The ACCENTUS Chess960 (ACC) took place today at the Main stage of the Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center within the Biel International Chess Festival 2022. The event was played in 7 round-robin rounds, with the starting position of pieces determined before the start of each round. The time control for the games was: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
GM Vincent Keymer and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov tied for the top scoring 5 points, each. The German grandmaster was crowned the Winner as he won two games with Black pieces, while Abdusattorov had one victory as Black. GM Liem Le Quang clinched bronze with 4.5 points. The total prize fund of the event was 4.500 CHF, with 2.000 CHF reserved for the Winner of the event, 1.500 CHF for the silver medalist, and 1.000 CHF for the bronze medalists. (Scroll down for final rankings)
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Simultaneously with the ACCENTUS Chess960, the Swiss Rapid Fischer Random Championship (960) took place in the same venue with 33 participants. The event was played in 7 swiss rounds, with time control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move. GM Surya Ganguly won the tournament with convincing 6.5 points, while GM Sethuraman and WGM Vera Nebolsina tied for the second place scoring 5.5 points. (Scroll down for final rankings)
Final rankings – ACCENTUS Chess960 (ACC) Biel International Chess Festival 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Keymer Vincent
GER
2552
5
0.5
15.3
4
2
GM
Abdusattorov Nodirbek
UZB
2670
5
0.5
15.3
4
3
GM
Le Quang Liem
VIE
2626
4.5
0
11.8
4
4
GM
Salem A.R. Saleh
UAE
2655
4
0
9.5
4
5
GM
Kamsky Gata
USA
2717
3.5
1
10.3
2
6
GM
Gukesh D
IND
2223
3.5
0
13.3
3
7
GM
Naiditsch Arkadij
AZE
2600
1.5
0
5.25
1
8
GM
Yu Yangyi
CHN
2738
1
0
1.5
1
.
Final rankings – Swiss Rapid Fischer Random Championship (960):
Rk.
Name
Rtg
FED
Pts.
TB1
TB2
1
GM
Ganguly Surya
2608
IND
6,5
29,5
196,0
2
GM
Sethuraman S.P
2613
IND
5,5
33,5
193,0
3
WGM
Nebolsina Vera
2237
FRA
5,5
28,0
200,5
4
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
2521
FID
5,0
33,5
205,5
5
IM
Shaikh Mohammad Nubairshah
2445
IND
5,0
28,0
190,5
6
Schnepp Gunnar
2262
AUT
5,0
27,0
183,5
7
Ragios Konstantinos
1924
GRE
5,0
26,0
176,0
8
Manukonda Arun
2021
IND
4,5
30,0
198,5
9
Wanner Stefan
1975
SUI
4,5
21,5
171,0
10
Herrera Reyes Jose Antonio
2345
ESP
4,0
31,5
186,5
11
Angst Robin
2192
SUI
4,0
27,0
179,5
12
Sai Kalluri Hari Charan
2041
IND
4,0
25,0
176,0
13
Radt Volker
2033
SUI
4,0
23,5
167,5
14
Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher
1779
UAE
4,0
21,5
172,5
15
Zayed Sultan Al Taher
1537
UAE
4,0
20,5
165,0
16
Birchmeier Martin
1885
SUI
3,5
28,0
177,5
17
Paholok Igor
1728
SUI
3,5
22,0
175,5
18
Chaudhury Anmay Kumar
0
USA
3,5
20,0
165,5
19
Meduri Aakaash
2000
USA
3,0
28,5
178,0
20
Tureshbayev Anuar
1616
FRA
3,0
25,0
174,0
21
Jampen Florian
0
SUI
3,0
25,0
140,0
22
Keymer Cecilia
1652
GER
3,0
24,5
174,5
23
IM
Huss Andreas
2325
SUI
3,0
24,5
148,0
24
Hamad Bader
1607
UAE
3,0
22,5
165,0
25
Chobaut Nicolas
1919
FRA
3,0
21,5
156,5
26
Mansoor Abdulmajeed
1246
UAE
3,0
20,0
141,5
27
Abdulrahim Salem
1620
UAE
2,5
24,5
151,0
28
Hanisch Sebastian
2044
GER
2,5
18,0
133,5
29
Romer Lukas
0
SUI
2,0
23,0
144,0
30
Markus David
1122
SLO
2,0
20,5
139,0
31
Musaelyan Arshavir
1899
SUI
2,0
19,5
157,5
32
Meshach Felix
1429
SUI
2,0
19,0
136,5
33
Mueller Urs
0
SUI
1,0
18,0
132,0
.
Photos from Official Website of Biel Chess Festival