The 36th Biel International Chess Festival
took place
19th July - 1st August.
The participants of the GM event: Alexander Morozevich RUS 2678,
Ilya Smirin ISR 2662, Etienne Bacrot FRA 2654, Christopher Lutz GER 2640,
Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2632, Yannick Pelletier SUI 2623.
Final standings:
1 Morozevich 8.0
2 Bacrot 6.5
3 Smirin 6.5
4 Pelletier 4.0
5 Lutz 3.0
6 Korchnoi 2.0
The results:
Round 1
Smirin - Lutz 1-0 Kortchnoi - Bacrot ½ Morozevich - Pelletier 1-0 |
Round 2
Smirin - Kortchnoi 1-0 Bacrot - Morozevich 0-1 Lutz - Pelletier 1-0 |
Round 3
Morozevich - Smirin ½ Kortchnoi - Lutz ½ Pelletier - Bacrot ½ |
Round 4
Bacrot - Smirin 1-0 Pelletier - Kortchnoi 1-0 Morozevich - Lutz 1-0 |
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Round 5
Smirin - Pelletier 1-0 Kortchnoi - Morozevich ½ Lutz - Bacrot 0-1 |
Round 6
Lutz - Smirin ½ Bacrot - Kortchnoi 1-0 Pelletier - Morozevich 0-1 |
Round 7
Kortchnoi - Smirin 0-1 Morozevich - Bacrot ½ Pelletier - Lutz 1-0 |
Round 8
Smirin - Morozevich ½ Lutz - Kortchnoi ½ Bacrot - Pelletier 1-0 |
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Round 9
Pelletier - Smirin ½ Morozevich - Kortchnoi 1-0 Bacrot - Lutz ½ |
Round 10
Smirin - Bacrot ½ Kortchnoi - Pelletier 0-1 Lutz - Morozevich 0-1 |