A crucial victory by GM Vachier-Lagrave over GM Navara in the penultimate round of the Biel Grandmasters Tournament allowed him to catch up with GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek at the top of the table. The duo now lead the pack with a score of 5.5/9.
Meanwhile, GM Richard Rapport’s terrible run of form at Biel continued as he lost another game, this time to GM Pavel Eljanov. Rapport, so far, has only managed to score 2 points out of a possible 9 with no wins by his name.
Round 9 Results:
| Navara | 2724 | 0-1 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2731 |
| Rapport | 2671 | 0-1 | Eljanov | 2723 |
| Adams | 2740 | ½-½ | Wojtaszek | 2733 |
Rankings before the Final Round:
| Rank | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 5.5 |
| 1 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 5.5 |
| 3 | Navara, David | 5 |
| 4 | Adams, Michael | 4.5 |
| 4 | Eljanov, Pavel | 4.5 |
| 6 | Rapport, Richard | 2 |