Biel Chess Festival

The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It consists of two events, the Grandmaster Tournament, held with the round-robin sisytem, and the Master Open Tournament (MTO), held with the Swiss system. The Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977.^[1]^[2] The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.

#	Year	Grandmaster Tournament	Master Open Tournament
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		Mišo Cebalo (Yugoslavia) John Pigott (Australia) David Parr (Australia)
9	1976	Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal)	Dragutin Sahovic (Yugoslavia) Radovan Govedarica (Yugoslavia)
10	1977	Tony Miles (England)	Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)
11	1978		Charles Partos (Switzerland)
12	1979	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) Jean Hebert (Canada)
13	1980	Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel)	Israel Zilber (United States) Josip Rukavina (Yugoslavia) Beat Züger (Switzerland) Peter Scheeren (Netherlands)
14	1981	Eric Lobron (Germany) Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)	Nathan Birnboim (Israel) Laszlo Karsa (Hungary) Ron Henley (United States) Eduard Meduna (Czechoslovakia)
15	1982	John Nunn (England) Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)	Ivan Nemet (Yugoslavia)
16	1983	Tony Miles (England) John Nunn (England)	Jaan Eslon (Sweden)
17	1984	Vlastimil Hort (Germany) Robert Hübner (Germany)	Carlos Garcia-Palermo (Argentina)
18	1985	Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal)	Ian Rogers (Australia) Alon Greenfeld (Israel)
19	1986	Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) Eric Lobron (Germany)	Daniel Campora (Argentina)
20	1987	Boris Gulko (United States)	Lev Gutman (Israel)
21	1988	Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Boris Gulko (United States)	Gennadi Kuzmin (Soviet Union)
22	1989	Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union)	Matthias Wahls (Germany)
23	1990	Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)	Viktor Gavrikov (Soviet Union)
24	1991	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	Zurab Sturua (Soviet Union)
25	1992	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	Alexander Shabalov (Latvia)
26	1993	Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal)	Vadim Milov (Israel)
27	1994	Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland)	Utut Adianto (Indonesia)
28	1995	Alexei Dreev (Russia)	Igor Glek (Germany)
29	1996	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	Zurab Sturua (Georgia)
30	1997	Viswanathan Anand (India)	Ildar Ibragimov (Russia)
31	1998	Mladen Palac (Croatia)	Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia)
32	1999	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	Vadim Milov (Switzerland)
33	2000	Peter Svidler (Russia)	Boris Avrukh (Israel)
34	2001	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	Boris Avrukh (Israel)
35	2002	Ilya Smirin (Israel)	Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia)
36	2003	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	Mikhail Ulibin (Russia)
37	2004	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	Christian Bauer (France)
38	2005	Boris Gelfand (Israel) Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)	Mikhail Kobalia (Russia)
39	2006	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	Bartosz Soćko (Poland)
40	2007	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	Mikhail Ulibin (Russia)
41	2008	Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)	Vladimir Belov (Russia)
42	2009	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	Boris Grachev (Russia)
43	2010	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	Alexander Riazantsev (Russia)
44	2011	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	Ni Hua (China)
45	2012	Wang Hao (China)	Igor Kurnosov (Russia)
46	2013	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	Pentala Harikrishna (India)
47	2014	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	Baskaran Adhiban (India)
48	2015	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
49	2016^[3]	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	Samuel Shankland (United States)
50	2017	Hou Yifan (China)	Mateusz Bartel (Poland)

References

↑ International Chess Festival Biel - Previous winners
↑ Torneo Biel
↑ In 2016 a match between Maxim Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler took place instead of the traditional round-robin Grandmaster Tournament.

External links

Official website

Major recurring international chess tournaments
Major present	Bilbao Chess Masters Final Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Grenke Chess Classic London Chess Classic Norway Chess Shamkir Chess Sinquefield Cup Tal Memorial Tata Steel Chess Tournament Zurich Chess Challenge
Other present	Aeroflot Open Australasian Masters Biel Chess Festival Canadian Open Chess Championship Capablanca Memorial Cappelle-la-Grande Open Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial Chigorin Memorial Doeberl Cup Dubai Open Chess Tournament Gibraltar Chess Festival Hastings International Chess Congress Lublin Grandmaster Tournament Millionaire Chess Paul Keres Memorial Tournament Qatar Masters Open Reykjavik Open Riga Technical University Open Rubinstein Memorial South African Open U.S. Open Chess Championship Vidmar Memorial Vlissingen chess tournament World Open Xtracon Chess Open Zurich Christmas Open
Recently cancelled	Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013 irregular) Acropolis International chess tournament (1968–2009) Aerosvit chess tournament (2006–2008) Amber chess tournament (1992–2011) Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament (2003–2009) Linares International Chess Tournament (1978–2010) North Sea Cup (chess) (1976-2008) Pearl Spring chess tournament (2008–2010) Reggio Emilia chess tournament (1947–2012)
Major past	American Chess Congress (1857–1923) Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament (1923–1996) DSB Congress (1879–1932) General Government chess tournament (1940–1944) IBM international chess tournament (1961–1981) Konex chess tournament (1977–1994) Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament (1907–1938) Lone Pine International (1971–1981) M-Tel Masters (2005–2009) Mar del Plata chess tournament (1928–2001) Max Euwe Memorial Tournament (1987–1996) Monte Carlo chess tournament (1901–1904; 1967–1969) Netanya chess tournament (1961–1983) Palma de Mallorca (1965-1972) Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986) Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966) San Sebastián chess tournament (1911–1912) Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939) Tilburg chess tournament (1977–1998) Triberg chess tournament (1914–1917)
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