Biel: Alexander Morozevich Didn't Play Against Carlsen Due to Medical Problems and Withdrew the Tournament

The official website of the festival held in Biel reports that GM Viorel Bologan accepted to play instead of Morozevich who withdrew the tournament due to health issues. 

The fourth round of the main tournament in the Biel festival has started. Viorel Bologan, who replaced Alexander Morozevich, started to play. You can watch the games live.

The official website of the traditional festival in Swiss Biel reported that world #1 player Norwegian Magnus Carlsen will replace Cuban player Leinier Dominguez who was already announced as the participant of the main tournament. 

There is a change in Russian Olympic team which is going to play in Istanbul this year. Evgeny Tomashevsky will take the place of Alexander Morozevich. This info appeared on the official site in the “Countries” section and was confirmed by the head coach of the Russian team Yury Dokhoian.

Morozevich will not be able to participate in the main team tournament of the year because of his poor health conditions. The same reason forced him to leave the tournament in Biel.

Magnus Carlsen, having won in a lengthy and complex battle against Viorel Bologan, improved his tournament standing. Now he's already in the third place and only one three-point win separates him from Wang Hao. In the last half a year, the Norwegian has taught his fans to expect reserved starts and effective finishes. It's possible that he would demonstrate a similar scenario in Biel.

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The 5th round games of the main tournament of the festival held in Biel start at 16:00 MSK Time. The leader Wang Hao is white against Viorel Bologan. They have a 9 point difference in "3 points for a win" format. Watch this and other games of the competition live. 

The seventh Mikhail Tal Memorial will start on 7 June in Moscow's Pashkov House. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Luke McShane will participate.