Biel Chess Festival
The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It consists of two events, the Grandmaster Tournament, held with the round-robin system, and the Master Open Tournament (MTO), held with the Swiss system. The Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977.[1][2] The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.
Winners
# Year Grandmaster Tournament Master Open Tournament 1 1968 
Edwin Bhend (Switzerland)
2 1969 
Jan Timman (Netherlands)
3 1970 
Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia)
4 1971 Stanimir Nikolic (Yugoslavia)
5 1972 Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia)
6 1973 Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia)
János Flesch (Hungary)
7 1974 
Bela Soos (Romania)
8 1975 Mišo Cebalo (Yugoslavia)
John Pigott (England)
David Parr (Australia)
9 1976 
Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal) Dragutin Sahovic (Yugoslavia)
Radovan Govedarica (Yugoslavia)
10 1977 Tony Miles (England)
Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)
11 1978 Charles Partos (Switzerland)
12 1979 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel)
Jean Hébert (Canada)
13 1980 Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel)
Israel Zilber (United States)
Josip Rukavina (Yugoslavia)
Beat Züger (Switzerland)
Peter Scheeren (Netherlands)
14 1981 
Eric Lobron (West Germany) 
Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) Nathan Birnboim (Israel)
Laszlo Karsa (Hungary)
Ron Henley (United States)
Eduard Meduna (Czechoslovakia)
15 1982 John Nunn (England) Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) Ivan Nemet (Yugoslavia)
16 1983 Tony Miles (England) John Nunn (England)
Jaan Eslon (Sweden)
17 1984 Vlastimil Hort (West Germany) Robert Hübner (West Germany) Carlos Garcia-Palermo (Argentina)
18 1985 
Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal) Ian Rogers (Australia)
Alon Greenfeld (Israel)
19 1986 Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) Eric Lobron (West Germany) Daniel Cámpora (Argentina)
20 1987 Boris Gulko (United States) Lev Gutman (Israel)
21 1988 Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Boris Gulko (United States) Gennadi Kuzmin (Soviet Union)
22 1989 Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union) Matthias Wahls (West Germany)
23 1990 Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) Viktor Gavrikov (Soviet Union)
24 1991 
Alexei Shirov (Latvia) Zurab Sturua (Soviet Union)
25 1992 
Anatoly Karpov (Russia) Alexander Shabalov (Latvia)
26 1993 
Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal) Vadim Milov (Israel)
27 1994 Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland)
Utut Adianto (Indonesia)
28 1995 
Alexey Dreev (Russia) Igor Glek (Germany)
29 1996 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
Zurab Sturua (Georgia)
30 1997 
Viswanathan Anand (India) Ildar Ibragimov (Russia)
31 1998 
Mladen Palac (Croatia) Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia)
32 1999 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) Vadim Milov (Switzerland)
33 2000 Peter Svidler (Russia) Boris Avrukh (Israel)
34 2001 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) Boris Avrukh (Israel)
35 2002 Ilya Smirin (Israel) Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia)
36 2003 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Mikhail Ulibin (Russia)
37 2004 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
Christian Bauer (France)
38 2005 Boris Gelfand (Israel)
Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) Mikhail Kobalia (Russia)
39 2006 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
Bartosz Soćko (Poland)
40 2007 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Mikhail Ulibin (Russia)
41 2008 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) Vladimir Belov (Russia)
42 2009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Boris Grachev (Russia)
43 2010 
Fabiano Caruana (Italy) Alexander Riazantsev (Russia)
44 2011 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
Ni Hua (China)
45 2012 Wang Hao (China) Igor Kurnosov (Russia)
46 2013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Pentala Harikrishna (India)
47 2014 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Baskaran Adhiban (India)
48 2015 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
49 2016[a] Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Samuel Shankland (United States)
50 2017 Hou Yifan (China) Mateusz Bartel (Poland)
51 2018 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) Suri Vaibhav (India)
52 2019 Vidit Gujrathi (India)
Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)
53 2020 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) Christian Bauer (France)
54 2021 Gata Kamsky (United States)
Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)
55 2022 
Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) Mahammad Muradli (Azerbaijan)
56 2023 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)
Bu Xiangzhi (China)
57 2024 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)
Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)
Event results
2023
The 2023 event invited 8 players to play a triathlon of time control formats: single round-robin in 15+5 rapid time controls, single round-robin in classical time controls with colors reversed from Rapid, and double round-robin in 3+2 blitz time controls. Points are given each game according to time controls: 4-1½-0 for classical, 2-1-0 for rapid, and 1-½-0 for blitz.[3] This event was included for the 2023 FIDE Circuit, but only the classical section results were used for circuit points calculation.
2023 Biel Masters Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Blitz Classical Total 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)5 8½ 19 32½ 2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)10 5 16½ 31½ 3 David Navara (Czech Republic)10 7½ 13 30½ 4 Arjun Erigaisi (India)5 10½ 10 25½ 5 Yu Yangyi (China)9 7½ 7½ 24 6 Jules Moussard (France)6 7 10½ 23½ 7 
Bassem Amin (Egypt)8 3½ 8½ 20 8 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)3 6½ 9 18½
2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 16 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[4] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points T-1 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2617 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 10 T-1 David Navara (Czech Republic)2689 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 10 3 Yu Yangyi (China)2734 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 9 4 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2588 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 8 5 Jules Moussard (France)2605 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 T-6 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2714 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 T-6 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2661 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 8 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2634 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 18–26 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Circuit 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2728 0 1½ 1½ 4 4 4 4 19 19.91 2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2690 4 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 4 4 16½ 15.93 3 David Navara (Czech Republic)2689 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 13 13.94 4 Jules Moussard (France)2654 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 10½ 11.95 5 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2710 0 4 1½ 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 10 – 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2693 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 9 – 7 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2694 0 0 0 1½ 4 1½ 1½ 8½ – 8 Yu Yangyi (China)2735 0 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 7½ –
2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 22 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[6] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 1 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2710 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10½ 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2643 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ T-3 David Navara (Czech Republic)2675 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 7½ T-3 Yu Yangyi (China)2770 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ 5 Jules Moussard (France)2626 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2644 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 6½ 7 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2669 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 5 8 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2670 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 3½
- Master Tournament Open
2023 Biel Masters Tournament, 17–27 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[7] Player Rating Points TB1 TB2 Circuit 1 Bu Xiangzhi (China)2676 8/10 60 503 10.38 2 Aryan Chopra (India)2626 7½/10 58½ 504 8.30 3 Liu Yan (China)2542 7/10 57½ 490 5.38 4 Peng Xiongjian (China)2489 7/10 56½ 489 4.86 5 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (Vietnam)2645 7/10 56½ 488 4.34 6 Nico Chasin (United States)2455 7/10 55½ 484 3.83 7 V.S. Rathanvel (India)2463 7/10 54½ 469 3.31 8 Read Samadov (Azerbaijan)2482 7/10 53½ 477½ 2.79 9 Robert Shlyakhtenko (United States)2401 7/10 48 456 1.75 10 Georg Seul (Germany)2376 7/10 46½ 449 1.75 Total entries: 98 players
2024
The 2024 event had 2 invitational sections, Masters and Challengers, with 6 players each. Each section played the same triathlon format from the previous event with the same point distribution, except that after all three phases are played, top 3 in total points, along with 4th place if they are within 12 points from first place, will continue play with a second classical round-robin.[8]
2024 Biel Masters Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)5 12½ 6½ 7 31 2 
Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)7 7½ 6½ 4½ 25½ 3 R Praggnanandhaa (India)5 7 7 5½ 24½ 4 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)4 12½ 2½ 3 22 5 Vincent Keymer (Germany)5 8½ 2 15½ 6 Sam Shankland (United States)4 3 5½ 12½
2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[9] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2599 2 1 1 1 2 7 T-2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2645 0 0 2 2 1 5 T-2 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2709 1 2 1 1 0 5 T-2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2659 1 0 1 1 2 5 T-5 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 1 0 1 1 1 4 T-5 Sam Shankland (United States)2622 0 1 2 0 1 4
2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[10] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points T-1 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 4 12½ T-1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 1½ 4 1½ 1½ 4 12½ 3 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2721 1½ 0 1½ 4 1½ 8½ 4 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2661 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 7½ 5 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2757 0 1½ 0 1½ 4 7 6 Sam Shankland (United States)2683 0 0 1½ 1½ 0 3
2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[11] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2680 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 T-2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2700 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ T-2 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2716 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 4 Sam Shankland (United States)2648 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 5 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2449 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2½ 6 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2607 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2
2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[12] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 4 1½ 1½ 7 2 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2757 0 1½ 4 5½ 3 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2661 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 4 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 1½ 0 1½ 3
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total 1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)6 15 9 5½ 35½ 2 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)7 11 5 5½ 28½ 3 R Vaishali (India)5 15 2½ 0 22½ 4 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)5 9½ 3 17½ 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)4 3 5½ 12½ 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)3 1½ 5 9½
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[13] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2574 2 0 2 2 1 7 2 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2659 0 2 2 0 2 6 T-3 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2523 2 0 1 0 2 5 T-3 R Vaishali (India)2359 0 0 1 2 2 5 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2445 0 2 2 0 0 4 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2428 1 0 0 0 2 3
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[14] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points T-1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2638 1½ 1½ 4 4 4 15 T-1 R Vaishali (India)2488 1½ 4 4 1½ 4 15 3 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2644 1½ 0 1½ 4 4 11 4 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2653 0 0 1½ 4 4 9½ 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2620 0 1½ 0 0 1½ 3 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2535 0 0 0 0 1½ 1½
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[15] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2654 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 2 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2443 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 5½ T-3 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2569 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5 T-3 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2471 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5 5 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2519 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 R Vaishali (India)2366 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 2½
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[16] Player Rating 1 2 3 Points T-1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2638 1½ 4 5½ T-1 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2633 1½ 4 5½ 3 R Vaishali (India)2488 0 0 0
- Master Tournament Open
2024 Biel Masters Tournament, 15–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[17] Player Rating Points SB Circuit 1 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2565 7½/10 47 8.32 2 Leon Luke Mendonca (India)2615 7½/10 45 7.38 3 Ayush Sharma (India)2342 7½/10 44¾ 6.91 4 
Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzbekistan)2512 7½/10 44¼ 6.45 5 Krishnan Sasikiran (India)2581 7/10 42½ 3.44 6 Aryan Chopra (India)2632 7/10 42 2.97 7 Xue Haowen (China)2452 7/10 41½ 2.50 8 Aldiyar Ansat (Kazakhstan)2458 7/10 40 2.03 9 
Arseniy Nesterov (FIDE)2602 7/10 39½ 1.09 10 
Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (Mongolia)2407 7/10 38½ 1.09 Total entries: 128 players
Notes
- ^ In 2016 a match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler took place instead of the traditional round-robin Grandmaster Tournament.
References
- ^ International Chess Festival Biel – Previous winners
- ^ Torneo Biel
- ^ "Regulations". Archived from the original on 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Grand Master Triathlon (GMT) - Rapid Biel International Chess Festival 2023".
- ^ "Grand Master Triathlon (GMT) - Classical Biel International Chess Festival 2023".
- ^ "Grand Master Triathlon (GMT) - Blitz Biel International Chess Festival 2023".
- ^ "Master Tournament (MTO) Biel International Chess Festival".
- ^ "Regulations". Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Rapid". 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Qualifier". 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Blitz". 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Final". 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Rapid". 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Qualifier". 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Blitz". 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Final". 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Master tournament".
