Didn't see that one coming, did you? Okay, you probably did, but during the game few spectators expected that Magnus Carlsen would defeat Viktor Bologan. A Moscow/Rossolimo Sicilian hybrid turned into a sort of Ruy Lopez, and with White Bologan came out of the opening in great shape. His position was a little more comfortable, and he had a huge lead on the clock. After 17 moves Bologan had more than 70 minutes left; Carlsen just 29. Three moves later Bologan still had over an hour left, Carlsen less than nine minutes.
That time needed to be spent, as Black needed to play accurately to neutralize White's initiative. Carlsen succeeded and equalized, and kept his cool as his time continued dwindling away - 3 minutes left with 15 minutes to go. A key moment came at move 32. Bologan spent a ton of time - almost half an hour - before playing a move that looked inaccurate. By now he was a little worse, but the spectators and (or maybe because of) the engines preferred 32.h5, keeping and fixing the pawn on h6 as a weakness and possible snack for a knight after Ng4 or Nf5. Instead he traded, and after 32.hxg5 hxg5 played 33.Rd2 b3 34.Bxe5?, hoping for and probably expecting 34...fxe5.
What Bologan missed was 34...g4! (Incidentally, this trick is one reason why 33.g4 would have been a good move.) Now 35.Nxg4, as played, allows a decisive queenside infiltration with 35...Nc4, but if the knight retreats then White's compensation for the piece (after 35...fxe5) would be inadequate. After 35...Nc4 Bologan was lost, and further errors on moves 36, 38, 39 and 40 let Carlsen finish the time control with a move forcing a quick and simple mate.
So Bologan has lost all four of his own games in Biel, "building" on Alexander Morozevich's double donut. Incidentally, we need a term for their combined 0-6 score. Two losses are castling short (0-0), three are castling long (0-0-0), four have been described as an "Audi" (the company's logo has four rings), five as Olympic rings. It's not a visual metaphor, but maybe we can call it "getting Fischered", after the fate suffered by Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen in their Candidates matches with the late and former world champion Bobby Fischer?
Standings After Round 6:
1. Wang Hao 13 (on 3-1-0 scoring)
2. Giri 11
3. Carlsen 10
4. Nakamura 9
5. Bacrot 5
6. Morozevich/Bologan 0
Round 7 Pairings:
Giri - Nakamura
Bologan - Bacrot
Wang Hao - Carlsen