Once again, Fabiano defended very well even though Alekseev pushed very hard. All three games in this round are drawn and there is no change in the standings.
Alekseev, E – Caruana, F [B76]
Biel (5), 24.07.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Bh6+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Qb6 16.Qxe7 Be6 17.Qa3 Rad8 18.Bd3 Rd5 19.Rhe1 Ra5 20.Qc3 Rxa2 21.b3 Ra5 22.Bc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Rc5 24.Qd4 Qb5 25.Kb2 a5 26.Ra1 Rd5 27.Qf4 Rf5 28.Qe4 Rd8 29.Rad1 Rfd5 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Qd4 Qb4 32.Rd1 Qd6 33.h4 Qe6 34.g4 a4 35.Qxa4 Qf6+ 36.Qd4 Qxh4 37.b4 Qh2 38.Rd3 Qe2 39.Qe3 Qf1 40.Qd2 Re8 41.Rxd5 Qxf3 42.g5 h5 43.gxh6 Kh7 44.Qd4 Kxh6 45.b5 Ra8 46.b6 Qf1 47.Kb3 Qa6 48.Kc3 Re8 49.Kb2 Ra8 50.Kc3 Re8 51.Kb2 Ra8 52.Kc3 ½–½
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Gelfand, B – Vachier Lagrave, M [A15]
Biel (5), 24.07.2009
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Nb6 8.d3 Na6 9.Bf4 c6 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Rfd1 Nc7 12.Ne5 Be6 13.d4 Ncd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qb6 17.Nf3 f6 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.e3 Nc7 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Qc4+ Be6 22.Qe2 Bd5 23.Ne1 e5 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.Nf3 Qc5 26.Ng5 Qe7 27.Ne4 Kg7 28.Qc2 Ne6 29.Qc3 Ng5 30.Nxg5 Qxg5 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.f4 Qf6 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.fxe5 Rfe8 35.Rac1 Rd7 36.e4 Rxe5 37.Rxd5 Rexd5 38.exd5 Rxd5 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rxb7 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+ ½–½
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Morozevich, A – Ivanchuk, V [D31]
Biel (5), 24.07.2009
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 ½–½
Standings after 5 rounds:
| 1-2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2703 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1-2. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2751 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2670 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2755 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2714 | 2 |
Fabiano will win this tournament.
Morozevich and Ivanchuk drew after only 12 moves! There should be a limit to the minimum # of moves necessary before a draw is called…
After i told bobby about this science on icc he said “kasparov is the best at the old chess!” hehe He love playin Oneupmanship!! This kid just done that to Gelfand hehe.
That Morozevich/Ivanchuk game was a real thriller. And to think I have praised both of them for their fighting spirit in the past.
Well Yancey perhaps you were praised for your worthy remarks before this one.
Yancey, I fully agree with you.
I really like both players’ style but today’s game was a shame 🙁
Likely, Moro wanted to recover from his defeat yesterday while Chucky of course can be happy with this easy draw with the black pieces with this tournament standing.
Let’s hope they both start fighting again next games…
Another one of Lionel’s deep comments. His comments are so deep that noone understands what on earth is he talking about.
Patzer against Patzer gives a draw in 12 moves!
Only the Worlds’s Number One –
Topy kicks ass!
Alekseev stays in small distance; he will succeed at last!