The 55th Biel Chess Festival started on Monday with the Accentus Chess960 tournament. In Chess960, named after the number of possible starting positions, the starting position of each game is decided at random. In the eight-player-round-robin tournament Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov both finished with 5.0/7 to share first and second place. But as Keymer won more games with Black and he won the tournament on tiebreak.
However, it was the Indian Grandmaster Gukesh, who had the best start. He began the tournament with three wins against Keymer, Abdusattorov and Yu Yangyi. But he then ran out of steam and scored only 0.5 points from the remaining four rounds.
The tournament was very competitive and only five of the 28 games ended with a draw.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Liem
Final standings
| 1 |
GM |
Keymer Vincent |
2552 |
GER |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
0,5 |
15,25 |
4 |
| 2 |
GM |
Abdusattorov Nodirbek |
2670 |
UZB |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
0,5 |
15,25 |
4 |
| 3 |
GM |
Le Quang Liem |
2626 |
VIE |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4,5 |
0,0 |
11,75 |
4 |
| 4 |
GM |
Salem A.R. Saleh |
2655 |
UAE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,0 |
0,0 |
9,50 |
4 |
| 5 |
GM |
Kamsky Gata |
2717 |
USA |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
3,5 |
1,0 |
10,25 |
2 |
| 6 |
GM |
Gukesh D |
2223 |
IND |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
3,5 |
0,0 |
13,25 |
3 |
| 7 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
2600 |
AZE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
0 |
1,5 |
0,0 |
5,25 |
1 |
| 8 |
GM |
Yu Yangyi |
2738 |
CHN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1,0 |
0,0 |
1,50 |
1 |
Games
| 1.e4 | 1,165,570 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 946,474 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,312 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 181,937 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,688 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,236 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,886 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,796 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,753 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,197 | 54% | 2403 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 948 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 662 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 426 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 279 | 56% | 2416 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 108 | 60% | 2468 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 91 | 47% | 2431 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bf2 Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.Na3 f5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.exf5 gxf5 9.Ng5 Qg8 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bc4 d5 12.Bb5 h6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Qg1 d4 16.cxd4 c4 17.Qf1 Be6 18.Bg1 Qf7 19.b3 cxb3 20.Qa6+ Kd7 21.axb3 Bxb3 22.d3 Nd6 23.Ne5+ Bxe5 24.dxe5 Ne8 25.Nc4 Bxc4 26.dxc4 Nc7 27.Rd1+ Ke8 28.Qxc6+ Kf8 29.Rxd8+ 1–0
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| Le,Q | 2722 | Naiditsch,A | 2664 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 1.1 |
| Salem,A | 2684 | Kamsky,G | 2655 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 1.2 |
| Keymer,V | 2686 | Gukesh D | 2684 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 1.3 |
| Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | Yu,Y | 2720 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 1.4 |
| Naiditsch,A | 2664 | Yu,Y | 2720 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 2.1 |
| Gukesh D | 2684 | Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 2.2 |
| Kamsky,G | 2655 | Keymer,V | 2686 | ½–½ | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 2.3 |
| Le,Q | 2722 | Salem,A | 2684 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 2.4 |
| Salem,A | 2684 | Naiditsch,A | 2664 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 3.1 |
| Keymer,V | 2686 | Le,Q | 2722 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 3.2 |
| Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | Kamsky,G | 2655 | ½–½ | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 3.3 |
| Yu,Y | 2720 | Gukesh D | 2684 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 3.4 |
| Naiditsch,A | 2664 | Gukesh D | 2684 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 4.1 |
| Kamsky,G | 2655 | Yu,Y | 2720 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 4.2 |
| Le,Q | 2722 | Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 4.3 |
| Salem,A | 2684 | Keymer,V | 2686 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 4.4 |
| Keymer,V | 2686 | Naiditsch,A | 2664 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 5.1 |
| Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | Salem,A | 2684 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 5.2 |
| Yu,Y | 2720 | Le,Q | 2722 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 5.3 |
| Gukesh D | 2684 | Kamsky,G | 2655 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 5.4 |
| Naiditsch,A | 2664 | Kamsky,G | 2655 | ½–½ | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 6.1 |
| Le,Q | 2722 | Gukesh D | 2684 | ½–½ | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 6.2 |
| Salem,A | 2684 | Yu,Y | 2720 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 6.3 |
| Keymer,V | 2686 | Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | ½–½ | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 6.4 |
| Abdusattorov,N | 2688 | Naiditsch,A | 2664 | 1–0 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 7.1 |
| Yu,Y | 2720 | Keymer,V | 2686 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 7.2 |
| Gukesh D | 2684 | Salem,A | 2684 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 7.3 |
| Kamsky,G | 2655 | Le,Q | 2722 | 0–1 | 2022 | | ACCENTUS Chess960 2022 | 7.4 |
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Kosteniuk wins Rapid Chess960 Swiss Championship
Parallel to the Accentus Chess960 tournament the Swiss Championship in Rapid Chess960 was played as an open tournament in which non-Swiss players could also start. 33 players took part to fight for prestige, prizes and the title of Swiss Champion. The title was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk who finished with 5.0/7. Kosteniuk has both Russian and Swiss citizenship.
But the tournament was won by the Indian Grandmaster Surya Ganguly Surya, who finished with 6.5/7 but could not become Swiss Master. S.P. Sethuraman (IND, 5.5/7) and Vera Nebolsina (FRA, 5.5/7) shared second and third place.
Sethuruman, Ganguly, Nebolsina, Kosteniuk
On Tuesday, the Biel Chess Festival continues with rapid tournaments. The eight invited Grandmasters will compete in one discipline of their Grandmaster Triathlon. Parallel to that, eight women will play the ACCENTUS Quadriathlon (DAQ) in four disciplines. Last but not least, an Open Rapid Tournament with 100 players will be played.
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