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Sunday, 22 July 2012

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Photo from the official website of the festival

On July 22nd a blitz tournament featuring specially invited guests took place in Biel as part of the celebration of thr 45th anniversary of the festival.

KO System, with 8 players
Magnus Carlsen, 2837	NOR	(Seeded Nr 1)
Hikaru Nakamura, 2778	USA	(Seeded Nr 2)
Alexander Morozevich, 2770	RUS	(Seeded Nr 3)
Wang Hao, 2739	CHN	(Seeded Nr 4)
Etienne Bacrot, 2713	FRA	(Nr 5)
Pentala Harikrishna, 2684	IND	(Nr 6)
Yannick Pelletier, 2599	SUI	(Nr 7)
Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2472	RUS	(Nr 8)

System:
Two games with 5‘+ 2‘‘/move. If 1-1, one Armageddon game with 5’ for white (has to win) and 4’ for black.

In the first round two sensations happened: Magnus Carlsen, the world blitz vice-champion and ex-world champion lost to Etienne Bacrot. Alexandra Kosteniuk is known for her excellent blitz skills and for having defeated many world class grandmasters. However, who would have thought that she would beat the leader of the Chinese Olympic team Wang Hao?

The following results were, to put it mildly, more predictable. In the end Hikaru Nakamura lived up to his reputation of one of the best blitz players in the world. Congratulations to the US Chess Champion!

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The main tournament is starting tomorrow. You can check out the details at the official website.

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