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The 56th Biel Chess Festival took place Sat 15th to Sun 30th Jul 2023. The main event was the Grand Master Triathlon which is a mix of Classical, Rapid and Blitz sections with 8 players: Yu Yangyi, Le Quang Liem, Arjun Erigaisi, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vincent Keymer, Bassem Amin, David Navara and Jules Moussard. In addition there are three main opens, the Masters, HTO and ATO. Le Quang Liem defended the title he won last year, Vincent Keymer lost his final round game against Erigaisi in pursuit of first place but still finished second ahead of David Navara.

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56th Biel GM 2023 Biel SUI (SUI), 15-30 vii 2023											cat. XVIII (2699)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2728	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	5	2853
2.	Keymer, Vincent	g	GER	2690	1	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	4½	2802
3.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2689	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	4	2750
4.	Moussard, Jules	g	FRA	2654	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	3½	2705
5.	Erigaisi, Arjun	g	IND	2710	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	0	3	2647
6.	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2693	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	3	2650
7.	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2735	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	2½	2592
8.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2694	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	2½	2597

Round 1 (July 18, 2023)
Keymer, Vincent	- Moussard, Jules	½-½	36	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Navara, David	- Amin, Bassem	1-0	42	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Le, Quang Liem	0-1	50	D38	QGD Ragozin
Yu, Yangyi	- Erigaisi, Arjun	½-½	78	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 2 (July 19, 2023)
Le, Quang Liem	- Amin, Bassem	1-0	45	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Moussard, Jules	- Yu, Yangyi	½-½	44	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Erigaisi, Arjun	- Navara, David	½-½	58	B94	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	53	A22	English Opening
Round 3 (July 20, 2023)
Keymer, Vincent	- Le, Quang Liem	1-0	53	A07	Barcza System
Navara, David	- Moussard, Jules	½-½	95	A14	Reti Opening
Yu, Yangyi	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	96	D38	QGD Ragozin
Amin, Bassem	- Erigaisi, Arjun	1-0	55	A08	Barcza System
Round 4 (July 21, 2023)
Le, Quang Liem	- Erigaisi, Arjun	1-0	42	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Keymer, Vincent	- Yu, Yangyi	1-0	71	E06	Catalan
Moussard, Jules	- Amin, Bassem	½-½	37	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Navara, David	½-½	24	A22	English Opening
Round 5 (July 24, 2023)
Navara, David	- Keymer, Vincent	½-½	52	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Erigaisi, Arjun	- Moussard, Jules	½-½	43	D35	QGD Exchange
Yu, Yangyi	- Le, Quang Liem	0-1	36	D35	QGD Exchange
Amin, Bassem	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	43	A04	Dutch System
Round 6 (July 25, 2023)
Le, Quang Liem	- Moussard, Jules	½-½	81	E15	Queens Indian
Keymer, Vincent	- Amin, Bassem	1-0	70	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Erigaisi, Arjun	½-½	48	A07	Barcza System
Yu, Yangyi	- Navara, David	½-½	33	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 7 (July 26, 2023)
Navara, David	- Le, Quang Liem	½-½	37	A13	Reti Opening
Moussard, Jules	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	29	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Erigaisi, Arjun	- Keymer, Vincent	1-0	87	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Amin, Bassem	- Yu, Yangyi	½-½	24	C26	Vienna Game

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56th Biel GM Rapid 2023 Biel SUI Sat 15th Jul 2023 - Sun 30th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	2	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2617	5
	4	Navara, David	CZE	2689	5
3	3	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2734	4.5
4	5	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2588	4
5	7	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2605	3
6	6	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2714	2.5
	8	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2661	2.5
8	1	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2634	1.5
8 players

56th Biel GM Blitz 2023 Biel SUI Sat 15th Jul 2023 - Sun 30th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	3	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2710	10.5
2	2	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2643	8.5
3	1	Navara, David	CZE	2675	7.5
	8	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2770	7.5
5	7	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2626	7
6	4	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2644	6.5
7	5	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2669	5
8	6	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2670	3.5
8 players

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56th Biel Master Open Biel SUI Sat 15th Jul 2023 - Sun 30th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	1	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2676	8	60	503
2	3	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2626	7.5	58.5	504
3	9	Liu, Yan	CHN	2542	7	57.5	490
4	13	Peng, Xiongjian	CHN	2489	7	56.5	489
5	2	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2645	7	56.5	488
6	20	Chasin, Nico	USA	2455	7	55.5	484
7	19	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2463	7	54.5	469
8	16	Samadov, Read	AZE	2482	7	53.5	477.5
9	33	Shlyakhtenko, Robert	USA	2401	7	48	456
10	36	Seul, Georg	GER	2376	7	46.5	449
11	11	Samant, Aditya S	IND	2510	6.5	59.5	490.5
12	22	Huang, Renjie	CHN	2445	6.5	55	479.5
13	4	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2603	6.5	51	472
14	10	Pranav, Anand	IND	2510	6	58.5	494.5
15	28	Vantika, Agrawal	IND	2428	6	57.5	481.5
16	32	Harikrishnan, A Ra	IND	2406	6	55.5	478
17	12	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN	2495	6	54.5	472
18	42	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2358	6	54	470
19	21	Muthaiah, Al	IND	2445	6	54	463
20	8	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	CUB	2553	6	53.5	465
21	5	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	CUB	2591	6	53	472
22	18	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2472	6	50	468.5
23	48	Nie, Xinyang	CHN	2288	6	49	450.5
24	17	Wang, Chen	CHN	2477	6	49	441.5
25	29	Huang, Qian	CHN	2422	6	48.5	442
26	27	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2429	6	46.5	434.5
27	40	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2369	6	45.5	429
28	39	Deuer, Marius	GER	2374	5.5	54.5	461
29	7	Meshkovs, Nikita	LAT	2565	5.5	54	451.5
30	41	Dotzer, Lukas	AUT	2369	5.5	53.5	458.5
31	26	Licznerski, Lukasz	POL	2430	5.5	51.5	461.5
32	31	Jinan, Jomon	IND	2409	5.5	50.5	437.5
33	46	Huston, Gus	USA	2341	5.5	50.5	434.5
34	35	Ajay Krishna, S	IND	2390	5.5	49.5	447.5
35	23	Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos	PAN	2444	5.5	49	447
36	37	Jain, Kashish Manoj	IND	2375	5.5	47.5	443
37	69	Zhang, Lanlin	CHN	2194	5.5	46.5	429
38	45	Aarav, Dengla	IND	2343	5.5	46.5	426.5
39	24	Weishaeutel, Moritz	GER	2442	5.5	46.5	416
40	70	Coles, Ruben	FRA	2167	5.5	46	428
41	50	Karthik, Rajaa	IND	2276	5.5	45.5	440
42	49	Schnepp, Gunnar	AUT	2278	5.5	45.5	419.5
43	55	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2247	5.5	45.5	419
44	44	Rosen, Eric	USA	2344	5.5	44.5	422.5
45	65	Eidelman, Gabriel	USA	2204	5	53	450
46	25	Materia, Marco	FRA	2436	5	50	449
47	43	Besou, Hussain	GER	2348	5	48.5	415
48	54	Joly, Julien	FRA	2249	5	47.5	413
49	61	Costello, Alexander	USA	2224	5	46.5	439
50	59	Frey, Fabian	SUI	2230	5	46	441.5
99 players

56th Biel Chess960 2023 Biel SUI Sat 15th Jul 2023 - Sun 30th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2734	5.5	0	16.50	2
2	4	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2634	4.5	1	13,75	3
3	1	Navara, David	CZE	2689	4.5	0	13,25	1
4	5	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2617	4	0	12.50	1
5	2	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2661	3.5	0	8,00	1
6	7	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2605	3	0	10,25	2
7	3	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2714	2	0	5,75	1
8	6	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2588	1	0	3,00	0
8 players

ch-SUI Blitz 2023 Biel SUI Sat 15th Jul 2023 - Sun 30th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	2	Gähwiler, Gabriel	SUI	2437	11	108	1201
2	4	Bänziger, Fabian	SUI	2339	10.5	105.5	1190.5
3	5	Rosen, Eric	USA	2337	10.5	104	1189.5
4	19	Ammar, Sedrani	UAE	2118	10	103.5	1165.5
5	1	Jenni, Florian	SUI	2474	9.5	106.5	1195
6	9	Sutter, Oliver	SUI	2273	9	103.5	1166
7	7	Fecker, Noah	SUI	2291	9	100	1160.5
8	6	Colmenares, Aurelio	SUI	2305	9	99.5	1129
9	51	Stijve, Niels	SUI	1863	9	93.5	1128
10	18	Angst, Oliver	SUI	2129	8.5	101.5	1137.5
11	41	Schellenberg, Simon	SUI	1897	8.5	98	1095.5
12	28	Schweizer, Samuel	JPN	2029	8.5	94	1093
13	14	Kelecevic, Nedeljko	SUI	2167	8	103.5	1132.5
14	16	Schweizer, Simon	JPN	2141	8	101	1109.5
15	10	Kappeler, Kaspar	SUI	2238	8	96.5	1107
16	22	Ballmer, Mirko	SUI	2082	8	95.5	1112.5
17	40	Malli, Suvirr	SUI	1904	8	94	1101.5
18	3	Tuncer, Ufuk	TUR	2351	8	91.5	1109
19	38	Manko, Mariia	SUI	1912	8	88.5	1084.5
20	11	Masserey, Yvan	SUI	2235	8	88	1031
21	46	Gut, Lionel	SUI	1880	8	85	1034
22	25	Frei, Thadeus	SUI	2034	8	84	1037.5
23	48	Matsuo, Tom	FRA	1873	8	77	973.5
24	21	Angst, Robin	SUI	2097	7.5	89.5	1042.5
25	15	Georgescu, Lena	SUI	2166	7.5	88.5	1056
26	67	Knowles, Chase	USA	1768	7.5	87	1062
27	13	Habibi, Ali	SUI	2175	7.5	86	1056
28	61	Zani, Davide	SUI	1824	7.5	84.5	1025
29	8	Kamber, Bruno	SUI	2284	7.5	84	1011.5
30	12	Filipovic, Branko	SUI	2223	7.5	83.5	979
31	31	Clausen, Martin	SUI	1978	7.5	82.5	1014
32	63	Rotunno, Flavio	SUI	1818	7.5	82.5	984
33	50	Pellicoro, Nathalie	SUI	1866	7.5	81	1009
34	26	Ballmer, Boris	SUI	2032	7.5	78.5	975.5
35	20	Schmid, Pablo	SUI	2111	7	95	1068
36	32	Abdulrahman Mohammad, Al Taher	UAE	1970	7	90	1046
37	35	Binggeli, Christian	SUI	1934	7	88.5	1081.5
38	44	Hirt, Markus	SUI	1890	7	86.5	1044
39	66	Pheng, Wissam	FRA	1769	7	86.5	1022.5
40	70	Zecirovic, Giacomo	SUI	1752	7	86.5	986.5
41	42	Valkova, Angelika	UKR	1897	7	86	1032
42	58	Hirzel, Cédric	SUI	1831	7	83.5	1024
43	33	Freuler, Roman	SUI	1961	7	83	1026.5
44	60	Fecker, Jan	SUI	1824	7	82	984
45	30	Erne, Raphael	SUI	1988	7	79.5	1010
46	24	Kamber, Adrian	SUI	2050	7	76.5	983.5
47	17	Mueller, Leonhard	NAM	2138	7	75	944.5
48	52	Lips, Adrian	SUI	1859	6.5	90.5	1041.5
49	43	Gut, Raphael	SUI	1890	6.5	81	1009.5
50	77	Hirzel, Robin	SUI	1646	6.5	76.5	904.5
102 players

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