2010 Young Tournament Biel International Festival

Young Grandmaster Tournament

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2nd), (1st), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (3rd): the podium of Biel Young Grandmaster Tournament 2010

Final Standings points 1. Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 5.5 (winner afer tie-break) 2. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617) 5.5 (2nd afer tie-break) rd 3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723) 5.5 (3 after tie-break) 4. (RUS, 2650) 5.0 5. (PHI, 2674) 4.5 (S.B.19.50) 6. (RUS, 2708) 4.5 (S.B.18.75) 7. (ISR, 2609) 4.5 (S.B 18.50) 8. Anish Giri (NED, 2672) 4.0 9. David Howell (ENG, 2616) 3.5 10. (IND, 2615) 2.5

The ten players of the Biel Young Grandmaster Tournament (from the left): Anish Giri, David Howell, Fabiano Caruana, Maxim Rodshtein, Parimarjan Negi, Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

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Pairings 1st round (July 19th): Anish Giri - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (28) Dmitry Andreikin - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½ - ½ (28) David Howell - Wesley So 0 - 1 (32) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½ (44) Maxim Rodshtein - Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0 (30)

2nd round (July 20th): Evgeny Tomashevsky - Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0 (94) Fabiano Caruana - Maxim Rodshtein ½ - ½ (25) Wesley So - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ - ½ (64) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - David Howell ½ - ½ (35) Anish Giri - Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½ (109)

3rd round (July 21st): Dmitry Andreikin - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (22) David Howell - Anish Giri ½ - ½ (27) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½ - ½ (54) Maxim Rodshtein - Wesley So 0 - 1 (39) Parimarjan Negi - Fabiano Caruana 0 - 1 (28)

4th round (July 22nd): Evgeny Tomashevsky - Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½ (21) Wesley So - Parimarjan Negi ½ - ½ (28) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Maxim Rodshtein ½ - ½ (30) Anish Giri - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ - ½ (43) Dmitry Andreikin - David Howell 1 - 0 (36)

5th round (July 23rd): David Howell - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (16) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½ (56) Maxim Rodshtein - Anish Giri 1 - 0 (39) Parimarjan Negi - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½ - ½ (22) Fabiano Caruana - Wesley So 1 - 0 (49)

6th round (July 24th): Evgeny Tomashevsky - Wesley So ½ - ½ (24) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½ (31) Anish Giri - Parimarjan Negi ½ - ½ (20) Dmitry Andreikin - Maxim Rodshtein ½ - ½ (20) David Howell - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 - 1 (39)

Rest day (July 25th):

7th round (July 26th): Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (38) Maxim Rodshtein - David Howell ½ - ½ (52) Parimarjan Negi - Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½ (28) Fabiano Caruana - Anish Giri ½ - ½ (32) Wesley So - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ½ - ½ (26)

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8th round (July 27th): Evgeny Tomashevsky - Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 0 - 1 (45) Anish Giri - Wesley So 1 - 0 (44) Dmitry Andreikin - Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½ (55) David Howell - Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0 (52) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Maxim Rodshtein 1 - 0 (54)

9th round (July 28th): Maxim Rodshtein - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½ (60) Parimarjan Negi - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ - ½ (24) Fabiano Caruana - David Howell ½ - ½ (26) Wesley So - Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½ (86) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Anish Giri 1 - 0 (59)

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