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Biel 2002
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The 35th annual Biel International Chess Festival was a category XVI event held in Biel, Switzerland from July 21st to August 1st, 2002. Six grandmasters were invited to take part in the double round robin tournament. The participants were (in order of ELO): Alexey Dreev (2676), Ilya Smirin (2676), Viktor Korchnoi (2626), Vladislav Tkachiev (2625), Francisco Vallejo-Pons (2648), and Yannick Pelletier (2571). Smirin won the event undefeated with 6/10. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

1 Smirin 6/10 ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½½

2 Tkachiev 5.5/10 ½½ ** 1½ ½1 ½½ 0½

3 Dreev 5.5/10 ½½ 0½ ** ½½ ½1 1½

4 Korchnoi 5/10 0½ ½0 ½½ ** ½½ 11

5 Pelletier 4.5/10 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½½ ** ½1

6 Vallejo-Pons 3.5/10 ½½ 1½ 0½ 00 ½0 **

Round One, Game #1
Tkachiev vs Dreev, 2002
(B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0

Round One, Game #2
Korchnoi vs Vallejo-Pons, 2002
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0

Round One, Game #3
Y Pelletier vs Smirin, 2002
(E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Two, Game #4
Smirin vs Dreev, 2002
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Two, Game #5
Vallejo-Pons vs Tkachiev, 2002 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #6
Y Pelletier vs Korchnoi, 2002
(A14) English, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three, Game #7
Korchnoi vs Smirin, 2002
(D85) Grunfeld, 46 moves, 0-1

Round Three, Game #8
Dreev vs Vallejo-Pons, 2002
(E12) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

Round Three, Game #9
Tkachiev vs Y Pelletier, 2002
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #10
Tkachiev vs Smirin, 2002
(B30) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #11
Dreev vs Korchnoi, 2002
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #12
Vallejo-Pons vs Y Pelletier, 2002
(C02) French, Advance, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five, Game #13
Smirin vs Vallejo-Pons, 2002
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five, Game #14
Y Pelletier vs Dreev, 2002
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five, Game #15
Korchnoi vs Tkachiev, 2002
(E12) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #16
Dreev vs Tkachiev, 2002
(E12) Queen's Indian, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #17
Smirin vs Y Pelletier, 2002 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0

Round Six, Game #18
Vallejo-Pons vs Korchnoi, 2002 
(C11) French, 63 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #19
Dreev vs Smirin, 2002
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven, Game #20
Korchnoi vs Y Pelletier, 2002
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven, Game #21
Tkachiev vs Vallejo-Pons, 2002
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #22
Smirin vs Korchnoi, 2002
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #23
Y Pelletier vs Tkachiev, 2002
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #24
Vallejo-Pons vs Dreev, 2002
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #25
Vallejo-Pons vs Smirin, 2002
(A22) English, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #26
Dreev vs Y Pelletier, 2002
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

Round Nine, Game #27
Tkachiev vs Korchnoi, 2002 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Round Ten, Game #28
Smirin vs Tkachiev, 2002
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #29
Korchnoi vs Dreev, 2002
(B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #30
Y Pelletier vs Vallejo-Pons, 2002
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 55 moves, 1-0

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