38th Biel Chess Festival Tournament, Magnus Carlen and Yannick Pelletier (Score sheet)

Author: Pelletier, Yannick (1976- ) and Magnus Carlsen signedYear: 2005Publisher: Biel International Chess CommitteePlace: BielDescription:1 sheet. In Yannick Pelletier;s hand (white) of round seven of the tournament which was won by Pelletier against at that time 15 year old Carlsen Magnus (black). Signed by both contestants.The traditional International Chess Festival is took place from 17th-29th July 2005 in Biel/Bienne, in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. The main event featured six strong Grand Masters in a double round robin with a category of 16 (average Elo 2637). The contestants were Andrei Volokitin, Boris Gelfand, Yannick Pelletier, Christian Bauer, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen. After seven rounds the US champion Hikaru Nakamura was in the lead, with 4.5 points, half a point more than Volokitin, Gelfand and Pelletier. Then disaster struck for this very talented and very determined young player. Hikaru lost his last three games, to Bauer, Pelletier and Gelfand. After