Master Tournament (MTO)

Starting List, Pairings and Results

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Rk.		Name	FED	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	7,5	47,00	59
2	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	IND	7,5	45,00	58,5
3	IM	Ayush Sharma	IND	7,5	44,75	56,5
4	IM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	UZB	7,5	44,25	57,5
5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	7	42,50	59,5
6	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	7	42,00	58,5
7		Xue Haowen	CHN	7	41,50	57
8	IM	Ansat Aldiyar	KAZ	7	40,00	52,5
9	GM	Nesterov Arseniy	FID	7	39,50	54,5
10	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar	MGL	7	38,50	55,5
11	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	6,5	39,75	59,5
12	GM	Gavrilescu David	ROU	6,5	37,50	55
	GM	Bilguun Sumiya	MGL	6,5	37,50	55
14	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	6,5	37,25	55,5
15		Xiao Tong(Qd)	CHN	6,5	36,75	55
16	IM	Razafindratsima Timothe	FRA	6,5	36,00	55,5
17	FM	Dotzer Lukas	AUT	6,5	35,50	53
18	IM	Ritviz Parab	IND	6,5	34,50	53
19	IM	Materia Marco	FRA	6,5	34,50	52
20	FM	Narayanan Samrug	USA	6,5	34,50	51,5
21	IM	Tahay Alexis	FRA	6,5	34,25	52,5
22	IM	Deuer Marius	GER	6,5	33,50	51,5
23	IM	Fromm Marius	GER	6,5	32,00	48
24	GM	Kobo Ori	ISR	6	36,25	56
25	WIM	Nurman Alua	KAZ	6	35,25	56,5
26	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	KAZ	6	34,50	57
27	GM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	6	33,50	55,5
28	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	6	33,25	53
29	IM	Juksta Karolis	LTU	6	32,75	52,5
30	IM	Macovei Andrei	MDA	6	31,50	52
31	IM	Amartuvshin Ganzorig	MGL	6	31,00	52
32	IM	Saraci Nderim	KOS	6	30,50	51
33	IM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	6	29,25	50,5
34	FM	Chinguun Sumiya	MGL	6	29,00	49,5
35	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	6	28,25	47,5
36	FM	Toktomushev Teimur	SUI	6	28,00	47,5
37	FM	Collin Moritz Valentin	SUI	6	27,25	49,5
38	FM	Hafiz Arif Abdul	INA	6	26,75	49
39	FM	Smeets Kobe	NED	6	26,75	46,5
40	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	UKR	5,5	31,25	53,5
41	CM	Smirnov Mark	KAZ	5,5	30,50	52,5
42	GM	Sokolovsky Yahli	ISR	5,5	30,00	55,5
43	GM	Holzke Frank	GER	5,5	29,00	51,5
44	FM	Kalogridis Antonios	GRE	5,5	28,25	50,5
45	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	5,5	27,50	52
46	IM	Rosen Eric	USA	5,5	27,25	51,5
47	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro Thalia	USA	5,5	27,25	49
48	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	IND	5,5	25,50	46,5
49	FM	Shoshin Kirill	FID	5,5	24,75	44
50	FM	Winkelman Albert	AUS	5,5	24,00	48
51		Coles Ruben	FRA	5,5	21,75	43
52	IM	Haimovich Tal	ISR	5	26,50	52
53	IM	Petkidis Anthony	GER	5	24,25	49,5
54	IM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	5	24,25	48,5
55	CM	Song Ethan	CAN	5	24,00	52,5
56	CM	Woong Zhi Wei William	SGP	5	23,75	50
57		Schnell Simon	SUI	5	23,50	51
58		Gemelli Romain	SUI	5	23,50	47,5
59	WGM	Munkhzul Turmunkh	MGL	5	23,00	48
60		Emmenecker Pierre-Antoine	FRA	5	22,50	48,5
61	FM	Gloeckler Christian	GER	5	22,25	49,5
62	WIM	Altantuya Boldbaatar	MGL	5	21,75	46
63	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	5	21,50	46
64		Follesa Enrico	BEL	5	21,50	44
65		Mata Adilson	POR	5	21,25	43
66	FM	Mostertman Milan	NED	5	21,00	44
67	CM	Harish Neeraj	USA	5	19,50	47
68	FM	Kamber Bruno	SUI	5	19,50	46,5
69	WIM	Demchenko Svitlana	CAN	5	19,50	44,5
70	FM	Ohler Julius	GER	5	19,50	40,5
71	IM	Kersten Uwe	GER	5	19,00	41,5
72		Federer Colin	SUI	5	17,00	40
73	FM	Boldoo Erdenepurev	MGL	4,5	21,25	46
74		Kuandykuly Danis	KAZ	4,5	20,50	49
75	FM	Peycheva Gergana	BUL	4,5	20,50	45
76		Lyutsinger Iren	FID	4,5	20,00	50,5
77		Erne Raphael	SUI	4,5	18,50	42
78	WGM	Frayna Janelle Mae	PHI	4,5	18,00	42,5
79	CM	Vincenti Leonardo	ITA	4,5	17,50	45
80		Rappazzo Johannes	SUI	4,5	17,00	48,5
81		Chen Muxi	CHN	4,5	17,00	45,5
82	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	4,5	16,75	41,5
83		Asllani Dorian	SUI	4,5	15,50	37,5
	WIM	Tarini Goyal	IND	4,5	15,50	37,5
85		Coles Robin	FRA	4,5	15,00	39,5
86		Pappier Carlos	ARG	4,5	14,25	35,5
87		Kaiser Elmar	GER	4,5	12,50	36,5
88		Arsenie Cristian Marc	SUI	4	18,50	49,5
89		Kwiatkowski Jakub	SUI	4	17,75	44
90	WIM	Fronda Jan Jodilyn	PHI	4	17,50	45
91		Haugner Jan	GER	4	16,75	43,5
92		Pisan Kai	USA	4	16,75	40,5
93		Panda Barnabas	HUN	4	16,50	43
94		Papaux Steve	SUI	4	16,25	42,5
95	WFM	Nurgaliyeva Zarina	KAZ	4	15,25	42
96	FM	Borner Daniel	SUI	4	14,75	40
97		Jaggy Matteo	SUI	4	14,50	43
98		Monteverde Jonathan	SUI	4	14,25	41
99		Udelnov Valentin	GER	4	13,50	38,5
100		Selinga Jan	SVK	4	11,00	33,5
101	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	IND	3,5	18,75	46,5
102		Udipi Kala Kishan	SUI	3,5	14,25	41,5
103	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	IND	3,5	13,25	38,5
104		Tellarini Lorenzo	ITA	3,5	13,00	41
105		Perreard Nicolas	SUI	3,5	12,50	42
106		Saine Zachary	CAN	3,5	12,25	39,5
107	WFM	Kheerthi Ganta	IND	3,5	12,25	37
108		Hornung Hans Dr.	GER	3,5	11,50	36
109		Matsumura Cocoro	JPN	3,5	11,25	40
110		Malli Suvirr	SUI	3,5	11,00	38,5
111	GM	Valsecchi Alessio	ITA	3	14,50	40,5
112		Woltery Nicolai	ENG	3	14,00	42,5
113		Hartmann Wolfgang Dr.	GER	3	12,50	36,5
114	FM	Khulan Enkhsaikhan	MGL	3	12,25	40,5
115		Malli Shiivesh Sunil	SUI	3	11,75	36
116		Pouly Ivan	SUI	3	10,75	37,5
117		Douguet Claude	SUI	3	8,50	35
118		Cordes Jule	NED	3	8,00	36
119		Arbinger Roland Dr.	GER	3	7,75	34,5
120	IM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2,5	11,50	39
121		Pinelli Gian	SUI	2,5	10,25	37
122	CM	Vemparala Nikash	USA	2,5	10,00	40,5
123	WIM	Gueci Tea	ITA	2,5	10,00	38
124	IM	Kolbus Dietmar	IOM	2,5	9,50	39
125		Stefan Iulia-Cristiana	ROU	2,5	8,75	32,5
126		Stevens Christian	FRA	2,5	7,75	38,5
127		Tkhoruk Roman	SUI	1,5	6,50	39,5
128	WFM	Liu Kimberly	USA	1	4,50	28

Master Tournament (MTO)

Main Arbiter	IA Ana Srebrnič
Dates	July 15–25, 2024
Venue	Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center. Smoking is strictly prohibited within the whole building.
Tournament type	10 rounds, Swiss system.
Time control	100 minutes for the first 40 moves + 50 minutes for the next 20 moves + 15 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment per move.
Schedule	July 15–20, 2 pm: rd 1–6 July 21: Rest day July 22–25, 2 pm: rd 7–10 July 25, 15' after the end of the last game: Prize-giving (except for the first three players) July 26, 10.30 am: Prize-giving for the first three players
Prizes	CHF 6'000, 4'500, 3'500, 2'800, 2'300, 1'800, 1'500, 1'400. Best women players: CHF 1'000, 800, 600, 400. Best veterans (1964-): CHF 700, 400, 300. Non-cash prize for the best U16, the best player without title (GM/IM/WGM/WIM) and the best Swiss player. Total prize fund: CHF 28'000 + non-cash prizes. The MTO is financially supported by FIDE Open Aid Project.
	Prizes are valid with 100 participants or more. With fewer participants, they are reduced pro rata.
	Prizes will be awarded according to the final ranking ("Hort System" won’t be applied).
	Prizes are non-cumulative.
	Prizes are only granted to players scoring at minimum 5 points.
	Eligible for the title as best Swiss player are Swiss citizens and settled foreigners (settlement permit C) with FIDE Federation SUI.
	In order to receive their prizes, the top three winners are required to stand on the podium during the prize-giving ceremony.
	Each day, the best game of the round is rewarded with a non-cash prize.
Ranking	1. Points scored 2. Direct encounter 3. Sonneborn-Berger 4. Buchholz Cut 1 (worst score excluded)
Eligibility	FIDE rated players (lists May, June or July 2024) with at least 1900 standard FIDE rating.
Eligibility	The admission of a player player is decided solely by the organization. This decision is final.
Registration	CHF 250 or € 250 (born 2008+: CHF 150 or € 150), by bank transfer until July 10, 2024, based on the invoice received by e-mail after the online registration. After this date, cash payments are made on site with a surcharge of CHF 20. Deadline: July 15, 1 pm.
Registration	For GM, IM, WGM and WIM the participation is free of charge. Titled players must also confirm their participation until 1:30 pm at the latest on Monday, July 15.
Check-in	All participants with "paid" status on the website should confirm their presence at the registration desk until 1:30 pm at the latest on Monday, July 15. Players who don't confirm their participation on time will not be paired in the 1^st round.
Laws of chess	Any player arriving at the board more than 30 minutes after the start of the round will lose by forfeit, except in cases of force majeure.
	It is forbidden to enter the playing area with any electronic device such as a mobile phone or a smart watch.
	Strict fair play measures will be in place at the tournament, in accordance with the FIDE rules. All players must comply with these measures.
Pairings and results	The starting list is based on the July 2024 FIDE standard rating list.
	The pairings for the first round will be published at 1:45 pm. For all subsequent rounds, the pairings will be published online until one hour after the end of the previous round. Pairing of Round 7 will be published at 8 pm in the evening after rest day.
	Players have to deliver the original copy of the scoresheet and register the result at the arbiter's desk. Otherwise the result of the game will be recorded as 0-0.
	In case of disagreement with the arbiter's decision, you can appeal verbally against it with the chief arbiter. This needs to be done immediately. The decision of the chief arbiter is final.
	The tournament will be submitted for the Swiss, German and FIDE standard rating list.
	It is possible to achieve a FIDE norm.
	The tournament is part of the High-Level International Tournaments (HIT), and the results are counting for the FIDE Circuit 2024.
Declaration of consent	With your participation you give permission for the usage of photos/videos - in which you appear - in any publication.