Biel Chess Festival
Swiss chess tournament (1968-pres.)
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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)58 2025 
Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia) Karthikeyan Murali (India)59 2026 Levon Aronian (United States) Christian Gloeckler (Germany)
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
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.[18]
2025 Biel Masters Triathlon, 13-24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total ACC-960[b] 1 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)7 8½ 7½ 5½ 28½ 4 2 Aravindh Chithambaram (India)7 8½ 6 7 28½ 2½ 3 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2 15 6 1½ 24½ 4 Volodar Murzin (FIDE)5 7½ 4 7 23½ 5 Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland)6 6 4 16 6 Frederik Svane (Germany)3 4½ 2½ 10 2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 13 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[19] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points T-1 Aravindh Chithambaram (India)2576 1 1 1 2 2 7 T-1 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)2740 1 0 2 2 2 7 3 Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland)2657 1 2 1 0 2 6 4 Volodar Murzin (FIDE)2644 1 0 1 2 1 5 5 Frederik Svane (Germany)2487 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2637 0 0 0 1 1 2 2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 15–19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[20] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2627 4 4 1½ 1½ 4 15 T-2 Aravindh Chithambaram (India)2724 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 8½ T-2 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)2739 0 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 8½ 4 Volodar Murzin (FIDE)2671 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 7½ 5 Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland)2651 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 1½ 6 6 Frederik Svane (Germany)2659 0 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[21] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)2746 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ T-2 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2644 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 T-2 Aravindh Chithambaram (India)2611 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 6 T-4 Volodar Murzin (FIDE)2669 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 4 T-4 Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland)2610 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 4 6 Frederik Svane (Germany)2553 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 2½ 2025 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 22–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[22] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points T-1 Aravindh Chithambaram (India)2724 1½ 1½ 4 7 T-1 Volodar Murzin (FIDE)2671 1½ 4 1½ 7 3 Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia)2739 1½ 0 4 5½ 4 Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates)2627 0 1½ 0 1½ 2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon, 13-24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total 1 
Nikolas Theodorou (Greece)8 12½ 6 7 33½ 2 Aram Hakobyan (Armenia)7 10 7 4½ 28½ 3 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)4 8½ 3 4½ 20 4 David Navara (Czechia)2 8½ 5 3 18½ 5 Ma Qun (China)5 6 4 15 6 
Daniel Dardha (Belgium)4 4½ 5 13½ 2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Rapid, 13 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[23] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Nikolas Theodorou (Greece)2559 1 1 2 2 2 8 2 Aram Hakobyan (Armenia)2535 1 1 1 2 2 7 3 Ma Qun (China)2617 1 1 1 1 1 5 T-4 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2546 0 1 1 0 2 4 T-4 Daniel Dardha (Belgium)2580 0 0 1 2 1 4 6 David Navara (Czechia)2621 0 0 1 0 1 2 2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Classical, 15–19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[24] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Nikolas Theodorou (Greece)2625 1½ 4 4 1½ 1½ 12½ 2 Aram Hakobyan (Armenia)2621 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 10 T-3 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2546 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 8½ T-3 David Navara (Czechia)2662 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 8½ 5 Ma Qun (China)2615 1½ 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 6 6 Daniel Dardha (Belgium)2627 1½ 1½ 0 0 1½ 4½ 2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Blitz, 20 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[25] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Aram Hakobyan (Armenia)2557 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 2 Nikolas Theodorou (Greece)2549 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 T-3 Daniel Dardha (Belgium)2592 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 5 T-3 David Navara (Czechia)2646 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 5 5 Ma Qun (China)2614 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 6 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2520 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 3 2025 Biel Challengers Triathlon – Final, 22–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[26] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 1 Nikolas Theodorou (Greece)2625 1½ 1½ 4 7 T-2 Rinat Jumabayev (Kazakhstan)2546 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ T-2 Aram Hakobyan (Armenia)2621 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 4 David Navara (Czechia)2662 0 1½ 1½ 3
- Master Tournament Open
2025 Biel Masters Tournament, 14–24 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[27] Player Rating Points SB Circuit 1 Murali Karthikeyan (India)2650 8/10 51.50 7.10 2 Pranav Anand (India)2566 7½/10 48.50 4.52 3 
Mustafa Yilmaz (Turkey)2586 7½/10 48.25 4.19 4 Karthik Venkataraman (India)2540 7½/10 46.50 3.87 5 Pranesh M (India)2592 7½/10 44.25 3.55 6 
Poh Yu Tian (Malaysia)2458 7½/10 42.50 3.23 7 Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)2593 7/10 42.00 1.51 8 Đầu Khương Duy (Vietnam)2456 7/10 40.00 1.18 9 Bành Gia Huy (Vietnam)2445 7/10 36.75 0.54 10 Christian Gloeckler (Germany)2439 6½/10 39.25 Total entries: 112 players
2026
The 2026 event had 2 invitational sections, Masters and Generation Challenge, with 6 players each. Each section had played the same triathlon format from the previous event with the same point distribution. After all three phases were played, top 3 in total points, along with 4th place if they were within 12 points from first place, continued to play with a second classical round-robin. In case of a tie, the ranking in the ACCENTUS Chess960 decided upon the final ranking of the Triathlon and the corresponding prizes.[28]
2026 Biel Masters Triathlon, 12-23 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total ACC-960 1 Levon Aronian (United States)9 7½ 8½ 4½ 29½ 2 Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan)6 10 5 4½ 25½ 3 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey)3 10 6½ 4½ 24 4 4 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)4 11 4½ 4½ 24 3 5 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)4 6 2½ 12½ 6 
José Martínez Alcántara (Mexico)4 4½ 3 11½ 2026 Biel Masters Triathlon – Rapid, 12 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[29] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Levon Aronian (United States)2735 1 2 2 2 2 9 2 Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan)2561 1 1 1 2 1 6 3 José Martínez Alcántara (Mexico)2620 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2587 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2633 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey)2493 0 1 2 0 0 3 2026 Biel Masters Triathlon – Classical, 14–18 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[30] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 0 1½ 1½ 4 4 11 2 Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan)2657 4 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 10 3 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey)2713 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 10 4 Levon Aronian (United States)2724 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 7½ 5 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2694 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 6 6 José Martínez Alcántara (Mexico)2650 0 1½ 0 1½ 1½ 4½ 2026 Biel Masters Triathlon – Blitz, 19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[31] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 Levon Aronian (United States)2700 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 2 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey)2546 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 6½ 3 Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan)2559 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 4 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2690 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 4½ 5 José Martínez Alcántara (Mexico)2641 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2634 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2½ 2026 Biel Masters Triathlon – Final, 21–23 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[32] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 1 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2731 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 2 Levon Aronian (United States)2724 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 3 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey)2713 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 4 Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan)2657 1½ 1½ 1½ 4½ 2026 Biel Generations Challenge Triathlon, 12-23 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Player Rapid Classical 1 Blitz Classical 2 Total 1 IM Václav Finěk (Czech Republic)8 12½ 7½ 3 31 2 GM Xiao Tong (China)7 10 8 3 28 3 IM Marco Materia (France)7 10 6 3 26 4 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland)3 7 5½ 15½ 5 IM Carissa Yip (United States)3 7 1 11 6 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)2 4½ 2 8½ 2026 Biel Generations Challenge Triathlon – Rapid, 12 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[33] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 IM Václav Finěk (Czech Republic)2454 1 2 1 2 2 8 2 GM Xiao Tong (China)2452 1 1 1 2 2 7 3 IM Marco Materia (France)2491 0 1 2 2 2 7 4 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland)2431 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 IM Carissa Yip (United States)2333 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)2410 0 0 0 2 0 2 2026 Biel Generations Challenge Triathlon – Classical, 15–19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[34] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 IM Václav Finěk (Czech Republic)2593 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 4 12½ 2 IM Marco Materia (France)2508 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 10 3 GM Xiao Tong (China)2599 1½ 1½ 4 1½ 1½ 10 4 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland)2508 0 1½ 0 4 1½ 7 5 IM Carissa Yip (United States)2458 1½ 0 1½ 0 4 7 6 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)2496 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 0 4½ 2026 Biel Genrations Challenge Triathlon – Blitz, 19 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[35] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 1 GM Xiao Tong (China)2465 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2 IM Václav Finěk (Czech Republic)2504 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½ 3 IM Marco Materia (France)2509 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6 4 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland)2392 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 5½ 5 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 IM Carissa Yip (United States)2369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2026 Biel Generations Challenge Triathlon – Final, 21–23 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[36] Player Rating 1 2 3 Points 1 GM Xiao Tong (China)2599 1½ 1½ 3 2 IM Václav Finěk (Czech Republic)2593 1½ 1½ 3 3 IM Marco Materia (France)2508 1½ 1½ 3
- Master Tournament Open
2026 Biel Masters Tournament, 13–23 July, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland[37] Player Rating Points BC-1 1 Christian Gloeckler (Germany)2506 8/10 58 2 Cao Qingfeng (China)2365 7½/10 58.5 3 Ádám Kozák (Hungary)2531 7½/10 58 4 Aronyak Ghosh (India)2549 7/10 58.5 5 Dimitris Alexakis (Greece)2525 7/10 58 6 Geetha Narayanan Gopal (India)2529 7/10 57.5 7 Savitha Shri Baskar (India)2368 7/10 56.5 8 Diptayan Ghosh (India)2554 7/10 56 9 Saad Abobaker Elmi (Norway)2399 7/9 52 10 Péter Ács (Hungary)2561 6½/10 61 Total entries: 94 players
Notes
- In 2016 a match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler took place instead of the traditional round-robin Grandmaster Tournament.
- In case of a tie, the ranking in the ACCENTUS Chess960 decides upon the final ranking of the Triathlon and the corresponding prizes.