Biel International Chess Festival will take place from July 21 to August 3. Morozevich, the top seed and defending champion had to withdraw due to health reason. Radjabov is now the top rated player of the event. My sister Judit and Alex Onischuk are also in the tournament. Here is the field:
Teimour Radjabov
Alexander Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen
Judit Polgar
Bu Xianghzi
Loek van Wely
Alexander Onischuk
Alexander Motylev
Boris Avrukh
Yannick Pelletier
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good to see Judit playing. I always want her to win. My feeling is she is a bit rusty and I hope she gets back into top form quickly and does well. Would be nice to see her win this but Radjabov must be the favorite. He has been playing well recently.
This is a great tournament but I think Radjabov may find it tougher to win for there is some very tough customers playing and there are many which could upset him! I personally would love to see Judit take First Place and she may very well do this but let us not forget Magnus or Bu!
I will root for judith and carlsen!