Biel International Chess Festival
21.07. – 01.08.2021


| Round 1 (Tuesday, July 27 – 11:00) | ||
| Gata Kamsky (0) | 1 – 0 | Noel Studer (0) |
| Maxime Lagarde (0) | ½ – ½ | Vincent Keymer (0) |
| Kirill Alekseenko (0) | 1 – 0 | Sarin Nihal (0) |
| Boris Gelfand (0) | 0 – 1 | Alan Pichot (0) |
| Round 2 (Wednesday, July 28 – 11:00) | ||
| Noel Studer (0) | ½ – ½ | Alan Pichot (1) |
| Sarin Nihal (0) | ½ – ½ | Boris Gelfand (0) |
| Vincent Keymer (½ ) | ½ – ½ | Kirill Alekseenko (1) |
| Gata Kamsky (1) | ½ – ½ | Maxime Lagarde (½ ) |
Kamsky,G (2658) – Studer,N (2581) [B30]
54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (1), 27.07.2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 h6 6.Nd2 g6 7.Nf1 Bg7 8.Ne3 Nf6 9.h4 Rb8 10.Bd2 Nd4 11.a4 0–0 12.Ncd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Kh8 14.h5 f5 15.c3 f4 16.Nc4 Qg5 17.Kf1 Ne6 18.Nxd6 Bd7 19.hxg6 Qxg6 20.Qh5 Qxh5 21.Rxh5 Nc7 22.c4 Kh7 23.Bc3 Kg6

24.Bxe5 Kxh5 25.Bxg7 Nxd5 26.Bxf8 Nb4 27.Bg7 Nxd3 28.Ke2 Nb4 29.Be5 Rf8 30.a5 Nc6 31.Bc3 Nd8 32.f3 Kg6 33.Kf2 Bc6 34.a6 b6 35.Nc8

1–0
Alekseenko,K (2699) – Nihal,Sarin (2620) [C78]
54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (1), 27.07.2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Bc5 6.c3 0–0 7.d4 Ba7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Re1 Re6 13.Qc2 Qe8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Nc4 Re6 17.Rad1 Re7 18.h3 f6 19.Qa4 Be6 20.Rd3 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Qxd7 22.Rd1 Qe8 23.Rd2 Kh7 24.b3 h5 25.Kf1 a5 26.Rd3 Bc5 27.Nfd2 Ra7

28.Nxa5 Bf7 29.b4 Bb6 30.Kg1 c5 31.Qxe8 Bxe8 32.Ndc4 Bb5 33.Rd2 cxb4 34.cxb4 Bd4 35.Rc2 c5 36.bxc5 Bxc5 37.Nb3 Be7 38.Nb6 Ba3 39.f3 Bb4 40.Nd5 Be1 41.Rc5 Bd3 42.Rc1 Bg3 43.Nb4 Bb5 44.Rc5 Be8 45.Na5 Kh6 46.Kf1 h4 47.Nd5 Kg5 48.a3 Ba4 49.Ke2 Bh2 50.Kf2 Bg3+ 51.Ke2 Bh2 52.Kf1 Bg3 53.Nc3 Be8 54.Nc4 Bf7 55.a4 Be6 56.Nb6 Bf4 57.Ke2 Bh2 58.Kf2 Bg3+ 59.Ke2 Bh2 60.Rc6 Bb3 61.Nc8 Ra6 62.Rxa6 Bc4+ 63.Kf2 Bg3+ 64.Kg1 Bxa6 65.Nd6 Bd3 66.Nd5 Be1 67.Nb7 f5 68.exf5 Kxf5 69.Nc5 Be2 70.Ne3+ Kf6 71.Nc2 Ba5 72.Kf2 Bc4 73.Ne3 Ba2 74.Ke2 Bb4 75.Nd3 Bc3 76.Nc1 Bf7 77.Kd3 Bb4 78.Ke2 Ke6 79.Nd3 Ba5 80.Nc5+ Kf6 81.Kd3 Kg5 82.Nb7 Bb6 83.a5 Bd4 84.Nd6 Be6 85.Ke4 Ba2

86.f4+ exf4 87.Kxd4 fxe3 88.Kxe3 Bd5 89.Kf2 Kf4 90.a6 Ke5 91.Nb5 1–0
Gelfand,B (2675) – Pichot,A (2630) [A14]
54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (1), 27.07.2021
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Ng5 Ra7 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bd4 14.Ng5 g6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa7 Bxa7 17.Ne4 f5 18.Bg5 Qb6 19.Ra1 Na6 20.Nf6+ Kg7 21.Rd1 e5 22.Nd5 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 f4 24.gxf4 Bf5 25.Qc3 Bd4 26.Qa3 Nc5 27.e3

27…Bh3 28.Bxh3 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Qxd1+ 30.Bf1 Qg4+ 31.Bg2 exf4 32.Bxf4

32…Rxf4 33.Nxf4 Qxf4 34.exd4 Qxd4+ 0–1