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Biel Blitz (2012)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Morozevich, Pentala Harikrishna, Wang Hao, Etienne Bacrot, Yannick Pelletier, Alexandra Kosteniuk

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bacrot vs Carlsen 1-0 52 2012 Biel Blitz A20 English 2. Bacrot vs Nakamura ½-½ 42 2012 Biel Blitz A13 English 3. Morozevich vs Nakamura 0-1 52 2012 Biel Blitz D00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Kosteniuk vs Bacrot   ½-½ 41 2012 Biel Blitz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. Bacrot vs Kosteniuk 1-0 56 2012 Biel Blitz E15 Queen's Indian 6. Nakamura vs Morozevich 1-0 61 2012 Biel Blitz A13 English 7. Pelletier vs Morozevich 0-1 25 2012 Biel Blitz A06 Reti Opening 8. Carlsen vs Bacrot 0-1 39 2012 Biel Blitz B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 9. Carlsen vs Bacrot 1-0 31 2012 Biel Blitz C53 Giuoco Piano 10. Morozevich vs Pelletier   1-0 35 2012 Biel Blitz E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. Kosteniuk vs Wang Hao ½-½ 66 2012 Biel Blitz B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 12. Nakamura vs Harikrishna 1-0 37 2012 Biel Blitz B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 13. Pelletier vs Morozevich 1-0 51 2012 Biel Blitz A06 Reti Opening 14. Wang Hao vs Kosteniuk 0-1 31 2012 Biel Blitz E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 15. Harikrishna vs Nakamura   ½-½ 43 2012 Biel Blitz A04 Reti Opening 16. Nakamura vs Bacrot 1-0 27 2012 Biel Blitz A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation  page 1 of 1; 16 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jul-23-12    chessgames.com: This event was knockout format in three rounds: Round 1: Bacrot beats Carlsen. Kosteniuk beats Wang Hao. Morozevich beats Pelletier. Nakamura beats Harikrishna. Round 2: Bacrot beats Kosteniuk. Nakamura beats Morozevich. Round 3: Nakamura beats Bacrot. link: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/... Jul-23-12    hellopolgar: Go Nakamura! Jul-23-12    waustad: Thanx! Jul-24-12    Xeroxx: Discuss Jul-31-12    TheaN: What were the rules for the third game in a round, Armageddon? It strikes me that in both conclusive games, Black won (Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2012 & Pelletier vs Morozevich, 2012) Jun-06-15    zanzibar: The comment by <chessgames> should be promoted into the intro section. Which should probably copy over the tournament conditions (in case the link goes stale): <The Exhibition Blitz Tournament, celebrating the 45 years of the Festival, will be held on Sunday 22nd July, 14.00 pm, as a knockout event with 8 invited Grandmasters. < Magnus Carlsen NOR (Seeded Nr 1) Hikaru Nakamaura USA (Nr 2) Alexander Morozevich RUS (Nr 3) Wang Hao CHN (Nr 4) Etienne Bacrot FRA (Nr 5) Pentala Harikrishna IND (Nr 6) Yannick Pelletier SUI (Nr 7) Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS (Nr 8) > Playing System: Two games with 5’+ 2’’/move. If 1-1, one Armageddon game with 5’ for white (has to win) and 4’ for black.> http://www.chessdom.com/biel-chess-... (not stale yet)

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