The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual
chess
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tournament that takes place in
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...
, Switzerland. It consists of two events, the Grandmaster Tournament, held with the
round-robin system, and the Master Open Tournament (MTO), held with the
Swiss system. The Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977. The city of Biel hosted three
Interzonal
Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE from the 1950s to the 1990s. They were a stage in the triennial World Chess Championship cycle and were held after the Zonal tournaments, and before the Ca ...
Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.
Winners
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Event results
2023
The 2023 event invited 8 players to play a triathlon of time control formats: single round-robin in 15+5 rapid time controls, single round-robin in classical time controls with colors reversed from Rapid, and double round-robin in 3+2 blitz time controls. Points are given each game according to time controls: 4-1½-0 for classical, 2-1-0 for rapid, and 1-½-0 for blitz. This event was included for the
2023 FIDE Circuit, but only the classical section results were used for circuit points calculation.
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2024
The 2024 event had 2 invitational sections, Masters and Challengers, with 6 players each. Each section played the same triathlon format from the previous event with the same point distribution, except that after all three phases are played, top 3 in total points, along with 4th place if they are within 12 points from first place, will continue play with a second classical round-robin.
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References
External links
Official website
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Invitational chess tournaments
Chess in Switzerland
Recurring sporting events established in 1968