50th Biel GM 2017 Standings after round 8

	Round 8 Standings
		W	D	L	Pts.	TB
1	HARIKRISHNA, Pentala	3	5	0	5.5	20
2	HOU, Yifan	4	3	1	5.5	19.5
3	GEORGIADIS, Nico	2	6	0	5	16.25
4	BACROT, Etienne	3	4	1	5	16
5	MOROZEVICH, Alex	4	2	2	5	15.25
6	PONOMARIOV, Ruslam	2	4	2	4	15.75
7	LEKO, Peter	2	4	2	4	13.5
8	NAVARA, David	1	4	3	3	12.25
9	VAGANIAN, Rafael	1	2	5	2	5.75
10	STUDER, Noël	0	2	6	1	4.25

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rad1 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Qb6 22. Qe3 Re6 23. Bb3 Nd6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. Red1 Rae8
28. Bg3 Re2 29. b3 Nb2 30. Ne5 R8xe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Qe6
34. Bf4 Be7 35. Be3 c4 36. b4 Bf6 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qb3 40. Bd4
Bxd4 41. Qxd4 Qxa3 42. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. g4 b5 11. Rg1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g5 h5 14. g6 f5 15.
Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. e4 Ng4 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qh6 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Rg5
Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. e5 c5 24. Be2 cxd4 25. Rxh5 Qxg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bh5 Rxh8
28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qe7 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nfd7 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Na3 Bf6 15.
Nc2 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 cxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nce1 Qe7 20. Qb5 Nac5 21.
Nf4 Qe5 22. Rab1 Ne4 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 Ndc5 25. Nfd3 Bf6 26. Bf4 Nxa4 27.
Rbc1 Re8 28. Rc6 g5 29. Ra1 Nxb2 30. Nxb2 gxf4 31. f3 d3 32. Nexd3 Bd4+ 33. e3
Bxe3+ 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Nd3 Be3 37. Ra4 Rd7 38. Nxf4 Rd4 39. Rxd4
Bxd4 40. Nd5 Rb8 41. Rc4 Bb2 42. Ra4 Bg7 43. Kh3 h6 44. Kg4 b5 45. Rxa5 b4 46.
Nc7 Rb7 47. Rb5 Rxc7 48. Rxb4 Rc2 49. h4 Rc5 50. Rf4 h5+ 51. Kh3 Bh6 52. Ra4 Bd2
53. Rd4 Bc3 54. Rd3 Kg7 55. Kg2 Be5 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. Ra3 Rc3 58. Ra6+ f6 59. Kg2
Rc2+ 60. Kh3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Neg5 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Bc2 Rad8
15. a3 a5 16. Rfb1 Ra8 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qc7 21.
Nd4 b6 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. g3 Qc6 27. Qe2 Kf8
28. Re1 Qb7 29. Bd1 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Bb3 Rd8 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Bd1 Nb8 34. Qe3
Rc8 35. Be2 Na6 36. Rb1 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Be1 Nb8 39. f3 Nd6 40. Rc1 Nc6 41.
Nxc6 Rxc6 42. Bf2 Nc8 43. Rb1 Rc7 44. Kf1 Ke8 45. Bd3 g6 46. Ke2 Ra7 47. Rb2 Kd8
48. f4 Kc7 49. Bd4 Ra4 50. Bc3 Na7 51. Be5+ Bd6 52. b5 Nc8 53. Rd2 f5 54. Ke3
Bxe5 55. fxe5 Ne7 56. Be2 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Nc8 58. Bf3 Ra7 59. Bc6 Kb8 60. Rd7 Rc7
61. Rd8 Re7 62. Bd7 Kc7 63. Rxc8+ Kb7 64. Re8 Rxd7 65. Ke3 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1 c6
9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 Be6 21. Ng3 Bb6+
22. Be3 Qd3 23. Nf1 Rad8 24. f5 Bb3 25. f6 Qd5 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. fxg7 Qxe5 28.
Qxh6 Qxg7 29. Qh4 Rd3 30. Re3 Re6 31. Rae1 Rh6 32. Qf4 Rxh3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34.
Rxe4 Be6 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Re5 1-0

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd3 Kb8 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. c3 Rdg8 20. Qh5 Rg5
21. Qh3 Rgg8 22. Qh5 Rg5 23. Qh3 Rgg8 24. Qh5 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.
Kxe2 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 f6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 a5 14. Bc5
Kd7 15. Bb6 Rb8 16. Nc5+ Ke8 17. Kd2+ Kf7 18. Na4 Ne7 19. b3 Bg4 20. Ba7 Rb7 21.
Bc5 Bf4+ 22. Be3 Bxf3 23. Bxf4 Bxg2 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Rg1 Bh3 26. Rg3 Bf5 27. Re1
Rd8 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bg3 Ng6 30. Na4 h5 31. Rxc6 h4 32. Bd6 Rad7 33. Bc5 Ne5 34.
Rxe5 fxe5 35. Nb6 Rb7 36. Be3 Be6 37. Bxg5 Rh8 38. Na4 Rbb8 39. Nc5 Rbe8 40. Nd3
Kg6 41. f4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Kf5 43. c4 Rhg8 44. cxd5 Bxd5 45. Rc5 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Ke4
47. Rc7 Rxa2 48. Bd6 Be6 49. Rh7 Kd5 50. Bc7 Bf5 51. Rxh4 Re3 52. Rd4+ Kc6 53.
Bg3 a4 54. Rd6+ Kb7 55. Rd5 Rxd3+ 56. Rxd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 a3 58. Be5 Rg2 0-1

[Round "8.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. h5
e5 16. Qd2 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Rdg1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kh8 21. Nd5 h6
22. f4 Bxd5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. exd5 Qe8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qg6 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 b4 28.
axb4 Rxb4 29. c3 Rb5 30. Rf1 Rfb8 31. Rf2 a5 32. Rhf1 Bf6 33. Re2 Rxd5 34. Re8+
Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Kg8 36. Bg6 Kf8 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Ke7 39. Kc2 d5 40. Kb3 Kd6
41. Ka4 d4 42. cxd4 Bxd4 43. Kxa5 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 c5
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. c4 Ne4 14. cxd5 Nxd2 15. Rxd2
Bxd5 16. Qh5 f5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ng6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qxd4 22. Qxg6 Qd5+ 23. e4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Qxd2 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Qg6+
Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Rf7 29. Qd4 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. f3 Rd4 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Rg1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. h3 h5 11. O-O b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. h4
Rab8 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. b3 g6 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kg8
22. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th Biel GM 2017"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a3
Qd7 9. Nbc3 Nce7 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Ba2 Ned5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. a4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. a5 a6 17. h5 Bd3 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Bb3 Bc4 20. Ba4 Qb2 21. Ne4
Bd3 22. Ng5 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Nxf7 Qxd4 25. Nxh8 Bc5 26. Re3 Qb2 27. Nf7
Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rd5 29. Qc1 Qe2 30. Bb3 Rb5 31. Nd6+ 1-0