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  • Biel Masters

    Another fantastic tournament to watch! Jeffrey Xiong entertaining fight. Lots of action in the center and F-file and finally the black king is hunted down.
    https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...os_Ruiz_Miguel

  • #2
    Biel Masters 2019

    July 25, 2019

    This is a nine-round Swiss.

    Rounds One to Four

    Round 1, July 22
    Raahul, V.S. – Xiong, Jeffery
    A10 English Opening

    1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e3 Nh6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nde2 Ng4 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Nd4 Rab8 16.Ne4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qg5 19.Qf3 Qf6 20.Qd3 b5 21.c5 dxc5 22.dxc5 Qxb2 23.Qxd7 Qe5 24.c6 Qxe4 25.c7 Ra8 26.Rfd1 Qe6 27.Qd8+ Bf8 28.b4 Qb3 29.Rd3 Qb2 30.Rc6 Rxc7 31.Qxa8 Rxc6 32.Rd8 Qc1+ 0-1

    Round 2, July 23
    Xiong, Jeffery – Notkevich, Benjamin
    C15 French, Winawer, Alekhine Gambit

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Be3 b6 9.Nf4 Bb7 10.Nh5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Bc4 Qc6 18.b3 Kb8 19.Rhe1 b5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Qxf6 Rhf8 22.Qh4 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.f3 Rfd8 25.Rxe6 g5 26.Re2 g4 27.f4 h5 28.Rde1 h4 29.f5 Bc6 30.f6 Rf8 31.Re7 Bxg2 32.Re8+ Rd8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.f7 Bc6 35.Bh6 g3 36.h3 1-0

    Round 3, July 24
    Antipov, Mikhail – Xiong, Jeffery
    B31 Sicilian, Nimowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be3 b6 8.h3 O-O 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.b3 a5 13.a4 Ra7 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.Qc3 Re7 16.Nd2 Ba6 17.O-O Nd7 18.f4 f6 19.f5 g5 20.g4 Rh8 21.h4 h5 22.hxg5 hxg4 23.Kg2 fxg5 24.f6+ Nxf6 25.Ng3 Kg6 26.Nf5 Qe6 27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Rf5 Nh5 29.Rh1 Nf4+ 30.Rxf4 Rxh1 31.Rxg4 Bc8 32.Nf3 Bxg4 33.Nxe5+ Kh5 34.Nxg4 Rh4 35.Ne3 Qf8 36.Qe5 Rf4 37.Nf5 Kg4 38.Ne3+ Kh5 39.Nf5 Kg4 40.Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

    Round 4, July 25
    Xiong, Jeffery – Santos, Ruiz, Miguel
    E21 Nimo-Indian Three Knights variation

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.Rc1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Qxd5 11.e3 Qxa2 12.Bd3 Qxb2 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Rc2 Qb4 15.Nb5 e5 16.Rxc3 Nc6 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qc2 Nd5 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Rb1 Qe7 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Rc7 Nd7 24.Qd2 Bc6 25.Nd4 Qe4 26.Rf1 Ne5 27.Nf5 Nc4 28.Qe2 Rae8 29.Nxh6+ Kg7 30.Nxf7 Qxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Nxe3 32.Be5+ Kg6 33.Rf6+ Kh5 34.h3 Ng4 35.hxg4+ Kxg4 36.Nh6+ Kh5 37.g4+ Kh4 38.Nf5+ 1-0

    Round 1, July 22
    Baeumer, Lars – Kamsky, Gata
    A27 English, Three Knights System

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.Rc1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Qxd5 11.e3 Qxa2 12.Bd3 Qxb2 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Rc2 Qb4 15.Nb5 e5 16.Rxc3 Nc6 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qc2 Nd5 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Rb1 Qe7 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Rc7 Nd7 24.Qd2 Bc6 25.Nd4 Qe4 26.Rf1 Ne5 27.Nf5 Nc4 28.Qe2 Rae8 29.Nxh6+ Kg7 30.Nxf7 Qxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Nxe3 32.Be5+ Kg6 33.Rf6+ Kh5 34.h3 Ng4 35.hxg4+ Kxg4 36.Nh6+ Kh5 37.g4+ Kh4 38.Nf5+ 1-0

    Round 2, July 23
    Kamsky, Gata – Harsha Bharathakoti
    B23 Sicilian, Closed

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Re1 e5 9.Bc4 Be7 10.d3 h6 11.a3 O-O 12.Ne2 b5 13.Ba2 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Ng3 Qd7 16.c3 Rab8 17.b4 a5 18.Qb3 cxb4 19.cxb4 axb4 20.axb4 Ra8 21.Bb2 Rfc8 22.Rec1 Kh8 23.Rd1 Rxa1 24.Bxa1 Ra8 25.d4 exd4 26.Bxd4 Ra4 27.Bc3 d5 28.exd5 Nxd5 29.Nh5 Bf8 30.Nf4 Qf7 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.Nd4 Nxb4 33.Nxb5 Ra2 34.Rf1 Bc5 35.Bd4 Bf8 36.Rc1 Ra8 37.Rc7 Qg6 38.Qf3 Re8 39.g3 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qg6 41.h4 Nc2 42.Bc3 Qe4 43.Qf7 d4 44.Nd6 1-0

    Round 3, July 24
    Moussard, Jules – Kamsky, Gata
    B07 Pirc-Robatsch

    1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.h4 h6 6.f4 h5 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.Nge2 Rc8 10.O-O c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rae1 Nf6 13.f5 Nxd3 14.cxd3 O-O 15.Nf4 gxf5 16.exf5 e6 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Kh7 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rf7 22.g3 Qd7 23.Rf1 e5 24.Nd3 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qf7+ 26.Nf2 Qf3 27.Bg5 Bh3+ 28.Ke1 Qxg3 29.Kd1 Be6 30.b3 Qg1+ 31.Ke2 Qg2 32.Kd3 d5 33.Qe2 Kg6 34.Kd2 Bf8 35.exd5 Qxd5+ 36.Ke1 Bf5 37.Qe3 Qd4 38.Qg3 Bg4 39.Kf1 Bc5 40.Kg2 0-1

    Round 4, July 25
    Kamsky, Gata – Erdos, Viktor
    A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack, main line

    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.h3 Nc6 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 Rd8 12.Qc2 Na5 13.Be2 b6 14.Nb3 Nb7 15.Nfd2 Bd7 16.a4 Bc6 17.Rfe1 e5 18.f3 Nh5 19.Nc4 Ng3 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.Nc1 Kh7 22.Bf2 Nh5 23.Bf1 Nf4 24.Bh4 f6 25.Bf2 Bf8 26.Ne2 Ne6 27.Red1 Qe8 28.Rxd8 1/2-1/2

    Round 1, July 22
    Piasetski, Leon – Martirosyan, Haik
    A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack (Barcza System)

    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 f6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nge7 8.Rb1 b6 9.Nd2 Be6 10.e4 O-O 11.O-O Qd7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.c4 Nde7 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qd7 18.Kh1 Nd4 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.Rbe1 Nc6 23.Qg2 Ne5 24.Nc3 c6 25.a4 h6 26.a5 b5 27.cxb5 cxb5 28.a6 b4 29.Ne4 Qc6 30.Rb1 Rd4 31.Rf4 Rfd8 32.Nf2 Qxc2 33.Rxb4 Rxf4 34.gxf4 Nxd3 35.Nxd3 Qxd3 0-1

    Final position

    


    One continuation:

    
    36.Qa2+ Kh8 37.Rb1 Rc8 38.Kg1 Kh7 39.f5 Rc2 40.Qxc2 Qxc2

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    • #3
      https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...enko_Alexander An exciting Sicilian. Jeffery sacks Bxe6, Rxe4, and then the f5 breakthru!

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      • #4
        Biel Masters 2019

        July 29, 2019

        Rounds Five to Seven

        Round 5, July 26
        Erdos, Viktor – Xiong, Jeffery
        A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

        1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Be2 b5 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qd3 b4 12.cxb4 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Rd8 16.Rd1 Bxe4 17.O-O e5 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Nc6 20.b5 1/2-1/2

        Round 6, July 28
        Xiong, Jeffery – Donchenko, Alexander
        B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Bh4 h6 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Rc8 15.h4 Qa5 16.Rh3 Rxc3 17.Rxc3 Nxe4 18.Re3 d5 19.Bh3 Qb6 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Qe1 g6 22.Qg1 Kf8 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Qxg6 Ndf6 25.Rxe4 Nxe4 26.f5 Rxh4 27.fxe6 Qc7 28.Rf1+ Rf4 29.Qh6+ 1-0

        Round 7, July 29
        Salem, A.R. Saleh – Xiong, Jeffery
        A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

        1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.Bg2 e5 4.O-O Bd6 5.d3 c6 6.e4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh4 dxe4 9.Nf5 Bc5 10.Bg5 g6 11.Nh6+ Kh8 12.dxe4 Be7 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.Be3 Ndf6 15.Qxd8 Bxd8 16.Bc5 Be7 17.Nxg8 Nxg8 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.f4 Be6 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Bf3 f6 22.Kf2 Kg7 23.Ke3 Nc8 24.b3 Nd6 25.Be2 Rfe8 26.fxe5 1/2-1/2

        Vincent Keymer is playing in this section.

        Chess24.com - 14-year-old Vincent Keymer is still struggling with that final GM norm! Today in Biel he was close to winning against Iturrizaga for most of the game, then failed to take the chance to force a draw and fell to defeat

        Round 7, July 29
        Keymer, Vincent – Iturrizaga, Eduardo
        E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld variation

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.b4 e5 9.d5 Re8 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Nf8 12.Re1 Ng6 13.g3 Bg4 14.Bb2 a5 15.Qb3 Qd7 16.Bf1 h6 17.Bg2 cxd5 18.cxd5 b5 19.Nf1 Qb7 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Bh3 Rec8 23.Nd2 axb4 24.axb4 Ra4 25.Rac1 Raa8 26.Kg2 Qb6 27.Ne3 Bxh3+ 28.Kxh3 Qb7 29.Kg2 Qd7 30.f3 Ne7 31.Nb1 h5 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qd3 g6 34.Na3 Bh6 35.Nd1 Bc1 36.Bxc1 Rxc1 37.Nxb5 h4 38.Nbc3 Kg7 39.Qd2 Ra1 40.Nf2 Ra8 41.Rc1 Rh8 42.g4 Qa7 43.Ncd1 Rb8 44.Ne3 Nh7 45.Nc4 Qd7 46.h3 f6 47.Nd3 Ng5 48.Na5 Ra8 49.Rc4 Qb5 50.Rc7 Kf8 51.Qc3 Qb6 52.Nf2 Rb8 53.Rc4 Ra8 54.f4 Nf7 55.f5 Ng5 56.Nd1 Qb5 57.Qc2 gxf5 58.gxf5 Nxd5 59.exd5 Qxd5+ 60.Kg1 Nf3+ 61.Kf2 Nd4 62.Rc8+ Kg7 63.Qc7+ Kh6 64.Qc1+ Kh5 65.Rc3 Rg8 66.Qe3 Qh1 0-1

        Position after Black’s 56…Qb5, white played Qc2 instead of Ne3 or Qd3

        

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        • #5
          Beautiful combination by GM Iturrizaga with queen and two knights. 58...Nxd5 sacrifice! to the end of the game (see game above)

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          • #6
            https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...atabaei_M_amin Jeffery Xiong went down the wrong path which led to complete collapse. Ouch!

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            • #7
              Biel Masters 2019

              July 31, 2019

              Rounds Eight and Nine

              Round 8, July 30
              Xiong, Jeffery – Tabatabaei, M.
              E07 Catalan, Closed

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qd3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Ne5 Re8 11.Bf4 c5 12.Rfd1 cxd4 13.Nb5 Nc5 14.Qf3 Nce4 15.Nd3 Rc8 16.Bh3 Rc4 17.Ne5 Bc5 18.e3 Rxe5 19.Bxe5 Ng5 20.Qf5 Nxh3+ 21.Qxh3 dxe3 22.Bd4 Qe8 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Nd6 exf2+ 25.Kf1 Rc2 0-1

              Round 8, July 30
              Kamsky, Gata – Erigaisi, Arjun
              A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O Bf5 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.c4 a5 10.a3 Bh7 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 b5 13.Rec1 Bc5 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.b4 axb4 16.Nb3 Be7 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Nfd4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qb6 20.Qc6 Rb8 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.Ra8+ Bf8 23.Na5 Nb8 24.f4 b4 25.Ndb3 Nfd7 26.Ra7 Nc5 27.Bd4 Ra6 28.Rc7 Nxb3 29.Nxb3 Rc6 30.Ra7 Bd6 31.Bf3 Bg6 32.Rb7 Rc2 33.Na5 Kh7 34.Rb6 Bc7 35.Rxb4 Bxa5 36.Rxb8 Bc3 37.Bxc3 Rxc3 38.Kf2 Rc7 39.g4 f6 40.Rd8 f5 41.Ke3 Rf7 42.Rd6 fxg4 43.Bxg4 Bf5 44.Bxf5+ exf5 45.h4 Re7+ 46.Kf3 h5 47.Rxd5 g6 48.Re5 Rd7 1-0

              Round 8, July 30
              Tania, Sachdev – Keymer, Vincent
              D24 QGA

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Bg5 b5 8.Qd3 c5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 Nc6 11.Be2 c4 12.Qc2 f5 13.O-O Bg7 14.d5 Ne7 15.e4 fxe4 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Qxe4 Bf5 19.Qe3 Qe6 20.Qg5 Qf6 21.Qg3 O-O 22.Rd6 Be6 23.Nd4 Nf5 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Bf3 Rad8 26.Be4 Qh5 27.Bf3 Qe5 28.Rxa6 b4 29.Nd1 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Rd2 31.Rb6 b3 32.axb3 cxb3 33.Be4 Rc8 34.Ne3 Bd4 35.Rb7 Rc5 36.g4 Bxe3 37.fxe3 Rxb2 38.Kh2 Re2 39.Rf3 b2 40.Rh3 h5 41.Rxh5 Rxh5+ 42.gxh5 Kg7 43.Kg3 Kh6 44.Kf3 Rd2 45.g4 Kg5 46.Rb5+ Kh6 47.Rb6 Kg5 48.Rb5+ Kh6 49.Rb6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

              Round 9, July 31
              Xiong, Jeffery – Shyam, Sundar
              B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.e5 f6 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Qa4 e5 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Na3 Qe6 12.Nc4 Bc5 13.O-O-O Ne7 14.Rhe1 Ng6 15.h4 h5 16.Ncxe5 Nxe5 17.Bc3 O-O 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.Rxe5 Qg4 20.Qxc6 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 Bxf2 22.Re7 Qg4 23.Rxg7+ Qxg7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qc7+ 1-0

              - Keymer with an ELO performance of 2584, that’s really bad luck

              - Xiong officially passed Shankland in rating. He
              is now playing board 5 in the next Olympiad for the USA

              - M. Amin Tabatabaei wins Biel/Bienne Masters by gaining 7 out of 9.

              Final Standings
              Rg. Name Country Elo Points
              1 Tabatabaei M.amin IRI 2601 7
              2 Kamsky Gata USA 2673 6.5
              Donchenko Alexander GER 2615 6.5
              4 Brkic Ante CRO 2573 6.5
              5 Xiong Jeffery USA 2691 6.5
              6 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2592 6.5
              7 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2625 6.5
              8 Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2672 6.5
              9 Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2550 6.5
              10 Moussard Jules FRA 2576 6.5
              11 Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2531 6.5
              12 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2633 6
              13 Gopal G.N. IND 2594 6
              14 Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2518 6
              15 Keymer Vincent GER 2513 6
              16 Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 2594 6
              17 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2531 6
              18 Shyam Sundar M. IND 2520 6
              19 Aryan Chopra IND 2553 6
              20 Vaibhav Suri IND 2591 6
              Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2567 6
              22 Bellahcene Bilel ALG 2541 6
              23 Notkevich Benjamin Arvola NOR 2497 6
              24 Erdos Viktor HUN 2603 5.5
              25 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2619 5.5
              26 Gukesh D IND 2520 5.5
              27 Harika Dronavalli IND 2492 5.5
              28 Morawietz Dieter GER 2405 5.5
              29 Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2486 5.5
              30 Lalith Babu M R IND 2580 5.5
              55 Piasetski Leon CAN 2229 5

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