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54th Biel Chess Festival 2021 (Games and Results)

54th Biel Chess Festival 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)
RkTiNameFEDGmsClassicRapidBlitzPts
1GMGata KamskyUSA281811635
2GMKirill AlekseenkoRUS28148931
3GMNihal SarinIND2891028½
4GMMaxime LagardeFRA28109726
5GMBoris GelfandISR28154726
6GMVincent KeymerGER2812½6725½
7GMAlan PichotARG2810521½
8GMNoel StuderSUI283415½

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)
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 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 * 2543
Round 1 (July 27, 2021)
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:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
15Nihal SarinIND26589.50
21Alekseenko KirillRUS25809.00
33Lagarde MaximeFRA26307.00
4Keymer VincentGER24747.00
6Gelfand BorisISR26917.00
67Pichot AlanARG26226.50
78Kamsky GataUSA26446.00
82Studer NoelSUI24514.00
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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:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Kamsky GataUSA27015.50
26Nihal SarinIND24185.00
32Lagarde MaximeFRA26844.50
43Alekseenko KirillRUS26614.00
57Keymer VincentGER25433.00
65Pichot AlanARG25332.50
74Gelfand BorisISR27022.00
88Studer NoelSUI24311.50
8 players

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:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Alekseenko KirillRUS26614.50.015.003
23Lagarde MaximeFRA26844.01.513.253
36Gelfand BorisISR27024.01.014.253
48Kamsky GataUSA27014.00.511.753
54Keymer VincentGER25433.50.011.003
65Nihal SarinIND24183.01.011.003
77Pichot AlanARG25333.00.010.252
82Studer NoelSUI24312.00.07.002
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:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Saleh Salem A.R.GMUAE26827.047.5355.0
212Murali KarthikeyanGMIND26067.046.0360.5
36Banusz TamasGMHUN26316.547.0353.5
410Erdos ViktorGMHUN26146.543.0340.0
515Gukesh DommarajuGMIND25786.541.5345.0
619Erigaisi ArjunGMIND25676.541.0337.0
78Ganguly Surya ShekharGMIND26256.047.5350.0
82Eljanov PavelGMUKR26716.046.0356.5
913Fedorchuk SergeyGMUKR25986.042.5347.5
1022Kantor GergelyGMHUN25276.040.0333.5
1117Wagner DennisGMGER25725.546.0357.0
124Sethuraman S.P.GMIND26445.545.5335.0
1311R PraggnanandhaaGMIND26085.545.0344.5
147Chigaev MaksimGMRUS26305.543.0336.0
1523Valsecchi AlessioGMITA25275.543.0331.0
1624Tang AndrewGMUSA25255.542.5340.5
179Narayanan S.L.GMIND26245.542.5317.5
1820Sadhwani RaunakGMIND25555.541.5334.0
1914Puranik AbhimanyuGMIND25895.541.0343.0
2025NR VisakhGMIND25165.540.0336.5
2127Budisavljevic LukaGMSRB25095.539.5320.0
2216Yuffa DaniilGMRUS25785.538.5335.0
2329Raja HarshitIMIND24845.047.0351.5
2428Kalyan ArjunIMIND25035.046.5347.0
2530NR VigneshIMIND24285.042.0320.0
2618Dragnev ValentinGMAUT25695.040.5330.5
273Donchenko AlexanderGMGER26525.040.5325.0
285Chithambaram AravindhGMIND26415.040.0314.5
2936Seul GeorgIMGER23725.039.0310.0
3026Shchekachev AndreiGMFRA25155.035.0304.5
3133Vaishali RWGMIND23934.547.0325.0
3239Tahay AlexisFMFRA23494.540.5318.0
3335Haimovich TalIMISR23884.539.5307.0
3431Gschnitzer AdrianIMGER24204.539.0305.0
3548Eric JovanaWGMSRB22504.538.5302.0
3621Korpa BenceGMHUN25364.538.0312.0
3743Stelmaszyk NicoFMGER22964.537.0309.5
3834Bänziger FabianIMSUI23924.536.5308.5
3949Blagojevic TijanaWIMSRB22224.536.5305.5
4053Doluhanova EvgeniyaWGMUKR21794.536.0301.0
4132Unuk LauraIMSLO24074.535.5298.5
4240J Sai Agni JeeviteshIMIND23224.535.0307.5
4341Dordzhieva DinaraWGMRUS23114.534.0297.5
4454Gueci TeaWIMITA21794.532.5290.5
4538Papadiamandis ElliotFMFRA23634.039.5301.5
4651Al Hosani OmranIMUAE21974.037.5306.0
4742Fecker NoahFMSUI23094.036.5291.5
4844Löffler MarkusIMGER22954.035.5287.0
4955Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaWIMUKR21674.034.5292.5
5037Omar NoamanIMUAE23674.034.5286.0
73 players

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