In the end, the favourite prevailed. The top seed at the Biel Master Open, Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi, won the strong 10-round tournament. In second place, half a point behind, finished GM Aryan Chopra from India. A group of eight players collected 7 points the best tiebreak score was obtained by GM Liu Yan, Bu’s compatriot, who thus completed the podium. | Photos: Official website
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Before the last day of play, three players still have chances to win the Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel: Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Lieam and David Navara. Thanks to his win over Bassem Amin, Keymer is now back atop the tournament standings. The 18-year-old German stands half a point ahead of Le and 2½ points ahead of Navara. | Photos: Official website
Defending champion Le Quang Liem took the lead at the Grandmaster Triathlon in after convincingly beating top seed Yu Yangyi with the black pieces. Le was the top scorer in classical chess last year, and is again impressing in that discipline this time around. The Vietnamese grandmaster has won four out of five classical games so far, two of them with the black pieces. | Photos: Official website
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