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Biel Chess 2026 - Pairings

Generations Challenge Triathlon - Classical Pairings

Round 1 – 2026/07/14

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Materia, Marco [7]	1.5 - 1.5	Finek, Vaclav [8]
2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [7]	1.5 - 1.5	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [2]
3	Yip, Carissa [3]	0 - 4	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [3]

Round 2 – 2026/07/15

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [9.5]	4 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [7]
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [3.5]	0 - 4	Yip, Carissa [3]
3	Materia, Marco [8.5]	1.5 - 1.5	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [8.5]

Round 3 – 2026/07/16

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [10]	1.5 - 1.5	Finek, Vaclav [13.5]
2	Yip, Carissa [7]	0 - 4	Materia, Marco [10]
3	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [7]	1.5 - 1.5	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [3.5]

Round 4 – 2026/07/17

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [15]	4 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [5]
2	Materia, Marco [14]	1.5 - 1.5	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [8.5]
3	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [11.5]	1.5 - 1.5	Yip, Carissa [7]

Round 5 – 2026/07/18

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Yip, Carissa [8.5]	1.5 - 1.5	Finek, Vaclav [19]
2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [10]	0 - 4	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [13]
3	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [5]	1.5 - 1.5	Materia, Marco [15.5]

Round 6* on 2026/07/21 at 14:00

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [28]	1.5 - 1.5	Materia, Marco [23]
2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [25]	-	BYE

Round 7 on 2026/07/22 at 14:00

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [25]	1.5 - 1.5	Materia, Marco [24.5]
2	Finek, Vaclav [29.5]	-	BYE

Round 8 on 2026/07/23 at 14:00

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [29.5]	1.5 - 1.5	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [26.5]
2	Materia, Marco [26]	-	BYE

Generations Challenge Triathlon - Rapid Pairings

Round 1

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [0]	2 - 0	Materia, Marco [0]
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [0]	0 - 2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [0]
3	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0]	1 - 1	Yip, Carissa [0]

Round 2

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [1]	1 - 1	Finek, Vaclav [2]
2	Yip, Carissa [1]	2 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [0]
3	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [2]	1 - 1	Materia, Marco [0]

Round 3

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [3]	1 - 1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [3]
2	Materia, Marco [1]	2 - 0	Yip, Carissa [3]
3	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [0]	2 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [2]

Round 4

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [2]	0 - 2	Finek, Vaclav [4]
2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [2]	0 - 2	Materia, Marco [3]
3	Yip, Carissa [3]	0 - 2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [4]

Round 5

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [6]	2 - 0	Yip, Carissa [3]
2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [6]	1 - 1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [2]
3	Materia, Marco [5]	2 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [2]

Generations Challenge Triathlon - Blitz Pairings

Round 1 (2026/07/19 at 14:00)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [17]	1 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [10]
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [6.5]	0 - 1	Materia, Marco [17]
3	Finek, Vaclav [20.5]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [10]

Round 2 (2026/07/19 at 14:20)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Finek, Vaclav [21.5]	1/2 - 1/2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [18]
2	Yip, Carissa [10]	0 - 1	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [6.5]
3	Materia, Marco [18]	1/2 - 1/2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [10]

Round 3 (2026/07/19 at 14:40)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [18.5]	1/2 - 1/2	Materia, Marco [18.5]
2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [10.5]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [10]
3	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [7.5]	0 - 1	Finek, Vaclav [22]

Round 4 (2026/07/19 at 15:00)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [19]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [10]
2	Materia, Marco [19]	1/2 - 1/2	Finek, Vaclav [23]
3	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [11.5]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [7.5]

Round 5 (2026/07/19 at 15:20)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [7.5]	0 - 1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [20]
2	Finek, Vaclav [23.5]	1 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [12.5]
3	Yip, Carissa [10]	0 - 1	Materia, Marco [19.5]

Round 6 (2026/07/19 at 15:45)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [12.5]	1/2 - 1/2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [21]
2	Materia, Marco [20.5]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [7.5]
3	Yip, Carissa [10]	0 - 1	Finek, Vaclav [24.5]

Round 7 (2026/07/19 at 16:05)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [21.5]	1/2 - 1/2	Finek, Vaclav [25.5]
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [7.5]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [10]
3	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [13]	1/2 - 1/2	Materia, Marco [21.5]

Round 8 (2026/07/19 at 16:25)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Materia, Marco [22]	0 - 1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [22]
2	Yip, Carissa [10]	1 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [13.5]
3	Finek, Vaclav [26]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [8.5]

Round 9 (2026/07/19 at 16:45)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [23]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [8.5]
2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [13.5]	1 - 0	Finek, Vaclav [27]
3	Materia, Marco [22]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [11]

Round 10 (2026/07/19 at 16:45)

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Yip, Carissa [11]	0 - 1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [24]
2	Finek, Vaclav [27]	1 - 0	Materia, Marco [23]
3	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [8.5]	0 - 1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [14.5]

Generations Challenge Triathlon - Chess960 Pairings

Round 1 on 2026/07/11 at 14:00

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0]	0 - 1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [0]
2	Materia, Marco [0]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [0]
3	Yip, Carissa [0]	1 - 0	Finek, Vaclav [0]

Round 2 on 2026/07/11 at 14:50

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [1]	1/2 - 1/2	Finek, Vaclav [0]
2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [0]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [1]
3	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0]	0 - 1	Materia, Marco [1]

Round 3 on 2026/07/11 at 15:40

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Materia, Marco [2]	1/2 - 1/2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [1.5]
2	Yip, Carissa [1]	1/2 - 1/2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0]
3	Finek, Vaclav [0.5]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [1]

Round 4 on 2026/07/11 at 16:30

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [2]	1 - 0	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [1]
2	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0.5]	0 - 1	Finek, Vaclav [1.5]
3	Materia, Marco [2.5]	1 - 0	Yip, Carissa [1.5]

Round 5 on 2026/07/11 at 17:20

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Yip, Carissa [1.5]	1 - 0	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [3]
2	Finek, Vaclav [2.5]	1/2 - 1/2	Materia, Marco [3.5]
3	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [1]	0 - 1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [0.5]

Round 6 on 2026/07/11 at 18:30

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [1.5]	0 - 1	Suleymanli, Aydin
2	Materia, Marco [4]	1/2 - 1/2	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
3	Finek, Vaclav [3]	0 - 1	Bluebaum, Matthias
4	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [1]	0 - 1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
5	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [3]	0 - 1	Aronian, Levon
6	Yip, Carissa [2.5]	1 - 0	Le, Quang Liem

Round 7 on 2026/07/11 at 19:20

Bo.	White	Result	Black
1	Le, Quang Liem	1 - 0	Materia, Marco [4.5]
2	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	1 - 0	Kosteniuk, Alexandra [1.5]
3	Aronian, Levon	1 - 0	Finek, Vaclav [3]
4	Suleymanli, Aydin	1/2 - 1/2	Vaishali, Rameshbabu [1]
5	Bluebaum, Matthias	1/2 - 1/2	Xiao, Tong(Qd) [3]
6	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1/2 - 1/2	Yip, Carissa [3.5]

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