2005 Tournament

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Grandmaster Tournament

Boris Gelfand and Andrei Volokitin: two grandmasters sharing the first placeof the Biel Tournament 2005

The six Grandmasters starting the Tournament 2005 in Biel. From the left: , Yannick Pelletier, , Christian Bauer, Andrei Volokitin and Boris Gelfand.

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Final Standings Points SoBerg 1. Andrei Volokitin (UKR, 2671) 6.0 28.50 Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2724) 6.0 28.50 3. Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2603) 5.0 24.00 4. Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2660) 4.5 22.50 Christian Bauer (FRA, 2641) 4.5 22.50 6. Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2528) 4.0 20.50

Pairings 17.7.2005 Andrei Volokitin ‐ Christian Bauer ½ ‐ ½ (24) Hikaru Nakamura ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ (25) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (28)

18.7.2005 Christian Bauer ‐ Boris Gelfand 0 ‐ 1 (43) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Yannick Pelletier ½ ‐ ½ (25) Andrei Volokitin ‐ Hikaru Nakamura ½ ‐ ½ (41)

19.7.2005 Hikaru Nakamura ‐ Christian Bauer 1 ‐ 0 (78) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Andrei Volokitin ½ ‐ ½ (29) Boris Gelfand ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ (29)

20.7.2005 Yannick Pelletier ‐ Christian Bauer 1 ‐ 0 (45) Boris Gelfand ‐ Hikaru Nakamura ½ ‐ ½ (20) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Andrei Volokitin 0 ‐ 1 (37)

21.7.2005 Christian Bauer ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½ ‐ ½ (36) Andrei Volokitin ‐ Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (26) Hikaru Nakamura ‐ Yannick Pelletier 1 ‐ 0 (52)

22.7.2005 Christian Bauer ‐ Andrei Volokitin ½ — ½ (56) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Hikaru Nakamura ½ — ½ (30) Boris Gelfand ‐ Yannick Pelletier ½ — ½ (38)

24.7.2005 Boris Gelfand ‐ Christian Bauer ½—½ (71)

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Yannick Pelletier ‐ Magnus Carlsen 1 — 0 (15) Hikaru Nakamura ‐ Andrei Volokitin ½—½ (41 )

25.7.2005 Christian Bauer ‐ Hikaru Nakamura 1 — 0 (41) Andrei Volokitin ‐ Yannick Pelletier 1 — 0 (28) Magnus Carlsen ‐ Boris Gelfand ½—½ (26)

26.7.2005 Magnus Carlsen ‐ Christian Bauer ½—½ (60) Boris Gelfand ‐ Andrei Volokitin ½—½ (32) Yannick Pelletier ‐ Hikaru Nakamura 1 — 0 (31)

27.7.2005 Christian Bauer ‐ Yannick Pelletier 1 — 0 (41) Hikaru Nakamura ‐ Boris Gelfand 0 ‐ 1 (39) Andrei Volokitin ‐ Magnus Carlsen ½—½ (26)

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