Biel Chess Festival
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. The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biel | 2024 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Le Quang Liem
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| Biel | 2023 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Le Quang Liem
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| Biel | 2022 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Le Quang Liem
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| Biel | 2021 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Gata Kamsky
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| Biel | 2020 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Radoslaw Wojtaszek
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| Biel | 2019 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
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| Biel | 2018 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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| Biel | 2017 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Hou Yifan
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| Biel | 2016 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| Biel | 2015 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| Biel | 2014 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| Biel | 2013 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| Biel | 2012 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Wang Hao
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| Biel | 2011 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Biel | 2010 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Fabiano Caruana
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| Biel | 2009 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| Biel | 2008 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Evgeny Alekseev
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| Biel | 2007 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Biel | 2006 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Alexander Morozevich
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| Biel | 2005 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Boris Gelfand
Andrei Volokitin |
| Biel | 2004 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Alexander Morozevich
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| Biel | 2003 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Alexander Morozevich
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| Biel | 2002 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Ilya Smirin
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| Biel | 2001 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Viktor Korchnoi
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| Biel | 2000 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Peter Svidler
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| Biel | 1999 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Jeroen Piket
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| Biel | 1998 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Mladen Palac
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| Biel | 1997 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Viswanathan Anand
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| Biel | 1996 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Biel | 1995 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Alexey Dreev
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| Biel | 1994 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Viktor Gavrikov
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| Biel | 1993 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Boris Gelfand
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| Biel | 1992 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Biel | 1991 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Alexei Shirov
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| Biel | 1990 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Anatoly Karpov
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| Biel | 1989 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Vassily Ivanchuk
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| Biel | 1988 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Ivan Sokolov
Boris Gulko |
| Biel | 1987 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Boris Gulko
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| Biel | 1986 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Lev Polugaevsky
Eric Lobron |
| Biel | 1985 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Rafael Vaganian
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| Biel | 1984 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Vlastimil Hort
Robert Huebner |
| Biel | 1983 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Anthony J Miles
John Nunn |
| Biel | 1982 | Biel (Switzerland) |
John Nunn
Florin Gheorghiu |
| Biel | 1981 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Eric Lobron
Vlastimil Hort |
| Biel | 1980 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Yehuda Gruenfeld
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| Biel | 1979 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Viktor Korchnoi
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| Biel | 1977 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Anthony J Miles
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| Biel | 1976 | Biel (Switzerland) |
Bent Larsen
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