The 2009 Biel International Chess Festival will take place on July 18-31, 2009. The main event is a category IXX tournament.
Official website: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
| Biel Grandmaster Tournament (SUI), 18-31 vii 2009 cat. IXX (2713) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | NAT | Rating | |||
| Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2751 | |||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2746 | |||
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | |||
| Evgeny Alekseev | RUS | 2716 | |||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2684 | |||
| Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2649 | |||
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Vassily needs rest or he’ll be below 2600.
Finally Morozevich will be playing again. Almost thought he had retired…
Someone from the great state of Massachusetts seems oddly interested in Caruana. Check out rgcp.