30 July 2017

Etienne Bacrot Maintains Leadership in Biel

Round 6 games are played.

Photo: Biel International Chess Festival
Photo: Biel International Chess Festival
In round 6 of the Grandmasters Tournament of the 50th Biel International Chess Festival Ruslan Ponomariov defeated David Navara, Pentala Harikrishna bested You Yifan, Rafael Vaganian outplayed Noël Studer. The games Bacrot - Leko and Geogiadis - Morozevich ended in a draw.



Standings after round 6:

1. Bacrot - 4.5 
2-3. Ponomariov, Harikrishna - 4
4-5. Hou Yifan, Georgiadis - 3.5
6. Morozevich - 3
7. Leko - 2.5
8-9. Navara, Vaganian - 2
10. Studer - 1. 

Round 7 parings:

Morozevich - Ponomariov, Studer - Georgiadis, Leko - Vaganian, Hou Yifan - Bacrot, Navara - Harikrishna.

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