Biel International Chess Festival, 19th July - 1st August.
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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
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
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
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