44th Biel International Chess Festival : Standings After Round10 :Carlsen wins Biel Chess Festival ;Morozevich 2nd

Round 1:
Fabiano Caruana	1/2	Maxime Vachier
Yannick Pelletier	0-1	Magnus Carlsen
Alexei Shirov	1/2	Alex. Morozevich

Round 2:
Maxime Vachier	0-1	Alex. Morozevich
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Alexei Shirov
Yannick Pelletier	1/2	Fabiano Caruana

Round 3:
Yannick Pelletier	1/2	Maxime Vachier
Alexei Shirov	1-0	Fabiano Caruana
Alex. Morozevich	1/2	Magnus Carlsen

Round 4:
Alexei Shirov	1/2	Maxime Vachier
Alex. Morozevich	1/2	Yannick Pelletier
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Fabiano Caruana

Round 5:
Maxime Vachier	1-0	Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana	1/2	Alex. Morozevich
Yannick Pelletier	0-1	Alexei Shirov

Round 6:
Maxime Vachier	1/2	Fabiano Caruana
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Yannick Pelletier
Alex. Morozevich	1/2	Alexei Shirov

Round 7:
Alex. Morozevich	1-0	Maxime Vachier
Alexei Shirov	0-1	Magnus Carlsen
Yannick Pelletier	0-1	Fabiano Caruana

Round 8:
Maxime Vachier	1-0	Yannick Pelletier
Fabiano Caruana	0-1	Alexei Shirov
Magnus Carlsen	1/2	Alex. Morozevich

Round 9:
Magnus Carlsen	1/2	Maxime Vachier
Alex. Morozevich	0-1	Fabiano Caruana
Alexei Shirov	1/2	Yannick Pelletier

Round 10:
Maxime Vachier	1/2	Alexei Shirov
Yannick Pelletier	0-1	Alex. Morozevich
Fabiano Caruana	1/2	Magnus Carlsen

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 10

Name		ELO	Points
1.	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2821	19
2.	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2694	17
3.	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2722	14
	Alexei Shirov	ESP	2714	12
5.	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2711	10
6.	Yannick Pelletier	SUI	2590	5

[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O

Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8
15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8 Qc8 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8
21. Nb6 1/2-1/2



[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. a5

h6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bf1 c5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. h3 Re8 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Ra4 Bc5 18. Nxc4 Bd4 19. Qf3 Rc5 20. Nd1 Qc7 21. Nde3
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Rxa5 23. Rb4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rc5 26. Ra4 Rc6 27. Bd3
Rd6 28. Qe1 b5 29. Ra3 g6 30. b4 Rc6 31. Qa1 Qd6 32. Kh2 h5 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34.
Qxc3 h4 35. Nf1 Nh5 36. Nd2 g5 37. Nf3 f6 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Ng7 1/2-1/2



[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e3
f6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Kb1 a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. a3 Ba5 18. f3 Qd7 19. e4 f5 20. Be5 f4 21. g3 Ng6
22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Qc2 Ng6 24. Bg3 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc2 b5
28. Be5 Rae8 29. Rde1 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 h6 31. Rc1 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Ne7 33. Ne4 Qd5
34. Nc5 Rf4 35. Rd1 Rd4 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. Nd3 Qe3 38. f4 Qe4 39. Ka1 Nd5 40.
Qd2 Kh7 41. Qd1 Kg8 42. Qd2 Ne3 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Nc5 Qxf4 45. Ne6 Qf1+ 46. Ka2
Ne7 47. Qd4 Nd5 48. Nd8 Qh3 49. e6 b4 50. Qd1 Qxh2 51. Qc1 bxa3 0-1



[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nxe3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
fxe3 Qg5 15. Qd3 b6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qe4
Rd7 21. c3 g6 22. Rf2 Rfd8 23. Ra6 cxd4 24. exd4 Qb5 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. Qe5 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. c4 Qa4 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5

e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
e5 Rac8 16. Qe2 Rc4 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 R4c7 19. Qe1 a6 20. b3 Bf8 21. Qd2
Nc6 22. a3 f5 23. Kg2 Qg7 24. Be3 Be7 25. Bd3 Na5 26. Qb2 g5 27. Ne2 g4 28. Rh1
h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rh2 h4 31. Bd2 Nc6 32. Rah1 Rh8 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Rh3 Rcc8
35. Ng1 Qg7 36. Nf3 hxg3 37. b4 Rxh3 38. Rxh3 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. b5 axb5 41.
Bxb5 Qc8 42. a4 Nc4 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Qc1 Nb4 45. Bxb4 Bxb4 46. d5 Qc5 47.
dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Kxg3 Qd5 1/2-1/2



[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Qf4 Bb4 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15.
Ke2 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rh7 18. Ke3 Nd7 19. Bg3 O-O-O 20. Be2 f5 21. Rd6
fxe4 22. Rxe6 Nc5 23. Rg6 h5 24. Rg5 Rd5 25. Rd1 Nd3 26. b3 Ba6 27. bxc4 bxc4
28. Rd2 Kb7 29. Rg8 Kb6 30. Rc2 Ne1 31. Rc1 Nxg2+ 32. Kxe4 Re7+ 33. Kf3 Nxh4+
34. Bxh4 Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rxe2 36. a4 Rb2 37. Rb8+ Bb7 38. Rxc4 c5+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40.
f4 Rd5 41. Rd8 Rbd1 42. Rxd5 Bxd5 43. Rc3 c4 44. Bf6 Kc5 45. Kg3 Kb4 46. Rc2 a5
47. f5 Rf1 0-1

[Round "8"]

[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]

[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. g3 Bd7 14.
Kg2 Nc6 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 Qe5 19. Rxc6 O-O 20.
Re1 Rd7 21. Qe3 Rb8 22. Rec1 Rd4 23. R1c4 Rb4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26.
Ra6 Rxe4 27. Rxa7 f5 28. a4 Kg7 29. Kf3 e5 30. a5 Ra4 31. a6 Ra3+ 32. Ke2 Ra2+
33. Ke3 Ra3+ 34. Kd2 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Round "8"]

[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]

[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.

Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qe4

f5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Bd6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bd4 Bf5 21.
Bc3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Be4 23. Rad1 h6 24. Rfe1 Qf7 25. Qd4 b6 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4
Bxc2 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Be4 31. Nd4 f3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Qe6
Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Kf7 35. Nd4 Bg4 36. f3 Bd7 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 h5 39. Ne2 Kf6 40.
Nd4 a5 41. a3 a4 42. Nc2 Ke5 43. Nd4 Be8 44. Ne2 Bg6 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. Kd2 Bh7
47. Ne2 Kc5 48. Kc3 h4 49. Nd4 Kd6 50. Kd2 Bg6 51. b3 axb3 52. Nxb3 Ke5 53. Ke3
Be8 54. Nd4 Bd7 55. Ne2 Bc8 56. Nd4 Kd6 57. Kd3 Ba6+ 58. Kd2 Bf1 59. Nb3 Bh3
60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Kd3 g4 62. fxg4 Bxg4 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Ke3 Bh5 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66.
Nd4 Kc5 67. Kd3 Bg6+ 68. Kc3 Kd6 69. Kd2 Be4 70. Ne2 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kf5 72. Nd4+
Kg4 73. Kf2 Kh3 74. Kg1 Bg2 75. Nf5 Bf3 76. Nd4 Be4 77. Ne6 Kg4 78. Kf2 Bf5 79.
h3+ Kxh3 80. Nf4+ Kg4 81. Nxd5 Be4 82. Nc3 Bf3 0-1
[Round "8"]

[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6

8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 a6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 a5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Re5 Rd7 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd5 21.
Rae1 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27.
Re4 f5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rxe6 Rd7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Rxc6 Ke8 32. d5 Re7 33. c4 f4
34. Qh5+ Rff7 35. Kg2 f3+ 36. Kh3 Qd7+ 37. g4 Kd8 38. Qg5 Rg7 39. Qf4 Ke8 40.
Kg3 Qb7 41. Qf5 Rc7 42. Rh6 Rh7 43. Re6+ 1-0
[Round "7"] 

[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.

 Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. d6 Re8 13. Qd3 b5 14. f3 b4 15.
Nd1 Re6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Be3 Be5 18. g3 Rxd6 19. Qc5 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Ne3
Be6 22. Nc2 Rd2 23. Nxb4 Rxb2 24. Qc3 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. a3 Bh3
28. Bf1 Be6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Kf2 Rb3 31. Qd4 Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7
34. Be2 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Ke3 a5 37. Rd2 Ra3+ 38. Rd3 Ra2 39. Rxc6 a4 40.
Rcc3 Nd7 41. Ra3 Rb2 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. Rd4 1-0

[Round "7"]

[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.

Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Bb2 b5 18. Rbd1 Bd7 19. Bf3 c4 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Qd4
Bb6 22. Qd5 Be6 23. Qe5 Qd7 24. Ba3 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Bf2 26. Rf1 Bb6 27. Rfe1 Bf2
28. Rf1 Bf5 29. Qf6 Be3 30. Bd5 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. f5 Rbe8 33. h3 Bh6 34.
Bb4 Bg7 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qd2 gxf5 37. Qf2 f4 38. Qc5 Be5 39. Qd5 Re3 40. a4 bxa4
41. Qxc4 a5 42. Bxa5 Kh8 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qxd6 45. Qxd6 Bxd6 46. Bb4 Bc7
47. Ra1 Ra8 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Rd1 Be5 53.
Kc2+ Kc4 54. Re1 f6 55. Re4+ Kb5 56. Kb2 Rg8 57. Re2 Rg3 58. Rf2 h5 59. Ka2 Re3
60. Kb2 Re1 61. Ka2 Kc4 62. Ka3 Ra1+ 63. Kb2 Rd1 64. Ka3 Re1 65. Ba5 Kd3 66.
Kxa4 Re2 0-1

[Round "7"]

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.

d6 9. Nf1 Nb8 10. Ne3 Ng4 11. Bg3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Nd7 13. d4 Nf6 14. Bd3 Ng4 15.
Qe2 Bg5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Bh4+ 18. g3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21.
O-O-O c6 22. Nd4 a6 23. Rhf1 c5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 b5 26. Bc2 c4 27. Rfd5
Be5 28. Qh5 Rae8 29. a3 Qa7 30. Kd2 Qb8 31. Ke2 Re6 32. Qh4 Qb6 33. Rd8 Ree8
34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. a4 Qb6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Qh5 Qb8 39. Rd7 g6 40.
Qf3 Rf8 41. Kf2 b4 42. Qe2 bxc3 43. bxc3 Qc8 44. Qd2 Bxc3 45. Qd5 Qa6 46. e5
Qa2 47. Qe4 Bxe5 48. h4 Re8 49. Kg2 h5 50. Kh3 c3 51. Rd5 Qa6 52. Bd3 Qc8+ 53.
Kg2 Bg7 54. Rc5 Qd7 55. Qc4 Rxe3 56. Rc7 Rxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Be5+ 58. Kf2 Qxc7 59.
Qxc7 Bxc7 60. Kf3 0-1
 [Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]

dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b4 h6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Rd1 axb4 13. axb4 e5 14. Nf3 Re8

15. g3 e4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qc3 Nfg4 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Bg2 Nd3+ 21.

exd3 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Bh3 23. Qb2 Bg4 24. Re1 Qxd3+ 25. Kg1 Rad8 26. Nb5 e3 27. h3
e2 28. Kh2 Qe3 29. Nd6 Qf2 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qd2 Bf3 32. Rhg1 Re3 33. b5 f5 34.
Qd4 Be4 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. c6 bxc6 38. bxc6 f4 39. c7 fxg3+ 40.
Rxg3 Qxc4 1/2-1/2
 [Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.

Nf3 Nd5 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. a3 e5 14. axb4 exd4
15. Nb5 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. g4 a6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxc2 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f4 Rd7 24. b5 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 axb5 26. Bxb7 f5 27.
Bf3 Rd8 28. Ra5 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Bd3 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. b3 h6 32. Bb2 Nd5 33. Ra7
Nf6 34. Rf7 Rd6 35. f5 Bc2 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Rxf6 Rd2+ 39. Ke3
Rd3+ 40. Ke2 h5 41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rc7 1-0

Notes: 
Games are scored 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss!Time control: 40 moves/2 hours, 20 moves/1 hour and 15 minutes + 30”/movePossible tie-break  for the 1^st place in case of egality between 2 or more players after the last round