Three players with chances
Before the last day of play, three players still have chances to win the Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel: Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Lieam and David Navara. Thanks to his win over Bassem Amin, Keymer is now back atop the tournament standings. The 18-year-old German stands half a point ahead of Le and 2½ points ahead of Navara. Keymer, was the only winner on the penultimate day of play, as the other three games ended in draws.
Keymer’s chances of winning the Triathlon are better than ever in his fourth participation in this unique event. The prodigy from Mainz goes into the last round with a half-point lead — and his closest pursuers, Le and Navara, face each other in the final round.
In this two-part course the emphasis will be on typical pawn-structures.
To win the tournament, Navara, who will get the white pieces, needs to play for a win. Le, on the other hand, could theoretically win the tournament with a draw, but he would do well to aim for victory too. Keymer can make everything clear with a win — he plays with black against Indian star Arjun Erigaisi.

Le Quang Liem and Jules Moussard played an 81-move game (½-½)
Grandmaster Triathlon - Standings
All games: Classical | Rapid | Blitz
Rank |
Name |
Games |
Classical |
Rapid |
Blitz |
Total |
1 |
Vincent Keymer |
27 |
16½ |
10 |
5 |
31½ |
2 |
Le Quang Liem |
27 |
17½ |
5 |
8½ |
31 |
3 |
David Navara |
27 |
11½ |
10 |
7½ |
29 |
4 |
Yu Yangyi |
27 |
6 |
9 |
7½ |
22½ |
5 |
Jules Moussard |
27 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
22 |
6 |
Arjun Erigaisi |
27 |
6 |
5 |
10½ |
21½ |
7 |
Bassem Amin |
27 |
7 |
8 |
3½ |
18½ |
8 |
Bogdan-Daniel Deac |
27 |
7½ |
3 |
6½ |
17 |
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Master Open: Bu with a half-point lead over six chasers
The Master Tournament continues to be a hard-fought affair. Bu Xiangzhi from China, who drew against Samant Aditya (IND) in round 8, remains in the sole lead with a half-point lead, but the chasing pack has again increased in size, as six players stand with 6 points still with chances to claim tournament victory. Four players who were a full point behind Bu were able to win their games in round 8 and thus reduce the gap to the top: the Indians Aryan Chopra, Rathanvel V S and Pranav Anand, as well as Peng Xiongjan from China.
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The best woman in the standings is Vantika Agrawal from India, who stands in tenth place and continues to show strong place. The best Swiss player is still Oliver Sutter, in 50th place.
The MTO does not end tomorrow: there are still two more rounds to go, on Wednesday and Thursday — so there is still plenty of time for the many aspirants!

Rathanvel V S beat Carlos Daniel Albornoz with the black pieces
Standings - Round 8
1 |
1 |
GM |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
CHN |
2676 |
6,5 |
37,5 |
249,5 |
2 |
3 |
GM |
Aryan, Chopra |
IND |
2626 |
6 |
38 |
246,5 |
3 |
11 |
IM |
Samant, Aditya S |
IND |
2510 |
6 |
37 |
240 |
4 |
9 |
GM |
Liu, Yan |
CHN |
2542 |
6 |
36,5 |
243,5 |
5 |
10 |
GM |
Pranav, Anand |
IND |
2510 |
6 |
35,5 |
248,5 |
6 |
19 |
IM |
Rathanvel, V S |
IND |
2463 |
6 |
31,5 |
229 |
7 |
13 |
|
Peng, Xiongjian |
CHN |
2489 |
6 |
31 |
240 |
8 |
2 |
GM |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
VIE |
2645 |
5,5 |
36 |
238 |
9 |
32 |
IM |
Harikrishnan, A Ra |
IND |
2406 |
5,5 |
36 |
235 |
10 |
28 |
WGM |
Vantika, Agrawal |
IND |
2428 |
5,5 |
35 |
233 |
11 |
8 |
GM |
Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto |
CUB |
2553 |
5,5 |
34 |
236,5 |
12 |
16 |
IM |
Samadov, Read |
AZE |
2482 |
5,5 |
33,5 |
225 |
13 |
33 |
IM |
Shlyakhtenko, Robert |
USA |
2401 |
5,5 |
29 |
219,5 |
14 |
20 |
IM |
Chasin, Nico |
USA |
2455 |
5 |
36 |
231,5 |
15 |
22 |
|
Huang, Renjie |
CHN |
2445 |
5 |
35,5 |
228 |
...99 players
All available games - Round 8
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The Beauty Awards
When so many games are played daily, it is inevitable that a few particularly outstanding encounters take place. To highlight these games, the organisers of the Biel Chess Festival have created the Beauty Award.
Every evening after the rounds are over, the most attractive game from the MTO, HTO and ATO can be voted for on the festival’s social media channels. The winners have the opportunity to present their game on the live stream the following day and receive a small gift.
The winners are showcased on the official website. You can replay the winners from the first seven rounds below.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd3 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.f4 Qa5 13.Bd4 Bd7 14.e5 Bf5 15.Qe3 Nd7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rad1 Be6 18.exd6 exd6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qd4+ Kg8 21.Nc3 Qa5 22.Ne4 Rfd8 23.Nxd6 Nb6 24.f5 gxf5 25.Rf3 Rd7 26.c5 Rad8 27.Rg3+ Kf8 28.Qg7+ Ke7 29.Qg5+ Kf8 30.Qh6+! Ke7 31.Nxf5+! Bxf5 32.Re3+ 32.Re3+ Be6 33.Rxe6+! fxe6 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.Bh5+ Rf7 36.Qxf7# 1–0
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Aryan,C | 2626 | Abdulrahman Mohammad,A | 2258 | 1–0 | 2023 | B32 | Biel MTO | 1 |
Koestinger,P | 2023 | Malli,S | 1835 | 0–1 | 2023 | D10 | Biel HTO | 1.5 |
Meshach,F | 1680 | Wipf,A | 1425 | 1–0 | 2023 | B01 | Biel ATO | 1 |
Meise,V | 1657 | Gafner,L | 1541 | 0–1 | 2023 | C54 | Biel ATO | 1.5 |
Malli Shiivesh Sunil | - | Mikayel Zargarov | - | 1–0 | 2023 | A25 | Biel HTO | 2 |
Harikrishnan A Ra | 2406 | Meshkovs Nikita | 2565 | 1–0 | 2023 | A46 | Biel MTO | 2.6 |
Meshach,F | 1680 | Andrikopoulus,J | 1459 | 1–0 | 2023 | C25 | Biel ATO | 3 |
Ribiere Damien | 2213 | Vincenti Leonardo | 2117 | 0–1 | 2023 | B20 | Biel MTO | 3.37 |
Marketos,D | 1509 | Rose,A | 1633 | 0–1 | 2023 | A45 | Biel ATO | 4.12 |
Corbat,P | 1932 | Maître,F | 1801 | 1–0 | 2023 | C02 | Biel HTO | 4.18 |
Pranav Anand | 2510 | Materia Marco | 2436 | 1–0 | 2023 | B45 | Biel MTO | 4.6 |
Geisser,M | - | Lehmann,P | 1338 | 1–0 | 2023 | B30 | Biel ATO | 5.34 |
Ramadugu,A | 1844 | Zargarov,M | 1951 | 1–0 | 2023 | D31 | Biel HTO | 5.10 |
Rathanvel V S | 2463 | Sukandar Irine Kharisma | 2358 | 1–0 | 2023 | C70 | Biel MTO | 5.14 |
Marketos,D | 1509 | Duong,C | 1700 | 0–1 | 2023 | A45 | Biel ATO | 6 |
Karthik Rajaa | 2276 | Ammar Sedrani | 2154 | 1–0 | 2023 | D55 | Biel MTO | 6.31 |
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