 79. Nc6+ {draws.}) 78... Kf5 79. Nd4+ $2 (79. Ne7+ $5 Bxe7 80.
Bxe7 Kf4 81. Rd4+ Kxe5 82. Rc4 Rxa6 83. Rc8 {offers more resisrance.}) 79...
Ke4 $1 80. Rf3 Rh1+ 81. Kg3 Bh4+ {White will be mated.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. g3
$6 {White loses rime.} ({The best move is} 15. Qc1) 15... c6 $1 16. dxc6 Nxc6
17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. b3 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Red8 21. Bg5 Nb4 $1 {
Black has the initiative.} 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Ke2 $2 {Casting would be save.} Rdc7
24. Bd2 Bf8 25. Bh3 Nc6 $1 {Black dominates the position.} 26. Nd5 $5 (26. Bxe6
Nd4+ 27. Kd3 fxe6 {also favours Black.}) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Nd4+ 28. Ke3 Rxc1
29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Bxd5 {Wang Hao has gained a pawn.} 31. Ne4 Bg7 $5 32. g4
f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Nd2 Kf7 35. Bb2 Kg6 36. Bg2 Ne6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. a4 Bf8 39.
axb5 axb5 40. Bf1 Bb4 41. Nb1 Bc5+ 42. Kg3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Nc3 Bxf3 $1
45. Nxb5 f4+ 46. Kf2 Nxb5 47. Kxf3 Nd4+ 48. Kg4 Nxb3 49. Bd3 h6 50. Bb5 Nd2 51.
Bc6 Ke6 52. Bb7 Kd6 53. h4 Kc5 54. Kh5 f3 $1 55. Kxh6 e4 56. h5 f2 57. Ba6 Nc4
{Wang Hao took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 Nh7 14. f3 f5 15. Rb1 g5
16. Bf2 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. c5 g4 20. c6 $1 {
White gains a great advantage in the opening.} ({Known is} 20. Kh1) 20... bxc6
21. dxc6 Be6 22. b5 $1 {He attacks on the queenside.} Nb8 $5 (22... Nc5 23. b6
$1 cxb6 24. Rxb6 {also favours White (Krasenkow).}) 23. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 24. exd5 g3
25. Be1 Ng5 26. Rb4 h4 27. Ne4 h3 {Black makes a last try.} 28. hxg3 fxg3 29.
Qd2 $6 (29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. gxh3 {is alright.}) 29... Rf4 $6 (29... hxg2 $5 30.
Kxg2 Nh3 31. Bxg3 Bh6 {offers more resistance.}) 30. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 $5 31. gxh3
Qf5 32. Bxg3 Qxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4 {Nakamura wins easily.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Rb1 Bc8 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. e4 Bc8 $5 {The bishop returns again.
} ({The alternative is} 12... Bg4) 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Bc4 16. Bf4
$1 Nb6 17. e5 $1 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Rxa1 20. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7 21. Qxa1
{White has a positional plus.} d5 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Bh3 e5 24. Nxe5 Qf6 25.
Qa7 Kh8 26. Re2 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Re6 $6 ({Better is} 28. b4 $3 cxb4 29.
Re6 Qa4 30. Qxb6 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 $1 g5 32. Bd6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 {
because pawn f2 is protected due to the pawn sacrifice} Qd1+ 34. Bf1 {
and White wins.}) 28... Qa4 29. Qxb6 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Rxf4 $1 31. Qxc5 (31. gxf4 $2
Qg4+ {leads to perpetual chrck.}) 31... Bd4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+
Kxf7 35. Qb7+ Ke6 $2 ({Better is} 35... Kf8 36. Qb4+ Kg8) 36. Qxh7 Qb1 37. b4
Kd6 38. Qh6 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe5 40. b5 g5 41. Qc2 Qe4 42. Qd2 Qg4 43. Bg2 Kc5 44.
Qc2+ $1 Kxb5 45. Qb3+ Ka6 46. Qd3+ Kb6 47. h3 {
Wang Hao led at the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 Bb4+ $5 ({
Best is} 7... d4 {(Tukmakov - Beliavsky, Vilnius 1978).}) 8. Nbd2 $5 {
White responds passively.} e4 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Nc6 13.
Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qb6 $6 (14... Qa5 {loses no time.}) 15. Rb1 $1 Qa6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Bg7 {Black has compensation for the pawn.} 18. Nc5 Qxc4 19. Nxb7
Qc3 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. Ne3 Qe5 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qa4 Rab8 $6 ({More active is} 23...
Nd5 $1 24. Nc5 Rad8 25. Nxe6 Qxe6) 24. Nc5 $1 Nc8 25. Qa6 Re8 26. e3 Qe7 $5 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nb6 31. Nd2 {
He avoids further exchanges.} Rd6 32. Ne4 Rc6 33. Rd1 Bf8 34. h4 Kg7 35. Bf3
Rc2 36. Rd2 Rc1+ $5 {Exchange would be more natural.} 37. Rd1 $5 Rc2 38. Rd2
Rc1+ $5 39. Kg2 $1 Bb4 40. Rb2 a5 41. Nd2 Rc3 $5 42. Nb3 Nc4 43. Re2 a4 44. Nd4
Bc5 45. Nc6 a3 46. Be4 f5 47. Bd5 Nb2 48. Ne5 Bb4 49. Nf3 Rc5 50. e4 $1 fxe4 $6
{Exchange of pawns helps the white development.} 51. Rxe4 Rb5 52. Bb3 Rb7 53.
Nd4 Nd3 54. Bc4 Nc5 55. Re3 Nd7 56. Ne6+ Kh8 57. Rd3 Be7 58. Re3 Nf6 59. Bb3
Bb4 60. Re2 Rb8 61. Rc2 Bd6 62. Rc6 Be5 63. Ra6 Bb2 64. Ra7 Ne4 65. Rc7 Be5 66.
Re7 Bf6 67. Ra7 Bb2 68. f3 Nc3 69. Kh3 h6 70. Bc4 Rc8 71. Bb3 Rb8 72. Nc5 Nb5
73. Rd7 Nd4 74. Bd5 Nf5 $6 ({More solid is} 74... h5 $1) 75. Nd3 $5 Ne3 76. Be4
Rb6 77. Nf4 g5 78. Nh5 Kg8 79. Rd3 $1 Bc1 80. Rc3 Bd2 81. Rxa3 {
Giri has gained a second pawn.} Rb2 82. Bg6 Rb8 83. Rd3 Bc1 84. Rc3 Bd2 85. Rc7
Rf8 86. Be4 gxh4 87. Kxh4 Nf5+ 88. Kg4 Nd6 89. Bd5+ Kh8 90. f4 Nf5 91. Be4 Ba5
92. Rc6 {The standings after the rest day became: Wang Hao 13/6, Carlsen 12,
Giri 11, Nakamura 9, Bacrot 5, Morozevich/Bologan 0.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 Na6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc5 $5 14. Rc1
Qc7 15. b4 Nb7 16. Ncb5 Qb8 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. f3 a6 20. Nc3 Nd6 21.
Nb1 Nde8 22. Nd2 Qb7 23. c5 bxc5 $5 24. bxc5 Qa7 25. N2b3 $5 Nd5 26. c6 dxc6 $5
27. e4 $2 (27. Na5 c5 28. Ndc6 c4 29. Rxc4 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Rd4 {
regains the pawn.}) 27... Ne7 28. Nc5 Nf6 29. Ndb3 Ng6 30. Qc3 Nf8 31. Na5 Rab8
32. a4 Kh8 33. Rb1 $5 Rb6 34. Rxb6 Qxb6 35. Nab7 Rb8 36. Nd6 Kg8 37. Rd2 a5 38.
Nd3 N8d7 39. Nc4 Qa6 40. Rc2 c5 41. Rb2 Rb7 42. Rxb7 Qxb7 43. Qb2 Qa6 44. Qb5
Qxb5 45. axb5 a4 {Black has an extra pawn in the ending with two knights.} 46.
Ndb2 $2 {He misses a tactical point.} ({Correct is} 46. b6 a3 47. Nc1 Kf8 48.
b7 Ke7 49. e5 Nd5 50. Nxa3 {and White has a plus (Carlsen).}) 46... Nb6 $1 47.
Kf2 (47. Nxb6 $2 a3 {wins for Black.}) 47... Nfd7 48. Ke3 Kf8 49. f4 f5 50.
exf5 exf5 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Na3 Nf6 53. Nbc4 Nxc4 54. Nxc4 Ne4 55. Ne5 $5 Kd8 56.
g4 fxg4 $5 57. Nxg4 $5 ({The last chance brings} 57. Kxe4 a3 $1 58. b6 $1 a2
59. b7 Kc7 60. Nd7 Kxb7 61. Nxc5+ Kc6 62. Nb3 {but} h5 $1 {wins for Black.})
57... Nd6 58. b6 Kc8 59. Ne3 Kb7 60. Nd5 Kc6 {
Carlsen joined the lead with Wang Hao.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O $5 ({Theory is} 11. Be3) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Be3 h6 14. f4 hxg5 15. hxg5 b4 $1 16. Ne2 e5 $1 {
Black counters everywhere.} 17. a3 $1 a5 18. Qd2 Nc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 18...
exf4 $5 19. Bxf4 Ne5) 19. fxe5 bxa3 $2 ({Better is} 19... dxe5 $1 20. Qxd8+
Rxd8 21. axb4 axb4) 20. Rxa3 Nxe4 21. Nd4 $4 {The tables turn.} (21. Qd3 $1 d5
22. Nd4 $1 Bxa3 23. Nxc6 Qd7 24. bxa3 Qxc6 25. c4 $1 {strongly favours White.})
21... dxe5 $1 22. Nxc6 Nxd2 23. Nxd8 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxd8 25. Rxa5 f6 26. gxf6 $5
gxf6 27. c4 Rh2 28. Kg1 Rh4 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. c5 $5 Rh3 31. Bf2 Rd3 32. c6 $5 Bd8
33. Rc5 Rxb2 34. Be4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rdd2 {Giri occupied the third place.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. a4 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8
15. Bg5 $5 Qd8 16. Ra3 Nb6 $2 (16... h6 17. Be3 Nc7 {
becomes active on the queenside.}) 17. b3 Qd7 18. Ra2 f6 $5 19. Bc1 f5 20. exf5
gxf5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Qxf5 $1 21. Qxe7 Qxd5) 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Qe6+ Qxe6
23. dxe6 {White has a better endgame.} Ne4 24. Nh4 $1 c4 $1 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26.
Nc7 $1 Nc3 $1 27. Nxa8 Nxa2 28. Nc7 Nc3 $5 29. Rd3 Rc8 30. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 $5 31.
axb5 Rc5 32. Rb3 Na5 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. b6 Nb7 35. Rb4 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3
Rxc1 38. Nxf5 Rf1+ 39. Kg4 Nc5 40. b7 {
Carlsen utilised the weakness of the Volga Gambit.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. Be3 Qd8
$5 9. Nd2 exd3 10. Nxa4 d5 $1 11. Bb6 Qe7 12. Bc5 Qc7 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Qb3
Nbd7 15. cxd5 (15. exd3 $2 d4 $1 {favours Black.}) 15... Qa5 $5 {
He sacrifices a pawn.} 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Nd5 $5 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. Qf4 (20. Qxd5 $5 Bb7 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. f3 Bxf3 {brings a tactical fight.})
20... Ne6 $5 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. e3 $1 Ba6 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. Qe5 h5 25. h4 Rh6 26.
a3 Qb6 27. b4 d4 28. e4 $1 Nc7 29. O-O {White can castle at last.} Re8 30. Qg5
Nb5 31. Nb3 Nc3 32. Nd2 $2 ({Correct is} 32. Nc5) 32... Qd6 33. Nf3 $5 Nxe4 34.
Rfe1 Rhe6 35. Qxh5 d2 $1 36. Red1 $2 (36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Nxd2 Re1+ 38. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 {offers more resistance.}) 36... Be2 $1 37. Qa5 Bxd1 38. Rxd1
Nxg3 $1 39. Rxd2 Re1+ $1 40. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 41. Bf1 {
Wang Hao and Carlsen joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd4 14. e5 Nd5
$5 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nd6 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxd6 20. exd6
Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh5 22. Rc1 $5 c5 $5 23. Rxc5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Rc2 Qh3 26. Rc7
{White has the initiative.} Bf3 27. Kd2 Qe6 28. Bc5 Bg4 29. b3 Bf5 30. Re1 $4
Qxe1+ $1 {Bacrot loses material.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Na1 a5 17. Nc2 Nc5 18. Na3 Qe7 $5 19. Nb5 $1 Nfd7 20. Rce1 Rfc8 21.
b3 f5 22. Bd1 Nf6 23. Bc2 Kh7 24. h3 Rf8 {Black plays passively.} 25. a3 Rac8
26. b4 $1 {White has the initiative.} axb4 27. axb4 Ncd7 28. Bb3 {
The restriction increases.} Ng8 29. f4 $5 ({Preferable is} 29. Qf2 $1 Rb8 30.
Bd2 Ra8 31. Nd4) 29... Ngf6 30. Na7 Ra8 31. Nc6 Qe8 32. Bc2 Ra2 33. Qd1 Qa8 34.
fxe5 dxe5 35. Ne7 e4 36. c5 $6 {He allows a counter.} bxc5 37. bxc5 Qa3 38. Bb1
Rb2 39. Qc1 Rfb8 40. Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 40. Rf2 Ne5 41. Bc2) 40... Ne5 $2 (
40... Ne8 $1 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. Qd2 Rb3 {starts an attack by Black (Stohl).})
41. Rxb2 Rxb2 42. Bd4 Qg3 $5 {Black tries a last effort.} 43. Bxb2 $1 (43. Qxb2
$2 Nfg4 $1 44. hxg4 Nf3+ 45. Rxf3 exf3 {brings equality (Ten Geuzendam)}) 43...
Nf3+ 44. Rxf3 exf3 45. Qd2 $1 Nxd5 46. Nxf5 f2+ 47. Kf1 Qh2 48. Kxf2 Bxb2 49.
Qh6+ {Carlsen led by 17/6, one point ahead of Wang Hao and Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Carlsen needed a win in the last round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3
Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. b3 $5 ({Theory is} 7. O-O) 7... Ng4 8. O-O f6
9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Nc4 $1 g5 11. Rb1 b5 12. Ne3 h5 $1 13. c3 Qh7 $5 14. d4 Bb6 15.
Nc2 O-O-O 16. a4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Bd7 18. b4 Rhe8 19. Re1 $5 a6 20. Ra1 Kb7 21.
axb5 axb5 $6 (21... cxb5 $1 {solves a doubled pawn.}) 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ra8
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Qc3 Ra2 26. Bb2) 25... h4 $1 26.
Qc3 h3 $1 27. Qxh3 $5 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ne5 29. Kg2 Rh8 30. Nf5 Ng6 31. Ncd4 Bxd4
32. Nxd4 Rxh3 33. Re3 Nf4+ 34. Kg1 Rh8 35. Nb3 Kb6 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Ra3 Bh3 38.
f3 Rd8 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Nd3 Rg8+ $1 {
The chances are almost equal, despite the doubled black pawns.} 41. Kf2 Rg2+
42. Ke1 Rxh2 43. Nxf4 Bc8 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Ra5 Kb6 46. Nd3 Rc2 47. Rh5 Ra2 48.
Rh8 Ba6 49. Nc5 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 51. Ra8 Bb5 52. Rb8+ Ka7 53. Rb7+ Ka8 54. Rxc7
Rxf3 55. Kd2 Kb8 56. Rf7 Kc8 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. Nb7 Rf3 59. Nd6+ Kd8 60. Kb2 Ba4
61. Nb7+ Ke8 62. Nd6+ Kd8 {Carlsen did not score the necessary result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Bd2 ({
Carlsen played} 14. Nb5 {in round 8.}) 14... Ne8 15. Rhb1 Nc7 16. Nd1 $5 ({
The alternative is} 16. Ra3) 16... Qa6 {The exchange of queens is alright.} 17.
Qxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 $1 20. fxg6 hxg6 {
Black has compensation for the pawn in the endgame.} 21. Ra4 $1 Nb4 22. Ne3 Rb5
23. b3 e6 $1 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1 $1 Nc5 (26... Rxa5 $6 27. Rc7
Nc5 28. Nc4 Ra8 29. Nxd6 Nxb3 30. Rb7 {favours White.}) 27. Rc4 Bc3 28. Nd1
Nxb3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Nc5 (30... Nxa5 31. Ra3 Ra7 32. Ng5 {(Arsovic)} e5
33. Ne4 d5 34. Nf6+ {also costs a pawn.}) 31. Ra3 {White has gained a pawn.} e5
32. Nd2 d5 $5 33. Nf3 Nd7 $5 (33... e4 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. f4 Kf6 {
defends more solidly.}) 34. Ne1 $1 Nb8 $2 (34... Nc5 $1 35. Nc2 Nb7 36. Nb4
Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Nxa5 38. Nxd5 Kf7 {
tries to survive in a knight ending with a minus pawn.}) 35. Rb3 $1 Nc6 36. Rb6
$1 Rxb6 37. axb6 Kf7 38. b7 Ke6 39. h4 $1 Kd6 40. g4 e4 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5
Kc7 43. h6 Ne5 44. h7 Nf7 45. Kg3 Kxb7 46. Nc2 Kc6 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49.
Kg6 Kf8 50. Kf6 Nh8 51. Nd4 Ke8 52. Kg7 Ke7 $5 53. Kxh8 Kf8 54. Ne2 Kf7 55. Nc3
d4 56. Nxe4 d3 57. Nd2 Kf8 58. Nf3 $1 {
Bologan had lost six, drew one and won one game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Wang Hao and Giri battle for victory in the tournament.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10.
e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rd1 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Nxc5 17. O-O a5 18. Bb5 Nce4 19. Bc6 Qc7 $5 ({Known is} 19... Nd6 20. Qe2 Nf5)
20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Qe2 Nf5 22. Bc5 Bh6 $5 (22... Rfd8 $1 {
(develops the last piece)} 23. Qa6 Nd7 $1 {equalises.}) 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Rd1 e6
$2 ({Better is} 24... Bf4 $1 25. Ba4 Qb7 26. Bc6 Qc7 {drawn.}) 25. dxe6 $1
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 fxe6 (26... Qxc6 $2 27. exf7+ Kh8 28. Be7 $1 {costs material.})
27. Ba4 $1 Qd8 $5 28. Qe2 $5 Ng7 29. Ne5 $18 Ne4 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Nxc5 32.
Rxc5 {The final standings became: Wang Hao 19/10, Carlsen 18, Giri and
Nakamura 16, Bacrot 7, Morozevich / Bologan 4. Carlsen would have won the
event, if the classical scoring system had been used.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-sixth Schachfestival was played from 22 vii until 2 viii 2013.
Again six young grandmasters carried out double rounds. We follow the decided
games.   The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Olivier Breisacher.
This organiser died by an accident, shortly after the previous event.   Two
rules increased the fighting: no draw was allowed before move 40, and soccer
scoring was applied.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3
e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nf3 Na6 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nb3 Nxb3
14. Qxb3 a4 15. Qc2 f5 16. h4 $5 ({The alternative is} 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd2)
16... f4 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. f3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qb8 20. b4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Bf8 22. Rb1
Be7 23. b5 Bd8 24. Rb4 Ne8 25. b6 Rc5 26. Qb1 h6 $6 {
Black starts a doubtful manoeuvre.} 27. gxh6 Kh7 28. Nb5 Kxh6 29. a3 Kh5 30.
Kd1 Bxh4 $2 31. Be1 $1 {A powerful pin has been applied.} g5 32. Bf2 Kg6 33.
Bxc5 dxc5 34. Rb2 Qd8 35. Nc7 Rc8 36. Bb5 Nd6 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Qc2 c4 39. Rb4
Rh8 40. Ne6 Kf6 41. Qg2 Nf7 42. Qh3 Ke7 43. Qf5 Rc8 44. Ng7 c3 45. Kc2 Rc5 46.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 47. Nf5 Nd6 48. Nxd6 Kxd6 49. Rxa4 Rb5 50. Rb4 {
Bacrot had a good start.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 $5 ({Known is} 
6... Qa5) 7. cxd5 Qa5 8. Nd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc5 10. Qc2)
8... Nxc5 9. Nc4 Qb4 10. e3 $2 (10. Qd4 O-O 11. a3 Nb3 $1 12. Qd3 Qc5 13. Rb1 {
is alright.}) 10... Nxd5 $1 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Nd6+ exd6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Be2 Rac8
15. h5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. O-O d5 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bd3 Qh4 21.
Bd2 d4 22. e4 Rc5 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Rfc1 Rdc8 27. f4 $2 (
27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. b4 Rc6 29. f4 {keeps the equality.}) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qa5 $1 30. Qc2 Qxa2 31. f5 Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qxd1
Bxd1 35. fxg6 fxg6 {Black has an extra pawn in the two bishops ending.} 36.
Bc4+ Kh7 37. Bf4 d3 38. e5 d2 39. Bxd2 Bxe5 40. b4 Kg7 41. Bg5 Bf6 42. Bf4 Bc3
43. b5 Kf6 44. Be3 b6 45. Bf4 Be5 46. Be3 g5 47. Kh3 Bf3 48. g4 Be4 49. Bd2 Bf4
50. Bc3+ Ke7 51. Bb4+ Kd7 52. Ba3 Kc7 53. Be7 Bb7 54. Bb4 Kb8 55. Be1 Bc8 56.
Bf2 $6 (56. Bb4 a5 57. bxa6 Ka7 58. Bf1 Bxa6 {wins in a harder way for Black.})
56... Kc7 57. Be1 Kd6 58. Bb4+ Ke5 $1 {The black king enters hostile territory.
} 59. Bc3+ Ke4 $1 60. Bf6 Bb7 61. Bf1 Ke3 62. Bc4 Be4 63. Bb2 Kd2 {
Pawn b5 is going to fall.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 {They play a spicy opening.} 11. Ne4 h6 12. d3
g5 $5 ({Usual is} 12... Kg8) 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. c4 Qd7 16. b3 f5 17.
exf6 exf6 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qc2 h5 20. Re3 h4 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Rae1 h3 23. g3 Bf7
24. b4 $2 cxb4 25. d4 a5 26. a3 Kg8 $1 27. axb4 axb4 28. Nfd2 g4 29. Nb3 Rg6
30. Ned2 f5 31. Nf1 b5 32. Nc5 Qc8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Re7 bxc4 35. Ne3 $2 (35.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 36. Qxc4+ Kf8 37. Qxb4 {prolongs the game.}) 35... c3 $1 36. Nxf5
cxb2 37. Nd7 Qa8 38. Qxb2 c5 {Black threatens mate.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5
e6 $5 ({Known is} 8... O-O) 9. h6 Bf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. b4 $5 (11. a3) 11... cxb4
12. Bb2 $1 {Ding wanted this development quickly.} O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nc5 Rc8
15. O-O b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Ng4 $2 (18... Rfe8 {keeps an edge.}
) 19. Bh3 $1 Nxh6 $2 20. Qe3 $1 {White refutes a wrong plan.} g5 $5 21. Nxg5 f5
({The pointe is} 21... Bc5 22. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 23. Nf3 {and White wins (Tadic).})
22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Bc5 ({Or} 24... Rf7 25. Bg2 Bc5 26. d4)
25. Rc4 h5 26. d4 Nfxd4 27. Nxd4 Ne5 28. Bxc8 {
Bacrot and Moiseenko shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qg4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Kd8 17. Qxg6 Rb8 $5 {
Rapport brings a novelty in the Botvinnik System.} ({Theory is} 17... Qb4) 18.
Bxd5 $5 exd5 $5 19. f4 $1 Bg7 $2 ({Preferable is} 19... b4 20. Ne2 c5) 20. Qxc6
Rb6 21. Qxd5 Bb7 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Nd5 $2 (23. Rh7 $1 Rg6 24. O-O-O $1 Rxg3 25.
d5 {wins for White.}) 23... Qd7 24. Nxb6 axb6 $2 (24... Qg4 $1 {
draws, despite the material difference.}) 25. d5 $1 Qg4 ({The pointe is} 25...
Bxd5 26. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 27. Rd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1) 26. Kf2 Qg6 27. Rae1 Bc8 28. Rh4
Bf5 29. Re3 Kc7 30. e6 Bb1 31. f5 Qf6 32. e7 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3 Qc1 34. d6+ $1 Kb7
35. Qd5+ {The standings after the first cycle became: Bacrot 9/5, Moiseenko 7,
Vachier Lagrave and Ding 6, Nepomniachtchi 4, Rapport 3.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
f5 $5 ({The alternative is} 8... c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4) 9. h3 c6 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O
Qe8 12. Bh2 b6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {
The exchanges have led to equalty.} Bd7 17. Qd4 b5 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Qh5 20.
Kh2 Be8 $1 21. Rg1 Bg6 22. Rg3 Bf5 23. Rcg1 Rf7 24. R1g2 Qh6 25. Kg1 a5 26. h4
$1 Rfa7 27. Rg5 Rf8 28. h5 Bb1 29. a3 Rf5 {He makes a sortie from the fortress.
} 30. f4 Be4 31. R2g3 g6 $2 {The weakening is unforced.} 32. Bg4 $1 Rxg5 33.
fxg5 Qg7 34. Bxe6+ {White gains a pawn.} Kf8 35. h6 $1 Qc7 36. Bh3 $5 Ke8 $5
37. Kf2 $5 Qf7+ 38. Ke1 Qc7 39. Rg1 Qb8 40. e6 $1 {Ding has a mate attack.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Na6 7. Na3 Nc7 8. Bf4
Ncd5 $5 (8... a6 {was played in Gutman - Short, Wijk aan Zee 1987.}) 9. Be5 c4
$6 10. Nc2 $6 (10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. a4 d6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 {gains a pawn.})
10... Nb6 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Kxg2 h5 14. h4 Qg6 15. e4 Be7 16. Rh1
O-O 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Rhe1 Na4 22. Rab1 Re6
23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Nd5 $1 Rfe8 $2 ({Better is} 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf7) 25. Nxb6
axb6 26. Qd5 $1 {He controls the centre.} Qg4 $5 27. Nf3 g5 $5 28. Nxg5 Bxf4 $1
{Black wins pawns for a piece.} 29. gxf4 Qxh4+ 30. Kf1 Qxf4+ 31. Nf3 $1 Kh8 32.
Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 {White has a knight for two pawns.} d6 $5 ({Or
} 34... Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qxb2+ 36. Kg3 Qxc3 37. Qxf5) 35. Ke2 h4 36. Qe6 h3 37.
Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Kf2 h2 42. Qh5 Qc1 43.
Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qh7+ Kd8 45. Qxh2 Qxb2+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Nd2 Kc7 49.
a3 Qxc3 50. Qxd6+ $1 Kb7 51. Qd7+ Ka6 52. Qc8+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka8 54. Qc6+ Ka7
55. Qxb5 Qd3+ 56. Kd1 Qxd4 57. Qxc4 Qa1+ 58. Qc1 $1 Qg7 59. Kc2 b5 60. Nb3 Ka6
61. Qd2 Qg6+ 62. Kb2 Qc6 63. Qf2 Qh6 64. Nc5+ Kb6 65. Ne6+ Kb7 66. Qg2+ Kb6 67.
Qg1+ Ka6 68. Nc7+ Kb7 69. Nxb5 Qd2+ 70. Ka1 $1 Ka6 71. Nd4 Qc3+ 72. Ka2 Qd2+
73. Kb1 Qd3+ 74. Kb2 Qd2+ 75. Nc2 $1 {White's manoeuvring has been successful.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 b6 $5 (11... e5 12. exd5 exd4 {
drew in Szabo - Pilnik, Gothenborg 1955.}) 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6 14. Re1 Rc8
15. Re3 {White overprotects pawn c3.} Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7
19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5 Rdc7 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25.
hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8 $1 {Black has the initiative on the queenside.} 27. Bb2
Be7 28. g4 Qf8 29. Qe1 Qh6 30. g5 $1 Qg7 31. Rh3 {Now White shows aggression.}
Kf8 {The king has to flee.} 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Qh1 Kd7 $2 ({Right is} 33... Bf8
34. Rh7 Qg8 35. Rh8 Qg7) 34. Bxd5 $1 Qf8 (34... exd5 35. Rh7 Qf8 36. Qh3+ Ke8
37. Rh8 {costs a queen.}) 35. Rh7 Rd8 36. Qh3 Rcc8 37. Ba3 $1 Kc7 38. Bxe7 $5
Nxe7 39. Be4 Kb8 40. Qe3 $6 (40. a5 $1 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Rxc1 42. axb6 axb6 43. Qa3
{wins for White.}) 40... Nf5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. c4 Rc7 43. a5 Rcd7 44. d5 exd5
45. e6 $1 fxe6 46. Rxd7 Rxd7 47. axb6 dxc4 48. Nxc4 Bxc4 49. Rxc4 Qd6 50. bxa7+
Rxa7 51. g6 $6 {He allows a counter.} e5 $1 52. Rc2 $1 Qd4 ({The pointe is} 
52... Qxg6 53. Qxe5+ Ka8 54. Qh8+ Kb7 55. Qc8+) 53. Qxd4 $5 exd4 54. Rc6 $1 Kb7
55. Rf6 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Ra1 57. Rxf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rxg6 59. Rd5 $1 {
White achieves a theoretical win.} Kc7 60. Rxd4 Rg8 61. Ke4 Kc6 62. Ke5 Re8+
63. Kf6 Kc5 64. Rd7 Kc6 65. Re7 Rf8+ 66. Ke5 {Bacrot kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 ({
The alternative is} 7... Qd4 8. Nc4 Qxa1 9. Nc3) 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Qf5 10. Na3
Ba6+ $5 (10... Nf6 {drew in Grischuk - Radjabov, Moscow 2012.}) 11. d3 Bd6 12.
h3 Ne7 13. Qe1 e5 $5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nac4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qe6 17. Bb2 f6 {
Black has a passive game.} 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Qf3 Bc7 21. h4 Nb6 22.
Nd2 f5 23. h5 h6 24. Rh4 Qd7 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Rh3 Bf6 27. Ba3 Qd6 28. Kg1 e4 $5
29. Nf1 $5 (29. dxe4 $1 fxe4 30. Re2 Qd5 31. Qe1 {achieves a plus.}) 29... Bd4
30. c3 $1 Bxc3 31. dxe4 Qe5 $1 32. Re2 fxe4 33. Nd2 Rd8 34. Qc1 Bd4 35. Nxe4
Rxf2 $5 36. Rxf2 Qxe4 37. Bxc5 Bxf2+ 38. Bxf2 Qe2 39. Qe3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 41.
Qxe2 Rxe2 42. Bd4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Rxa2 43. Rg3 Ra5 44. Rxg7+
Kf8 45. g4 Rd5 $2 (45... c5 $1 46. Bf6 Nd5 47. Rg6 Nxf6 48. Rxf6+ Kg7 {
defends properly.}) 46. Bc3 Rd3 47. Ba1 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Bf6 Nd5 50. Rg6
Nxf6 51. Rxf6+ Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kh7 53. Rxc6 a5 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kf4 a4 56. b4 $1
Rb2 57. Rb7 a3 58. Kf5 Rg2 $5 ({Or} 58... a2 59. Kg6 Kf8 60. Ra7 Rg2 $1) 59.
Ra7 a2 60. b5 Kf8 61. Kf6 Kg8 62. Kf5 Kf8 63. Ke6 Rb2 $2 {
The defence breaks down at last.} ({Better is} 63... Rd2 64. b6 Rb2 65. b7 Rb6+
) 64. Kf6 $1 Ke8 65. Kg6 Rg2 $5 66. Kxh6 Rxg4 67. Rxa2 {
He has gained two pawns.} Rb4 68. Re2+ Kf7 69. Re5 $1 Kf6 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Kh7
Rb2 72. h6 Rd2 73. Rc6+ Kf7 74. b6 Rd8 75. b7 Rb8 76. Rb6 $1 {
White wins the rook ending.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h5 8. h4
a6 9. Bg5 c5 10. d5 b5 11. b3 $6 ({Known is} 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5) 11... Nh7
$1 12. Bd2 b4 13. Na4 Bxa1 {Black gains an exchange.} 14. Qxa1 e5 15. Bh6 $1
Re8 16. f4 {White charges.} Ra7 $1 17. f5 Kh8 18. Qc1 Rg8 19. Bg5 Nxg5 20. hxg5
Kg7 $1 21. Qe3 $6 (21. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Nxh5+ Kf8 23. g6 Ke8 24. Qh6 Nf6 25.
Ng7+ Ke7 26. Nh5 Ke8 27. Ng7+ {draws (Ding).}) 21... Rh8 22. Bxh5 $5 gxh5 23.
Nxh5+ Kf8 24. g6 fxg6 25. fxg6 Kg8 $1 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. g4 Rh6 $1 28. Nb6 $2 ({
Better is} 28. Qf5 $1 Rc7 29. Kd2) 28... Nxb6 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 30. Qxf6 Rxh1+
31. Kf2 Bxg4 {Black has four pieces for a queen.} 32. Qxd6 Nc8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34.
Qg5 Bd7 $6 (34... Rh6 $1 35. Qxg4 Nd6 $1 {wins for Black.}) 35. Qxe5+ Kxg6 36.
Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qf4 $1 Be8 38. Qf5+ Bg6 39. Qxc8 Rf7+ 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd2 Rxe4
42. Qxc5 Rff4 $1 43. d6 ({The pointe is} 43. Qxb4 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rc2 $1) 43...
Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Rfe4+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Red4 47. Qxb4 $5 Rxd6 $5 48. Qb8 Rf6+
49. Ke3 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf2 Bh5 52. Kf1 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 Rg6+ 54. Kh2 Rf7 55.
Qe5 Rfg7 56. Qf5 Bg4 57. Qe4 Bd7 58. b4 Kh8 59. Qa8+ Rg8 {
Ding won an exciting game and took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb5 $5 {
Moiseenko has prepared a novelty.} ({Usual is} 14. Rad1) 14... a6 15. Be2 b5
16. d5 Ne5 $2 (16... Na5 $5 17. Qb4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nc4 {accepts the challenge.})
17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. a4 $1 Nc4 $1 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Qxc4 {White has gained a pawn.} Rc8 23. Qa2 Bxd4 $5 24. Bxd4 e6 25. Ba1 $1 exd5
{Black regained the pawn, but he has a weakness on the kingside.} 26. Qb2 d4
27. f3 $1 Rd8 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Rd1 f5 $6 (29... Rd6 30. Qb4 Rd7 31. Qb5 {
(Moiseenko)} d3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc5+ 34. Bd4 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Ba6 36. Qxa6
Qd2+ 37. Qe2 Qxd4+ {prolongs the game.}) 30. exf5 Rd6 31. Qb3+ Bd5 32. Qb8+ Rd8
33. Qg3 Bf7 34. Qf2 $1 Bb3 $6 (34... gxf5 35. Bxd4 f4 {offers more resistance.}
) 35. Re1 Qd6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. h3 Qf4 38. Re4 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Qf4 40. Bb2 d3 41.
Qb6 {Ding kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Ding needs at least a draw for a victory in the tournament.} 1. c4 g6 2. e4
Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 $5 {They open the game quietly.
} 7. d5 e6 $5 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 c6 $2 ({Better is} 9... Nc5 10. Be3 f5) 10.
Bf4 Be5 $5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 $5
16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be8 18. Qb3 $1 b6 19. a4 {
The attack in the queenside starts.} Qc7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Qa3 a6 $6 (21... Kg7
$5 {makes a waiting move.}) 22. Na4 Qb7 23. Nc5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Nb7 $1
Rd7 26. Na5 $1 Rc7 27. d6 $5 Rc8 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. Bg4 Rd8 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Nxe5
a5 $1 32. Rd4 b3 $1 33. Nxd7 $5 Rxd7 34. Rxc6 {White has gained a pawn.} Kg7 $5
35. Rb6 $5 a4 36. e5 $1 g5 $1 37. h4 $5 Ra5 $1 38. Re4 Kg6 $1 39. g4 h5 $1 40.
gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Rbb4 Rda7 42. Kg2 gxh4 43. Rxh4+ Kg6 44. Rhd4 Rd7 45. Rxa4 $6 (
45. f4 $1 a3 46. bxa3 Rxa3 47. Rb8 {wins for White.}) 45... Rxe5 46. Rab4 Re6
47. Rb6 Kf5 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Rd5+ Kf6 50. Rd4 Kg5 51. Rd3 Kf6 52. Rd5 Kg6 53.
Rd2 Kg7 $6 (53... Kf5 $1 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Rbd5 Re8 56. R2d3 Rb8 {
offers more resistance.}) 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. f3 Kf6 56. Rd5 Rd8 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58.
Rd5 Kf6 59. Rd3 Rd7 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. f4 $1 f5+ 62. Kf3 Rd8 63. Rd2 $1 Rd7 64.
Rd5 Rd8 65. Rbb5 $1 Rdxd6 66. Rxf5 Re1 67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rbf5+ Ke6 69. Re5+ $1
Rxe5 70. Rxe5+ Kf6 71. Ke3 $1 {The rook ending is won.} Rb6 $5 (71... Rd1 72.
Rb5 Rh1 73. Kd4 $1 Rh3 74. Kc4 Rf3 75. Rxb3 Rxf4+ 76. Kc5 {
leads to a theoretical win (Vachier Lagrave).}) 72. Kd3 Rd6+ 73. Kc3 Rd1 74.
Re4 Kf5 75. Rd4 {The final standings became: Bacrot, Vachier Lagrave, Ding
Liren and Moiseenko 14, Nepomniachtchi 10, Rapport 6. If the classical scores
would have been used, Bacrot had been the sole winner. Now, four men had to
carry out a play-off.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46 Playoff 1a"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The play-off was carried out on the day after the tenth round. Two blitz
games were played in each semi-final. Contemplation time was five minutes per
game plus two seconds per move.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4
d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 e6 $5 ({Theory is} 8... O-O) 9. dxe6 fxe6 10.
Be3 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Nf2 Bb7 13. Qc2 a6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Nh3 $6 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Nf2 d5 20. Bd4 c5 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Nd3
$2 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rhe1 Re4 $1 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Nd7 Rd8
28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Qg5+ $5 Qxg5+ 30. hxg5 e3 31. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Bxg2 33. Ke2
Kg6 34. Kxe3 Kxg5 35. Nd7 h4 36. Nxc5 $2 (36. Kf2 $1 Bc6 37. Nxc5 Kg4 38. Nd3
$1 {defends properly.}) 36... Bc6 $2 (36... h3 $1 37. Kf2 Kh4 $1 {
wins for Black.}) 37. Nd3 $2 (37. Kf2 $1 {plays for a draw again.}) 37... h3 $1
{Vachier Lagrave also won the second game and qualified for the final.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46 Playoff 1b"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 $5 Rc8 12. Nb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $6 cxd4 $2
14. Nxa7 $1 Rc5 15. b4 Rf5 $6 16. Nc6 $1 Qe8 17. Nxd4 {White has gained a pawn.
} Rxf4 $5 (17... Rh5 {prolongs the game.}) 18. exf4 Nh5 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Ne2 $2
(20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxd7 {
ends the confrontation.}) 20... Qb8 $1 {
Hereafter, Black delivers a lengthy resistance.} 21. Rfd1 Ndf6 22. Rd4 b5 23.
Bb3 Bc7 24. Qd2 e5 $5 25. Rd3 e4 $5 26. fxe4 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 Bxf4 28. Qe2 Bxh2+
29. Kf1 Qe5 30. Rad1 Qg5 31. Qf3 h5 32. Rd8 Bc7 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf5 Qg4 35.
Qxg4 hxg4 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Rc1 Be5 38. Rc5 Bb2 39. Rxb5 Bxa3 40. Rb7+ Kd6 41. b5
Nd7 42. Bxf7 Bc5 43. Bd5 Bd4 44. Bc6 Nc5 45. Rf7 Nd3 46. Bd5 Kc5 47. Rc7+ Kb6
48. Rc6+ Kxb5 49. Rg6 Kc5 50. Rxg4 Kd6 51. f4 Ke7 52. e5 Kf8 53. Be4 Nc5 54.
Bf3 Nd3 55. Ke2 Nc5 56. Rh4 Ne6 57. Bd5 Nc5 58. Kf3 g5 59. Rh8+ Ke7 60. Rh7+
Kf8 61. e6 Bf6 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rxf6 {
Moiseenko won the second game as well and qualified for the final.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46 Playoff 2"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The play-off was decided in a final of two rapid games. Contemplation time
was fifteen minutes per game plus ten seconds per move.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Bc4 Qa5 $1 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nc4 $1 {White has the initiative.}
Qd5 14. Qe2 Be7 $2 ({Better is} 14... f6 15. O-O Be7 {(Vachier Lagrave).}) 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxg2 17. Qb5+ $1 Kf8 18. O-O-O Qg5+ 19. Qxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kc2
Be7 $6 21. Rhe1 f6 $2 (21... Rg8 22. Be3 b6 23. Rd7 Bf6 {
avoids an immediate loss.}) 22. Bxa7 $1 Rd8 ({The pointe is} 22... Rxa7 23. Rd7
$1) 23. Bc5 $1 {Vachier Lagrave won the first game.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "46 Playoff 2"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{Vachier Lagrave needs a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 $5 (10... Qc7 {
happened in Eliskases - Taimanov, Buenos Aires 1954.}) 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. d5 a6 16. Ba4 Nh5 17. Rad1 Qd6 $5 18. e5 $1 Qc5
19. Bb3 $5 Rac8 20. Qe4 $5 e6 $1 21. g4 g5 22. gxh5 gxh4 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Kh2
Rg8 25. Qxh4 a5 26. Rc1 Qxc1 $5 27. Rxc1 Rxc1 {
Matter is unequal, but the chances are equal.} 28. Qf4 Rc3 29. Nd2 Rd3 30. Ne4
Rd4 $2 ({Right is} 30... Bxd5) 31. Qe3 $1 Bxe5+ 32. f4 $1 Rxe4 ({The pointe is
} 32... Bg7 $2 33. Nd6 Bxd5 34. Nxf7+ Kh7 35. Bc2+ {and mate in two.}) 33. Qxe4
{White has gained a decisive material advantage.} Bf6 34. Qe3 a4 $1 35. Bc4 $1
b5 $1 36. Qb6 bxc4 37. Qxb7 exd5 38. Qxf7 Bg7 39. Qxd5 c3 40. Qc4 a3 41. Kg3
Rd8 42. f5 Bf6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Qc7+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kg8 47. Qxa3 Rd2
48. Qb3+ Kg7 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ Kf8 52. a4 $2 ({Better is} 52.
Qb6 Kf7 53. Qa7+ Kg8 54. Qe3 Kg7 55. a4 $1 Rd4 56. Qe8 {and White wins.}) 52...
c2 $1 {Black utilises his trump.} 53. Ke4 Bg5 $6 54. f6 $1 Bxf6 55. a5 $1 Ke8
56. a6 Bd4 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. Qc7+ Ke8 59. Kf5 Rf2+ 60. Ke6 Re2+ 61. Kd5 $1 Ba7
$6 62. Qc6+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ $6 (63. Qxh6 {plays for a win.}) 63... Kf6 64. Qb2+
Kf7 65. h4 Bb6 66. Kd6 Re6+ 67. Kd7 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Re6+ 69. Kd5 Re2 70. Qa3 Re3
71. Qc1 $2 (71. Qa1 $1 {makes a last effort to win.}) 71... Rc3 $1 72. Qf4+ Kg8
73. Qb8+ Kf7 74. Qf4+ Kg8 75. Qb8+ Kf7 76. Qf4+ Kg8 77. Qb8+ {Moiseenko has to
deliver perpetual check. Vachier Lagrave had won the playoff and the
tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{The forty-seventh Schachfestival was played from 14 until 24 vii 2014. Again
six grandmasters carried out double rounds. We follow the decided games and
one draw.   The tournament was dedicated to the memory of the organiser Hans
Sori.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O
e5 8. Qe3 d5 $6 ({The solid} 8... Nc5 {has been played before.}) 9. exd5 Bc5 $5
(9... Nxd5 10. Qe4 N5f6 11. Qh4 {favours White.}) 10. Qd2 O-O 11. c4 {
White supports the extra pawn.} e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. c5 a5
16. a3 Nxd5 $2 (16... Bb8 $1 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Nxd5 19. Nxe4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2
Re8 {leads to action by Black.}) 17. Nxe4 Bb8 18. f3 Nf4 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6
Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxd6 22. Nb5 $1 Qf6 23. fxg4 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxa1 25. Be3 Qf6 26.
Qxf6 gxf6 27. Nc7 Rac8 28. Nd5 {
The Chinese female world champion defeated the Dutch talent.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qg4 11. Qxg4 $5 ({The alternative is} 11. O-O Qxd1
12. Raxd1) 11... Nxg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Ne5 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. f4 Rg8 $1 {
Black overprotects his bishop.} 16. g4 O-O-O 17. h4 $5 h6 18. g5 $2 Rh8 $2 (
18... Nc5 $1 19. Rh3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rh8 $1 {favours Black.}) 19. e5 $2 {
White advances too quickly again.} dxe5 $6 ({Even stronger is} 19... hxg5 $1
20. hxg5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Rdg8 $1 {(Szabo).}) 20. Ne4 Rhg8 $5 21. Rhe1 $5 hxg5 22.
Nxg5 Nc5 $1 23. Nxf7 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 $5 Rd7 $1 25. fxe5 $2 (25. Re3 $1 Nxb2 26.
Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Nxe5+ Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nxc4 29. bxc4 {defends well.}) 25... Nxe1 26.
Rxe1 Rd2 $1 27. Ba3 Rf2 28. e6 Bf6 29. Rg1 $5 Re2 $1 30. h5 Rxe6 31. Bc5 Re2
32. hxg6 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Rxa2 34. Rg4 Kd7 35. Be3 Rb8 $1 36. Bd4 Ke6 37. Bxf6 exf6
$1 38. Nh6 f5 $1 39. Rg3 f4 $1 40. Rf3 Rg2 {Black wins easily.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bxa6 Re8 14. O-O Rxe4
15. Bd3 Re8 {They play a quiet opening.} 16. Bb5 $5 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Nd5 Be6
19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Bc4 $5 {Harikrishna continues.} Rf8 21. Re1 Ne7 22. Qd3 c6 23.
Bb3 b5 24. h3 Bb6 25. Bc2 f5 26. g4 $5 {He wants to attack.} g6 27. gxf5 Nxf5
28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bb3+ Kh7 30. Be6 Rf6 31. d5 $5 cxd5 $5 (31... c5 $1 32. Bxd7
Qxd7 33. Re6 Qg7+ {takes the initiative.}) 32. Bxd5 Rg6+ 33. Kh1 Rc8 34. Rxc8
Qxc8 35. Nd4 Qf8 36. Ne6 Qf6 37. Qf3 $1 Rg8 $6 (37... Ba5 38. Re2 Bxe6 39. Rxe6
Qg5 40. Rxg6 Kxg6 {keeps the equality (Tadic).}) 38. Nf4 Rc8 $2 ({Better is} 
38... Rg5 $1 39. a3 Bd4) 39. Qh5 Bd8 40. Rg1 $1 Be7 41. Rg6 $1 {
Giri lost again.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qd2 $5 Qc7 14. a4 bxa4 $5
15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. Rfa1 Rfc8 18. c4 Rcb8 19. R4a3 Nd7 $5 20. Nc3 $1
Qc8 21. Qd1 Nf6 22. Kh2 h4 $6 23. gxh4 $1 {White has gained an edge.} Nd7 24.
h5 Nc5 25. Na4 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb7 27. Rc1 Rab8 28. Rc3 Rb4 $5 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30.
f4 Kh7 $5 31. f5 $1 Bd7 32. h6 g6 33. Qd5 Qe8 34. fxg6+ fxg6 35. Qd2 Be6 36.
Rd3 Rb7 37. Qa5 Qc6 38. Qd2 Bf8 39. Bg5 Rf7 40. Qe1 Qb6 41. Be3 Qc7 42. Qg3 a5
43. Bd2 a4 $5 44. bxa4 $1 Qxc4 45. a5 Qa2 46. Qe3 d5 $5 47. exd5 $5 Bf5 $1 48.
Rb3 e4 $1 49. Qc3 Bd6+ 50. Kh1 e3 $5 51. Qxe3 Re7 $5 52. Qc3 Be5 53. Ra3 $5
Bxc3 54. Rxa2 Re2 $1 55. a6 Bxd2 56. Bf3 $1 Re1+ $5 57. Kg2 Be3 58. a7 Bxa7 59.
Rxa7+ Kxh6 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.} 60. h4 Re3 61. Kf2 Rd3 62.
Rf7 Rd4 63. Kg3 Bc2 64. Rf4 Rd2 $2 ({Correct is} 64... Rd3 $1 65. Kf2 Rb3 66.
Rd4 Bf5 67. d6 Bd7 {and the passed pawn has been stopped.}) 65. Rb4 $1 Bd1 $2 (
65... Bf5 66. Kf4 Rf2 67. Rd4 Kg7 68. Kg3 Rf1 69. Rd1 Rxd1 70. Bxd1 {
leads to a battle in a bishop ending.}) 66. Be4 $1 g5 67. Rb6+ Kh5 68. Bg6+ $5
Kh6 69. Be4+ Kh5 70. hxg5 $1 Kxg5 71. Rg6+ Kh5 72. Kf4 Rf2+ 73. Ke5 Re2 74. Rc6
Ba4 75. Rc8 Kh6 76. Rc7 Be8 77. Rh7+ Kg5 78. Rg7+ Kh6 79. Rg3 Re1 80. d6 Kh5
81. Kf4 Kh6 82. Rg8 Ba4 $2 (82... Rd1 83. Ke5 Bd7 {offers more resistance.})
83. Rg6+ $1 Kh5 84. Re6 {White has a mating attack.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O $5 {
Black has a more pleasant position than in the Ruy Lopez.} 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. h3
Rac8 14. Bd3 Bf8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. a4 e5 $5 18. d5 $5 c4 19. Bc2 Nc5
20. Nh2 Rb8 21. Ra3 Bc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Ra8 25. Rea1 Rxa3
26. Rxa3 Qb7 27. g5 Nfd7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Qxa3 {
The chances are equal.} Bf8 31. Be3 Be7 32. Nf1 Bd8 33. Nd2 Bb6 34. Nb1 Bc7 35.
Nd2 Bb6 36. Nb1 Bc7 37. Nd2 Kg7 $5 {Black continues the game.} 38. g3 Bb6 39.
Nb1 Nd3 $1 40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. Bxd3 cxd3 {He has a passed pawn.} 42. Nd2 $6 (42.
b4 $1 Qd8 43. Qa7 Qxg5 44. Qxd7 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qxb1 46. Qxd6 d2 47. Qxe5+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 42... Qd8 $1 43. c4 $1 (43. Qxd6 $6 Qxg5 44. Nf3
Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Qxe5 d2 47. Nxd2 Qxd2 {favours Black (Sagar Shah).}) 43...
Qxg5 44. Qxd3 b4 45. Nb3 h5 46. Kg2 h4 $1 47. Kh3 $2 (47. Qf3 $1 f5 48. exf5
gxf5 49. Kh3 hxg3 50. Qxg3 {fights for survival.}) 47... hxg3 48. fxg3 Qd8 $5 (
48... Qh5+ $1 49. Kg2 Nf6 {wins immediately.}) 49. Kg2 Qa8 50. Qc2 Qa7 51. Qd2
Nf6 52. Qe2 Qa2 53. Nc1 Qb1 54. Nd3 b3 $1 55. Nf2 Qc1 56. Kf3 Nh7 $1 57. Kg2
Ng5 58. g4 Kf6 $5 59. Qd3 $5 Qxb2 60. c5 dxc5 61. d6 Qd4 $1 62. d7 Qxd3 63.
Nxd3 Ke7 {Vachier Lagrave scored his first win. He took the lead at once.} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. c4 Kc8 12. Nc3 Nh4 $5 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
b3 b6 15. Bb2 a5 16. a4 Bf5 17. Ne2 Kb7 18. g3 Be7 19. g4 Bc2 20. Rd7 Bc5 21.
Ba3 $1 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Rhe8 $5 23. Rd2 Be4 24. f4 Rad8 25. Raa2 g5 $2 {
He tries to take advantage of a weakness.} ({Correct is} 25... c5) 26. Nc3 $1
Bd3 27. Ra1 $1 {The pin becomes strong.} Rd7 $2 ({Preferable is} 27... Re7 $5
28. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 29. Rxd8 gxf4 {and Black has counter-play.}) 28. Ne4 $1 Red8 (
28... Bxe4 29. Rxd7 gxf4 30. Rxf7 {loses extra material.}) 29. Nxg5 {
White has gained a pawn.} Kc8 30. Re1 b5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Nxe6 Re8 33. f5 bxc4
34. bxc4 Rd6 (34... Bxc4 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Nc5+ Kd8 37. Nb7+ Kd7 38. Rxe8 Kxe8
39. Nxa5 {wins for White (Tadic).}) 35. Red1 Bxc4 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxe6
38. Rxc6+ Kd7 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. fxe6+ Kxe6 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. g5 Kd5 {
The extra pawn decides the game quickly.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 b5 $5 (13... Qb6 {
drew in two games.}) 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Kh1 c5 16. Qd1 $5 Rfe8 17. g4 Rad8 18. Bd2
$6 (18. g5 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 18... g5 $1 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Qb8 21.
dxc5 $5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. b3 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Rc2 Nxa5 26. Qb1 Bb6 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nf5 $1 Bc5 29. Qb2 Bf8 30. e4 $5 dxe4 31. Bxg5 exf3 32. Bxf3 Qb5
33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rg1 Rd3 $6 (34... Qd3 $1 35. Qg2 $1 Qc3 $1 {keeps an advantage.
}) 35. Qe2 $1 Nh7 $2 {Motylev misses a trick during time pressure.} ({Right is
} 35... Nxb3 36. Bxf6 gxf6) 36. Nd4 $1 {Giri will gain an exchange.} Qd7 ({Or} 
36... Qa6 37. Bh4 Nb7 38. Be4) 37. Qxd3 Nxg5 38. Rd1 Bc5 39. Nc6 Qxd3 40. Rxd3
Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Ne6 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bd5 Nd8 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Re4 a5 46. Kg2 g5 47.
Kf3 f6 48. h3 Bc7 49. Rc4 Bb6 50. Re4 Bc7 51. Re2 Be5 52. Ra2 Bc7 53. Rc2 {
Giri had scored two wins and two losses.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

{If Giri wins this game, he will take over the lead.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8
10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 $5 ({Usual is} 11. Re1) 11... c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14.
Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bd2 $5 Nd6 (18... Qxb2 $2 19.
Rb1 Qxa2 $2 20. Bb4 $1 {imprisons a queen.}) 19. Bc3 $1 d4 20. Bd2 $1 Nf7 21.
f4 $1 Rce8 22. Bg2 Nd6 23. a3 $5 Bb6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 Kg8 26. Re1 Re6 27.
a4 $5 a6 28. Bf3 $1 {White conquers territory slowly.} g6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rxe6
Qxe6 31. Qa1 {Vachier Lagrave has advantages in the endgame.} Bc5 $6 {
Giri spoils time.} (31... Ne8 32. Qa3 Nf6 {activates the knight.}) 32. b4 Bb6
33. Be1 $1 Nc8 34. Bf2 $1 Qd7 35. h3 $1 h5 $5 36. b5 $1 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38.
Qa8 $1 Bc5 39. Bxb7 Nb6 40. Qa2+ Kg7 41. Qa6 b4 42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Qa5 Qe7 44. Kf1
Kf7 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. g4 $1 hxg4 47. hxg4 fxg4 $5 48. Bxg4 Qc7 49. Bf3 Kg7 50.
Qb5 Nc8 51. Qc4 Qb6 52. Qd5 Qd6 53. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5 54. fxe5 {
White has a dangerous passed pawn and two bishops in the ending.} Na7 $5 55.
Bd5 $5 Nb5 $2 ({Better is} 55... g5 $5 56. Kf3 Nb5 57. Kg4 Nc3 58. Bf3 Kg6 {
and Black has a fortress (Vachier Lagrave).}) 56. Bh4 $1 g5 $6 (56... Nc3 {
prolongs the game.}) 57. Bxg5 Kg6 58. Bd8 Kf5 59. e6 Na3 60. Bb3 Nxc2 61. Bxc2
Kxe6 {Vachier Lagrave had increased his lead at the end of the first cycle.}
1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nb3 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. c3 $5 Nf5 (17... Nxb3 $5 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. Ra3 Qb6
20. Ra4 {leaves the initiative to White.}) 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Qg5 e6 $5 20. Qxg4
Bf6 21. dxe6 $5 {Motylev sacrifices a piece.} Nxh4 22. O-O-O $1 {
White has the initiative.} Qxf2 $1 23. Rxd6 $5 ({Preferable is} 23. exf7+ $1
Kxf7 24. Rhf1 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Qe6 26. Qb4 {(Vachier Lagrave).}) 23... Rd8 $5 24.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd2 $1 Qe3 $1 {Black protects the e-file.} 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27.
Rf1+ Bf6 28. Qd7+ $5 Qe7 29. Qd3 $2 (29. Qg4 $1 Qe6 30. Qe4 Ng6 31. Qxb7+ {
continues the fight.}) 29... Kg7 $1 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Qe2 Ng6 32. g3 $6 ({
More solid is} 32. Kb1 Re8 33. Re1) 32... Re8 $1 33. Qg4 Qe6 34. Qh5 $5 Qxa2
35. Nc5 $2 Qa1+ {Vachier Lagrave increased his lead to one-and-a-half points.}
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Ba5
15. Nc3 $5 ({An alternative is} 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5) 15... Bd7 16. Bd3 Be8 17.
Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 Bh5 19. Ne2 $5 {Pawn d4 gets protection.} ({Less favourable is} 
19. Bc4 $6 Bxf3 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. gxf3 Nxd4 22. Nd5 Qxe6 23. Rxd4 Qf7) 19...
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxf5 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rf8 ({Or} 23...
exf5 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxa5) 24. Be4 Bb6 25. Bf3 Qf6 26. Qe2 Bd4 27. b3 Kh8 28.
h3 b6 29. Rc6 Be5 30. Qe4 Qf5 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Bh5 Bf6
35. Rc7 Bxh4 36. Rxa7 Kh7 37. Ra6 Rd6 38. a4 Be7 39. Be2 Kg6 40. a5 bxa5 41.
Rxa5 {Vachier Lagrave kept the lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 {
Vachier Lagrave has developed a new openings line.} 8. Bd3 $5 {
Giri has found a new answer.} (8. Bg5 {
happened in Svidler - Vachier Lagrave, Alekhine Memorial 2013.}) 8... Nxe4 $1
9. Qe2 $1 ({More solid is} 9. Nge2) 9... O-O $1 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf5 12.
Bg5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 14. Nd2 $1 fxg5 15. O-O $1 {White has the initiative.}
Nd7 $6 (15... Nc6 {develops properly.}) 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8
19. Rae1 $5 c6 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. Nf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qf6 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 {
White has little advantage in the endgame.} g4 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. c4 $1 Nf4 27.
Re7 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxd4 29. Rxb7 a5 $5 30. Nd7 Ne6 $1 31. Kg3 Rd8 (31... h5 $2
32. Nf6 Nf8 33. Kh4 {starts a mate attack.}) 32. Nf6 Ng5 33. Kxg4 h6 34. Nd7
Nf7 35. Kf4 g5+ $1 36. Ke3 $5 Nd6 $2 (36... Re8+ $1 37. Kd3 Re1 38. Nb8 {
(Vachier Lagrave)} Nd6 39. Rd7 c5 {tries to survive.}) 37. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 38. Nxb8
Nxc4+ 39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Nxc6 {White wins the knight ending.} a4 41. Kc5 Nc8 42.
Kb4 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc8 44. Kb4 Nb6 45. Kb5 $1 Nd5 46. Kxa4 Kg7 47. Nb4 Ne3 48. Kb5
Kf7 49. a4 Ke6 50. a5 Kd7 51. a6 Kc8 52. Kc5 $1 {
Giri will play 53.Nd5! Vachier Lagrave kept the lead, despite the loss.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qxe5 Nxe5
14. h3 Bc5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bc4 Bf2 17. Nf1 $5 (17. Be1 {
drew in Rublevsky - Bareev, Khanty Mansiysk 2005.}) 17... Rhf8 18. Bb4 Bc5 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ng3 b5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Be2 Kc7 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Rf1 f5 25. Bf3
Nxf4 26. Bxc6 Nfd3+ 27. cxd3 Kxc6 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Rf3 Nb7 31. Ne2
Nd6 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Nc5) 32. Nf4 $1 Nc4+ 33. Kc2 Ne5 34. Re3 Kd6 35. Rg3
Rf8 $2 (35... Nc6 36. Rxg6+ Ke5 $1 37. g3 Nd4+ {only costs one pawn.}) 36. d4
$1 Rc8+ 37. Kd1 Nd7 38. Rxg6+ Nf6 39. Rxg7 Rc4 40. Ne2 Ra4 41. a3 b4 42. axb4
Rxb4 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. g3 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nd1 46. b3 Nf2+ 47. Kc3 a5 48. Ra7 Nd1+
49. Kd2 Nf2 50. Kc2 {Hou Yifan has two extra pawns in the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bf4 $5 Bd7 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 $1 {
Wojtaszek plays the Grünfeld in a sharp way.} Bg4 $6 ({The pointe is} 12...
Bxc3 $6 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. Bh6) (12... e6 $1 {charges the centre.}) 13. e5 $1 {
White has an advanced centre.} Qd7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. h3 Bf5 16. c4 $1 {
He occupies the central area.} e6 17. Qd2 b6 18. d6 $6 (18. Rad1 $1 {
consolidates the centre.}) 18... Be4 19. Ng5 Bb7 20. Rad1 Kh8 $6 (20... h6 $1
21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxc4 23. Qc3 Na5 {
gains a pawn as compensation for the positional problems.}) 21. Qe3 Nc6 22. Nf3
Nb4 23. Rd2 Qa4 $5 24. Bd1 Qa6 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 27. exf6 Bxf3 28.
Bxf3 Qc8 29. Qe4 $6 Rg8 30. a3 Na6 31. Bd1 Nb8 32. Ba4 Rdd8 33. g4 Qa6 34. Qc2
Qb7 35. Qc3 Nc6 $6 {Black allows a beautiful finish.} 36. Bxc6 Qxc6 37. Rxe6 $1
Rgf8 (37... fxe6 38. f7+ Rg7 39. d7 $1 Qa8 40. Qf6 {leads to a decisive attack.
}) 38. Qe5 Qf3 39. Qe3 Qc6 40. Re7 Rd7 {
The Polish grandmaster scored a fine result.} (40... Rd7 41. Qh6 Rg8 42. Re8 $1
{mates quickly (Krasenkow).}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bb3 $5 Be7 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. e5 $1 Ng8 13. Qg4 g6 14. Ne2
h5 15. Qf3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. c4 Kf8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Rac1 c5 $1 20. Bxd7
Qxd7 21. Ne2 d4 22. b4 h4 23. bxc5 Rh5 24. Rfd1 Rxe5 $6 ({Better is} 24... Bxc5
) 25. Nxd4 Qe8 26. Qf4 Rcxc5 27. Nb3 {The game enters a tactical phase.} Rf5 $5
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 $2 {Black loses an exchange.} ({The risky line} 
29... Bg5 $1 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. c5 h3 34. g3 Qg4 35.
c6 Qf3 36. Kf1 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 Qc4+ 40. Kb2 Qb5+ $1 41.
Ka1 Qe5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Qe3 Qc6 32. Kh1 Kh7 33.
Rd4 Kg7 34. Qe4 Qb6 35. Rd1 Bf6 36. Qe3 Qc6 37. c5 Kh7 38. h3 Be7 39. Rd4 Kg8
40. Rdc4 a5 41. Qc3 Rd5 42. Qf3 Qd7 43. Rc1 Rf5 44. c6 $5 Rxf3 45. cxd7 Rd3 46.
Rc7 Bd8 47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Kg1 Ke7 49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Rc8 g5 51. Ke1 Rd5 52. Ke2 f5
53. Ke3 Rd1 54. Ke2 Rd4 55. Rbb8 $5 Rxd7 56. Rc3 Rd4 57. Rd3 Re4+ 58. Kd2 Rf4
59. f3 Bc7 60. Rb7 Rc4 61. Rc3 Rxc3 62. Kxc3 Kd6 63. Kc4 Kc6 64. Ra7 Bb6 65.
Ra8 Bc7 66. Ra7 Kb6 67. Ra8 Kc6 68. a4 Kd7 69. Ra6 Bd8 70. Kb5 Bc7 71. Kc5 Bd8
72. Ra7+ Bc7 73. Rb7 {Hou Yifan has been outplayed. The final standings became:
Vachier Lagrave 6/10, Wojtaszek 51/2, Harikrishna, Giri and Hou Yifan 5,
Motylev 31/2. Vachier Lagrave won Biel for the third time.} 1-0

