Being one of the lowest seeds in a very strong 2009 Biel 6-player double round robin tournament, Vachier-Lagrave finds himself leading the tournament by 1/2 point going into the final round tomorrow. He will have Black against the dangerous Alekseev.
Here are the final round matchups:
| Round 10 (July 30th) | |||||||
| Alexander Morozevich | (RUS) |
– | Fabiano Caruana | (ITA) | |||
| Boris Gelfand | (ISR) |
– | Vassily Ivanchuk | (UKR) | |||
| Evgeny Alekseev | (RUS) |
– | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | (FRA) |
Standings after 9 rounds:
| 1. | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | (FRA, 2703) | 5.5 |
| 2. |
Vassily Ivanchuk | (UKR, 2703) | 5 |
| Alexander Morozevich | (RUS, 2751) | 5 |
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| 4. | Evgeny Alekseev | (RUS, 2714) | 4.5 |
| 5. |
Fabiano Caruana | (ITA, 2670) | 3.5 |
| Boris Gelfand | (ISR, 2755) | 3.5 |
Official website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Alekseev will win. Period.