Maxime Triumphs at Biel
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) won the Biel GM Tournament with a score of 6/10, half a point ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Morozevich.
Maxime drew his last 2 games, but it proved enough to win since Chucky lost to Moro in the penultimate round after a rook sacrifice proved a little too ambitious.
Congratulations to Maxime on winning a major event at just 18 years of age, and without losing a single game!
The final standings were:
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2703 | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2751 | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5½ |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2703 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2714 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2755 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2670 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 4 |
Special mention must go to Morozevich who played lots of creative, entertaining and exciting chess and featured in 7 of the 10 decisive games in the tournament! He ended with 4 wins, 3 losses and only 3 draws.
Due to technical problems, I am unable to post any games, but they are available at the official site.
