Biel 2014
The press release for the Grandmaster Tournament
Grandmaster Tournament "in memoriam Hans Suri"
We are pleased to announce the six participants of the Grandmaster Tournament in memoriam Hans Suri:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA, 24 years, Elo 2762, FIDE #10
Anish Giri, NED, 20 years, Elo 2752, FIDE #14, Junior #1
Pentala Harikrishna, IND, 28 years, Elo 2726, FIDE #25
Radoslav Wojtaszek, POL, 27 years, Elo 2715, FIDE #33
Alexander Motylev, RUS, 35 years, Elo 2696, FIDE #50, European champion
Yifan Hou, CHN, 20 years, Elo 2629, FIDE Women #2, World champion
The tournament has an average of 2713 Elo points (category 19) and will be held according to the Double Round Robin System.
Schedule
Round One Mon July 14
Round Two Tue July 15
Round Three Wed July 16
Round Four Thur July 17
Round Five Fri July 18
Round Six Sat July 19
Rest Day Sun July 20
Round Seven Mon July 21
Round Eight Tue July 22
Round Nine Wed July 23
Round Ten Thur July 24
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Previous Winners of the Grandmaster Tournament
2000 Peter Svidler (RUS)
2001 Viktor Kortchnoi (SUI)
2002 Ilya Smirin (ISR)
2003 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2004 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2005 Boris Gelfand (ISR); Andrei Volokitin (UKR)
2006 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2007 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2008 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)
2009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2010 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)
2011 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2012 Wang Hao (CHN)
2013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
The press release for the Grandmaster Tournament
Grandmaster Tournament "in memoriam Hans Suri"
We are pleased to announce the six participants of the Grandmaster Tournament in memoriam Hans Suri:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA, 24 years, Elo 2762, FIDE #10
Anish Giri, NED, 20 years, Elo 2752, FIDE #14, Junior #1
Pentala Harikrishna, IND, 28 years, Elo 2726, FIDE #25
Radoslav Wojtaszek, POL, 27 years, Elo 2715, FIDE #33
Alexander Motylev, RUS, 35 years, Elo 2696, FIDE #50, European champion
Yifan Hou, CHN, 20 years, Elo 2629, FIDE Women #2, World champion
The tournament has an average of 2713 Elo points (category 19) and will be held according to the Double Round Robin System.
Schedule
Round One Mon July 14
Round Two Tue July 15
Round Three Wed July 16
Round Four Thur July 17
Round Five Fri July 18
Round Six Sat July 19
Rest Day Sun July 20
Round Seven Mon July 21
Round Eight Tue July 22
Round Nine Wed July 23
Round Ten Thur July 24
http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/home/
Previous Winners of the Grandmaster Tournament
2000 Peter Svidler (RUS)
2001 Viktor Kortchnoi (SUI)
2002 Ilya Smirin (ISR)
2003 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2004 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2005 Boris Gelfand (ISR); Andrei Volokitin (UKR)
2006 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)
2007 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2008 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)
2009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2010 Fabiano Caruana (ITA)
2011 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
2012 Wang Hao (CHN)
2013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
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