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Biel Chess Festival 
Summary
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.
Winners edit
# Year Grandmaster Tournament Master Open Tournament 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)
References edit
- ^ International Chess Festival Biel – Previous winners
- ^ Torneo Biel
- ^ In 2016 a match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler took place instead of the traditional round-robin Grandmaster Tournament.
External links edit
- Official website