Despite three wins in a row, Lê Quang Liêm was still unsure whether to win Biel 2022 going into today’s game. Indeed, he was facing his first opponent Andrey Esipenko and had to play with the Blacks, and in case of victory, it would have been the Russian who would win! The Vietnamese was in trouble throughout an extremely complex game, but he found the resources to draw and thus win the tournament. Gukesh had a good position with Black against Salem, but lost control of the events and then finally the game. He nevertheless retained third place as fourth-placed Abdusattorov fell to Kamsky, the Biel 2021 winner, who after a difficult tournament finished on a high note. Naiditsch had also saved the best for last as he relinquished his last place to Vincent Keymer, beating him convincingly with White. The podium remained unchanged throughout the tournament, but the order was uncertain until the end!
GMT: Final Ranking
|
Rank |
Name |
Federation |
Games |
Classic |
Rapid |
Blitz |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
GM Quang Liêm LÊ |
VIE |
28 |
17.5 |
11 |
7 |
35½ |
|
2 |
GM Andrey ESIPENKO |
FIDE |
28 |
15.5 |
10 |
7 |
32½ |
|
3 |
GM Dommaraju GUKESH |
IND |
28 |
15 |
7 |
7½ |
29½ |
|
4 |
GM Nodirbek ABDUSATTOROV |
UZB |
28 |
9½ |
9 |
8 |
26½ |
|
5 |
GM Saleh SALEM |
UAE |
28 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
26 |
|
6 |
GM Gata KAMSKY |
USA |
28 |
14 |
1 |
8½ |
23½ |
|
7 |
GM Arkadij NAIDITSCH |
AZE |
28 |
12½ |
6 |
2 |
20½ |
|
8 |
GM Vincent KEYMER |
GER |
28 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
DAQ: Zhuang emerges as winner!
As part of the Year of the Women in Chess proclaimed by FIDE, the Ladies ACCENTUS Quadriathlon took place at the Biel Chess Festival with eight invited young talents. The Swiss were ruthless in this last round! Zhuang managed to beat Ciarletta with the blacks, and moreover to pass her in the ranking and win the tournament! Tamrazyan moved up to third place by beating Avilova, taking advantage of Cornileau's loss to Sumarriva. Moracchini only got a draw against Cecila Keymer, when a win would have been needed to share third place.
DAQ: Final Ranking
|
Rank |
Name |
Federation |
Classic |
Chess960 |
Rapid |
Blitz |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Zhuang Yongzhe |
SUI |
19 |
3.5 |
10 |
6.5 |
39 |
|
2 |
Iris Ciarletta |
FRA |
9.5 |
5.5 |
9 |
12 |
36 |
|
3 |
Gohar Tamrazyan |
SUI |
19 |
2.5 |
8 |
5.5 |
35 |
|
4 |
Juliette Cornileau |
FRA |
13.5 |
5.5 |
10 |
5.5 |
34.5 |
|
5 |
Margaux Moracchini |
FRA |
17.5 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
32.5 |
|
6 |
Laura Sumarriva Paulin |
FRA |
12.5 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
30.5 |
|
7 |
Yulia Avilova |
SUI |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7.5 |
19.5 |
|
8 |
Cecilia Keymer |
GER |
10 |
3 |
2* |
2 |
17 |
* scored by Veronika Kostina
Master Tournament MTO: Muradli surprise winner!
Kirill Alekseenko palying with the white pieces had the advantages on his side against Muradli at table 1, but missed out in zeitnot and had to settle for a draw. The two players finished thus alone on 7 points out of 9 thanks to two draws at tables 2 and 3, and it was then the Azeri who emerged victorious! A breathtaking performance from Mahammad Muradli who, rated at 2523 ELO, was only 21st on the MTO starting list, 200 ELO points behind the favourites! Of the 6 chasers at 6½ points, it was finally Armenia's Shant Sargsyan who moved up to third place. The Indians, who had been in control of the MTO throughout the ten days, finally did not reach the podium! Visakh, Sethuraman and Mendonca finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in this tournament with 114 participants.
Of the 21 Swiss players taking part, Gabriel Gähweiler and Igor Schlegel finished the tournament most successfully with 5 out of a possible 9 points each.
Final Ranking MTO:
https://chess-results.com/tnr636482.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9
ATO: Manmay Chopra wins with 8 points out of 9!
In the Amateur Tournament ATO, the Indians did finish in style. Harisurya Bharadwaj Gundepudi won at table 1 against Majed Al Helaoy, and Manmay Chopra won table 2 against Niels Stijve. The two above-mentioned winners, both Indians, each finished with an impressive 8 out of 9 points, but Manmay Chopra won ont the tie-breaking criteria. The podium is completed by Al Helaoy at 7 points, 1 full point behind the winners!
The Swiss were also well represented at the ATO: almost one hundred of the 143 ranked palyers came from the country of the organiser. Niels Stijve, Dominique Wiesmann and Simon Schnell were the best finishers at 6.5 points.
Final Ranking ATO:
https://chess-results.com/tnr636483.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9
Outlook: More chess at the weekend!
The 55th Biel Chess Festival is not over yet! Two Swiss championships are still on the programme for the weekend: the blitz chess championship on Saturday and the rapid chess championship on Sunday. In addition, the "Generation CHess" tandem tournament will take place on Saturday, where chess will be played across the generations.
Note for media representatives: The OC will send out a final communiqué on Sunday with a summary of the 55th Biel Chess Festival.
Pictures of the Biel International Chess Festival are available under the following link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143150736@N02/collections/72157720866132786/