As every year, the traditional Simultan heralds the start of the Biel Chess Festival.
A total of 18 players challenged GM Abhimanyu Mishra. Two players where able to draw the youngest Chess Grandmaster of all time.
Results
| Hans-Jürg Felben | 0 |
| Urs Fazis | 0 |
| Gerhard Pabst | 0 |
| Patrick Häfliger | 0 |
| Simon Hottinger | ½ |
| Fabian Brockmann | 0 |
| Anton Kuenzi | ½ |
| Roman Tkhoruk | 0 |
| Muxi Chen | 0 |
| Daniel Bachmann | 0 |
| Heinz Gertsch | 0 |
| Rudolf Kaelberer | 0 |
| Jean-Michel Elhadj | 0 |
| Severin Gunzinger | 0 |
| Merlin Klapdor-Burrows | 0 |
| Michel Guillaume | 0 |
| Michael Ritznau | 0 |
| Patrick Bittner | 0 |
The two people who where able to get a draw receive a t-shirt.
