The 2022 Biel Rapid Chess Tournament took place yesterday at the Main stage of the Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center within the Biel International Chess Festival 2022. The event attracted 78 entries who competed over 9 swiss rounds, with time control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds of increment.
GM Maxime Lagarde and GM Eduardo Iturrizaga tied for the first place scoring 7.5/9 points, each. Tiebreak criteria favored the French grandmaster who, only a few days after lifting a trophy in Sautron, triumphed in the 2022 Biel Rapid tournament. GM Yu Yangyi and GM Shant Sargsyan scored 7 points each to tie for the third place, with Yu Yangyi claiming bronze thanks to better tiebreaks. The total prize fund of the event was 4.750 CHF, with 1.200 CHF reserved for the Winner of the event. (Scroll down for final rankings)
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Biel Rapid Chess Tournament 2022 – Final rankings
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
1
GM
Lagarde Maxime
FRA
2653
7,5
50,5
378,0
2
GM
Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo
ESP
2632
7,5
48,5
362,5
3
GM
Yu Yangyi
CHN
2738
7,0
49,0
380,0
4
GM
Sargsyan Shant
ARM
2477
7,0
49,0
353,5
5
GM
Raja Harshit
IND
2164
6,5
47,0
367,5
6
GM
Iniyan P
IND
2295
6,5
44,5
366,0
7
IM
Gurel Ediz
TUR
1842
6,5
44,5
340,0
8
GM
Visakh N R
IND
2391
6,5
44,0
332,5
9
GM
Puranik Abhimanyu
IND
2550
6,0
46,0
350,5
10
GM
Muradli Mahammad
AZE
2432
6,0
46,0
342,5
11
IM
Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
IND
2240
6,0
44,0
348,0
12
CM
Prraneeth Vuppala
IND
1628
6,0
43,0
342,5
13
GM
Petrov Martin
BUL
2393
6,0
43,0
330,5
14
GM
Martirosyan Haik M.
ARM
2478
6,0
42,5
328,5
15
GM
Sethuraman S.P.
IND
2556
5,5
47,5
346,0
16
GM
Tregubov Pavel V.
FID
2593
5,5
46,0
341,5
17
GM
Gallagher Joseph G.
SUI
2425
5,5
45,0
329,0
18
GM
Gagare Shardul
IND
2449
5,5
44,0
348,5
19
GM
Iordachescu Viorel
MDA
2552
5,5
43,5
338,0
20
IM
Pranav Anand
IND
1767
5,5
43,0
337,0
21
GM
Azarov Sergei
BLR
2580
5,5
42,5
338,5
22
GM
Milov Leonid
GER
2484
5,5
42,5
337,5
23
FM
Herrera Reyes Jose Antonio
ESP
2333
5,5
40,0
338,5
24
IM
Katz Alexander
USA
2388
5,5
40,0
334,5
25
FM
Schnepp Gunnar
AUT
2297
5,5
39,0
324,0
26
IM
Unuk Laura
SLO
2180
5,5
38,0
331,5
27
IM
Krishna C R G
IND
2335
5,0
43,0
339,0
28
IM
Haimovich Tal
ISR
2340
5,0
42,0
337,0
29
Toktomushev Teimur
UKR
1968
5,0
40,5
337,5
30
Palladin Timur
RUS
1965
5,0
37,5
320,0
31
Tureshbayev Anuar
FRA
1567
5,0
36,0
289,0
32
Carey Michael
USA
1816
5,0
33,0
305,0
33
Ragios Konstantinos
GRE
1880
5,0
33,0
294,0
34
GM
Motylev Alexander
FID
2721
4,5
48,5
351,5
35
Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher
UAE
1779
4,5
39,5
309,0
36
FM
Mahitosh Dey
IND
1260
4,5
39,5
305,0
37
Schweizer Simon
JPN
2145
4,5
39,0
324,0
38
WFM
Aydin Gulenay
TUR
2103
4,5
39,0
322,5
39
Meduri Aakaash
USA
2000
4,5
39,0
308,0
40
Ciarletta Ulysse
FRA
1711
4,5
38,0
305,0
41
CM
Mamedov Edgar
KAZ
1838
4,5
37,5
309,5
42
Wanner Stefan
SUI
1947
4,5
36,5
315,5
43
Zayed Sultan Al Taher
UAE
1537
4,5
33,0
289,0
44
Hamad Bader
UAE
1607
4,5
31,5
304,0
45
WIM
Sahithi Varshini M
IND
1392
4,0
41,0
326,0
46
Jampen Florian
SUI
0
4,0
39,0
296,0
47
Hari Charan Sai Kalluri
IND
1351
4,0
38,0
300,0
48
Python Noe
SUI
1446
4,0
37,0
295,5
49
Manukonda Arun
IND
2000
4,0
35,5
301,0
50
von Burg Carl Alexander
SUI
0
4,0
34,5
263,0
51
Radt Volker
SUI
2033
4,0
33,0
298,5
52
Chaudhury Anmay Kumar
USA
0
4,0
33,0
287,0
53
Cagnoni Mariano
SUI
1320
4,0
32,5
277,5
54
Abdulrahim Salem
UAE
1620
4,0
32,0
295,0
55
Getaz Raymond
SUI
1740
4,0
26,5
265,0
56
Pheng Wissam
FRA
1785
3,5
38,5
307,5
57
Pernutz Hans-Gerhard
GER
2049
3,5
38,0
310,0
58
Hanisch Sebastian Dr.
GER
2024
3,5
34,0
290,5
59
Tkhoruk Roman
UKR
1214
3,5
33,5
284,5
60
Settegrana Miro
SUI
0
3,5
25,0
246,5
61
IM
Panjwani Raja
CAN
2394
3,0
36,5
297,5
62
King Alexander
SUI
0
3,0
35,5
280,5
63
Rau Stefan
SUI
1559
3,0
34,0
287,0
64
Musaelyan Arshavir
SUI
1985
3,0
34,0
255,5
65
Galerne Rene
SUI
1719
3,0
33,0
298,5
66
Keymer Cecilia
GER
1518
3,0
32,0
281,5
67
Galerne Nicolas
SUI
1435
3,0
31,5
275,0
68
Keusch Patrice
SUI
0
3,0
29,5
270,0
69
El-Hoiydi Marius
SUI
0
3,0
27,5
243,0
70
Zarriess Benjamin
GER
1653
3,0
25,0
259,5
71
Cawthen Fred
ENG
1703
3,0
24,5
246,0
72
Markus David
SLO
1351
2,5
34,0
285,0
73
Mansoor Abdulmajeed
UAE
1246
2,5
31,5
257,5
74
Trubini Timon
SUI
1318
2,0
31,0
268,0
75
Jencic Nikola
SUI
0
2,0
31,0
260,5
76
Santschy Julien
SUI
0
2,0
28,0
247,5
77
El-Hoiydi Felix
SUI
0
2,0
25,0
246,5
.
