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54th Biel Chess Festival 2021 (Games and Results)
54th Biel Chess Festival 2021
Mark Crowther - Saturday 31st July 2021
The 54th Biel Chess Festival took place 24th July to 4th August 2021. The main event was what they called a Triathalon with a Rapid, Standard and Blitz element. Gata Kamsky was the clear winner with 36 points in the combined standings 5 points clear of Kiril Alekseenko. Full final standings below.
| 54th Biel GM Combined Standings 2021 Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-4 viii 2021 cat. XVI (2638) | ||||||||||
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| Rk | Ti | Name | FED | Gms | Classic | Rapid | Blitz | Pts | ||
| 1 | GM | Gata Kamsky | USA | 28 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 35 | ||
| 2 | GM | Kirill Alekseenko | RUS | 28 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 31 | ||
| 3 | GM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9½ | 28½ | ||
| 4 | GM | Maxime Lagarde | FRA | 28 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | ||
| 5 | GM | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 28 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 26 | ||
| 6 | GM | Vincent Keymer | GER | 28 | 12½ | 6 | 7 | 25½ | ||
| 7 | GM | Alan Pichot | ARG | 28 | 10 | 5 | 6½ | 21½ | ||
| 8 | GM | Noel Studer | SUI | 28 | 8½ | 3 | 4 | 15½ | ||
54th Biel Chess Festival 2021 (Biel SUI)
Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Wed 4th Aug 2021 -
Official Site - Results
54th Biel GM 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM Classical
54th Biel GM Blitz 2021 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
54th Biel GM Rapid 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: GM Rapid
54th Biel Chess960 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Chess 960
54th Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open
54th Biel GM 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM Classical
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| 54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (SUI), 24 vii-4 viii 2021 | cat. XVI (2638) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2658 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2792 |
| 2. | Alekseenko, Kirill | g | RUS | 2699 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2679 |
| 3. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2675 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2682 |
| 4. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2591 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2644 |
| 5. | Lagarde, Maxime | g | FRA | 2648 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3 | 2586 |
| 6. | Nihal, Sarin | g | IND | 2620 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2590 |
| 7. | Pichot, Alan | g | ARG | 2630 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 3 | 2588 |
| 8. | Studer, Noel | g | SUI | 2581 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 2½ | 2543 |
| Round 1 (July 27, 2021) | ||||||
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| Kamsky, Gata | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 35 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Alekseenko, Kirill | - Nihal, Sarin | 1-0 | 91 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Pichot, Alan | 0-1 | 34 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
| Lagarde, Maxime | - Keymer, Vincent | ½-½ | 44 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Round 2 (July 28, 2021) | ||||||
| Kamsky, Gata | - Lagarde, Maxime | ½-½ | 26 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Alekseenko, Kirill | ½-½ | 43 | E51 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Nihal, Sarin | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 33 | A04 | Dutch System | |
| Studer, Noel | - Pichot, Alan | ½-½ | 138 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Round 3 (July 29, 2021) | ||||||
| Alekseenko, Kirill | - Kamsky, Gata | ½-½ | 62 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 44 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
| Lagarde, Maxime | - Studer, Noel | 0-1 | 41 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Pichot, Alan | - Nihal, Sarin | ½-½ | 41 | C07 | French Tarrasch | |
| Round 4 (July 30, 2021) | ||||||
| Kamsky, Gata | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | 49 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Pichot, Alan | 1-0 | 43 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Lagarde, Maxime | - Alekseenko, Kirill | 1-0 | 41 | A21 | English Opening | |
| Studer, Noel | - Nihal, Sarin | ½-½ | 36 | D06 | Queen's Pawn Gambit | |
| Round 5 (August 2, 2021) | ||||||
| Alekseenko, Kirill | - Studer, Noel | ½-½ | 55 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Lagarde, Maxime | 1-0 | 61 | A40 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | |
| Nihal, Sarin | - Keymer, Vincent | ½-½ | 45 | E42 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
| Pichot, Alan | - Kamsky, Gata | 0-1 | 27 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Round 6 (August 3, 2021) | ||||||
| Kamsky, Gata | - Nihal, Sarin | ½-½ | 41 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange | |
| Alekseenko, Kirill | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 | 73 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Lagarde, Maxime | - Pichot, Alan | ½-½ | 66 | C58 | Two Knights Defence | |
| Studer, Noel | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 49 | E50 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Round 7 (August 4, 2021) | ||||||
| Gelfand, Boris | - Studer, Noel | 1-0 | 45 | D27 | QGA | |
| Keymer, Vincent | - Kamsky, Gata | 0-1 | 50 | A80 | Dutch | |
| Nihal, Sarin | - Lagarde, Maxime | ½-½ | 63 | A01 | Larsen Opening | |
| Pichot, Alan | - Alekseenko, Kirill | ½-½ | 41 | B11 | Caro Kann Two Knights | |
54th Biel GM Blitz 2021 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
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| 54th Biel GM Blitz 2021 Biel SUI Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Wed 4th Aug 2021
Leading Final Round 14 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2658 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2580 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2630 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 4 | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2474 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2691 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 7 | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2622 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2644 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | Studer Noel | SUI | 2451 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 8 players | ||||||
54th Biel GM Rapid 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: GM Rapid
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| 54th Biel GM Rapid 2021 Biel SUI Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Wed 4th Aug 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2701 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2418 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2684 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2661 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2543 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2533 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2702 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Studer Noel | SUI | 2431 | 1.5 | 0 |
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54th Biel Chess960 2021 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Chess 960
| 54th Biel Chess960 2021 Biel SUI Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Wed 4th Aug 2021
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2661 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 15.00 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2684 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 13.25 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2702 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 14.25 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2701 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 11.75 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2543 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 11.00 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2418 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11.00 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2533 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 10.25 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | Studer Noel | SUI | 2431 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7.00 | 2 |
| 8 players | ||||||||
54th Biel Master Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open
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| 54th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sat 24th Jul 2021 - Wed 4th Aug 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Saleh Salem A.R. | GM | UAE | 2682 | 7.0 | 47.5 | 355.0 |
| 2 | 12 | Murali Karthikeyan | GM | IND | 2606 | 7.0 | 46.0 | 360.5 |
| 3 | 6 | Banusz Tamas | GM | HUN | 2631 | 6.5 | 47.0 | 353.5 |
| 4 | 10 | Erdos Viktor | GM | HUN | 2614 | 6.5 | 43.0 | 340.0 |
| 5 | 15 | Gukesh Dommaraju | GM | IND | 2578 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 345.0 |
| 6 | 19 | Erigaisi Arjun | GM | IND | 2567 | 6.5 | 41.0 | 337.0 |
| 7 | 8 | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | GM | IND | 2625 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 350.0 |
| 8 | 2 | Eljanov Pavel | GM | UKR | 2671 | 6.0 | 46.0 | 356.5 |
| 9 | 13 | Fedorchuk Sergey | GM | UKR | 2598 | 6.0 | 42.5 | 347.5 |
| 10 | 22 | Kantor Gergely | GM | HUN | 2527 | 6.0 | 40.0 | 333.5 |
| 11 | 17 | Wagner Dennis | GM | GER | 2572 | 5.5 | 46.0 | 357.0 |
| 12 | 4 | Sethuraman S.P. | GM | IND | 2644 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 335.0 |
| 13 | 11 | R Praggnanandhaa | GM | IND | 2608 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 344.5 |
| 14 | 7 | Chigaev Maksim | GM | RUS | 2630 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 336.0 |
| 15 | 23 | Valsecchi Alessio | GM | ITA | 2527 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 331.0 |
| 16 | 24 | Tang Andrew | GM | USA | 2525 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 340.5 |
| 17 | 9 | Narayanan S.L. | GM | IND | 2624 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 317.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Sadhwani Raunak | GM | IND | 2555 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 334.0 |
| 19 | 14 | Puranik Abhimanyu | GM | IND | 2589 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 343.0 |
| 20 | 25 | NR Visakh | GM | IND | 2516 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 336.5 |
| 21 | 27 | Budisavljevic Luka | GM | SRB | 2509 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 320.0 |
| 22 | 16 | Yuffa Daniil | GM | RUS | 2578 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 335.0 |
| 23 | 29 | Raja Harshit | IM | IND | 2484 | 5.0 | 47.0 | 351.5 |
| 24 | 28 | Kalyan Arjun | IM | IND | 2503 | 5.0 | 46.5 | 347.0 |
| 25 | 30 | NR Vignesh | IM | IND | 2428 | 5.0 | 42.0 | 320.0 |
| 26 | 18 | Dragnev Valentin | GM | AUT | 2569 | 5.0 | 40.5 | 330.5 |
| 27 | 3 | Donchenko Alexander | GM | GER | 2652 | 5.0 | 40.5 | 325.0 |
| 28 | 5 | Chithambaram Aravindh | GM | IND | 2641 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 314.5 |
| 29 | 36 | Seul Georg | IM | GER | 2372 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 310.0 |
| 30 | 26 | Shchekachev Andrei | GM | FRA | 2515 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 304.5 |
| 31 | 33 | Vaishali R | WGM | IND | 2393 | 4.5 | 47.0 | 325.0 |
| 32 | 39 | Tahay Alexis | FM | FRA | 2349 | 4.5 | 40.5 | 318.0 |
| 33 | 35 | Haimovich Tal | IM | ISR | 2388 | 4.5 | 39.5 | 307.0 |
| 34 | 31 | Gschnitzer Adrian | IM | GER | 2420 | 4.5 | 39.0 | 305.0 |
| 35 | 48 | Eric Jovana | WGM | SRB | 2250 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 302.0 |
| 36 | 21 | Korpa Bence | GM | HUN | 2536 | 4.5 | 38.0 | 312.0 |
| 37 | 43 | Stelmaszyk Nico | FM | GER | 2296 | 4.5 | 37.0 | 309.5 |
| 38 | 34 | Bänziger Fabian | IM | SUI | 2392 | 4.5 | 36.5 | 308.5 |
| 39 | 49 | Blagojevic Tijana | WIM | SRB | 2222 | 4.5 | 36.5 | 305.5 |
| 40 | 53 | Doluhanova Evgeniya | WGM | UKR | 2179 | 4.5 | 36.0 | 301.0 |
| 41 | 32 | Unuk Laura | IM | SLO | 2407 | 4.5 | 35.5 | 298.5 |
| 42 | 40 | J Sai Agni Jeevitesh | IM | IND | 2322 | 4.5 | 35.0 | 307.5 |
| 43 | 41 | Dordzhieva Dinara | WGM | RUS | 2311 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 297.5 |
| 44 | 54 | Gueci Tea | WIM | ITA | 2179 | 4.5 | 32.5 | 290.5 |
| 45 | 38 | Papadiamandis Elliot | FM | FRA | 2363 | 4.0 | 39.5 | 301.5 |
| 46 | 51 | Al Hosani Omran | IM | UAE | 2197 | 4.0 | 37.5 | 306.0 |
| 47 | 42 | Fecker Noah | FM | SUI | 2309 | 4.0 | 36.5 | 291.5 |
| 48 | 44 | Löffler Markus | IM | GER | 2295 | 4.0 | 35.5 | 287.0 |
| 49 | 55 | Rakhmangulova Anastasiya | WIM | UKR | 2167 | 4.0 | 34.5 | 292.5 |
| 50 | 37 | Omar Noaman | IM | UAE | 2367 | 4.0 | 34.5 | 286.0 |
| 73 players | ||||||||
