page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Morozevich vs McShane 1-0 42 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival B30 Sicilian 2. Sasikiran vs Pelletier 1-0 41 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Bacrot vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 15 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C18 French, Winawer 4. Morozevich vs Bacrot 1-0 31 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C77 Ruy Lopez 5. Ponomariov vs Sasikiran   1-0 62 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 6. McShane vs Pelletier 0-1 30 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. Sasikiran vs Morozevich ½-½ 49 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 8. Pelletier vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 40 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C78 Ruy Lopez 9. Bacrot vs McShane 1-0 28 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D85 Grunfeld 10. Sasikiran vs McShane   1-0 80 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival A48 King's Indian 11. Pelletier vs Bacrot   ½-½ 48 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Ponomariov vs Morozevich ½-½ 87 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival A21 English 13. Morozevich vs Pelletier   ½-½ 24 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C10 French 14. McShane vs Ponomariov 1-0 43 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival B54 Sicilian 15. Bacrot vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 27 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C67 Ruy Lopez 16. Ponomariov vs Bacrot 1-0 67 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Pelletier vs Sasikiran   0-1 27 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. Pelletier vs McShane   ½-½ 31 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival B33 Sicilian 19. Sasikiran vs Ponomariov 1-0 33 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. Bacrot vs Morozevich 0-1 45 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 21. McShane vs Bacrot   0-1 51 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 22. Morozevich vs Sasikiran 1-0 35 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 23. Ponomariov vs Pelletier   0-1 40 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 24. Sasikiran vs Bacrot   ½-½ 16 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Pelletier vs Morozevich 0-1 40 2004 37th Biel International Chess Festival C10 French  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jul-30-04    cu8sfan: What an impressive performance by Moro! Makes one wonder what could have been if he had been able to attend Libya. Jul-30-04    chesscookie: sasikiran played well too, gave moro a run for his money Jul-30-04    tanginamo: geez! that ponomariov guy seems to be overrated. no wonder he's not in Libya. Jul-31-04    acirce: Both Moro and Pono could well have won Libya with that weak field. Jul-31-04    jaime gallegos: Ponomariov did less than 50% of points being the former World Chess Champion ! Sasikirian did it well and McShane was a disaster Aug-08-04    iron maiden: Bacrot seemed a little shaky too. I actually thought he might be able to win this thing and stake his claim as a definite super-GM. Aug-08-04    PinkPanther: <jaime gallegos> In all likelihood it had to do with his rustiness, because he hadn't played since October '03. And I don't know how to explain that game against McShane, he just committed blunder after blunder. <iron maiden> Bacrot is overrated, don't be surprised. Aug-08-04    chesscookie: <PinkPanther> I agree, Bacrot is definitely overrated. Aug-08-04    acirce: There may be reason to suspect he is overrated in some sense as most of the points he gained to reach 2700+ was due to his 11.0/11 performance against a rating average of 2463 in the French team championship, but on the other hand he did score 3.5/6 in Petrosian Memorial, the same as Kasparov and Anand, he did win the match against Sokolov etc. If he is overrated we will find out I guess. Aug-08-04    PinkPanther: <acirce> Bhahaha, Sokolov is overrated too. Don't forget about the complete meltdown he had at the Corus tournament. I think he only finished a half point or a point ahead of Timman. Aug-08-04    ruylopez900: <jaimie> You have to remember that Pono is not really an ex-WC, just a winner of a FIDE Rapid KO WC tourney. The two are different. May-03-05    cu8sfan: I plan to play in this year's open section of the Biel tournament. That should be fun! May-04-05    cu8sfan: Biel 2005 has an interesting Lineup: Boris Gelfand, Andrei Volokitin, Hikaru Nakamura, Christian Bauer, Yannick Pelletier, Magnus Carlsen. Nakamura vs. Carlsen should be fun, I hope Magnus can give Naka a good pounding! May-04-05    Maroczy: <cu8sfan> Good luck! I take it the Open is separate from the Big Guys? Jun-03-06    suenteus po 147: There seems to be a game missing from this tournament. Where is the sixth round game between McShane and Morozevich? Dec-16-10    minasina: Biel International Chess Festival (2003) 37th Biel International Chess Festival (2004) 38th Biel Chess Festival (2005) Biel Int'l Festival (2006) Biel Chess Festival (2007) 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008) Biel International Chess Festival (2009) Biel Chess Festival (2010)

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