The Blitz category offered the chance to rearrange the rankings in the Biel Grandmaster Triathlon: A full 14 points in 14 games were ideally to be won. The closest to that with a yield of 10½ was Arjun Erigaisi, who can also urgently need the points. Thanks to this performance, he has reconnected with the midfield. He is followed by Lê Quang Liêm with 8½, as well as Yu Yangyi, current world number 12 among blitz players, and David Navara, the reigning European champion in this category, with 7½ points each. Navara has thus caught up with Keymer at the top of the standings with the same number of points – and thanks to the better result in the ACCENTUS Chess960 ranking, he again takes first place.
GMT Triathlon: Interim Ranking
|
Rank |
Name |
Games |
Classical |
Rapid |
Blitz |
Total |
|
1 |
GM David NAVARA |
25 |
8 ½ |
10 |
7½ |
26 |
|
2 |
GM Vincent KEYMER |
25 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
26 |
|
3 |
GM LÊ Quang Liêm |
25 |
12 |
5 |
8½ |
25½ |
|
4 |
GM YU Yangyi |
25 |
4 ½ |
9 |
7½ |
21 |
|
5 |
GM Jules MOUSSARD |
25 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
|
6 |
GM Arjun ERIGAISI |
25 |
3 |
5 |
10½ |
18½ |
|
7 |
GM Bassem AMIN |
25 |
5 ½ |
8 |
3½ |
17 |
|
8 |
GM Bogdan-Daniel DEAC |
25 |
4 ½ |
3 |
6½ |
14 |
Martirosyan wins Blitz Tournament
Armenian Grandmaster Haik M. Martirosyan wins the Biel Blitz Tournament. The world number 11 in the blitz category, who travelled to Biel especially for Saturday's one-day tournament, lived up to his role as favourite and prevailed in a field with 13 grandmasters with 11 out of 13 possible points. His only defeat came against the Kosovar MI Nderim Saraci, who played a strong tournament and finished second behind Martirosyan with 10½ points. Cuban grandmaster Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez came third with the same number of points. The best Swiss among the 127 participants was GM Sebastian Bogner in 14th place with 8½ points, followed by Christophe Rohrer (29th) and Sladjan Jovanovic (30th) with 8 points each.
Ranking: https://chess-results.com/tnr764433.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=13
A stage for the youth
On Saturday, the open Youth Tournament took place as part of the Biel Chess Festival. The competition, supported by the VINETUM Foundation, was contested by a total of 49 children and young people born between 2005 and 2017 in three age categories. The winners were Robert Prieb (GER, U18), Roman Tkhoruk (UKR, U13) and Marco Wilhelm (SUI/Hünenberg, U10).
Podium U18: 1. Robert Prieb (GER) / 2. Athanasios Zafeiridis (SUI) / 3. Felix Meshach (SUI)
Ranking: https://chess-results.com/tnr775504.aspx?lan=1&art=1
Podium U13: 1. Roman Tkhoruk (UKR) / 2. Colin Federer (SUI) / 3. Lancelot Gafner (SUI)
Ranking: https://chess-results.com/tnr775503.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
Podium U10: 1. Marco Wilhelm (SUI) / 2. Felix Phung (SUI) / 3. Dimitri Hämmerli (SUI)
Ranking: https://chess-results.com/tnr775502.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
Outlook: Rest day
Tomorrow, Sunday, is the second rest day for the participants of the Grandmaster Tournament. The grandmasters will take a trip to the Wild West – to the Bison Ranch in Les Prés-d'Orvin!
After that, the last three rounds of classical chess will start on Monday – with the direct duels between the equal points leaders Navara and Keymer, as well as the two closest pursuers Lê and Yu!
The MTO, HTO and ATO participants will continue on Sunday, playing the sixth round.
Beauty Award Round 5 MTO, HTO, ATO
Winner MTO: IM Rathanvel V S vs. IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1-0
Winner HTO: Akshay Ramadugu vs. Mikayel Zargarov 1-0
Winner ATO: Marc Geisser vs. Peter Lehmann 1-0
Games of the winners: https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/Tournaments/Open-Tournaments/ISF-Beauty-Awards/Day-5.html
Pictures of the Biel International Chess Festival are available under the following link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143150736@N02/collections/72157721909678547/
On the evening of each day of the Festival, the OC sends out a media report on the day's events.