Biel Grandmaster Tournament, July 19-29.
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The Biel Grandmaster Tournament took place July 19th-29th 2004. The participants: Alexander Morozevich RUS 2743, Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2722, Etienne Bacrot FRA 2712, Krishnan Sasikirian IND 2666, Luke McShane UK 2643, Yannick Pelletier SUI 2597.
Round 1:
Morozevich - McShane 1-0
Sasikiran - Pelletier 1-0
Bacrot - Ponomariov ½
      Round 2:
Morozevich - Bacrot 1-0
Ponomariov - Sasikiran 1-0
McShane - Pelletier 0-1
      Round 3:
Sasikiran - Morozevich ½
Pelletier - Ponomariov ½
Bacrot - McShane 1-0
Round 4:
Ponomariov - Morozevich ½
Sasikiran - McShane 1-0
Pelletier - Bacrot ½
      Round 5:
Morozevich - Pelletier ½
Bacrot - Sasikiran ½
McShane - Ponomariov 1-0
      Round 6:
McShane - Morozevich ½
Ponomariov - Bacrot ½
Pelletier - Sasikiran ½
Round 7:
Sasikiran - Ponomariov 1-0
Pelletier - McShane ½
Bacrot - Morozevich 0-1
      Round 8:
Morozevich - Sasikiran 1-0
Ponomariov - Pelletier 0-1
McShane - Bacrot 0-1
      Round 9:
Sasikiran - Bacrot ½
Pelletier - Morozevich 0-1
Ponomariov - McShane ½
Round 10:
Morozevich - Ponomariov ½
Bacrot - Pelletier ½
McShane - Sasikiran ½
Final standings:
1 Morozevich 7.5
2 Sasikiran 6.0
3 Ponomariov 4.5
4 Pelletier 4.5
5 Bacrot 4.5
6 McShane 3.0
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