43rd Biel Young Masters Chess Tournament begins

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: Top seed at Biel Young Masters

Hello Everyone,

The Biel Young Masters Chess Tournament has begun in Switzerland. The invitational event includes 10 young chess masters from around the world - aged 16 to 23 - all rated above 2600.

The first round saw only two decisive games while the rest were all draws.

Results of Round 1

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• Anish Giri-E. Tomashevsky 1/2-1/2
• Dmitry Andreikin-Ngoc Truong Son 1/2-1/2
• David Howell-Wesley So 0-1
• Vachier-Lagrave-Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2
• Maxim Rodshtein- Parimarjan Negi 1-0

You can check the official website here. Meanwhile, here is the nice Rodshtein-Negi game for you. Run it in pgnplayer or watch it in flashplayer below.

PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bg2 e5 15. Re1 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. a5 Re8 19. Rd1 exd4 20. exd4 Bd6 21. Be1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Ne5 25. Qb7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rxd4 27. Na3 Nd2 28. Ra2 Nf3 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Rd2 1-0

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