2007 Grandmaster Tournament
Biel International Chess Festival
Grandmaster Tournament
Winner of the Grandmaster Tournament: Magnus Carlsen
The podium of the winners of the grandmaster tournament (from the left) Alexander Onischuk (2), Magnus Carlsen (1) and Yannick Pelletier (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. Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2726) 5 (21.50) 6. Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2746) 5 (20.75)
7. Bu Xianghzi (China, 2685) 3.5 (16.25) 8. Loek van Wely (Netherlands, 2679) 3.5 (15.75)
9. Alexander Motylev (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) Bu Xiangzhi ‐ 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, Anatoly Karpov (special guest), Teimour Radjabov, Judit Polgar, Alexander Grischuk, Boris Avrukh, Loek van Wely, Magnus Carlsen, Bu Xiangzhi, and Yannick Pelletier
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