2007 Tournament

Biel International Festival

Grandmaster Tournament

Winner of the Grandmaster Tournament:

The podium of the winners of the grandmaster tournament (from the left) Alexander Onischuk (2), Magnus Carlsen (1) and (3)

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Final Standings Points SoBer 1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2710) 5.5 (24.25) 2. Alexander Onischuk (USA, 2650) 5.5 (23.00) 3. Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland, 2583) 5 (22.00) 4. Judit Polgar (Hungary, 2707) 5 (21.75)

5. (, 2726) 5 (21.50) 6. (, 2746) 5 (20.75)

7. Bu Xianghzi (, 2685) 3.5 (16.25) 8. (, 2679) 3.5 (15.75)

9. (Russia, 2648) 3.5 (15.50) 10. Boris Avrukh (Israel, 2645) 3.5 (14.75)

Pairings

1st round (July 23th) Alexander Onischuk ‐ Teimour Radjabov ½ ‐ ½ (46) Alexander Grischuk ‐ Alexander Motylev ½ ‐ ½ (41) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Boris Avrukh ½ ‐ ½ (26) Loek van Wely ‐ Judit Polgar 0‐1 (40) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Bu Xianghzi 1‐0 (84)

2nd round (July 24th) Teimour Radjabov ‐ Bu Xianghzi ½ ‐ ½ (15) Judit Polgar ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ (43) Boris Avrukh ‐ Loek van Wely ½ ‐ ½ (26) Alexander Motylev ‐ Yannick Pelletier ½ ‐ ½ (53) Alexander Onischuk ‐ Alexander Grischuk 1‐0 (36)

3rd round (July 25th) Alexander Grischuk ‐ Teimour Radjabov ½ ‐ ½ (66) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Alexander Onischuk ½ ‐ ½ (25) Loek van Wely ‐ Alexander Motylev 0 ‐ 1 (38) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Boris Avrukh ½ ‐ ½ (36) ‐ Judit Polgar 1 ‐ 0 (34)

26th July ‐ rest day

4th round (July 27th) Teimour Radjabov ‐ Judit Polgar ½ ‐ ½ (44) Boris Avrukh ‐ Bu Xiangzhi 1 ‐ 0 (34) Alexander Motylev ‐ Magnus Carlsen 0 ‐ 1 (35) Alexander Onischuk ‐ Loek van Wely 1 ‐ 0 (29) Alexander Grischuk ‐ Yannick Pelletier 1 ‐ 0 (54)

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5th round (July 28th) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Teimour Radjabov ½ ‐ ½ (22) Loek van Wely ‐ Alexander Grischuk ½ ‐ ½ (38) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Alexander Onischuk 1 ‐ 0 (39) Bu Xiangzhi ‐ Alexander Motylev 1 ‐ 0 (39) Judit Polgar ‐ Boris Avrukh ½ ‐ ½ (35)

6th round (July 29th) Teimour Radjabov ‐ Boris Avrukh 1 ‐ 0 (40) Alexander Motylev ‐ Judit Polgar 0 ‐ 1 (52) Alexander Onischuk ‐ Bu Xiangzhi ½ ‐ ½ (67) Alexander Grischuk ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ (56) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Loek van Wely ½ ‐ ½ (36)

July 30th ‐ rest day

7th round (July 31th) Loek van Wely ‐ Teimour Radjabov 0 ‐ 1 (36) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Yannick Pelletier 0 ‐ 1 (48) Bu Xiangzhi ‐ Alexander Grischuk ½ ‐ ½ (20) Judit Polgar ‐ Alexander Onischuk ½ ‐ ½ (56) Boris Avrukh ‐ Alexander Motylev ½ ‐ ½ (59)

8th round (August 1st) Teimour Radjabov ‐ Alexander Motylev ½ ‐ ½ (10) Alexander Onischuk ‐ Boris Avrukh 1 ‐ 0 (54) Alexander Grischuk ‐ Judit Polgar ½ ‐ ½ (72) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Bu Xiangzhi 1 ‐ 0 (37) Loek van Wely ‐ Magnus Carlsen 1 ‐ 0 (60)

9th round (August 2nd) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Teimour Radjabov 1 ‐ 0 (28) Bu Xiangzhi ‐ Loek van Wely 0 ‐ 1 (66) Judit Polgar ‐ Yannick Pelletier ½ ‐ ½ (49) Boris Avrukh ‐ Alexander Grischuk 0 ‐ 1 (54) Alexander Motylev ‐ Alexander Onischuk ½ ‐ ½ (31)

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Tie‐Break 1st game Alexander Onischuk ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ 2nd game Magnus Carlsen ‐ Alexander Onischuk ½ ‐ ½ 3rd game Alexander Onischuk ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ 4th game Magnus Carlsen ‐ Alexander Onischuk ½ ‐ ½ 5th game Alexander Onischuk ‐ Magnus Carlsen 0 ‐ 1

The ten Grandmasters starting the Tournament 2007 in Biel. From the left: Alexander Onischuk, Alexander Motylev, (special guest), Teimour Radjabov, Judit Polgar, Alexander Grischuk, Boris Avrukh, Loek van Wely, Magnus Carlsen, Bu Xiangzhi, and Yannick Pelletier

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