Rajabov finishes second at Biel

The tournament was won in fine style by the mercurial Alexander Morozevich, who recovered from two losses to his main rival Magnus Carlsen, to go through the rest of the field like a hot knife through butter. Apart from the Carlsen games and a final round draw Morozevich won all the rest of his games, played some of the most exciting chess we have seen this year. It is a delight to go through then with Fritz as a GM consultant. Moroz displayed a performance in Biel of 2853, which incidentally means that his score against the given opposition was exactly what one would expect of a player with that rating.

Second was 19-year-old Teimour Rajabov of Azerbaijan, who is scheduled to challenge Veselin Topalov for the world championship title next year. Rajabov, who played fighting chess through most of the tournament, could have got more, but he took a 16-move draw against tail-ender Bruzon in the penultimate round, and a ten-move draw against the leader Morozevich in the final encounter.

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