59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026

59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 – Open | Masters (MTO) was a 94-player classical Swiss in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 13–23 Jul 2026. Won by Gloeckler with 8/10 (2597 performance). Coban (1986) was the breakout, performing at 2281 and gaining 138 rating points. Top seed Ganguly (2578) finished 15th with 6/10. Last updated 22 Oct 2026, 22:30 UTC.

Dates: 13 – 23 Jul
Place: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Format: 10 round swiss
Time control: 100min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move

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Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	IMGloeckler, ChristianGER	2506	8	2597	+13
2	GMKozak, AdamHUN	2531	7½	2539	+4
3	IMCao, QingfengCHN	2365	7½	2553	+26
4	GMGhosh, DiptayanIND	2554	7	2491	−4
5	IMAronyak GhoshIND	2549	7	2505	−2
6	GMGopal G.N.IND	2529	7	2510	+1
7	GMAlexakis, DimitrisGRE	2525	7	2464	−4
8	IMSavitha Shri BIND	2368	7	2396	+7
9	GMAcs, PeterHUN	2561	6½	2508	−3
10	WGMShukhman, AnnaFID	2443	6½	2378	−6
11	IMElmi, Saad AbobakerNOR	2399	6½	2415	+5
12	IMLu, MiaoyiCHN	2392	6½	2388	+2
13	FMAshwath KaushikSGP	2278	6½	2266
14	GMCherniaev, AlexanderENG	2275	6½	2312	+5
15	GMGanguly, Surya ShekharIND	2578	6	2364	−22
16	GMSasikiran, KrishnanIND	2546	6	2266	−26
17	IMBaenziger, FabianSUI	2435	6	2368	−6
18	Dong, HongfuCHN	2353	6	2386	+6
19	IMHaimovich, TalISR	2310	6	2285	−2
20	WGMBalabayeva, XeniyaKAZ	2302	6	2398	+27
21	CMPleschke, Julius JonasESP	2280	6	2319	+14
22	WGMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE	2260	6	2249	−2
23	WGMGeorgescu, LenaSUI	2253	6	2341	+23
24	FMHasenohr, BenedictSUI	2247	6	2264	+5
25	Liu, BeiCHN	2175	6	2352	+36
26	CMVihaan DumirIND	2132	6	2345	+86
27	Joly, JulienFRA	2257	5½	2076	−44
28	FMKukushkin, IvanBUL	2257	5½	2260	+1
29	FMDauth, BenjaminGER	2247	5½	2206	−7
30	CMMatsumura, CocoroJPN	2225	5½	2150	−36
31	CMCervelli, EduardSUI	2197	5½	2154	−10
32	Erne, RaphaelSUI	2166	5½	2090	−18
33	Kudryavtsev, EugeneSUI	2146	5½	2077	−17
34	Dai, WenzhiCHN	2126	5½	2286	+41
35	WFMYasaswi Krishna BommiIND	2085	5½	2314	+112
36	WFMStefan, Iulia-CristianaROU	2053	5½	2224	+85
37	Aryan MehtaIND	1979	5½	2218	+121
38	FMArsenie, Cristian MarcSUI	2300	5	2156	−26
39	Udelnov, ValentinGER	2269	5	2047	−110
40	CMHarish, NeerajUSA	2201	5	2203
41	WIMIvana Maria, FurtadoIND	2182	5	2198	+3
42	CMLing, ChenxuanUSA	2166	5	2304	+65
43	FMFogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani AlexanderMEX	2125	5	2098	−16
44	Malli, SuvirrSUI	2120	5	2167	+20
45	CMKunz, AndreGER	2116	5	2089	−9
46	Kwiatkowski, JakubSUI	2107	5	2173	+13
47	Ragavan, Samarth RajeshUSA	2106	5	2256	+72
48	Papaux, JeremieSUI	2102	5	2148	+18
49	Monteverde, JonathanSUI	2098	5	2080	−8
50	Schmidt, Florian PascalGER	2095	5	2100	−2
51	Iafelice, VincenzoITA	2086	5	2158	+16
52	Bucher, DominicSUI	2078	5	1979	−59
53	Aryan GoyalIND	2029	5	2093	+30
54	Arndt, UweGER	2005	5	2070	+15
55	Coban, EgeTUR	1986	5	2281	+138
56	Yang, Sung-JuiTPE	1935	5	2100	+42
57	FMRappazzo, JohannesSUI	2268	4½	2076	−49
58	Schnell, SimonSUI	2211	4½	2218	+2
59	Xu, Chang(CQ)CHN	2125	4½	2155	+14
60	Gerrits, AugustinBEL	2072	4½	2043	−23
61	Oestmann, LukasSUI	1998	4½	1997	−2
62	FMCelis, JoelMAC	1981	4½	1970	−5
63	Tkhoruk, RomanSUI	1967	4½	2196	+99
64	Carey, MichaelUSA	1946	4½	2023	+18
65	Scherler, JuliusSUI	1941	4½	2079	+66
66	Angst, OliverSUI	2121	4	2033	−23
67	CMAl Ibrahim, AbdulrahmanKUW	2016	4	2046	+6
68	Tan, JimmySGP	1953	4	2010	+13
69	Heitmann, ErikGER	1949	4	2024	+27
70	von Burg, Carl AlexanderSUI	1947	4	2020	+18
71	Jelicic, HugoSUI	1907	4	2064	+70
72	Joly, FabriceFRA	1907	4	1966	+15
73	WCMBerezovskii, ArinaISR	1906	4	1973	+27
74	Fattori Dittmar, LucaGER	1840	4	1993	+69
75	Gireada, DanielROU	2255	3½	1940	−80
76	Lumsdon, AndrewSUI	2033	3½	1918	−33
77	Stevens, ChristianFRA	2014	3½	1919	−28
78	Malli, Shiivesh SunilSUI	1994	3½	1849	−40
79	Di Candia, RobertoITA	1988	3½	1926	−19
80	Hornung, Hans, Dr.GER	1924	3½	1948	+5
81	Morrison, JosephENG	2048	3	1885	−92
82	Petry, MartinSUI	1999	3	1874	−32
83	Magnussen, Petur GardarFAI	1957	3	1894	−32
84	Hajduk, TomaszPOL	1921	3	1877	−12
85	Vedant NayuduSGP	1797	3	1877	+30
86	WCMDamen, JosephineNED	1971	2½	1832	−74
87	Ruchat, BlaiseSUI	1912	2½	1869	−11
88	Alsaleh, EissaKUW	1908	2½	1797	−56
89	Corbat, PhilippeSUI	1893	2½	1914	+3
90	Wenger,ArejouSUI	1873	2½	1835	−10
91	Rosen, NoahSUI	1921	2	1770	−37
92	St Pierre, JosephUSA	2067	1½	1935	−38
93	Wiesmann, DominiqueSUI	1978	1½	1820	−28
94	FMSimon, Ralf-AxelGER	1935	½	1556	−56

Results

Round 821 Jul, 12:15