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Biel (2014) Played in Biel, Switzerland 14-24 July 2014. Official site: http://beta.bielchessfestival.ch/Ho.... Pairings and results: http://beta.bielchessfestival.ch/da...  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Motylev vs Wojtaszek 0-1 40 2014 Biel B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 2. Vachier-Lagrave vs Harikrishna   ½-½ 51 2014 Biel A45 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Y Hou vs Giri 1-0 28 2014 Biel B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. Wojtaszek vs Y Hou   ½-½ 40 2014 Biel D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 5. Harikrishna vs Giri 1-0 41 2014 Biel C50 Giuoco Piano 6. Vachier-Lagrave vs Motylev   ½-½ 40 2014 Biel D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Motylev vs Harikrishna 1-0 43 2014 Biel C67 Ruy Lopez 8. Y Hou vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 63 2014 Biel B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 9. Giri vs Wojtaszek 1-0 84 2014 Biel B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Wojtaszek vs Vachier-Lagrave   ½-½ 38 2014 Biel E60 King's Indian Defense 11. Y Hou vs Harikrishna ½-½ 69 2014 Biel B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 12. Giri vs Motylev 1-0 53 2014 Biel D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Vachier-Lagrave vs Giri 1-0 61 2014 Biel C67 Ruy Lopez 14. Motylev vs Y Hou ½-½ 41 2014 Biel B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. Harikrishna vs Wojtaszek   ½-½ 47 2014 Biel B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Wojtaszek vs Motylev   ½-½ 29 2014 Biel D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Harikrishna vs Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ 40 2014 Biel B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Giri vs Y Hou ½-½ 69 2014 Biel B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 19. Giri vs Harikrishna ½-½ 26 2014 Biel E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. Motylev vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 35 2014 Biel B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Y Hou vs Wojtaszek ½-½ 53 2014 Biel A07 King's Indian Attack 22. Vachier-Lagrave vs Y Hou ½-½ 41 2014 Biel D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. Wojtaszek vs Giri   ½-½ 50 2014 Biel D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Harikrishna vs Motylev   ½-½ 29 2014 Biel B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 25. Y Hou vs Motylev 1-0 50 2014 Biel B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-24-14    Kanatahodets: <kia0708: <And yet, Carlsen is a millionaire, the other top ten all earn six figures.> with so much money on the table maybe the sleeping giant, USA, will wake up and step out of the mediocricity> no, no, no way. If you work in trade - you get much more. It's a safe business; go to an investment bank and you have your bonus payments. Recently I've met a world level scientist; he said, I regret that I went to science. My college buddies all make ten times more than I. Jul-24-14    MarkFinan: Pick 3 paid off today at 20-1 or something but I don't understand why the elite, the cream of the crop don't get invited to a tournament like this instead of 2770's. I don't follow these tournaments like people who come here for chess only (special mention to <notyetagm>! That guy is chess chess chess chess and current chess, lol) but it's disappointing to see 4-5 tournaments a year from Carlsen Anand et al. #Justsaying Well other sportsmen who *really* shatter their bodies twice a week still perform right at the top for 9 months a year ,so why can't chess players do at least one tournament per month?? It can't be money because they get paid well in this day and age. Jul-24-14    HeMateMe: <with so much money on the table maybe the sleeping giant, USA, will wake up and step out of the mediocrity> We have too many lawyers, here. We need to shut down 10% of the law schools in the USA and turn them into chess centers. Jul-24-14    1d410: Botvinnik was way better than any of his students because he learned it all himself. Jul-24-14    biskop: Of the younger generation, my money is on Wei Yi being one of the top grandmasters in a few years. Jul-24-14    Gryz: I think most of you must have missed the memo from the year 2000. Chess is dead. At least, as a competitive professional sport it is. No audience cares about chess. Young people don't care about chess. Of course chess will always live on as "just a fun game". Played by kids and elderly people with too much free time. But the chess as we knew it from the 20th century is gone. The magic is gone. This is a process that started around the year 2000. You will see more and more effects of it during the next 1-2 decades. And then it'll be all over. Thanks for the fish. Jul-24-14    1d410: <Gryz> I think you are right. Contrary to <Wavy>, people are actually getting stupider due to doctors throwing evolution down the toilet. Good luck getting young people my age interested in chess. Jul-24-14    1d410: And what's with this tournament. MVL will never challenge Magnus (at the very least) if he doesn't dominate here. Look at the player's at this tournament ratings! I guess he's just getting by with the draws.... Jul-24-14    Everett: Just came back from camping. Wonder how the coming world of quants will handle a blackout. Jul-24-14    Everett: <frandie: <KKDEREK: who cares, blitz on ICC.> The top guys according to elo have invested countless hours in the ICC. Obviously, the no. of games they played reflect the importance they attach to getting good rating in the website:> Not obviously. Maybe they just like to play online. What may be more obvious is that you have an axe to grind. Jul-24-14    Wavy: < jphamlore: A simple look at the FIDE ratings lists explodes the myth that there is any signs of a post-Carlsen generation:> Everyone that you see in the FIDE rating still belong to the Carlsen generation. The post-Carlsen generation is not yet born. One generation is equivalent to 25 years. I guess Carlsen is not yet 25yrs old. Jul-24-14    Everett: <Jul-24-14 1d410: <Gryz> I think you are right. Contrary to <Wavy>, people are actually getting stupider due to doctors throwing evolution down the toilet. Good luck getting young people my age interested in chess.> Maybe the next generation will be smart enough to not invest so much time in this game. Who says this is some magical and superior pastime, or vocation? We all enjoy the game, but who here thinks it is absolutely worthy of income production? Just a reminder: it is a board game, albeit a very cool one. Jul-24-14    Wavy: As for the next generation whether they are getting smarter or stupider, I think the answer is both. The population is exploding fast and we are getting all kinds of people on the planet now. The smartest kids are really smarter than their previous generation but the stupidest kids are also more stupid than their previous generation. We have them all. Jul-24-14    plang: That it is difficult to make money from chess is not new - that has been true since the 19th century. To us fanatics chess will continue to be beautiful and profound Jul-25-14    vkk: To the guy talking about carlsen being millionaire Yes the people that win world titles tend to a couple million Jul-25-14    HeMateMe: Everett, are you some middle aged guy who is bitter because you never became rich, or you spent a lot of time on chess, as a youth, and now you have a job you hate, and you blame it on your being an amateur chess player who spent a lot of time on chess? That fact that ratings continue to inflate means that there is an accelerating number of people playing tournament chess. The internet has gotten all kinds of people into chess, including people like me who lost track of it, but returned when the internet made it so easy to follow chess, and play any time of day or night, against people at your own skill level. It's a great time to be a chess player. Jul-25-14    Kanatahodets: <Everett: Maybe the next generation will be smart enough to not invest so much time in this game. Who says this is some magical and superior pastime, or vocation? We all enjoy the game, but who here thinks it is absolutely worthy of income production? Just a reminder: it is a board game, albeit a very cool one.> U r right. I completely agree. Jul-25-14    Kanatahodets: <Everett: <frandie: <KKDEREK: who cares, blitz on ICC.> The top guys according to elo have invested countless hours in the ICC. Obviously, the no. of games they played reflect the importance they attach to getting good rating in the website:> Not obviously. Maybe they just like to play online. What may be more obvious is that you have an axe to grind.> I myself is addicted to on-line chess; broke many mouses in rage:) Jul-25-14    Kanatahodets: <HeMateMe: <with so much money on the table maybe the sleeping giant, USA, will wake up and step out of the mediocrity> We have too many lawyers, here. We need to shut down 10% of the law schools in the USA and turn them into chess centers.> ABOLISH lawyers! Why are they needed? Law is a political prostitute anyway, a servant of political correctness and political needs. I stopped believing in American justice long time ago when I saw how biased it is. "You suck my blood like a leech You break the law and you preach Screw my brain till it hurts You've taken all my money And you want more" Jul-25-14    HeMateMe: That's for solicitors? I suppose our American lawyers are just as bad. Jul-25-14    Mendrys: Everett, It's worthy of income production because the advertisers and sponsors of chess events that pay think it's worthy their money and time to do so. As well, the residual income thru appearances, books and other activities is certainly earned. Jul-26-14    fisayo123: Congrats to MVL! Deserved win. Jul-26-14    Everett: <HeMateMe: Everett, are you some middle aged guy who is bitter because you never became rich, or you spent a lot of time on chess, as a youth, and now you have a job you hate, and you blame it on your being an amateur chess player who spent a lot of time on chess?> Is that transference or projection? I'm rusty with my Jungian terms. Jul-26-14    Everett: <Mendrys> I'm all for some people making money any way they can, chess included. We all know how the mechanisms work. I'm just not down with the idea that it somehow "should" be more, that everyone who wants to can make a living doing it. and <Kanatahodets>, funny, I used to break my mouse from playing RPGs for years before getting into chess. Thankfully I recognize now that I cannot really play certain games, chess included, outside of a community of friends. So I stick with enjoying the game face to face with analog clocks over drinks. I come here for my politics and <occasional> chess culture ;-) Jul-27-14    vkk: That being said harikrishna needs to step it up a notch... The guy lives in my hometown back in India and is the only shimmer of hope after anand retires to be in the top 10 for India Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 9) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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