Fedoseev joins Aravindh in lead @ Biel
Top seed GM Vladimir Fedoseev (14.0) joined GM Aravindh Chithambaram in lead after the third round in the classical section of the 58th Biel Chess Festival at Biel, Switzerland. The duo on top were followed by World Rapid Champion Volodar Murzin (9.5) in the third place. While Fedoseev beat Wojtaszek, Chithambaram drew Murzin and Salem inflicted a second successive defeat on German Svane.
Top seed GM Vladimir Fedoseev foiled the solid Queen’s Gambit Declined from the Polish Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek in a clinical middle game moving into joint lead. Black’s 28…f5 break appeared little suspect as very soon Wojtaszek faced an unplesant minor pieces ending. The extra pawn on the queen-side was more than handful for Fedoseev to press the advantage home.
In the Challengers section the lead remained unchanged, with GMs Nikolas Theodorou & Aram Hakobyan keeping the top two spots with 17.5 & 14.0 points respectively. Both drew their games while Rinat Jumabayev (9.5) beat Daniel Dardha (5.5) moving out of the bottom.
Similar to Norway Chess, Biel has it’s own unique points system for the Grandmaster triathlon GMT viz., (a) Classical: 4 points for a win; 1.5 point for a draw; 0 point for a loss, (b) Rapid: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 point for a loss (c) Blitz: 1 point for a win; 0.5 point for a draw; 0 point for a loss.
Time Control: Classical: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment as of move 41. Rapid: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move & Blitz: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.
The 4th round of Biel Masters classical chess starts by Friday 18th July at 2 PM local time, 5:30 PM IST.
Round 3 Results (Biel GMT Masters Classical): Aravindh Chithambaram (14.0) drew with Volodar Murzin (9.5), Vladimir Fedoseev (14.0) beat Radoslaw Wojtaszek (9.0), Salem A R Saleh (9.0) beat Frederik Svane (4.5)
Round 3 Results (Biel GMT Challengers Classical): Nikolas Theodorou (17.5) drew with Ma Qun (8.0), Aram Hakobyan (14.0) drew with David Navara (7.5), Rinat Jumabayev (9.5) beat Daniel Dardha (5.5)
Fedoseev Vladimir (2739) – Wojtaszek Radoslaw (2651) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. h3 Bd7 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 a6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Rd1 c6 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 b6 23. Rdc1 Rdc8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Ke8 26. Nc1 Nd7 27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Ne2 f5 29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Bf2 Rc2 31. Kf1 Nc5 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Nexc1 Be7 34. Ke2 e4 35. Nxc5 exf3+ 36. gxf3 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 bxc5 38. Nb3 Bf6 39. Nxc5 Bxb2 40. Nxa6 Kd7 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Nb4 Bf6 43. Kd3 Bd8 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Nc6 Nd6+ 46. Kd3 Bc7 47. Bg3 g5 48. a4 Kd5 49. Nb4+ Ke6 50. Nc2 h5 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 52. Ke4 Kc5
53. Nd4! 1-0
Salem A R Saleh (2627) – Svane Frederik (2659) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. Ne5 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ndf3 Bd6 13. a3 Re8 14. Bf4 c5 15. Nh4 Qc7 16. Nf5 cxd4 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 g5 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Rac1 Na5 23. Nb4 Rd8 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Nc6 Rdd7 26. Nxd4 b5 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Rdc1 Nc4 29. Rc2 b4 30. R8xc4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rb1+ 32. Rc1 dxc4 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34. Rxb1 Kxf5 35. Bc6 Rd2 36. Rc1 Rxe2 37. Rxc4 Ne4 38. Bxa4 Ke5 39. Rc7 f5 40. Bc2 Kd6 41. Rc8 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Re2 43. Bxe4 fxe4?? (43…Rxe4 might possibly hold on)
44. Rh8 Ke5 45. Rxh6 Ra2 46. Rh8 Rxa3 47. Rf8 g4 48. h3 gxh3+ 49. Kxh3 Ra1 50. Kg4 Rf1 51. Kg5 Kd6 52. Rf6+ Ke5 53. g4 Rg1 54. Rf8 Rf1 55. Kg6 Kd6 56. g5 Ke6 57. Rf6+ Ke5 58. Kg7 1-0
Complete Results
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