59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026

59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 – Open | Blitz (BTZ) was a 149-player blitz Swiss in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 19 Jul 2026. Won by Bu with 11/13 (2629 performance). Rappazzo (2032) was the breakout, performing at 2446 and gaining 118 rating points. Last updated 23 Oct 2026, 02:27 UTC.

Dates: 19 Jul
Place: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Format: 13-round Swiss
Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move

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Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMBu, XiangzhiCHN	2719	11	2629	−2
2	GMSafarli, EltajAZE	2619	10	2412	−14
3	GMGhosh, DiptayanIND	2530	10	2464	+6
4	GMKozak, AdamHUN	2537	9½	2461
5	IMAronyak GhoshIND	2488	9½	2514	+12
6	GMArjun KalyanIND	2451	9½	2511	+17
7	IMCao, QingfengCHN	2264	9½	2332	+30
8	FMRappazzo, JohannesSUI	2032	9½	2446	+118
9	GMAmonatov, FarrukhTJK	2585	9	2317	−22
10	IMGloeckler, ChristianGER	2513	9	2353	−13
11	GMAlexakis, DimitrisGRE	2459	9	2282	−17
12	WGMShukhman, AnnaFID	2392	9	2437	+15
13	FMTureshbayev, AnuarIRL	2328	9	2200	−25
14	IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND	2316	9	2417	+44
15	Dong, HongfuCHN	2290	9	2252	+8
16	CMLing, ChenxuanUSA	2235	9	2402	+120
17	IMSavitha Shri BIND	2161	9	2397	+72
18	IMElmi, Saad AbobakerNOR	2409	8½	2311	−8
19	IMThorfinnsson, BjornISL	2396	8½	2351	−1
20	IMHaimovich, TalISR	2347	8½	2141	−23
21	FMGautier, AnandFRA	2198	8½	2355	+55
22	FMAshwath KaushikSGP	2122	8½	2218	+77
23	Ragavan, Samarth RajeshUSA	2101	8½	2124	+15
24	IMOmar, NoamanUAE	2274	8	2156	−30
25	FMKukushkin, IvanBUL	2265	8	2271	+12
26	FMFogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani AlexanderMEX	2219	8	2241	+10
27	FMRohrer, ChristopheSUI	2216	8	2018	−46
28	CMFernandes Barbosa Dos Santos, GabrielSUI	2167	8	2185	+6
29	IMKelecevic, NedeljkoSUI	2150	8	2105	−14
30	Erne, RaphaelSUI	2128	8	2202	+23
31	Langner, RobinGER	2059	8	2000	−17
32	WFMStefan, Iulia-CristianaROU	2050	8	2044	−4
33	Xu, Chang(CQ)CHN	2049	8	2148	+67
34	IMGluckman, DavidRSA	2240	7½	2023	−64
35	FMKolly, JacquesSUI	2203	7½	2066	−45
36	Maruntis, Patrik-RobertROU	2167	7½	2099	−17
37	WGMHakimifard, GhazalSUI	2130	7½	2089	−13
38	IMHabibi, AliGER	2116	7½	2077	−6
39	IMFilipovic, BrankoSUI	2109	7½	2180	+23
40	Klatt, MarcelGER	2089	7½	1903	−52
41	CMStefan, Romulus-CristianROU	2048	7½	2135	+23
42	Bajraktari, PerparimKOS	2045	7½	2098	+12
43	WGMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE	2039	7½	2064	+7
44	Schweizer, SimonJPN	2182	7	1989	−58
45	Gireada, DanielROU	2148	7	1909	−73
46	CMMatsumura, CocoroJPN	2131	7	2112	−20
47	Tkhoruk, RomanSUI	2055	7	1988	−46
48	Python, NoeSUI	2010	7	2017	+1
49	Kwiatkowski, MaciejSUI	1967	7	2065	+30
50	Floure, AlexanSUI	1960	7	2056	+28
51	Clausen, MartinSUI	1956	7	2188	+68
52	Huang,Hsuan-ChenTPE	1833	7	2127	+88
53	Aryan GoyalIND	1748	7	2102	+194
54	Liu, BeiCHN	2170	6½	1976	−60
55	Marinkovic, ZoranSUI	2037	6½	1881	−39
56	Schweizer, SamuelJPN	2006	6½	2131	+34
57	CMVihaan DumirIND	1965	6½	2174	+112
58	Jehnichen, KaiGER	1952	6½	1910	−12
59	Havolli, DautSUI	1950	6½	1948
60	Dai, WenzhiCHN	1943	6½	2044	+29
61	CMHarish, NeerajUSA	1920	6½	2172	+145
62	Alexakis, DimitriosGRE	1895	6½	2060	+43
63	Hirzel, RobinSUI	2022	6	1766	−70
64	El-Mais, IbaaSUI	2012	6	2012	−14
65	Dietiker, ManuelSUI	2002	6	1974	−9
66	Haugner, JanGER	1976	6	2053	+22
67	Ragios, KonstantinosGRE	1957	6	1918	−13
68	Coban, EgeTUR	1936	6	2124	+109
69	Hirt, MarkusSUI	1880	6	1936
70	Osmani, XhevdetKOS	1959	5½	1924	−13
71	Garcia, MiguelSUI	1938	5½	1901	−12
72	Materia, MatteoFRA	1881	5½	2067	+42
73	Jelicic, HugoSUI	1804	5½	1907	+50
74	Trubini, TimonSUI	1788	5½	2003	+111
75	Pinelli, GianSUI	1751	5½	2002	+132
76	Jud, MarcSUI	1946	5	1812	−42
77	Delion, HelgeGER	1911	5	1785	−35
78	Lupei, DenisGER	1890	5	1848	−23
79	Vedant NayuduSGP	1732	5	1915	+101
80	Muncan, VasaSUI	1908	4½	1952	+8
81	Gireada, LucasSUI	1651	4½	1873	+105
82	Leuthold, CyrillSUI	1887	4	1787	−24
83	Baury, NoeFRA	1886	4	1760	−73
84	Draude, TheoGER	1861	4	1820	−43
85	Hajduk, TomaszPOL	1791	4	1928	+33
86	Bucher, DominicSUI	2078	3½	1832	−130
87	Aryan MehtaIND	2061	3½	1871	−86
88	Delesenne, ArthurBEL	1789	3½	1883	+16
89	Mikavica, MirkoSRB	2015	3	1715	−79
90	Altenburger, ReneSUI	1990	3	1854	−26
91	Stevens, ChristianFRA	1912	3	1801	−27
92	Gautschi, RudolfSUI	1857	3	2184	+25
93	King, AlexanderSUI	1854	3	1937	+6
94	Kutonov, YehorSUI	1805	3	1933	+37
95	Chu, Wa Ching DavidSGP	1673	3	1837	+57
96	Popescu, VladSUI	2003	2½	1680	−66
97	Freuler, RomanSUI	1852	2½	1627	−31
98	WCMBerezovskii, ArinaISR	1851	2½	1764	−56
99	Zumbrunn, SimonSUI	1802	2½	1794	−15
100	Tcheau, AlainSUI	1777	2½	1887	+15
101	WCMDamen, JosephineNED	1766	2½	1844	+26
102	Filimonov, ArseniiSUI	1735	2½	1883	+42
103	Boner, TimmSUI	1705	2½	1813	+18
104	Tahari, Youcef NazimBEL	1691	2½	1771	+14
105	Jaillet, LeonSUI		2½	1744	−41
106	Waelti, ThomasSUI	1940	2	1644	−43
107	Heitmann, ErikGER	1885	2	1814	−53
108	Bujes, AurelienSUI	1741	2	1768	+8
109	Knuesel, JolanSUI	1728	2	1866	+16
110	Amsellem, DanielSUI	1723	2	1701	−4
111	Materia, MarioFRA	1723	2	1792	+17
112	Mousseau, LeoGER	1714	2	1807	+13
113	Kamildjanov, SaidbekUZB	1659	2	1851	+23
114	Wilhelm, SergeSUI	1923	1½	1671	−55
115	Liengme, SamuelSUI	1753	1½	1691	−26
116	Pardoen, TheodoreBEL	1718	1½	2030	+36
117	Koehler, NoeSUI	1639	1½	1640
118	Mikavica, DragoljubSUI	1983	1	1587	−61
119	Valsecchi, LucaSUI	1869	1	1704	−29
120	Pardoen, OscarBEL	1805	1	1695	−42
121	Turba, TimurUSA	1788	1	1643	−45
122	Jaggy, EnzoSUI	1761	1	1744	−3
123	Chantrell, PaulENG	1749	1	1667	−11
124	Bachmann, DanielSUI	1689	1	1875	+12
125	Mintz, NathanUSA	1608	½	1595	−5
126	Strebel, BedaSUI	1856	0	1503	−9
127	Rohde, BernhardSUI	1845	0	1346	−9
128	Sharku, BurimFRA	1843	0	1388	−6
129	Petruccello, Tomas GiuseppeITA	1834	0	1516	−2
130	Montagut, FredericSUI	1800	0	1440	−2
131	Boyer, Jean-FrancoisFRA	1777	0	1398	−2
132	Schaefer, GionSUI	1763	0	1226	−12
133	Paholok, IgorSUI	1728	0	1274	−8
134	Krempke, FlorianSUI	1696	0	1142	−20
135	Wilhelm, MarcoSUI	1684	0	1146	−30
136	Schreiber, EdwinUSA	1682	0	1163	−7
137	Fedal, SalemSUI	1656	0	1232	−2
138	Adashevskyi, DmytroSUI	1641	0	1205	−28
139	Guidi, EliaSUI	1629	0	1210	−2
140	Gruber, FelixGER	1621	0	1005	−5
141	Munoz de Leon, DavidSUI	1609	0	1140	−2
142	Mauger-Le-Cunff, NoahFRA	1604	0	1168	−5
143	Huettinger, JonathanSUI	1565	0	1039	−7
144	Elhadj, Jean-MichaelSUI		0	1128	−18
145	Gutzwiller, DarianSUI		0	1212	−3
146	Iliev, DimitarSUI		0	1052	−8
147	Ipolite Bukhaidze		0	1057
148	Pilotto, Jean-MarcSUI		0	1131	−9
149	Turba, KamilUSA		0	1028	−20

Results

Round 1219 Jul, 15:50