The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Biel/Bienne, 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.[1][2] The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.
# | Year | Grandmaster Tournament | Master Open Tournament |
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1 | 1968 | Edwin Bhend (Switzerland) | |
2 | 1969 | Jan Timman (Netherlands) | |
3 | 1970 | Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia) | |
4 | 1971 | Stanimir Nikolic (Yugoslavia) | |
5 | 1972 | Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) | |
6 | 1973 | Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) János Flesch (Hungary) | |
7 | 1974 | Bela Soos (Romania) | |
8 | 1975 | Mišo Cebalo (Yugoslavia) John Pigott (England) David Parr (Australia) | |
9 | 1976 | Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal) | Dragutin Sahovic (Yugoslavia) Radovan Govedarica (Yugoslavia) |
10 | 1977 | Tony Miles (England) | Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) |
11 | 1978 | Charles Partos (Switzerland) | |
12 | 1979 | Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) Jean Hébert (Canada) |
13 | 1980 | Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) | Israel Zilber (United States) Josip Rukavina (Yugoslavia) Beat Züger (Switzerland) Peter Scheeren (Netherlands) |
14 | 1981 | Eric Lobron (West Germany) Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) |
Nathan Birnboim (Israel) Laszlo Karsa (Hungary) Ron Henley (United States) Eduard Meduna (Czechoslovakia) |
15 | 1982 | John Nunn (England) Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) |
Ivan Nemet (Yugoslavia) |
16 | 1983 | Tony Miles (England) John Nunn (England) |
Jaan Eslon (Sweden) |
17 | 1984 | Vlastimil Hort (West Germany) Robert Hübner (West Germany) |
Carlos Garcia-Palermo (Argentina) |
18 | 1985 | Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal) | Ian Rogers (Australia) Alon Greenfeld (Israel) |
19 | 1986 | Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) Eric Lobron (West Germany) |
Daniel Cámpora (Argentina) |
20 | 1987 | Boris Gulko (United States) | Lev Gutman (Israel) |
21 | 1988 | Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Boris Gulko (United States) |
Gennadi Kuzmin (Soviet Union) |
22 | 1989 | Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union) | Matthias Wahls (West Germany) |
23 | 1990 | Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) | Viktor Gavrikov (Soviet Union) |
24 | 1991 | Alexei Shirov (Latvia) | Zurab Sturua (Soviet Union) |
25 | 1992 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Alexander Shabalov (Latvia) |
26 | 1993 | Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal) | Vadim Milov (Israel) |
27 | 1994 | Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland) | Utut Adianto (Indonesia) |
28 | 1995 | Alexey Dreev (Russia) | Igor Glek (Germany) |
29 | 1996 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Zurab Sturua (Georgia) |
30 | 1997 | Viswanathan Anand (India) | Ildar Ibragimov (Russia) |
31 | 1998 | Mladen Palac (Croatia) | Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) |
32 | 1999 | Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) | Vadim Milov (Switzerland) |
33 | 2000 | Peter Svidler (Russia) | Boris Avrukh (Israel) |
34 | 2001 | Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Boris Avrukh (Israel) |
35 | 2002 | Ilya Smirin (Israel) | Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) |
36 | 2003 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) |
37 | 2004 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Christian Bauer (France) |
38 | 2005 | Boris Gelfand (Israel) Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) |
Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) |
39 | 2006 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Bartosz Soćko (Poland) |
40 | 2007 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) |
41 | 2008 | Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) | Vladimir Belov (Russia) |
42 | 2009 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Boris Grachev (Russia) |
43 | 2010 | Fabiano Caruana (Italy) | Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) |
44 | 2011 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Ni Hua (China) |
45 | 2012 | Wang Hao (China) | Igor Kurnosov (Russia) |
46 | 2013 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Pentala Harikrishna (India) |
47 | 2014 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Baskaran Adhiban (India) |
48 | 2015 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Emil Sutovsky (Israel) |
49 | 2016[3] | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Samuel Shankland (United States) |
50 | 2017 | Hou Yifan (China) | Mateusz Bartel (Poland) |
51 | 2018 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | Suri Vaibhav (India) |
52 | 2019 | Vidit Gujrathi (India) | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) |
53 | 2020 | Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | Christian Bauer (France) |
54 | 2021 | Gata Kamsky (United States) | Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates) |
55 | 2022 | Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) | Mahammad Muradli (Azerbaijan) |
56 | 2023 | Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) | Bu Xiangzhi (China) |