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
[edit]# Year Grandmaster Tournament Master Open Tournament 1 1968 Edwin Bhend (Switzerland)
2 1969 Jan Timman (Netherlands)
3 1970 Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia)
4 1971 5 1972 6 1973 János Flesch (Hungary)
7 1974 Bela Soos (Romania)
8 1975 John Pigott (England)
David Parr (Australia)
9 1976 Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal)
10 1977 Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)
11 1978 12 1979 Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel)
Jean Hébert (Canada)
13 1980 Israel Zilber (United States)
14 1981 Eric Lobron (West Germany)
Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)
15 1982 16 1983 Jaan Eslon (Sweden)
17 1984 18 1985 Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal)
19 1986 20 1987 21 1988 22 1989 23 1990 24 1991 Alexei Shirov (Latvia)
25 1992 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
26 1993 Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal)
27 1994 Utut Adianto (Indonesia)
28 1995 Alexey Dreev (Russia)
29 1996 Zurab Sturua (Georgia)
30 1997 Viswanathan Anand (India)
31 1998 Mladen Palac (Croatia)
32 1999 33 2000 34 2001 35 2002 36 2003 37 2004 Christian Bauer (France)
38 2005 Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)
39 2006 Bartosz Soćko (Poland)
40 2007 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
41 2008 42 2009 43 2010 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
44 2011 Ni Hua (China)
45 2012 46 2013 47 2014 48 2015 49 2016[a] 50 2017 51 2018 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
52 2019 Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)
53 2020 54 2021 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)
55 2022 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)
56 2023 57 2024 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)
Event results
[edit]2023
[edit]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 5 8½ 19 32½ 2 10 5 16½ 31½ 3 10 7½ 13 30½ 4 5 10½ 10 25½ 5 9 7½ 7½ 24 6 6 7 10½ 23½ 7 Bassem Amin (Egypt)
8 3½ 8½ 20 8 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 2617 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 10 T-1 2689 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 10 3 2734 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 9 4 2588 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 8 5 2605 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 T-6 2714 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 T-6 2661 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 8 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 2728 0 1½ 1½ 4 4 4 4 19 19.91 2 2690 4 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 4 4 16½ 15.93 3 2689 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 13 13.94 4 2654 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 10½ 11.95 5 2710 0 4 1½ 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 10 – 6 2693 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 9 – 7 2694 0 0 0 1½ 4 1½ 1½ 8½ – 8 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 2710 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10½ 2 2643 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ T-3 2675 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 7½ T-3 2770 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ 5 2626 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7 6 2644 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 6½ 7 2669 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 5 8 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 2676 8/10 60 503 10.38 2 2626 7½/10 58½ 504 8.30 3 2542 7/10 57½ 490 5.38 4 2489 7/10 56½ 489 4.86 5 2645 7/10 56½ 488 4.34 6 2455 7/10 55½ 484 3.83 7 2463 7/10 54½ 469 3.31 8 2482 7/10 53½ 477½ 2.79 9 2401 7/10 48 456 1.75 10 2376 7/10 46½ 449 1.75 Total entries: 98 players
2024
[edit]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 5 12½ 6½ 7 31 2 Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia)
7 7½ 6½ 4½ 25½ 3 5 7 7 5½ 24½ 4 4 12½ 2½ 3 22 5 5 8½ 2 15½ 6 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 2599 2 1 1 1 2 7 T-2 2645 0 0 2 2 1 5 T-2 2709 1 2 1 1 0 5 T-2 2659 1 0 1 1 2 5 T-5 2604 1 0 1 1 1 4 T-5 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 2604 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 4 12½ T-1 2731 1½ 4 1½ 1½ 4 12½ 3 2721 1½ 0 1½ 4 1½ 8½ 4 2661 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 7½ 5 2757 0 1½ 0 1½ 4 7 6 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 2680 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 T-2 2700 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ T-2 2716 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 4 2648 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 5 2449 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2½ 6 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 2731 4 1½ 1½ 7 2 2757 0 1½ 4 5½ 3 2661 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 4 2604 1½ 0 1½ 3
2024 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 14-25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total 1 6 15 9 5½ 35½ 2 7 11 5 5½ 28½ 3 5 15 2½ 0 22½ 4 5 9½ 3 17½ 5 4 3 5½ 12½ 6 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 2574 2 0 2 2 1 7 2 2659 0 2 2 0 2 6 T-3 2523 2 0 1 0 2 5 T-3 2359 0 0 1 2 2 5 5 2445 0 2 2 0 0 4 6 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 2638 1½ 1½ 4 4 4 15 T-1 2488 1½ 4 4 1½ 4 15 3 2644 1½ 0 1½ 4 4 11 4 2653 0 0 1½ 4 4 9½ 5 2620 0 1½ 0 0 1½ 3 6 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 2654 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 2 2443 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 5½ T-3 2569 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5 T-3 2471 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5 5 2519 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 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 2638 1½ 4 5½ T-1 2633 1½ 4 5½ 3 2488 0 0 0
- Master Tournament Open
2024 Biel Masters Tournament, 15–25 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[17] Player Rating Points SB Circuit 1 2565 7½/10 47 8.32 2 2615 7½/10 45 7.38 3 2342 7½/10 44¾ 6.91 4 Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzbekistan)
2512 7½/10 44¼ 6.45 5 2581 7/10 42½ 3.44 6 2632 7/10 42 2.97 7 2452 7/10 41½ 2.50 8 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
[edit]- ^ In 2016 a match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler took place instead of the traditional round-robin Grandmaster Tournament.
References
[edit]- ^ 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".
