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The tournament started after a two-and-a-half-hour weather delay. Conditions are expected to improve throughout the day.

The tournament started after a two-and-a-half-hour weather delay. Conditions are expected to improve throughout the day.

Before the last day of play, three players still have chances to win the Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel: Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Lieam and David Navara. Thanks to his win over Bassem Amin, Keymer is now back atop the tournament standings. The 18-year-old German stands half a point ahead of Le and 2½ points ahead of Navara. | Photos: Official website

Defending champion Le Quang Liem took the lead at the Grandmaster Triathlon in after convincingly beating top seed Yu Yangyi with the black pieces. Le was the top scorer in classical chess last year, and is again impressing in that discipline this time around. The Vietnamese grandmaster has won four out of five classical games so far, two of them with the black pieces. | Photos: Official website

The new sole leader of the Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel is Vincent Keymer. The youngest participant in the competition beat top seed Yu Yangyi and was thus able to leave former co-leader Navara behind in the standings. The latter signed his third consecutive draw, this time against Bogdan-Daniel Deac. Le Quang Liem climbed to third place after beating Arjun Erigaisi. | Photos: Official website

Vincent Keymer won the duel of pursuers in the Biel Grandmaster Tournament on International Chess Day, as he defeated Le Quang Liem with the white pieces. Keymer is now sharing the lead with David Navara. Bassem Amin also won in round 4, as he got the better of Arjun Erigaisi to claim 4 points for the standings (in the classical section of the Triathlon, wins grant 4 points while draws grant 1½ points). | Photos: Official website

Le Quang Liem was the only player to score a victory in the second round of classical games at the Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel. Meanwhile, sole leader David Navara successfully defended an outstanding endgame with rook and pawn against six pawns in his game against Arjun Erigaisi. Le is now sharing second place with Vincent Keymer. | Photos: Official website

David Navara won his first classical game at the Biel Chess Festival to grab the early sole lead in the GM Triathlon. The Czech star defeated Bassem Amin, while Vincent Keymer, who entered the round as co-leader after the rapid, only managed a draw against Jules Moussard. The longest game of the day saw Arjun Erigaisi holding a draw with black against Yu Yangyi. | Photos: Official website

In about a week, on 15 July, the traditional Biel Chess Festival will begin. In a Grandmaster Triathlon eight top players will show their skills in classical, rapid and blitz chess, and this Grandmaster Tournament is embedded in a wide range of open tournaments for all tastes and playing levels. | Photo: Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: ChessBase India

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