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Biel Chess Tournament
(
July 19-30 / Biel, SWITZERLAND)

 

Final Standings

1 Morozevich,Alexander 2743
&;
½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7.5  
2 Sasikiran,Krishnan 2666 ½ 0
&;
0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.0  
3 Ponomariov,Ruslan 2722 ½ ½ 1 0
&;
½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 4.5 24.00
4 Pelletier,Yannick 2597 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1
&;
½ ½ 1 ½ 4.5 19.50
5 Bacrot,Etienne 2712 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
&;
1 1 4.5 18.75
6 McShane,Luke 2643 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0
&;
3.0  

Results by round

Round 1 (July 19)

Morozevich, A
- McShane, L     1-0     Sicilian defense     42 moves
Bacrot, E - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     French defense: Winawer variation     15 moves
Sasikiran, K - Pelletier, Y      1-0     QGD Slav     41 moves

Round 2 (July 20)

Morozevich, A
- Bacrot, E     1-0     Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation     31 moves
Ponomariov, R - Sasikiran, K     1-0      Ruy Lopez: Breyer variation     62 moves
McShane, L - Pelletier, Y     0-1     Sicilian defense: Scheveningen variation     30 moves

Round 3 (July 21)

Sasikiran, K - Morozevich, A     0.5-0.5     QGD Slav     49 moves
Bacrot, E - McShane, L     1-0     Grunfeld defense     28 moves
Pelletier, Y - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez     40 moves




Round 3: Ponomariov, R - Pelletier, Y
Source: Official site

Round 4 (July 22)

Ponomariov, R - Morozevich, A     0.5-0.5     English opening     87 moves
Sasikiran, K - McShane, L     1-0     King´s Indian: Torre attack     80 moves
Pelletier, Y - Bacrot, E     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Flohr-Zaitsev system     48 moves

Round 5 (July 23)

Morozevich, A - Pelletier, Y     ½-½     French defense: Rubinstein variation   (27 moves)
Bacrot, E - Sasikiran, K    ½-½     Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense   (24 moves)
McShane, L - Ponomariov, R   1-0    Sicilian defense: Moscow variation   (43 moves)

Rest day - July 24

Round 6 (July 25)

Luke McShane - Alexander Morozevich draw (83)
Ruslan Ponomariov - Etienne Bacrot 1-0 (70)
Yannick Pelletier - Krishnan Sasikiran 0-1 (27)

Round 7 (July 26th 2004)

Etienne Bacrot - Alexander Morozevich 0-1 (45)
Krishnan Sasikiran - Ruslan Ponomariov 1-0 (33)
Yannick Pelletier - Luke McShane draw (31)

Round 8 (July 27th 2004)

Alexander Morozevich - Krishnan Sasikiran 1-0 (35)
Luke McShane - Etienne Bacrot 0-1 (51)
Ruslan Ponomariov - Yannick Pelletier 0-1 (40)

Round 9 (July 28th 2004)

Yannick Pelletier - Alexander Morozevich 0-1 (40)
Krishnan Sasikiran - Etienne Bacrot draw (16)
Ruslan Ponomariov - Luke McShane draw (53)

Round 10 (July 29th 2004)

Alexander Morozevich - Ruslan Ponomariov draw (41)
Etienne Bacrot - Yannick Pelletier draw (20)
Luke McShane - Krishnan Sasikiran draw (83)


 

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