2009 Grandmaster Tournament Biel International Chess Festival Grandmaster Tournament The six Grandmasters starting the Tournament 2009 in Biel. From the left: Vassily Ivanchuk, Evgeny Alekseev, Boris Gelfand, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Morozevich, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Final Standings after Round 10 Points SoBerg 1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2703) 6 2. Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2751) 5.5 (26.25) 3. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2703) 5.5 (25.75) 4. Evgeny Alekseev (RUS, 2714) 5 5. Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2755) 4 (20.50) 6. Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2670) 4 (20.25) 09.01.2010 1/2 2009 Grandmaster Tournament Biel International Chess Festival Pairings 1st round (July 19th): Alexander Morozevich - Evgeny Alekseev 1 - 0 (34) Boris Gelfand - Fabiano Caruana ½ ‐ ½ (33) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Vassily Ivanchuk ½ ‐ ½ (32) 2nd round (July 20th): Alexander Morozevich - Boris Gelfand 1 - 0 (31) Fabiano Caruana - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ‐ ½ (34) Evgeny Alekseev - Vassily Ivanchuk ½ ‐ ½ (22) 3rd round (July 21st): Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alexander Morozevich ½ ‐ ½ (41) Boris Gelfand - Evgeny Alekseev ½ ‐ ½ (27) Vassily Ivanchuk - Fabiano Caruana 1 - 0 (49) Rest day (July 22nd) 4th round (July 23rd): Fabiano Caruana - Alexander Morozevich 1 - 0 (59) Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (30) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Evgeny Alekseev ½ ‐ ½ (19) 5th round (July 24th): Alexander Morozevich - Vassily Ivanchuk ½ ‐ ½ (12) Boris Gelfand - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ‐ ½ (41) Evgeny Alekseev - Fabiano Caruana ½ ‐ ½ (52) 6th round (July 25th): Evgeny Alekseev - Alexander Morozevich 1 - 0 (55) Fabiano Caruana - Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (22) Vassily Ivanchuk - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ‐ ½ (41) Rest day (July 26th) 7th round (July 27th): Boris Gelfand - Alexander Morozevich 0 - 1 (48) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Fabiano Caruana 1 - 0 (38) Vassily Ivanchuk - Evgeny Alekseev ½ ‐ ½ (61) 8th round (July 28th): Alexander Morozevich - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 - 1 (76) Evgeny Alekseev - Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (11) Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk 0 - 1 (41) 9th round (July 29th): Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexander Morozevich 0 - 1 (38) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Boris Gelfand ½ ‐ ½ (21) Fabiano Caruana - Evgeny Alekseev ½ ‐ ½ (73) 10th round (July 30st): Alexander Morozevich - Fabiano Caruana ½ ‐ ½ (18) Boris Gelfand - Vassily Ivanchuk ½ ‐ ½ (32) Evgeny Alekseev - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ ‐ ½ (14) 09.01.2010 2/2 .