Biel chess tournament

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The first international Biel Chess Festival was held in 1968. A Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977.^{[1] [2]}

#	Year	Winner
1	1968	Edwin Bhend (Switzerland)
2	1969	Jan Timman (Netherlands)
3	1970	Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia)
4	1971	Stanimir Nikolic (Yugoslavia)
5	1972	Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia)
6	1973	Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia)  Janos Flesch (Hungary)
7	1974	Bela Soos (Romania)
8	1975	Miso Cebalo (Yugoslavia)  John Pigott (Australia)  David Parr (Australia)
9	1976	Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal)
10	1977	Anthony Miles (England)
11	1978	Bent Larsen (Denmark)
12	1979	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
13	1980	Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel)
14	1981	Eric Lobron (Germany)  Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)
15	1982	John Nunn (England)  Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)
16	1983	Anthony Miles (England)  John Nunn (England)
17	1984	Vlastimil Hort (Germany)  Robert Hübner (Germany)
18	1985	Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union)/ Armenia (Interzonal)
19	1986	Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union)/ Belarus  Eric Lobron (Germany)
20	1987	Boris Gulko (United States)
21	1988	Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Bosnia and Herzegovina  Boris Gulko (United States)
22	1989	Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union)/ Ukraine
23	1990	Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)/ Russia
24	1991	Alexei Shirov (Latvia)
25	1992	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
26	1993	Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal)
27	1994	Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland)
28	1995	Alexei Dreev (Russia)
29	1996	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)
30	1997	Viswanathan Anand (India)
31	1998	Mladen Palac (Croatia)
32	1999	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)
33	2000	Peter Svidler (Russia)
34	2001	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
35	2002	Ilya Smirin (Israel)
36	2003	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
37	2004	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
38	2005	Boris Gelfand (Israel)  Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)
39	2006	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
40	2007	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
41	2008

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