Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 9

Navara stumbled against Vachier-Lagrave, who now shares first place with Wojtaszek. MVL is the slight favorite in spite of his lower rating. The reason is that he faces the bottom seed (Rapport) in the next and final round, while Wojtaszek will play Navara.

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Biel International Chess Festival - Round 8

This round featured another 100+ moves battle, a draw between Eljanov and Wojtaszek. Wojtaszek and Navara share the lead with two rounds to go.

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Biel International Chess Festival - Round 7

Adams toppled Rapport in a 118-move marathon, while Wojtaszek defeated Vachier-Lagrave.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 6

Navara lost, allowing Vachier-Lagrave and Wojtaszek to catch up with him.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 5

All the games were drawn, so Navara maintained his half point lead.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 4

Navara and Eljanov won today. Navara leads with 3.0/4.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 3

Adams lost in Round 3, so Navara, Wojtaszek, and Vachier-Lagrave are now in the lead.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015 - Round 1

Adams defeated Navara while the rest of the games ended in draws.

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Biel International Chess Festival 2015

There are many events in the 2015 Biel Internation Chess Festival. The forecast is for the Grandmaster Tournament, a 6-player double-round robin. Adams is the top seed, and we will have to see if Vachier-Lagrave can continue his comeback.

Dortmund Chess Tournament

Now that the tournament is over, I'm finally able to post the original forecast in its usual format...almost. Nepomniachtchi's name is so long that the table would spill over into the next column if I didn't shrink the size. Caruana came back after a shaky start to win clear first place.