Fedoseev joins Saleh on top after blitz leg @ Biel
GM Vladimir Fedoseev joined GM Salem A R Saleh (23.0) on top of the table after the blitz section of GMT Triathlon in the 58th Biel Chess Festival at Biel, Switzerland. Top seed Fedoseev clinched the blitz section with 7.5 points followed by GMs Saleh and Aravindh at 6.0 points each. World Rapid Champion Volodar Murzin logged 4.0 points, enough to take him to GMT Masters Triathlon finals ahead of Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
GMs Nikolas Theodorou (26.5), Aram Hakobyan (24.0), Rinat Jumabayev and David Navara (both 15.5) made it to Challengers finals.
The Biel GMT Triathlon culminates in the final after the successful conclusion three phases viz., classical, rapid and blitz sections. The top four finishers will move on to the GMT Triathlon finals. The triathlon goes on and on more like a marathon with the top four finishes battling it out after surviving three different time controls.
The GMT Triathlon final phase regulations are: A return match in classical time control with the first four players (only the first three if the 4th is more than 12 points behind the first) at the end of qualification phase. Players conserve points acquired during the qualification phase.
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.
Standings: (Biel GMT Masters Blitz): 1. Vladimir Fedoseev 7.5, 2-3 Salem A R Saleh, Aravindh Chithambaram 6.0, 4-5 Volodar Murzin, Radoslaw Wojtaszek 4.0, 6. Frederik Svane 2.5
Combined Standings: (Biel GMT Masters Triathlon): 1-2 Salem A R Saleh, Vladimir Fedoseev (23.0), 3. Aravindh Chithambaram (21.5), 4. Volodar Murzin (16.5), 5. Radoslaw Wojtaszek (16.0), 6. Frederik Svane (10.0)
Standings: (Biel GMT Challengers Blitz): 1. Aram Hakobyan 7.0, 2. Nikolas Theodorou 6.0, 3-4 David Navara, Daniel Dardha 5.0, 5. Ma Qun 4.0, 6. Rinat Jumabayev 3.0
Combined Standings: (Biel GMT Challengers Triathlon): 1. Nikolas Theodorou (26.5), 2. Aram Hakobyan (24.0), 3-4 Rinat Jumabayev, David Navara (15.5), 5. Ma Qun (15.0), 6. Daniel Dardha (13.5)
Fedoseev Vladimir (2746) – Aravindh Chithambaram (2611) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 Bd6 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd1 Qb8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Kg7 19. b4 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Rc4 Rd8 22. Qc3 Bg6 23. g3 a5 24. bxa5 a3 25. Nh4 Qb2 26. Nxg6 Qxe2 27. Nf4 Qxa2 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Rg4 Qb2 30. Qd3 a2 31. Ra4 Be5 32. Qc4 Rd2 33. Qc5+ Kg8 34. a6 Qc2 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Qe7 Rd1 37. Qb7 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 39. Kg2 Qxa6 40. Qxf7 Qac6+ 41. Kh3 Qh7 42. Rg7 Qf5+ 43. Kh4 Qce4+ 44. f4 Qg5+ 45. Rxg5 fxg5+ 46. Kh3 Bc3 47. Qc7 Qf5+ 48. g4 Qd3 49. fxg5 Qf1+ 50. Kh4 Be1+ 51. Ng3 Bxg3+ 52. Qxg3 hxg5+ 53. Kxg5 Qf7 54. Qd6 Rg8+ 55. Kh4 Qf2+ 56. Kh5 Qf6 57. Qf4 Qxf4 58. exf4 Kg7 59. g5 Rh8+ 0-1
Salem A R Saleh (2644) – Murzin Volodar (2669) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. h4 e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Rh3 Qe7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. g4 Rac8 17. g5 h5 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Qa2 c5 21. Rh2 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rhd2 Ne5 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Rd6 Nb4 26. Qa3 N6d5 27. Nxd5 Qxd6 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxd6 Nc2+ 30. Kf2 Nxa3 31. bxa3 f5 32. e5 f4 33. Bxf4 Rc2 34. Bd2 Ra8 35. f4 Bg6 36. Rd7 Ra2 37. Bb5 Rc8 38. Ke1 Rcc2 39. Be2 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Rxa3 41. Rd4 Rh3 42. Kg2 Rd3 43. Bxd3 Rxd2+ 44. Kg1 Rxd3 45. Rc4 Rb3 46. Kf2 Rb4 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Ke2 0-1
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