Biel Young Masters: Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana in joint lead with one round to go

Maxim Rodshtein (left) vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Hello Everyone!

The eighth round at the Biel Young Masters Tournament included some action after a dull seventh round. Overnight leader Fabiano Caruana drew his game allowing Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to draw level. The latter beat Maxim Rodshtein. Other games were also interesting with Tomashevsky losing to Son and Anish Giri beating Wesley So. There's just one more round to go.

Results of Round 8

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Evgeny Tomashevsky- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 0 - 1

Anish Giri-Wesley So 1 - 0

Dmitry Andreikin-Fabiano Caruana ½ - ½

David Howell-Parimarjan Negi 1 - 0

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave-Maxim Rodshtein 1 - 0

Pairings for Round 9

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Maxim Rodshtein-Evgeny Tomashevsky

Parimarjan Negi-Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Fabiano Caruana-David Howell

Wesley So-Dmitry Andreikin

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Anish Giri

Standings after Round 8

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1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723) 5.0

Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 5.0

3. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617) 4.5

Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, 2650) 4.5

5. Anish Giri (NED, 2672) 4.0

Wesley So (PHI, 2674) 4.0

Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS, 2708) 4.0

Maxim Rodshtein (ISR, 2609) 4.0

9. David Howell (ENG, 2616) 3.0

10. Parimarjan Negi (IND, 2615) 2.0

If two or more players are tied for the first place after the last round then a tie-break would follow. The tie-break would include two rapid games (10 minutes, with 10 second increments per move). If the result is 1-1, then two blitz will be organised.

Meanwhile, here is the nice Maxime Vachier-Lagrave-Maxim Rodshtein game. You can run it in the pgnplayer or watch in flash below. You can also check the official website for photos and videos here.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Be5 Qa5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. c4 Bf5 20. Ne5 f6 21. g4 Bc8 22. Nd3 b6 23. g5 Bd7 24. Qb2 fxg5 25. Ne5 Rad8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Bh3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Re5 Rd6 30. Rae1 Qa4 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Qh5 Rg6 33. Re6 Kg7 34. R1e3 f4 35. Rh3 Rxe6 36. Qxh7 Kf6 37. Rh6 Ke5 38. Rxe6 Kd4 39. Qf5 Qa4 40. Re4 Kc5 41. d6 e5 42. Rxe5 Kxd6 43. c5 bxc5 44. Qf6 Kc7 45. Qf7 Kd8 46. Qd5 Kc7 47. Qxc5 Kb7 48. Qd5 Kb6 49. Rxg5 Qc6 50. Qxc6 Kxc6 51. h4 f3 52. h5 Re4 53. Kh2 Ra4 54. Kg3 1-0

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