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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 00:00 |
 The traditional Biel Chess Festival is in full swing with 9 events this year: a GM tournament, the Accentus Ladies tournament, Master tournament with 98 players, main tournament with 162 players, Swiss blitz tournament on 23rd July, Youth tournament on 24th July, Swiss rapid tournament won by GM Evgeny Alekseev, simultaneous tournament and Chess-Tennis Tournament. Visit the Festival web site.
The traditional Biel Chess Festival is in full swing with 9 events this year: a GM tournament, the Accentus Ladies tournament, Master tournament with 98 players, main tournament with 162 players, Swiss blitz tournament on 23rd July, Youth tournament on 24th July, Swiss rapid tournament won by GM Evgeny Alekseev, simultaneous tournament and Chess-Tennis Tournament. Visit the Festival web site.
The six Grandmasters starting the Tournament 2005 in Biel are, from left, Hikaru Nakamura, Yannick Pelletier, Magnus Carlsen, Christian Bauer, Andrei Volokitin and Boris Gelfand.
The players starting the Women`s Tournament 2005 in Biel are, from left, Elena Sedina, Inna Gaponenko, Elisabeth Pahtz, Almira Skripchenko, Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi and Ekaterina Korbut |
