# 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. The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.

## Winners

    #YearGrandmaster TournamentMaster Open Tournament 11968 Edwin Bhend (Switzerland) 21969 Jan Timman (Netherlands) 31970 Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia) 41971 Stanimir Nikolic (Yugoslavia) 51972 Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) 61973 Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) János Flesch (Hungary) 71974 Bela Soos (Romania) 81975 Mišo Cebalo (Yugoslavia) John Pigott (England) David Parr (Australia) 91976 Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal) Dragutin Sahovic (Yugoslavia) Radovan Govedarica (Yugoslavia) 101977 Tony Miles (England) Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) 111978 Charles Partos (Switzerland) 121979 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) Jean Hébert (Canada) 131980 Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) Israel Zilber (United States) Josip Rukavina (Yugoslavia) Beat Züger (Switzerland) Peter Scheeren (Netherlands) 141981 Eric Lobron (West Germany) Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) Nathan Birnboim (Israel) Laszlo Karsa (Hungary) Ron Henley (United States) Eduard Meduna (Czechoslovakia) 151982 John Nunn (England) Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) Ivan Nemet (Yugoslavia) 161983 Tony Miles (England) John Nunn (England) Jaan Eslon (Sweden) 171984 Vlastimil Hort (West Germany) Robert Hübner (West Germany) Carlos Garcia-Palermo (Argentina) 181985 Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal) Ian Rogers (Australia) Alon Greenfeld (Israel) 191986 Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) Eric Lobron (West Germany) Daniel Cámpora (Argentina) 201987 Boris Gulko (United States) Lev Gutman (Israel) 211988 Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Boris Gulko (United States) Gennadi Kuzmin (Soviet Union) 221989 Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union) Matthias Wahls (West Germany) 231990 Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) Viktor Gavrikov (Soviet Union) 241991 Alexei Shirov (Latvia) Zurab Sturua (Soviet Union) 251992 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) Alexander Shabalov (Latvia) 261993 Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal) Vadim Milov (Israel) 271994 Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland) Utut Adianto (Indonesia) 281995 Alexey Dreev (Russia) Igor Glek (Germany) 291996 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) Zurab Sturua (Georgia) 301997 Viswanathan Anand (India) Ildar Ibragimov (Russia) 311998 Mladen Palac (Croatia) Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) 321999 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) Vadim Milov (Switzerland) 332000 Peter Svidler (Russia) Boris Avrukh (Israel) 342001 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) Boris Avrukh (Israel) 352002 Ilya Smirin (Israel) Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) 362003 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) 372004 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Christian Bauer (France) 382005 Boris Gelfand (Israel) Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) 392006 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Bartosz Soćko (Poland) 402007 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) 412008 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) Vladimir Belov (Russia) 422009 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Boris Grachev (Russia) 432010 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) 442011 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Ni Hua (China) 452012 Wang Hao (China) Igor Kurnosov (Russia) 462013 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Pentala Harikrishna (India) 472014 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Baskaran Adhiban (India) 482015 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Emil Sutovsky (Israel) 492016 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) Samuel Shankland (United States) 502017 Hou Yifan (China) Mateusz Bartel (Poland) 512018 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) Suri Vaibhav (India) 522019 Vidit Gujrathi (India) Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 532020 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) Christian Bauer (France) 542021 Gata Kamsky (United States) Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates) 552022 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. 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 PlayerRapidBlitzClassicalTotal 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)58½19 32½ 2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)10516½ 31½ 3 David Navara (Czech Republic)107½13 30½ 4 Arjun Erigaisi (India)510½10 25½ 5 Yu Yangyi (China)97½7½ 24 6 Jules Moussard (France)6710½ 23½ 7 Bassem Amin (Egypt)83½8½ 20 8 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)36½9 18½
    2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 16 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating12345678Points T-1 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2617 Does not appear2112211 10 T-1 David Navara (Czech Republic)2689 0Does not appear121222 10 3 Yu Yangyi (China)2734 11Does not appear12202 9 4 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2588 101Does not appear1221 8 5 Jules Moussard (France)2605 0101Does not appear022 6 T-6 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2714 00002Does not appear21 5 T-6 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2661 102000Does not appear2 5 8 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2634 1001010Does not appear 3
    2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 18–26 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating12345678PointsCircuit 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2728 Does not appear01½1½4444 19 19.91 2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2690 4Does not appear1½1½01½44 16½ 15.93 3 David Navara (Czech Republic)2689 1½1½Does not appear1½1½1½41½ 13 13.94 4 Jules Moussard (France)2654 1½1½1½Does not appear1½1½1½1½ 10½ 11.95 5 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2710 041½1½Does not appear1½01½ 10 – 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2693 01½1½1½1½Does not appear1½1½ 9 – 7 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2694 0001½41½Does not appear1½ 8½ – 8 Yu Yangyi (China)2735 001½1½1½1½1½Does not appear 7½ –
    2023 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 22 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating12345678Points 1 Arjun Erigaisi (India)2710 Does not appear1 11 ½½ 11 0½ 1½ 1½ 1 10½ 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2643 0 0Does not appear1 01 ½1 01 ½½ 11 1 8½ T-3 David Navara (Czech Republic)2675 0 ½0 1Does not appear1 0½ 10 10 ½1 1 7½ T-3 Yu Yangyi (China)2770 ½ 00 ½0 1Does not appear½ ½1 ½1 ½1 ½ 7½ 5 Jules Moussard (France)2626 0 10 1½ 0½ ½Does not appear½ 0½ ½1 1 7 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2644 ½ 00 ½1 00 ½½ 1Does not appear1 01 ½ 6½ 7 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2669 ½ 0½ 01 ½0 ½½ ½0 1Does not appear0 0 5 8 Bassem Amin (Egypt)2670 ½ 00 00 00 ½0 00 ½1 1Does not appear 3½

#### Master Tournament Open

    2023 Biel Masters Tournament, 17–27 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating PointsTB1TB2 Circuit 1 Bu Xiangzhi (China)2676 8/10 6050310.38 2 Aryan Chopra (India)2626 7½/10 58½5048.30 3 Liu Yan (China)2542 7/10 57½4905.38 4 Peng Xiongjian (China)2489 7/10 56½4894.86 5 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (Vietnam)2645 7/10 56½4884.34 6 Nico Chasin (United States)2455 7/10 55½4843.83 7 V.S. Rathanvel (India)2463 7/10 54½4693.31 8 Read Samadov (Azerbaijan)2482 7/10 53½477½2.79 9 Robert Shlyakhtenko (United States)2401 7/10 484561.75 10 Georg Seul (Germany)2376 7/10 46½4491.75 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.
    2024 Biel Masters Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRapidClassical 1BlitzClassical 2Total 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)512½6½7 31 2 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)77½6½4½ 25½ 3 R Praggnanandhaa (India)5775½ 24½ 4 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)412½2½3 22 5 Vincent Keymer (Germany)58½2 15½ 6 Sam Shankland (United States)435½ 12½
    2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points 1 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2599 Does not appear21112 7 T-2 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2645 0Does not appear0221 5 T-2 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2709 12Does not appear110 5 T-2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2659 101Does not appear12 5 T-5 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 1011Does not appear1 4 T-5 Sam Shankland (United States)2622 01201Does not appear 4
    2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points T-1 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 Does not appear1½1½1½44 12½ T-1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 1½Does not appear41½1½4 12½ 3 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2721 1½0Does not appear1½41½ 8½ 4 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2661 1½1½1½Does not appear1½1½ 7½ 5 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2757 01½01½Does not appear4 7 6 Sam Shankland (United States)2683 001½1½0Does not appear 3
    2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points 1 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2680 Does not appear1 ½½ 01 01 11 1 7 T-2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2700 0 ½Does not appear½ ½1 ½½ 11 1 6½ T-2 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2716 ½ 1½ ½Does not appear0 11 ½1 ½ 6½ 4 Sam Shankland (United States)2648 0 10 ½1 0Does not appear½ ½1 1 5½ 5 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2449 0 0½ 00 ½½ ½Does not appear½ 0 2½ 6 Vincent Keymer (Germany)2607 0 00 00 ½0 0½ 1Does not appear 2
    2024 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating1234Points 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 Does not appear41½1½ 7 2 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2757 0Does not appear1½4 5½ 3 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)2661 1½1½Does not appear1½ 4½ 4 Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)2604 1½01½Does not appear 3
    2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRapidClassical 1BlitzClassical 2Total 1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)61595½ 35½ 2 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)71155½ 28½ 3 R Vaishali (India)5152½0 22½ 4 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)59½3 17½ 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)435½ 12½ 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)31½5 9½
    2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Rapid, 14 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points 1 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2574 Does not appear20221 7 2 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2659 0Does not appear2202 6 T-3 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2523 20Does not appear102 5 T-3 R Vaishali (India)2359 001Does not appear22 5 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2445 0220Does not appear0 4 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2428 10002Does not appear 3
    2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Classical, 16–20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points T-1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2638 Does not appear1½1½444 15 T-1 R Vaishali (India)2488 1½Does not appear441½4 15 3 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2644 1½0Does not appear1½44 11 4 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2653 001½Does not appear44 9½ 5 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2620 01½00Does not appear1½ 3 6 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2535 00001½Does not appear 1½
    2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Blitz, 21 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123456Points 1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2654 Does not appear1 11 ½1 ½1 11 1 9 2 Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2443 0 0Does not appear1 ½1 01 11 0 5½ T-3 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2569 0 ½0 ½Does not appear1 ½0 11 ½ 5 T-3 Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine)2471 0 ½0 10 ½Does not appear0 11 1 5 5 Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)2519 0 00 01 01 0Does not appear0 1 3 6 R Vaishali (India)2366 0 00 10 ½0 01 0Does not appear 2½
    2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Final, 23–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating123Points T-1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2638 Does not appear1½4 5½ T-1 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)2633 1½Does not appear4 5½ 3 R Vaishali (India)2488 00Does not appear 0

#### Master Tournament Open

    2024 Biel Masters Tournament, 15–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland PlayerRating PointsSB Circuit 1 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2565 7½/10 478.32 2 Leon Luke Mendonca (India)2615 7½/10 457.38 3 Ayush Sharma (India)2342 7½/10 44¾6.91 4 Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzbekistan)2512 7½/10 44¼6.45 5 Krishnan Sasikiran (India)2581 7/10 42½3.44 6 Aryan Chopra (India)2632 7/10 422.97 7 Xue Haowen (China)2452 7/10 41½2.50 8 Aldiyar Ansat (Kazakhstan)2458 7/10 402.03 9 Arseniy Nesterov (FIDE)2602 7/10 39½1.09 10 Sugaryn Gan-Erdene (Mongolia)2407 7/10 38½1.09 Total entries: 128 players