Biel Young Masters Chess: Three-way tie for top slot, tie-breaks on Thursday

In a three-way tie for top place: Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

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The last round saw a quick draw by one of the leaders - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - with Parimarjan Negi. In fact there were three other draws with just one game with a result. That one game was Nguyen Ngoe Truong Son beating Anish Giri allowing the former to be in a three-way tie for the first spot.

Tie-breaks would be held on Thursday to decide the winner between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

Results of Round 9

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Maxim Rodshtein - Evgeny Tomashevsky ½ - ½

Parimarjan Negi - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ - ½

Fabiano Caruana - David Howell ½ - ½

Wesley So - Dmitry Andreikin ½ - ½

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Anish Giri 1 - 0

Standings after Round 9

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1. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617) 5.5

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723) 5.5

Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 5.5

4. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, 2650) 5.0

5. Wesley So (PHI, 2674) 4.5

Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS, 2708) 4.5

Maxim Rodshtein (ISR, 2609) 4.5

8. Anish Giri (NED, 2672) 4.0

9. David Howell (ENG, 2616) 3.5

10. Parimarjan Negi (IND, 2615) 2.5

Son qualifies for the final tie-break because of a better tie-break score. Vachier-Lagrave and Caruana would play a semifinal and the winner would take on Son in the final of the tie-break.

Meanwhile, here is the nice Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son - Anish Giri game that helped Son tie for the first. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch the flash below.

Also check the official website for photos and videos.

PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 Bg6 14. Nc4 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qe7 16. a4 Nd5 17. Rb1 e4 18. a5 Bd4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bb2 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nxe4 23. Re2 Nxg3 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 Nxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Rxb7 Rab8 29. a6 Rxb7 30. axb7 Rb8 31. Na5 Nd6 32. Rd1 Nxb7 33. Nxc6 Rc8 34. b5 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rc7 36. Rd5 f5 37. c4 Kf6 38. c5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Kf4 Rd7 41. Rxf5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Nd8 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Nxd8 Rxd8 47. c6 Rd1 48. Re8 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rc1 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ra8 Rc5 52. Ke4 Re5+ 53. Kd4 Re7 54. Kd5 Re5+ 55. Kd6 Rxb5 56. c7 Rb1 57. c8=Q Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 1-0

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