59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026

59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 – Open | Rapid (RAP) was a 148-player rapid Swiss in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 12 Jul 2026. Won by Kozak with 7½/9 (2494 performance). Huang (1648) was the breakout, performing at 2031 and gaining 160 rating points. Top seed Amonatov (2593) finished 10th with 6½/9. Last updated 22 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC.

Dates: 12 Jul
Place: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Format: 9 round swiss
Time control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move

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Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMKozak, AdamHUN	2592	7½	2494	+1
2	GMBu, XiangzhiCHN	2583	7½	2571	+7
3	GMAlexakis, DimitrisGRE	2518	7½	2595	+16
4	IMAronyak GhoshIND	2482	7	2411
5	GMAcs, PeterHUN	2474	7	2386	−2
6	GMGopal G.N.IND	2471	7	2419	+1
7	IMGloeckler, ChristianGER	2332	7	2396	+23
8	IMLu, MiaoyiCHN	2309	7	2368	+19
9	Xu, Chang(CQ)CHN	2082	7	2451	+155
10	GMAmonatov, FarrukhTJK	2593	6½	2285	−15
11	GMGanguly, Surya ShekharIND	2545	6½	2359	−9
12	GMGhosh, DiptayanIND	2480	6½	2352	−5
13	GMArjun KalyanIND	2390	6½	2410	+9
14	IMSavitha Shri BIND	2317	6½	2426	+33
15	Dong, HongfuCHN	2271	6½	2374	+31
16	FMGautier, AnandFRA	2223	6½	2238	+12
17	FMRohrer, ChristopheSUI	2202	6½	2277	+24
18	FMKukushkin, IvanBUL	2186	6½	2230	+36
19	WGMShukhman, AnnaFID	2272	6	2238	−1
20	IMCao, QingfengCHN	2265	6	2435	+44
21	WIMManko, MariiaSUI	2210	6	2171	−2
22	CMFernandes Barbosa Dos Santos, GabrielSUI	2199	6	2010	−27
23	IMGluckman, DavidRSA	2161	6	2038	−8
24	CMHarish, NeerajUSA	2140	6	2054	−20
25	Menzi, JonasSUI	2114	6	2096
26	El-Mais, IbaaSUI	2100	6	2009	−16
27	FMFogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani AlexanderMEX	2088	6	2145	+34
28	Tkhoruk, RomanSUI	2076	6	2088	+4
29	Laub, PatrickSUI	1949	6	2088	+26
30	IMMaier, ChristianGER	2314	5½	2141	−26
31	WGMBalabayeva, XeniyaKAZ	2291	5½	2214	−7
32	IMFilipovic, BrankoSUI	2279	5½	2152	−9
33	FMTureshbayev, AnuarIRL	2246	5½	2117	−38
34	IMHaimovich, TalISR	2245	5½	2142	−12
35	Frey,FabianSUI	2207	5½	2039	−26
36	Haugner, JanGER	2079	5½	2049	−2
37	CMLing, ChenxuanUSA	2077	5½	2169	+42
38	CMHashem, KhaledKUW	1926	5½	1982	+10
39	Huang,Hsuan-ChenTPE	1648	5½	2031	+160
40	IMHabibi, AliGER	2187	5	2056	−18
41	Erne, RaphaelSUI	2122	5	2083	−9
42	Piazza, CarloITA	2076	5	1877	−39
43	Hornung, Hans, Dr.GER	2040	5	1941	−20
44	CMSadeghi, Hassan RogerSUI	2028	5	1995	−7
45	Labrovic, JakovCRO	2005	5	2013	−9
46	Egli, UrsSUI	1964	5	2001	+1
47	Alexakis, DimitriosGRE	1954	5	1965	−4
48	Aryan GoyalIND	1869	5	2173	+120
49	GMSasikiran, KrishnanIND	2520	4½	2318	−11
50	GMCherniaev, AlexanderENG	2299	4½	2332	+2
51	De Gregorio, AlexisSUI	2030	4½	1822	−43
52	Arntz, ChristophGER	1999	4½	1913	−25
53	Javet, BlaiseSUI	1980	4½	1796	−43
54	Schwab, FelixSUI	1945	4½	1819	−33
55	Pinson, ClementFRA	1924	4½	2106	+24
56	Materia, MatteoFRA	1868	4½	1980	+24
57	Filimonov, ArseniiSUI	1843	4½	1969	+43
58	Pinelli, GianSUI	1774	4½	2038	+102
59	Wilhelm, SergeSUI	1923	4	1901	−9
60	Aryan MehtaIND	1921	4	1953	+1
61	Ivarsson, AndersSWE	1907	4	1945	+4
62	Alsaqer, MeshalKUW	1903	4	1914	+1
63	Jehnichen, KaiGER	1903	4	2046	+25
64	Kwiatkowski, MaciejSUI	1902	4	1946	+14
65	Lang, FabianSUI	1900	4	1909	−1
66	WCMBerezovskii, ArinaISR	1895	4	2024	+45
67	Zecirovic, GiacomoSUI	1886	4	2129	+42
68	Hajduk, TomaszPOL	1879	4	1890	+1
69	Carey, MichaelUSA	1850	4	1970	+14
70	Villiger, JanSUI	1846	4	2067	+39
71	Grzeskowiak, AntoniPOL	1844	4	2155	+53
72	Moesching, ColinSUI	1820	4	2111	+48
73	Alrefae, AhmadKUW	1797	4	2006	+39
74	Lopez, ManuelSUI	1916	3½	1798	−28
75	Ranieri, PierpaoloITA	1891	3½	1846	−12
76	Bonanomi, SilvanSUI	1867	3½	1914	+14
77	Di Meo, QuentinSUI	1828	3½	1955	+14
78	Tcheau, AlainSUI	1932	3	1768	−35
79	Materia, MarioFRA	1914	3	1813	−54
80	Lachat, PierreSUI	1904	3	1786	−58
81	Varela Tavares, GoncaloSUI	1880	3	1786	−23
82	Radovcic, BranimirCRO	1840	3	1738	−12
83	Yang, Sung-JuiTPE	1825	3	1893	+4
84	Gheorghiu, HarrySUI	1751	3	1889	+21
85	Chu, Wa Ching DavidSGP	1723	3	1877	+51
86	Gunzinger, SeverinSUI	1607	3	1896	+79
87	Liengme, SamuelSUI	1967	2½	1691	−125
88	Trubini, TimonSUI	1896	2½	1826	−18
89	Tan, JimmySGP	1845	2½	1941	+10
90	Erb, BernhardSUI	1837	2½	1853	+2
91	Gaier, WalterSUI	1832	2½	1847	−10
92	Brixius, DirkGER	1821	2½	1899	+2
93	Knuesel, JolanSUI	1651	2½	1941	+66
94	Berger, VincentSUI	1877	2	1631	−92
95	Gireada, LucasSUI	1837	2	1882	+9
96	Duric, IvanSUI	1832	2	1891	−12
97	Boyer, Jean-FrancoisFRA	1749	2	1833	+9
98	Ziegler, AndrinSUI	1730	2	1684	−11
99	Gheorghiu, Gabriel-IonROU	1679	2	1768	+12
100	Klopfenstein, FrancoisSUI	1815	1½	1802	−11
101	Schmied, StefanSUI	1778	1½	1718	−13
102	Surdez, PatrickSUI	1695	1½	1752	+12
103	Gast, MichaelSUI	1682	1½	1722	+8
104	Creux, FrancoisSUI	1668	1½	1742	+4
105	Rohde, BernhardSUI	1834	1	1791	−18
106	Arocha, CarlosSUI	1807	1	1829	−2
107	Bachmann, DanielSUI	1786	1	1715	−7
108	Paholok, IgorSUI	1784	1	1742	−8
109	Belmadani, NaimSUI	1758	1	1792
110	Hardt, WinfriedSUI	1738	1	1899	+17
111	Zumbrunn, SimonSUI	1727	1	1708	−9
112	Jaggy, EnzoSUI	1682	1	1718	+4
113	Gheorghiu, AlexandruSUI	1647	1	1718	+7
114	Pilotto, Jean-MarcSUI		1	1638	−36
115	Jaussi, KevinSUI	1859	½	1350	−49
116	Fortier, NicolasSUI	1810	½	1745	−8
117	Papageorgiou Martinella, IliosSUI	1809	½	1704	−24
118	Martin, GeromeSUI	1757	½	1613	−30
119	Schneggenburger, MiguelSUI	1742	½	1735	−6
120	Haefliger, PatrickSUI	1685	½	1789	+7
121	Amsellem, DanielSUI	1650	½	1700	+2
122	Cousin, IsmaelSUI	1588	½	1579	−2
123	WGMHakimifard, GhazalSUI	2197	0
124	WFMFarhat Willemstein, Stela SouzaBRA	1826	0
125	Schaller, DidierSUI	1816	0	1370	−10
126	Koehler, NoeSUI	1814	0	1162	−50
127	Groux, MathiasSUI	1813	0	1253	−16
128	Mueller, LadinaSUI	1807	0	1194	−29
129	Grimaldi, Francois-XavierSUI	1783	0	1215	−32
130	Boner, TimmSUI	1720	0	1159	−18
131	Huettinger, JonathanSUI	1704	0	1161	−32
132	Ghosh, DavidSUI	1685	0	1169	−10
133	Alves, DuarteSUI	1673	0	1258	−7
134	Gutzwiller, DarianSUI	1633	0	1116	−14
135	Guidi, EliaSUI	1627	0	1095	−29
136	Sudarsandhari Shibani, WillsonSUI	1620	0	1099	−14
137	Muller, AlexisSUI	1612	0	1028	−9
138	Mury, MarieFRA	1603	0	1081	−10
139	Hajduk, MariiaSUI	1602	0	1087	−13
140	Thomas, VitusSUI	1600	0	1071	−21
141	Pryimak, NatalyaUKR	1595	0	1132	−2
142	Gutierrez, Carlos MartinSUI	1586	0	1079	−6
143	Cloete, Willem FrancoisRSA	1584	0	1068	−3
144	Leveque, OlivierSUI	1570	0	1067	−6
145	Saucy, EtienneSUI	1442	0	868	−8
146	Kamildjanov, SaidbekUZB		0	1087
147	Koelbener, MauroSUI		0	1204	−18
148	Ortmann, TimGER		0	1080	−20

Results

Round 112 Jul, 8:45