TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020 (Games and Results)
53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 29th July 2020
The 53rd Biel Chess Festival took place Saturday 18th July to Wednesday 29th Jul 2020. This was the first major chess festival to take place since the coronavirus crisis. The main event was the Grandmaster Triathlon where the 8 players play at three time controls to decide the final result - Classical: 7 games, - Rapid: 7 games (reversed colors) - Blitz: 14 games (2-way). The players were: Pentala Harikrishna, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, David Anton Guijarro, Michael Adams, Saleh Salem, Romain Edouard, Noel Studer and Vincent Keymer. Alongside was not the normal GM open but just an amateur open with special measures to reduce contact between the players. It will be an interesting event to follow. The tournament kicks off with a Chess960 tournament on Saturday 18th July.
GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the combined standings with 28 games, 14 points from the classical section 12 from the rapid and 11 from the blitz for a total of 37 points. 2nd was GM Pentala Harikrishna 28 games 20.5 from the Classical section which he won, 10 from the rapid and only 6 from the blitz for a total of 36.5. 3rd was GM Michael Adams 28 games, 16.5 points from the classical 8 from rapid and 11 from the blitz for a total of 35.5 points.
53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020 (Biel SUI)
Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Wed 29th Jul 2020 -
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53rd Biel GMT 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Classical
53rd Biel GMT Blitz 2020 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
53rd Biel GMT Rapid 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid
53rd Biel Chess960 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games Chess960
53rd Biel C-HTO 2020 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
53rd Biel GMT 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Classical
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| 53rd Biel GMT 2020 Biel SUI (SUI), 18-29 vii 2020 | cat. XVII (2657) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2719 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2878 |
| 2. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2701 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2752 |
| 3. | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2719 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2698 |
| 4. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2558 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2671 |
| 5. | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2649 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3 | 2608 |
| 6. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2626 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2611 |
| 7. | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2703 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 2½ | 2548 |
| 8. | Studer, Noel | g | SUI | 2580 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 2 | 2509 |
| Round 1 (July 21, 2020) | ||||||
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| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 46 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Edouard, Romain | ½-½ | 40 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 32 | E51 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 34 | C46 | Four Knights | |
| Round 2 (July 22, 2020) | ||||||
| Adams, Michael | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 69 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 44 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 41 | B53 | Sicilian Hungarian | |
| Studer, Noel | - Edouard, Romain | ½-½ | 55 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Round 3 (July 23, 2020) | ||||||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Studer, Noel | ½-½ | 52 | E51 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 41 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 28 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Anton Guijarro, David | 0-1 | 45 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Round 4 (July 24, 2020) | ||||||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 37 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran | |
| Adams, Michael | - Edouard, Romain | ½-½ | 40 | C11 | French Defence | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 0-1 | 41 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Studer, Noel | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 32 | D86 | Gruenfeld Simagin | |
| Round 5 (July 27, 2020) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 0-1 | 50 | D12 | Slav Defence | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 57 | E20 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 51 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 54 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Round 6 (July 28, 2020) | ||||||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Edouard, Romain | 1-0 | 44 | B53 | Sicilian Hungarian | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 40 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 42 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Studer, Noel | - Adams, Michael | 0-1 | 42 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 7 (July 29, 2020) | ||||||
| Adams, Michael | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 86 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | |
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 59 | E00 | Catalan | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 38 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 0-1 | 31 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
53rd Biel GMT Rapid 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid
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| 53rd Biel GMT Rapid 2020 Biel SUI (SUI), 18-29 vii 2020 | cat. XVII (2657) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2719 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2957 |
| 2. | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2719 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2806 |
| 3. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2558 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2829 |
| 4. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2701 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2700 |
| 5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2559 |
| 6. | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2703 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 2 | 2492 |
| 7. | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2649 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2 | 2500 |
| 8. | Studer, Noel | g | SUI | 2580 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1½ | 2437 |
| Round 1 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
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| Adams, Michael | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 0-1 | 40 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 34 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 0-1 | 44 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Studer, Noel | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 0-1 | 35 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
| Round 2 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | 49 | |||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 39 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 52 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 50 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Round 3 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Adams, Michael | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 31 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 24 | D04 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Edouard, Romain | ½-½ | 53 | D34 | Tarrasch Defence, Main Line | |
| Studer, Noel | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 45 | D25 | QGA | |
| Round 4 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | 39 | E01 | Catalan | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Harikrishna, Pentala | ½-½ | 43 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Studer, Noel | 0-1 | 46 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Adams, Michael | 0-1 | 42 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Round 5 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | ½-½ | 73 | D39 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Adams, Michael | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 22 | C77 | Ruy Lopez Anderssen | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Edouard, Romain | 1-0 | 26 | C07 | French Tarrasch | |
| Studer, Noel | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 56 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
| Round 6 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 32 | A18 | English Opening | |
| Adams, Michael | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 30 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Anton Guijarro, David | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 24 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Edouard, Romain | - Harikrishna, Pentala | 0-1 | 27 | D27 | QGA | |
| Round 7 (July 19, 2020) | ||||||
| Harikrishna, Pentala | - Anton Guijarro, David | ½-½ | 43 | D27 | QGA | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Edouard, Romain | ½-½ | 36 | D34 | Tarrasch Defence, Main Line | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Adams, Michael | 0-1 | 39 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange | |
| Studer, Noel | - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 0-1 | 39 | E16 | Queens Indian | |
53rd Biel GMT Blitz 2020 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
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| 53rd Biel GMT Blitz 2020 Biel SUI Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Wed 29th Jul 2020
Leading Final Round 14 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | GM | POL | 2690 | *** | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 1 ½ | 1 1 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 68.50 | 8 |
| 2 | Adams Michael | GM | ENG | 2709 | ½ 0 | *** | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 ½ | 0 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 11.0 | 0.5 | 65.50 | 10 |
| 3 | Anton Guijarro David | GM | ESP | 2590 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | *** | 1 ½ | 1 0 | 1 ½ | 1 1 | ½ 1 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 48.50 | 6 |
| 4 | Naiditsch Arkadij | GM | AZE | 2581 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | *** | 1 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 32.75 | 6 |
| 5 | Harikrishna Pentala | GM | IND | 2663 | 0 ½ | 0 ½ | 0 1 | 0 0 | *** | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | 0 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 37.25 | 4 |
| 6 | Studer Noel | GM | SUI | 2422 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 ½ | 1 0 | ½ 0 | *** | 1 0 | 0 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 32.75 | 4 |
| 7 | Keymer Vincent | GM | GER | 2476 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 0 0 | 1 0 | ½ 0 | 0 1 | *** | 1 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 29.00 | 3 |
| 8 | Edouard Romain | GM | FRA | 2614 | 0 0 | 0 0 | ½ 0 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 0 1 | *** | 3.5 | 0.0 | 19.75 | 3 |
| 8 players | ||||||||||||||||
53rd Biel Chess960 2020 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games Chess960
53rd Biel C-HTO 2020 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1))
| 53rd Biel C-HTO 2020 Biel SUI Sat 18th Jul 2020 - Wed 29th Jul 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Bauer Christian | FRA | 2623 | 8.0 | 54.5 | 466.0 | 2597 |
| 2 | 12 | Buchenau Frank | GER | 2278 | 7.5 | 48.5 | 443.0 | 2436 |
| 3 | 4 | Meins Gerlef | GER | 2415 | 7.5 | 48.0 | 457.0 | 2445 |
| 4 | 2 | Bellahcene Bilel | ALG | 2502 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 437.5 | 2390 |
| 5 | 5 | Gschnitzer Adrian | GER | 2404 | 7.0 | 50.0 | 442.5 | 2374 |
| 6 | 18 | Mathieu Phileas | FRA | 2214 | 7.0 | 48.5 | 435.0 | 2367 |
| 7 | 30 | Pham Khoi | NED | 2048 | 7.0 | 44.5 | 435.5 | 2219 |
| 8 | 8 | Fecker Noah | SUI | 2346 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 428.0 | 2277 |
| 9 | 6 | Baenziger Fabian | SUI | 2403 | 6.5 | 45.0 | 433.0 | 2279 |
| 10 | 3 | Siebrecht Sebastian | GER | 2429 | 6.5 | 45.0 | 416.5 | 2213 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Claude | FRA | 2246 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 420.5 | 2149 |
| 12 | 16 | Rohrer Christophe | SUI | 2235 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 441.5 | 2217 |
| 13 | 9 | Youssoupov Moisse | FRA | 2333 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 413.0 | 2203 |
| 14 | 19 | Saya Ethan | FRA | 2199 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 400.0 | 2197 |
| 15 | 20 | Jovanovic Sladjan | SUI | 2176 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 412.5 | 2189 |
| 16 | 26 | Perestjuk Marko | GER | 2116 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 419.5 | 2118 |
| 17 | 32 | Krivenko Dion | EST | 2046 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 402.5 | 2123 |
| 18 | 25 | Jepsen Thomas Tange | DEN | 2116 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 399.0 | 1967 |
| 19 | 10 | Karsay Pascal | GER | 2304 | 6.0 | 43.5 | 405.0 | 2160 |
| 20 | 24 | Cahen Alexis | FRA | 2125 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 415.0 | 2077 |
| 21 | 56 | Dammann Jorn | USA | 1850 | 6.0 | 41.5 | 404.0 | 2022 |
| 22 | 17 | Pahud Cedric | SUI | 2225 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 402.0 | 2042 |
| 23 | 28 | Emmenecker Philippe | FRA | 2100 | 6.0 | 38.5 | 396.5 | 1956 |
| 24 | 11 | Kamber Bruno | SUI | 2290 | 5.5 | 49.5 | 414.5 | 2181 |
| 25 | 21 | Emmenecker Pierre-Antoine | FRA | 2172 | 5.5 | 47.5 | 411.5 | 2111 |
| 26 | 13 | Contin Daniel | ITA | 2251 | 5.5 | 47.5 | 400.0 | 2184 |
| 27 | 31 | Decker Nils | GER | 2047 | 5.5 | 47.0 | 406.5 | 2098 |
| 28 | 23 | Schulz Michael | GER | 2132 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 399.5 | 2116 |
| 29 | 27 | Carre Sylvain | FRA | 2106 | 5.5 | 44.0 | 395.5 | 2071 |
| 30 | 33 | Ohler Julius | GER | 2024 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 395.5 | 1986 |
| 31 | 40 | Perreard Nicolas | SUI | 1956 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 406.5 | 2040 |
| 32 | 47 | Fecker Jan | SUI | 1898 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 399.0 | 1924 |
| 33 | 37 | Steibel Julien | FRA | 1989 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 390.0 | 1981 |
| 34 | 22 | Borner Daniel | SUI | 2154 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 404.5 | 2015 |
| 35 | 49 | Brandt Daniel | SUI | 1872 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 388.0 | 1867 |
| 36 | 29 | Adrian Leopold | FRA | 2061 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 382.5 | 2011 |
| 37 | 35 | Ermitsch Magnus | GER | 2000 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 392.5 | 2104 |
| 38 | 67 | Schimmer Michael | GER | 1776 | 5.0 | 43.0 | 387.5 | 1885 |
| 39 | 39 | Moriniaux Colin | FRA | 1963 | 5.0 | 43.0 | 384.0 | 1981 |
| 40 | 57 | Courjal Pauline | FRA | 1848 | 5.0 | 43.0 | 374.0 | 1882 |
| 41 | 82 | Norden Marc | NED | 1690 | 5.0 | 42.0 | 390.5 | 1947 |
| 42 | 45 | Thomas Jeremy | GER | 1914 | 5.0 | 42.0 | 380.5 | 1894 |
| 43 | 42 | Famel Edouard | FRA | 1934 | 5.0 | 41.0 | 389.5 | 1866 |
| 44 | 46 | Jakhari Ansh | NED | 1908 | 5.0 | 40.5 | 391.5 | 1999 |
| 45 | 63 | Rempe Jonas | GER | 1801 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 375.0 | 1804 |
| 46 | 66 | Bruessow Jakob | SUI | 1779 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 376.0 | 1770 |
| 47 | 34 | Harringer Manfred | GER | 2008 | 5.0 | 38.0 | 380.0 | 1758 |
| 48 | 48 | Lips Adrian | SUI | 1878 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 385.5 | 1733 |
| 49 | 60 | Ernst Heinz | SUI | 1830 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 377.5 | 1725 |
| 50 | 64 | Moerwald Magdalena | AUT | 1791 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 368.0 | 1812 |
| 138 players | ||||||||
