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Biel Chess Festival
Swiss chess tournament (1968-pres.)
Swiss chess tournament (1968-pres.)
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. The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.
Winners
:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! Grandmaster Tournament !!Master Open Tournament |- | 1 || 1968 || || Edwin Bhend |- | 2 || 1969 || || Jan Timman |- | 3 || 1970 || || Predrag Ostojic |- | 4 || 1971 || || Stanimir Nikolic |- | 5 || 1972 || || Milan Vukic |- | 6 || 1973 || || Milan Vukic János Flesch |- | 7 || 1974 || || Bela Soos |- | 8 || 1975 || || Mišo Cebalo John Pigott David Parr |- | 9 || 1976 || Bent Larsen (Interzonal) || Dragutin Sahovic Radovan Govedarica |- | 10 || 1977 || Tony Miles || Miguel Quinteros |- | 11 || 1978 || || Charles Partos |- | 12 || 1979 || Viktor Korchnoi || Yehuda Gruenfeld Jean Hébert |- | 13 || 1980 || Yehuda Gruenfeld || Israel Zilber Josip Rukavina Beat Züger Peter Scheeren |- | 14 || 1981 || Eric Lobron Vlastimil Hort|| Nathan Birnboim Laszlo Karsa Ron Henley Eduard Meduna |- | 15 || 1982 || John Nunn Florin Gheorghiu || Ivan Nemet |- | 16 || 1983 || Tony Miles John Nunn || Jaan Eslon |- | 17 || 1984 || Vlastimil Hort Robert Hübner|| Carlos Garcia-Palermo |- | 18 || 1985 || Rafael Vaganian (Interzonal) || Ian Rogers Alon Greenfeld |- | 19 || 1986 || Lev Polugaevsky Eric Lobron|| Daniel Cámpora |- | 20 || 1987 || Boris Gulko || Lev Gutman |- | 21 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov Boris Gulko||Gennadi Kuzmin |- | 22 || 1989 || Vassily Ivanchuk||Matthias Wahls |- | 23 || 1990 || Anatoly Karpov||Viktor Gavrikov |- | 24 || 1991 || Alexei Shirov||Zurab Sturua |- | 25 || 1992 || Anatoly Karpov||Alexander Shabalov |- | 26 || 1993 || Boris Gelfand (Interzonal)||Vadim Milov |- | 27 || 1994 || Viktor Gavrikov||Utut Adianto |- | 28 || 1995 || Alexey Dreev|| Igor Glek |- | 29 || 1996 || Anatoly Karpov|| Zurab Sturua |- | 30 || 1997 || Viswanathan Anand|| Ildar Ibragimov |- | 31 || 1998 || Mladen Palac|| Milos Pavlovic |- | 32 || 1999 || Jeroen Piket || Vadim Milov |- | 33 || 2000 || Peter Svidler|| Boris Avrukh |- | 34 || 2001 || Viktor Korchnoi|| Boris Avrukh |- | 35 || 2002 || Ilya Smirin|| Milos Pavlovic |- | 36 || 2003 || Alexander Morozevich|| Mikhail Ulibin |- | 37 || 2004 || Alexander Morozevich|| Christian Bauer |- | 38 || 2005 || Boris Gelfand Andrei Volokitin || Mikhail Kobalia |- | 39 || 2006 || Alexander Morozevich || Bartosz Soćko |- | 40 || 2007 || Magnus Carlsen || Mikhail Ulibin |- | 41 || 2008 || Evgeny Alekseev || Vladimir Belov |- | 42 || 2009 || Maxime Vachier-Lagrave || Boris Grachev |- | 43 || 2010 || Fabiano Caruana || Alexander Riazantsev |- | 44 || 2011 || Magnus Carlsen || Ni Hua |- | 45 || 2012 || Wang Hao || Igor Kurnosov |- | 46 || 2013 || Maxime Vachier-Lagrave || Pentala Harikrishna |- | 47 || 2014 || Maxime Vachier-Lagrave || Baskaran Adhiban |- | 48 || 2015 || Maxime Vachier-Lagrave || Emil Sutovsky |- | 49 || 2016 || Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ||Samuel Shankland |- | 50 || 2017 || Hou Yifan || Mateusz Bartel |- | 51 || 2018 || Shakhriyar Mamedyarov || Suri Vaibhav |- | 52 || 2019 || Vidit Gujrathi || Amin Tabatabaei |- | 53 || 2020 || Radosław Wojtaszek || Christian Bauer |- | 54 || 2021 || Gata Kamsky || Salem Saleh |- | 55 || 2022 || Lê Quang Liêm || Mahammad Muradli |- |56 |2023 |Lê Quang Liêm
| Bu Xiangzhi |
|---|
| 57 |
| 2024 |
| Lê Quang Liêm |
| Rinat Jumabayev |
| - |
| 58 |
| 2025 |
| Vladimir Fedoseev |
| Karthikeyan Murali |
| } |
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. This event was included for the 2023 FIDE Circuit, but only the classical section results were used for circuit points calculation.
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2023 Biel Masters Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Classical !! Total |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || align="left" | Lê Quang Liêm || 5 || 8½ || 19 ! 32½ |- | 2 || align="left" | Vincent Keymer || 10 || 5 || 16½ ! 31½ |- | 3 || align="left" | David Navara || 10 || 7½ || 13 ! 30½ |- | 4 || align="left" | Arjun Erigaisi || 5 || 10½ || 10 ! 25½ |- | 5 || align="left" | Yu Yangyi || 9 || 7½ || 7½ ! 24 |- | 6 || align="left" | Jules Moussard || 6 || 7 || 10½ ! 23½ |- | 7 || align="left" | Bassem Amin || 8 || 3½ || 8½ ! 20 |- | 8 || align="left" | Bogdan-Daniel Deac || 3 || 6½ || 9 ! 18½ |- |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 16 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points |- | T-1 || align=left| Vincent Keymer || 2617 | || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 ! 10 |- | T-1 || align=left| David Navara || 2689 | 0 || || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 ! 10 |- | 3 || align=left| Yu Yangyi || 2734 | 1 || 1 || || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 ! 9 |- | 4 || align=left| Bassem Amin || 2588 | 1 || 0 || 1 || || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 ! 8 |- | 5 || align=left| Jules Moussard || 2605 | 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || || 0 || 2 || 2 ! 6 |- | T-6 || align=left| Arjun Erigaisi || 2714 | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || || 2 || 1 ! 5 |- | T-6 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2661 | 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || || 2 ! 5 |- | 8 || align=left| Bogdan-Daniel Deac || 2634 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || ! 3 |- |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 18–26 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points !! Circuit |- | 1 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2728 | || 0 || 1½ || 1½ || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 ! 19
| 19.91 |
|---|
| 2 |
| 4 |
| ! 16½ |
| 15.93 |
| - |
| 3 |
| 1½ |
| ! 13 |
| 13.94 |
| - |
| 4 |
| 1½ |
| ! 10½ |
| 11.95 |
| - |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| ! 10 |
| – |
| - |
| 6 |
| 0 |
| ! 9 |
| – |
| - |
| 7 |
| 0 |
| ! 8½ |
| – |
| - |
| 8 |
| 0 |
| ! 7½ |
| – |
| - |
| } |
| :{ |
| +class=nowrap |
| ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points |
| - |
| 1 |
| ! 10½ |
| - |
| 2 |
| 0 0 |
| ! 8½ |
| - |
| T-3 |
| 0 ½ |
| ! 7½ |
| - |
| T-3 |
| ½ 0 |
| ! 7½ |
| - |
| 5 |
| 0 1 |
| ! 7 |
| - |
| 6 |
| ½ 0 |
| ! 6½ |
| - |
| 7 |
| ½ 0 |
| ! 5 |
| - |
| 8 |
| ½ 0 |
| ! 3½ |
| - |
| } |
;Master Tournament Open :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 Biel Masters Tournament, 17–27 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |- ! !! Player !! Rating ! Points !! TB1 !! TB2 ! Circuit |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || align=left| Bu Xiangzhi || 2676 ! 8/10 | 60 || 503 || 10.38 |- | 2 || align=left| Aryan Chopra || 2626 ! 7½/10 | 58½ || 504 || 8.30 |- | 3 || align=left| Liu Yan || 2542 ! 7/10 | 57½ || 490 || 5.38 |- | 4 || align=left| Peng Xiongjian || 2489 ! 7/10 | 56½ || 489 || 4.86 |- | 5 || align=left| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn || 2645 ! 7/10 | 56½ || 488 || 4.34 |- | 6 || align=left| Nico Chasin || 2455 ! 7/10 | 55½ || 484 || 3.83 |- | 7 || align=left| V.S. Rathanvel || 2463 ! 7/10 | 54½ || 469 || 3.31 |- | 8 || align=left| Read Samadov || 2482 ! 7/10 | 53½ || 477½ || 2.79 |- | 9 || align=left| Robert Shlyakhtenko || 2401 ! 7/10 | 48 || 456 || 1.75 |- | 10 || align=left| Georg Seul || 2376 ! 7/10 | 46½ || 449 || 1.75
| - |
|---|
| } |
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.
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2024 Biel Masters Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || align="left" | Lê Quang Liêm || 5 || 12½ || 6½ || 7 ! 31 |- | 2 || align="left" | Haik M. Martirosyan || 7 || 7½ || 6½ || 4½ ! 25½ |- | 3 || align="left" | R Praggnanandhaa || 5 || 7 || 7 || 5½ ! 24½ |- | 4 || align="left" | Abhimanyu Mishra || 4 || 12½ || 2½ || 3 ! 22 |- | 5 || align="left" | Vincent Keymer || 5 || 8½ || 2 || ! 15½ |- | 6 || align="left" | Sam Shankland || 4 || 3 || 5½ || ! 12½ |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| Haik M. Martirosyan || 2599 | || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 ! 7 |- | T-2 || align=left| Vincent Keymer || 2645 | 0 || || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 ! 5 |- | T-2 || align=left| R Praggnanandhaa || 2709 | 1 || 2 || || 1 || 1 || 0 ! 5 |- | T-2 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2659 | 1 || 0 || 1 || || 1 || 2 ! 5 |- | T-5 || align=left| Abhimanyu Mishra || 2604 | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || || 1 ! 4 |- | T-5 || align=left| Sam Shankland || 2622 | 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || ! 4 |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | T-1 || align=left| Abhimanyu Mishra || 2604 | || 1½ || 1½ || 1½ || 4 || 4 ! 12½ |- | T-1 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2731 | 1½ || || 4 || 1½ || 1½ || 4 ! 12½ |- | 3 || align=left| Vincent Keymer || 2721 | 1½ || 0 || || 1½ || 4 || 1½ ! 8½ |- | 4 || align=left| Haik M. Martirosyan || 2661 | 1½ || 1½ || 1½ || || 1½ || 1½ ! 7½ |- | 5 || align=left| R Praggnanandhaa || 2757 | 0 || 1½ || 0 || 1½ || || 4 ! 7 |- | 6 || align=left| Sam Shankland || 2683 | 0 || 0 || 1½ || 1½ || 0 || ! 3 |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| R Praggnanandhaa || 2680 | || 1 ½ || ½ 0 || 1 0 || 1 1 || 1 1 ! 7 |- | T-2 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2700 | 0 ½ || || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || ½ 1 || 1 1 ! 6½ |- | T-2 || align=left| Haik M. Martirosyan || 2716 | ½ 1 || ½ ½ || || 0 1 || 1 ½ || 1 ½ ! 6½ |- | 4 || align=left| Sam Shankland || 2648 | 0 1 || 0 ½ || 1 0 || || ½ ½ || 1 1 ! 5½ |- | 5 || align=left| Abhimanyu Mishra || 2449 | 0 0 || ½ 0 || 0 ½ || ½ ½ || || ½ 0 ! 2½ |- | 6 || align=left| Vincent Keymer || 2607 | 0 0 || 0 0 || 0 ½ || 0 0 || ½ 1 || ! 2 |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| Lê Quang Liêm || 2731 | || 4 || 1½ || 1½ ! 7 |- | 2 || align=left| R Praggnanandhaa || 2757 | 0 || || 1½ || 4 ! 5½ |- | 3 || align=left| Haik M. Martirosyan || 2661 | 1½ || 1½ || || 1½ ! 4½ |- | 4 || align=left| Abhimanyu Mishra || 2604 | 1½ || 0 || 1½ || ! 3 |}
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || align="left" | Salem Saleh || 6 || 15 || 9 || 5½ ! 35½ |- | 2 || align="left" | Alexander Donchenko || 7 || 11 || 5 || 5½ ! 28½ |- | 3 || align="left" | R Vaishali || 5 || 15 || 2½ || 0 ! 22½ |- | 4 || align="left" | Jonas Buhl Bjerre || 5 || 9½ || 3 || ! 17½ |- | 5 || align="left" | Marc'Andria Maurizzi || 4 || 3 || 5½ || ! 12½ |- | 6 || align="left" | Ihor Samunenkov || 3 || 1½ || 5 || ! 9½ |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| Alexander Donchenko || 2574 | || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 1 ! 7 |- | 2 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2659 | 0 || || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 ! 6 |- | T-3 || align=left| Jonas Buhl Bjerre || 2523 | 2 || 0 || || 1 || 0 || 2 ! 5 |- | T-3 || align=left| R Vaishali || 2359 | 0 || 0 || 1 || || 2 || 2 ! 5 |- | 5 || align=left| Marc'Andria Maurizzi || 2445 | 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || || 0 ! 4 |- | 6 || align=left| Ihor Samunenkov || 2428 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || ! 3 |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | T-1 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2638 | || 1½ || 1½ || 4 || 4 || 4 ! 15 |- | T-1 || align=left| R Vaishali || 2488 | 1½ || || 4 || 4 || 1½ || 4 ! 15 |- | 3 || align=left| Alexander Donchenko || 2644 | 1½ || 0 || || 1½ || 4 || 4 ! 11 |- | 4 || align=left| Jonas Buhl Bjerre || 2653 | 0 || 0 || 1½ || || 4 || 4 ! 9½ |- | 5 || align=left| Marc'Andria Maurizzi || 2620 | 0 || 1½ || 0 || 0 || || 1½ ! 3 |- | 6 || align=left| Ihor Samunenkov || 2535 | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1½ || ! 1½ |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2654 | || 1 1 || 1 ½ || 1 ½ || 1 1 || 1 1 ! 9 |- | 2 || align=left| Marc'Andria Maurizzi || 2443 | 0 0 || || 1 ½ || 1 0 || 1 1 || 1 0 ! 5½ |- | T-3 || align=left| Alexander Donchenko || 2569 | 0 ½ || 0 ½ || || 1 ½ || 0 1 || 1 ½ ! 5 |- | T-3 || align=left| Ihor Samunenkov || 2471 | 0 ½ || 0 1 || 0 ½ || || 0 1 || 1 1 ! 5 |- | 5 || align=left| Jonas Buhl Bjerre || 2519 | 0 0 || 0 0 || 1 0 || 1 0 || || 0 1 ! 3 |- | 6 || align=left| R Vaishali || 2366 | 0 0 || 0 1 || 0 ½ || 0 0 || 1 0 || ! 2½ |} :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Points |- | T-1 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2638 | || 1½ || 4 ! 5½ |- | T-1 || align=left| Alexander Donchenko || 2633 | 1½ || || 4 ! 5½ |- | 3 || align=left| R Vaishali || 2488 | 0 || 0 || ! 0 |}
;Master Tournament Open :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2024 Biel Masters Tournament, 15–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |- ! !! Player !! Rating ! Points !! SB ! Circuit |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || align=left| Rinat Jumabayev || 2565 ! 7½/10 | 47 || 8.32 |- | 2 || align=left| Leon Luke Mendonca || 2615 ! 7½/10 | 45 || 7.38 |- | 3 || align=left| Ayush Sharma || 2342 ! 7½/10 | 44¾ || 6.91 |- | 4 || align=left| Mukhiddin Madaminov || 2512 ! 7½/10 | 44¼ || 6.45 |- | 5 || align=left| Krishnan Sasikiran || 2581 ! 7/10 | 42½ || 3.44 |- | 6 || align=left| Aryan Chopra || 2632 ! 7/10 | 42 || 2.97 |- | 7 || align=left| Xue Haowen || 2452 ! 7/10 | 41½ || 2.50 |- | 8 || align=left| Aldiyar Ansat || 2458 ! 7/10 | 40 || 2.03 |- | 9 || align=left| Arseniy Nesterov || 2602 ! 7/10 | 39½ || 1.09 |- | 10 || align=left| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene || 2407 ! 7/10 | 38½ || 1.09
| - |
|---|
| } |
2025
The 2025 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. 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. In case of a tie, the ranking in the ACCENTUS Chess960 decides upon the final ranking of the Triathlon and the corresponding prizes.
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2025 Biel Masters Triathlon, 13-24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total !! ACC-960 |-bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || align="left" | Vladimir Fedoseev || 7|| 8½|| 7½ || 5½ ! 28½
| 4 |
|---|
| 2 |
| ! 28½ |
| 2½ |
| - |
| 3 |
| ! 24½ |
| 4 |
| - |
| 4 |
| ! 24½ |
| 3½ |
| - |
| 5 |
| ! 16 |
|
|-
| 6 || align="left" | Frederik Svane || 3|| 4½|| 2½ ||
! 10
|
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 13 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
^
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| T-1 || align=left| Aravindh Chithambaram || 2576
| || 1|| 1|| 1|| 2|| 2
! 7
|-
| T-1 || align=left| Vladimir Fedoseev || 2740
| 1|| || 0|| 2|| 2|| 2
! 7
|-
| 3 || align=left| Radoslaw Wojtaszek || 2657
| 1|| 2|| || 1|| 0|| 2
! 6
|-
| 4 || align=left| Volodar Murzin || 2644
| 1|| 0|| 1|| || 2|| 1
! 5
|-
| 5 || align=left| Frederik Svane || 2487
| 0|| 0|| 2|| 0|| || 1
! 3
|-
| 6 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2637
| 0|| 0|| 0|| 1|| 1||
! 2
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 15–19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2627
| || 4 || 4 || 1½ || 1½ || 4
! 15
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Aravindh Chithambaram || 2724
| 0 || || 1½ || 1½ || 1½ || 4
! 8½
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Vladimir Fedoseev || 2739
| 0 || 1½ || || 1½ || 4 || 1½
! 8½
|-
| 4 || align=left| Volodar Murzin || 2671
| 1½ || 1½ || 1½ || || 1½ || 1½
! 7½
|-
| 5 || align=left| Radoslaw Wojtaszek || 2651
| 1½ || 1½ || 0 || 1½ || || 1½
! 6
|-
| 6 || align=left| Frederik Svane || 2659
| 0 || 0 || 1½ || 1½ || 1½ ||
! 4½
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Vladimir Fedoseev || 2746
| || 1 0 || 0 1 || 1 1 || ½ 1|| 1 1
! 7½
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2644
| 0 1 || || 1 1 || 0 1 || 1 0|| 0 1
! 6
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Aravindh Chithambaram || 2611
| 1 0 || 0 0 || || ½ 1 || 1 1 || ½ 1
! 6
|-
| T-4 || align=left| Volodar Murzin || 2669
| 0 0 || 1 0 || ½ 0 || || ½ 1 || 1 0
! 4
|-
| T-4 || align=left| Radoslaw Wojtaszek || 2610
| ½ 0 || 0 1 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || || 1 1
! 4
|-
| 6 || align=left| Frederik Svane || 2553
| 0 0 || 1 0 || ½ 0 || 0 1 || 0 0 ||
! 2½
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 22–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| T-1 || align=left| Aravindh Chithambaram || 2724
| || 1½ || 1½ || 4
! 7
|-
| T-1 || align=left| Volodar Murzin || 2671
| 1½ || || 4 || 1½
! 7
|-
| 3 || align=left| Vladimir Fedoseev || 2739
| 1½ || 0 || || 4
! 5½
|-
| 4 || align=left| Salem Saleh || 2627
| 0 || 1½ || 0 ||
! 1½
|}
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 13-24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1 || align="left" | Nikolas Theodorou || 8 || 12½ || 6 || 7
! 33½
|-
| 2 || align="left" | Aram Hakobyan || 7 || 10 || 7 || 4½
! 28½
|-
| 3 || align="left" | Rinat Jumabayev || 4 || 8½ || 3 || 4½
! 20
|-
| 4 || align="left" | David Navara || 2 || 8½ || 5 || 3
! 18½
|-
| 5 || align="left" | Ma Qun || 5 || 6 || 4 ||
! 15
|-
| 6 || align="left" | Daniel Dardha || 4 || 4½ || 5||
! 13½
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Rapid, 13 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Nikolas Theodorou || 2559
| || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2
! 8
|-
| 2 || align=left| Aram Hakobyan || 2535
| 1 || || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
! 7
|-
| 3 || align=left| Ma Qun || 2617
| 1 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 1
! 5
|-
| T-4 || align=left| Rinat Jumabayev || 2546
| 0 || 1 || 1 || || 0 || 2
! 4
|-
| T-4 || align=left| Daniel Dardha || 2580
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || || 1
! 4
|-
| 6 || align=left| David Navara || 2621
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
! 2
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Classical, 15–19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Nikolas Theodorou || 2625
| || 1½ || 4 || 4 || 1½ || 1½
! 12½
|-
| 2 || align=left| Aram Hakobyan || 2621
| 1½ || || 1½ || 1½ || 4 || 1½
! 10
|-
| T-3 || align=left| Rinat Jumabayev || 2546
| 0 || 1½ || || 1½ || 1½ || 4
! 8½
|-
| T-3 || align=left| David Navara || 2662
| 0 || 1½ || 1½ || || 1½ || 4
! 8½
|-
| 5 || align=left| Ma Qun || 2615
| 1½ || 0 || 1½ || 1½ || || 1½
! 6
|-
| 6 || align=left| Daniel Dardha || 2627
| 1½ || 1½ || 0 || 0 || 1½ ||
! 4½
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Blitz, 20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Aram Hakobyan || 2557
| || 1 0|| 0 1 || 1 1 || ½ 1 || 1 ½
! 7
|-
| 2 || align=left| Nikolas Theodorou || 2549
| 0 1|| || 0 1 || 0 1 || ½ 1 || 1 ½
! 6
|-
| T-3 || align=left| Daniel Dardha || 2592
| 1 0|| 1 0 || || ½ 0 || 1 0 || ½ 1
! 5
|-
| T-3 || align=left| David Navara || 2646
| 0 0 || 1 0 || ½ 1 || || 1 1 || 0 ½
! 5
|-
| 5 || align=left| Ma Qun || 2614
| ½ 0 || ½ 0|| 0 1 || 0 0 || || 1 1
! 4
|-
| 6 || align=left| Rinat Jumabayev || 2520
| 0 ½ || 0 ½ || ½ 0 || 1 ½ || 0 0 ||
! 3
|}
:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Final, 22–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left| Nikolas Theodorou || 2625
| || 1½ || 1½ || 4
! 7
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Rinat Jumabayev|| 2546
| 1½ || || 1½ || 1½
! 4½
|-
| T-2 || align=left| Aram Hakobyan|| 2621
| 1½ || 1½ || || 1½
! 4½
|-
| 4 || align=left| David Navara || 2662
| 0 || 1½ || 1½ ||
! 3
|}
;Master Tournament Open :{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2025 Biel Masters Tournament, 14–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |- ! !! Player !! Rating ! Points !! SB ! Circuit |-bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || align=left| Murali Karthikeyan || 2650 ! 8/10 | 51.50 || 7.10 |- | 2 || align=left| Pranav Anand || 2566 ! 7½/10 | 48.50 || 4.52 |- | 3 || align=left| Mustafa Yilmaz || 2586 ! 7½/10 | 48.25 || 4.19 |- | 4 || align=left| Karthik Venkataraman || 2540 ! 7½/10 | 46.50 || 3.87 |- | 5 || align=left| Pranesh M || 2592 ! 7½/10 | 44.25 || 3.55 |- | 6 || align=left| Poh Yu Tian || 2458 ! 7½/10 | 42.50 || 3.23 |- | 7 || align=left| Benjamin Bok || 2593 ! 7/10 | 42.00 || 1.51 |- | 8 || align=left| Dau Khuong Duy || 2456 ! 7/10 | 40.00 || 1.18 |- | 9 || align=left| Bành Gia Huy || 2445 ! 7/10 | 36.75 || 0.54 |- | 10 || align=left| Christian Gloeckler || 2439 ! 6½/10 | 39.25 ||
| - |
|---|
| } |
Notes
References
References
- [https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/History/Past-Winners.html International Chess Festival Biel – Previous winners]
- [http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Torneos/Europa/Biel.htm Torneo Biel]
- "Regulations".
- "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".
- (14 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Rapid".
- (20 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Qualifier".
- (21 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Blitz".
- (25 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Final".
- (14 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Masters Rapid".
- (20 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Qualifier".
- (21 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Blitz".
- (25 July 2024). "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Challengers Final".
- "Biel Chess Festival 2024 - Master tournament".
- "Regulations".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Masters Classical".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Masters Blitz".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Masters Final".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Challengers Rapid".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Challengers Classical".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Challengers Blitz".
- (17 July 2025). "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Challengers Final".
- "Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Master tournament".
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