Biel Young Masters Chess: Caruana maintains half-point lead after six rounds

Wesley So (left) vs Evgeny Tomashevsky

Hi Everybody!

The action was a bit subdued at the Biel Young Masters Chess Tournament ahead of the rest day. The sixth round saw five draws and just one game with a result. David Howell lost to Maxime-Vachier-Lagrave.

We found these interesting statistics at chessbase.com about the six rounds played so far.

Statistics

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Of the 30 games played in the first six rounds:

21 games = 70% were drawn

5 games = 17% were won by White

4 games = 13% were won by Black

13 games were shorter than 30 moves – 29 of these were drawn. The longest game was Giri-Andreikin, which lasted 109 moves and was drawn. Tomashevsky won a 94-mover against Negi.

Results of Round 6

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Evgeny Tomashevsky-Wesley So ½ - ½

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½

Anish Giri-Parimarjan Negi ½ - ½

Dmitry Andreikin-Maxim Rodshtein ½ - ½

David Howell-Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 - 1

Standings after Round 6

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1. Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 4.0

2. Maxim Rodshtein (ISR, 2609) 3.5

3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723) 3.5

4. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, 2650) 3.5

5. Wesley So (PHI, 2674) 3.5

6. Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS, 2708) 3.5

7. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617) 3.0

8. Anish Giri (NED, 2672) 2.5

9. Parimarjan Negi (IND, 2615) 1.5

10. David Howell (ENG, 2616) 1.5

And, here is the Howell-Vachier Lagrave game. You can run it through our pgnplayer or watch the flash below.

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