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Tournament in memoriam Olivier BreisacherThe GM tournament this year is in memory of Olivier Breisacher, who for more than 15 years looked after the organisation, reporting and external communications around the grandmasters tournament in Biel. The tournament is a ten-round double round robin, played from July 22nd to August 1st, with games starting at 2 p.m. local time.
The Blitz tournament with 141 participants took place on Sunday
It was won by GM Richard Rapport (middle), ahead of GM Boris Grachev (2nd) and GM Kurnosov Igor (3rd). Below are the top scorers – full results of all 141 players are here.
| Rk | Name | Title | Rtng | Nat. | + | = | – | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1. | Rapport,Richard | GM | 2693 | HUN | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 110.0 | 1201.0 |
| 2. | Grachev,Boris | GM | 2683 | RUS | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 108.5 | 1212.5 |
| 3. | Kurnosov,Igor | GM | 2657 | RUS | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 105.5 | 1188.5 |
| 4. | Cvitan,Ognjen | GM | 2562 | CRO | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 105.0 | 1190.5 |
| 5. | Bartel,Mateusz | GM | 2619 | POL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9.5 | 103.0 | 1183.5 |
| 6. | Lampert,Jonas | 2373 | GER | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9.5 | 101.0 | 1146.0 | |
| 7. | Farid,Firmansyah | IM | 2396 | INA | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9.5 | 97.5 | 1132.0 |
| 8. | Wirig,Anthony | GM | 2496 | FRA | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9.5 | 97.0 | 1126.0 |
| 9. | Zubarev,Alexander | GM | 2550 | UKR | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9.5 | 95.0 | 1112.5 |
| 10. | Gharamian,Tigran | GM | 2655 | FRA | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9.0 | 104.5 | 1180.5 |
| 11. | Smeets,Jan | GM | 2643 | NED | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9.0 | 102.0 | 1158.0 |
| 12. | Saric,Ivan | GM | 2639 | CRO | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 98.5 | 1138.5 |
| 13. | Antipov,Mikhail | IM | 2490 | RUS | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9.0 | 97.5 | 1135.0 |
| 14. | Erdos,Viktor | GM | 2650 | HUN | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8.5 | 102.0 | 1139.5 |
| 15. | Salem,A R. Saleh | GM | 2531 | UAE | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8.5 | 101.5 | 1157.5 |
| 16. | Ganguly,Surya | GM | 2628 | IND | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8.5 | 100.5 | 1142.5 |
| 17. | Saric,Ante | GM | 2565 | CRO | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8.5 | 96.0 | 1138.0 |
| 18. | Donchenko,Alexand | IM | 2477 | GER | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8.5 | 95.5 | 1117.0 |
| 19. | Bartel,Michal | FM | 2276 | POL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8.5 | 95.0 | 1117.5 |
| 20. | Susanto,Megaranto | GM | 2524 | INA | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8.5 | 94.5 | 1125.5 |
| 21. | Solak,Dragan | GM | 2598 | TUR | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8.5 | 93.5 | 1084.5 |
| 22. | Moor,Olivier | IM | 2391 | SUI | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8.5 | 92.5 | 1093.5 |
| 23. | Cebalo,Miso | GM | 2438 | CRO | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 100.0 | 1161.5 |
| 24. | Kaczmarczyk,Denni | 2371 | GER | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 95.0 | 1096.0 | |
| 25. | Celsie,Monica Sih | WIM | 2285 | INA | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8.0 | 92.0 | 1045.5 |
| 26. | Muhammad,Lufti Al | CM | 2279 | INA | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 91.5 | 1075.0 |
| 27. | Gallagher,Joe | GM | 2508 | SUI | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 91.0 | 1047.0 |
| 28. | Medina,Warda Auli | WIM | 2286 | INA | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 89.5 | 1057.5 |
| 29. | Masruri,Rahman | 2174 | INA | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 89.0 | 1033.0 | |
| 30. | Lehmann,Marco | FM | 2344 | SUI | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8.0 | 88.5 | 1070.0 |
| 31. | Gerber,Richard | IM | 2416 | SUI | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8.0 | 87.5 | 1055.5 |
| 32. | Huss,Andreas | IM | 2346 | SUI | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8.0 | 86.5 | 1044.5 |
| 33. | Haussernot,Cecile | WFM | 2135 | FRA | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8.0 | 81.5 | 1003.0 |
The winner, Richard Rapport, in action in the Blitz competition
Playing five-minute games in the sweltering heat of a Swiss summer
Best Swiss: Joe Gallagher (2nd), IM Oliver Moor (Swiss Champion), Lehmann Marco (3rd)
Winners of the Vinetum Youth Tournament (Cat. U18): Nathan Parratt (3rd) , Yanis Vonnez, Lucas Bueche (Shared 1st), with GM Yannick Pelletier (Member of the Organising Committee)
| Rk | Name | Rtng | Nat. | G | + | = | – | Pts | Buchh |
| 1. | Vonnez,Yanis | 1557 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 24.0 |
| 1. | Bueche,Lucas | 1476 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 24.0 |
| 3. | Parratt,Nathan | 1581 | FRA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 27.5 |
| 4. | Reif,Gerold | 1880 | GER | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 24.5 |
| 5. | Barnicol,Georges | 1405 | FRA | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 23.5 |
| 6. | Maradan,Christell | 1479 | SUI | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| 7. | Lips,Adrian | 1517 | SUI | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | 26.0 |
| 8. | Albrecht,Manuel | SUI | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | 21.0 | |
| 9. | Buergy,Lucas | 1369 | SUI | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 | 25.5 |
The podium of the Vinetum Youth Tournament (Cat. U13): Cyrill De Jonckheere (2nd), Fabian Baenziger (Winner), Lukas Meier (3rd), with GM Yannick Pelletier
| Rk | Name | Rtng | Nat. | G | + | = | – | Pts | Buchh |
| 1. | Baenziger,Fabian | 1667 | SUI | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 29.5 |
| 2. | De Jonckheere,Cyrill | 1559 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 31.0 |
| 3. | Meier,Lukas | 1633 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 30.5 |
| 4. | Duong,Yisam | 1742 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 30.5 |
| 5. | Zaza,Alexandre | 1652 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 28.5 |
| 6. | Piskaykin,Bogdan | 1618 | GER | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 23.5 |
| 7. | Li Dong,Vicente | 1538 | POR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| 8. | Kreutzmann,Duke | 1560 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 9. | Lo Presti,Max | 1536 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| 10. | Barth,Can-Elian | 1398 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 26.5 |
| 11. | Parratt,Camille | 1303 | FRA | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 23.5 |
| 12. | Kuenzi,Matthias | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 23.5 |
Winners of the Vinetum Youth Tournament (Cat. U10): Colin Cordey (2nd), Hovhannes Mkrtchyan (Winner), Daniel Fischer (3rd), with GM Yannick Pelletier, who was used in the last three pictures to give you an idea of the relative heights of the participants.
| Rk | Name | Rtng | Nat. | G | + | = | – | Pts | Buchh |
| 1. | Mkrtchyan,Hovhannes | 1405 | ARM | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 33.0 |
| 2. | Cordey,Colin | 1461 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 31.5 |
| 3. | Fischer,Daniel | 1685 | SUI | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 30.0 |
| 4. | Mkrtchyan,Anahit | 1507 | ARM | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 32.0 |
| 5. | Marketos,Richard | SUI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 28.0 | |
| 6. | Reif,Richard | 911 | GER | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 24.5 |
| 7. | Schlegel,Igor | 1505 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 8. | Ruettimann,Eric | 1411 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 28.5 |
| 9. | Williams,Johann | 1327 | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 28.5 |
| 10. | Lachabelle,Elia | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 24.5 | |
| 11. | Belaz,Cedric | SUI | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 23.0 | |
| 12. | Reif,Ludwig | GER | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 21.5 |
Kids in action – in the Vinetum Youth Tournament
So young and already exchanging rooks like the professionals
Always an inspiration – to watch young people using their brains
Or, to be more precise, to see how they are clearly enjoying it
Science has shown that chewing on your fingers helps calculate variations
With a name like Hovhannes Mkrtchyan you are clearly the strongest U10
Some day I'll show you guys how to really play this game...
As we said: just inspiring to watch
Photos by Stefan Tock, Marie Boyard and Pascal Simon for ChessBase
LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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