Blitz Tournament

    Image Podium Blitz Tournament- (from the left) GM Jumabayev Rinat (2nd KAZ, 2490), GM Erigaisi Arjun (1st IND, 2494), GM Donchenko Alexander (3nd GER, 2613)
    Podium Blitz Tournament- (from the left) GM Jumabayev Rinat (2nd KAZ, 2490), GM Erigaisi Arjun (1st IND, 2494), GM Donchenko Alexander (3nd GER, 2613)
    by Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival
    Image Best woman- WGM Vera Nebolsina (RUS, 2225)
    Best woman- WGM Vera Nebolsina (RUS, 2225)
    by Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival
    Image Podium Swiss Players- (from the left) Sandro Schmid (2nd), GM Noel Studer (1st), GM Jenni Florian (3nd)
    Podium Swiss Players- (from the left) Sandro Schmid (2nd), GM Noel Studer (1st), GM Jenni Florian (3nd)
    by Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival
    Image Swiss Blitz Chess Champion- GM Noel Studer
    Swiss Blitz Chess Champion- GM Noel Studer
    by Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival

    Ranking

    Rk. SNo   Name FED Elo  Rtg1  Rtg2  Rtg3
    1 10 GM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2494 11,0 109,5 1214,5
    2 11 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2490 10,5 99,5 1154,0
    3 5 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2613 10,0 108,0 1197,0
    4 1 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2671 10,0 107,5 1207,5
    5 23 GM Studer Noel SUI 2365 10,0 95,0 1145,0
    6 3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2641 9,5 108,0 1206,0
    7 4 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2618 9,5 105,5 1145,0
    8 52 IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi INA 2193 9,5 102,5 1198,0
    9 8 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2536 9,5 102,0 1166,0
    10 53   Schmid Sandro SUI 2191 9,5 96,0 1091,0
    11 2 GM Moussard Jules FRA 2643 9,0 105,5 1185,0
    12 18 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2421 9,0 104,5 1184,5
    13 6 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2558 9,0 101,5 1155,0
    14 25   Sankalp Gupta IND 2356 9,0 99,5 1162,0
    15 17 GM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2431 9,0 99,0 1158,0
    16 14 GM Jenni Florian SUI 2468 9,0 98,0 1100,0
    17 13 IM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2476 9,0 97,0 1151,5
    18 9 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2508 9,0 95,0 1110,0
    19 15 IM Keymer Vincent GER 2464 8,5 107,5 1197,5
    20 21 IM Cuhendi Sean Winshand INA 2388 8,5 100,0 1139,0
    21 29 IM Priasmoro Novendra INA 2323 8,5 99,0 1134,0
    22 16   Ondozi Murtez KOS 2452 8,5 97,0 1136,0
    23 130 IM Aditya Mittal IND 1874 8,5 96,5 1084,0
    24 46 WGM Nebolsina Vera RUS 2225 8,5 95,5 1098,0
    25 153   Lee Jun Hyeok KOR 1728 8,5 95,0 1121,0
    26 173   Savitha Shri B IND 1580 8,5 93,0 1074,5
    27 27   Sutter Oliver SUI 2344 8,5 87,5 1065,5
    28 145   Csiki Endre HUN 1807 8,5 86,5 1060,0
    29 31   Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H. IND 2299 8,5 84,5 1054,0
    30 38 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2268 8,0 96,5 1127,5
    31 44 IM Rahul Srivatshav P IND 2230 8,0 96,5 1112,0
    32 109   Zemach Roee ISR 1966 8,0 95,5 1079,5
    33 36 GM Gukesh D IND 2281 8,0 94,0 1124,0
    34 58 WGM Aulia Medina Warda INA 2151 8,0 93,5 1083,0
    35 42   Rayner Emmanuel WLS 2247 8,0 93,5 1076,5
    36 26 FM Vulevic Vjekoslav SUI 2350 8,0 92,5 1098,5
    37 165   Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 1649 8,0 92,5 1078,0
    38 24   Grandadam Patrik SUI 2361 8,0 92,0 1104,5
    39 19 IM Lötscher Roland SUI 2415 8,0 92,0 1080,5
    40 32 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2298 8,0 89,5 1093,0
    41 69   Arcuti Davide SUI 2070 8,0 89,0 1078,5
    42 33   Bucher Denis SUI 2294 8,0 85,0 1059,0
    43 74   Lang Alexander GER 2052 8,0 72,0 922,0
    44 90   Pranav Anand IND 2010 7,5 98,0 1097,0
    45 151   Samant Aditya S USA 1733 7,5 92,0 1062,0
    46 39 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SIN 2265 7,5 90,5 1088,5
    47 103   Angst Robin SUI 1984 7,5 90,5 1052,5
    48 61   Lipecki Alexander SUI 2140 7,5 89,0 1016,0
    49 47 WGM Hakimifard Ghazal IRI 2216 7,5 88,5 1050,0
    50 65   Giesinger Elias SUI 2097 7,5 87,0 1019,5
    51 72 WIM Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia INA 2067 7,5 86,5 1027,0
    52 166 WFM Makhija Aashna IND 1639 7,5 84,5 998,0
    53 50 FM Baltic Fatih GER 2203 7,5 84,0 1067,5
    54 45   Raeber Markus SUI 2228 7,5 84,0 1048,5
    55 66   Bischofberger Dario SUI 2088 7,5 84,0 1023,0
    56 56 CM Ferster Fabian LIE 2171 7,5 83,5 997,0
    57 28 IM Loeffler Markus GER 2339 7,5 81,5 1028,5
    58 57   Ballmer Mirko SUI 2166 7,5 81,5 1006,5
    59 88   Frey Fabian SUI 2011 7,5 80,5 966,0
    60 54   Drechsler Christoph SUI 2180 7,5 77,5 989,0
    61 12 GM Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2485 7,0 97,5 989,5
    62 51 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias INA 2201 7,0 96,0 1077,5
    63 43   Fisabilillah Ummi INA 2239 7,0 87,5 1058,0
    64 30   Fecker Noah SUI 2313 7,0 87,0 1026,0
    65 35 FM Bichsel Walter SUI 2282 7,0 86,0 1023,5
    66 178   Advait Bagri SIN 1460 7,0 86,0 1022,5
    67 71   Michaud Christian SUI 2070 7,0 86,0 1006,5
    68 126   Rusconi Benito SUI 1902 7,0 86,0 986,0
    69 182   Aarav Dengla IND 1346 7,0 85,5 994,0
    70 68   Schweizer Simon JPN 2079 7,0 85,0 1050,0
    71 76   Santeramo Alessia ITA 2042 7,0 85,0 1016,0
    72 62 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2133 7,0 83,5 1020,5
    73 60   Schwander Lukas SUI 2148 7,0 83,0 1011,0
    74 67   Zulfic Fedja AUS 2080 7,0 82,0 1020,0
    75 97   Aizenberg Benny ISR 1998 7,0 82,0 1016,0
    76 82   Mohammadi Nia Borna GER 2029 7,0 79,5 988,0
    77 77   Bieri Hanspeter SUI 2037 7,0 79,5 970,5
    78 83   Groehn Andreas GER 2027 7,0 79,0 976,5
    79 20 IM Moor Olivier SUI 2397 7,0 79,0 971,5
    80 48 FM Kolly Jacques SUI 2216 7,0 78,5 995,5
    81 64   Gabersek Albert SUI 2100 7,0 78,0 989,0
    82 59   Guex Pascal SUI 2151 7,0 76,0 975,5
    83 168   Hari Charan Sai Kalluri IND 1634 7,0 75,0 916,5
    84 22 IM Flom Gabriel FRA 2370 6,5 96,5 914,5
    85 104   Cohen Revivo Shoham ISR 1981 6,5 93,0 1032,5
    86 40   Christen Daniel SUI 2261 6,5 86,5 1014,0
    87 85   Kamber Adrian SUI 2020 6,5 85,5 1027,0
    88 79   Vilaseca Laurent SUI 2037 6,5 84,5 1013,5
    89 55   Mikavica Mirko SUI 2180 6,5 83,5 1000,5
    90 37 IM Filipovic Branko SUI 2270 6,5 83,0 1018,5
    91 95   Angst Oliver SUI 2001 6,5 83,0 1014,5
    92 41 IM Huss Andreas SUI 2258 6,5 82,0 986,0
    93 111   Binggeli Christian SUI 1960 6,5 81,5 972,5
    94 34 IM Kelecevic Nedeljko SUI 2287 6,5 81,0 999,0
    95 127   Siddharth Gopakumar IND 1901 6,5 80,0 971,5
    96 133   Perkampus Laurin GER 1855 6,5 80,0 964,0
    97 162   Skobe Jan SUI 1666 6,5 80,0 963,5
    98 136   Barth Can-Elian SUI 1849 6,5 79,5 953,5
    99 123   Altok Mesut GER 1911 6,5 78,0 973,0
    100 129   Schweizer Samuel JPN 1875 6,5 77,5 942,0
    101 188   Martinez Jalil SUI 0 6,5 76,0 966,0
    102 70   El-Mais Ibaa SUI 2070 6,5 74,0 944,0
    103 116   Jud Marc SUI 1940 6,5 72,0 912,0
    104 101   Bodenstab Stefan SUI 1995 6,5 69,0 913,0
    105 91   Lukin Elisha ISR 2007 6,0 92,5 1057,5
    106 49   Jovanovic Sladjan SUI 2209 6,0 87,5 1020,5
    107 92   Hirt Markus SUI 2004 6,0 82,0 961,0
    108 118   Lopez Manuel SUI 1933 6,0 81,0 956,5
    109 89   Portmann Daniel SUI 2011 6,0 80,5 975,0
    110 114   Manukonda Arun IND 1952 6,0 79,5 974,5
    111 124   Havolli Daut SUI 1911 6,0 77,5 948,0
    112 98   Clausen Martin SUI 1997 6,0 77,0 969,5
    113 122   Hess Martin GER 1912 6,0 76,5 908,0
    114 93   Kuenzli Simon SUI 2003 6,0 76,0 948,0
    115 120   Wiesinger Martin SUI 1928 6,0 75,5 944,0
    116 121   Reymond Jean-Marc SUI 1927 6,0 75,5 932,0
    117 117   Mani Thomas SUI 1937 6,0 75,0 918,0
    118 84   Ramseyer Nicola SUI 2022 6,0 73,0 912,5
    119 119   Mauerhofer Adrian SUI 1928 6,0 71,5 881,0
    120 63   Lochte Thomas GER 2105 6,0 70,5 935,0
    121 128   Lips Adrian SUI 1884 6,0 70,5 880,5
    122 106   Javet Blaise SUI 1977 6,0 70,0 906,5
    123 102   Gautschi Rudolf SUI 1992 6,0 67,0 871,0
    124 96   Dietiker Manuel SUI 2001 5,5 86,5 1004,0
    125 138   Olcum Berk TUR 1827 5,5 85,0 1006,5
    126 75   Leutwyler Mathias SUI 2046 5,5 84,0 997,5
    127 73   Hauser Robert SUI 2063 5,5 83,0 959,0
    128 80   Ballmer Boris SUI 2036 5,5 80,0 981,0
    129 87   Radt Volker SUI 2018 5,5 77,0 930,5
    130 141   Fecker Jan SUI 1822 5,5 76,5 932,0
    131 134   Bornand Herbert SUI 1854 5,5 75,0 907,0
    132 110   Allenspach Urs SUI 1964 5,5 74,0 906,5
    133 99   Lo Presti Max SUI 1997 5,5 73,0 928,5
    134 108   Gerber Renaud SUI 1975 5,5 73,0 908,5
    135 107   Risch Paul SUI 1977 5,5 72,5 929,5
    136 86   Bous Florian GER 2018 5,5 71,0 903,5
    137 155   Gaier Walter SUI 1714 5,5 70,5 930,5
    138 149   Tschopp Olivier SUI 1747 5,5 69,5 899,0
    139 163   Aegerter Fabrice SUI 1657 5,5 64,0 882,0
    140 172   Zecirovic Giacomo SUI 1584 5,5 64,0 872,5
    141 112   Kueng Nicolas SUI 1957 5,0 81,5 976,5
    142 169   Maranin Sergey RUS 1611 5,0 75,0 905,5
    143 125   Oehen Rene SUI 1909 5,0 74,0 888,5
    144 175   Burbach Brunel Baron THA 1549 5,0 73,0 908,0
    145 150   Rohde Bernhard SUI 1736 5,0 70,5 853,5
    146 157   Di Meo Quentin SUI 1678 5,0 70,0 889,0
      160   Pellicoro Fabian SUI 1667 5,0 70,0 889,0
    148 132   Eggenberger Ulrich SUI 1861 5,0 69,5 826,0
    149 184   Anirudh Daga IND 1257 5,0 69,0 893,0
    150 139   Freuler Roman SUI 1825 5,0 68,0 900,5
    151 115   Brait Wolfgang SUI 1943 5,0 65,5 828,0
    152 179 ACM Van Aepelen Nikolai SUI 1452 5,0 64,5 869,5
    153 177   Arnold Thomas SUI 1469 5,0 63,0 863,5
    154 159   Ehle Eric SUI 1667 5,0 61,5 834,5
    155 174   Bertolozzi Francesco ITA 1560 5,0 61,0 862,5
    156 171   Aizenberg Lev ISR 1598 5,0 54,0 781,0
    157 7 GM Bellahcene Bilel ALG 2557 4,5 85,5 697,5
    158 135   Pellicoro Nathalie SUI 1851 4,5 75,5 908,5
    159 143   Jaggy Matteo SUI 1819 4,5 64,0 847,0
    160 137   Laube Giovanni SUI 1833 4,5 63,5 841,0
    161 190   Wasserfallen Bénédict SUI 0 4,5 63,5 824,5
    162 152   Dogaru Dumitru SUI 1731 4,5 63,5 813,0
    163 113   Tcheau Alain SUI 1954 4,5 63,5 807,0
    164 105   Esper Christian SUI 1979 4,5 62,5 815,5
    165 81   Kuert Christoph SUI 2035 4,5 58,0 819,5
    166 161   Gebert Johannes SUI 1666 4,5 56,0 788,0
    167 147   Zani Davide SUI 1757 4,0 73,5 924,5
    168 154   Fortier Nicolas SUI 1718 4,0 69,5 890,0
    169 156   Parlak Selahattin SUI 1692 4,0 68,0 862,5
    170 131   Salzer Robert SUI 1864 4,0 68,0 859,5
    171 144   Schreiber Edwin USA 1818 4,0 66,5 856,0
    172 148   Suter Ramon SUI 1755 4,0 65,0 857,0
    173 146   Boner Timm SUI 1764 4,0 64,5 848,0
    174 158   Kaczmarek Michal POL 1669 4,0 57,5 810,5
    175 180   Fedal Salem SUI 1445 4,0 56,0 757,5
    176 170   Villiger Jan SUI 1599 3,5 62,0 838,0
    177 78   Pivard Jean-Louis FRA 2037 3,5 61,0 820,0
    178 164   Srinivasan Sriniketh SUI 1655 3,5 60,5 812,0
    179 181   Munoz de Leon David SUI 1432 3,5 54,0 764,5
    180 140   Pantillon Patrick André SUI 1824 3,0 66,0 814,0
    181 176   Kaesermann Sirlei SUI 1497 3,0 52,5 753,5
    182 94   Belaz Christian SUI 2002 2,0 69,0 417,5
    183 142   Zoller Markus SUI 1820 2,0 63,5 375,5
    184 183   Claude Jean-Pierre SUI 1282 2,0 50,5 742,0
    185 187   Lahmer Med Anis SUI 0 2,0 49,0 749,5
    186 189   Rizzo Gustavo ARG 0 1,0 58,0 241,0
    187 186   Krapf Juan SUI 0 1,0 53,5 223,0
    188 167   Hug Peter SUI 1636 0,5 52,0 361,0
    189 100   Planchamp Jacob SUI 1996 0,0 51,0 101,5
    190 185   Grohens Theotime FRA 0 0,0 49,0 366,0

    Swiss Blitz Chess Championship (BTO)

    Main Arbiter IA Jonas Studer
    Date Saturday July 27, 2019
    Place
    Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center.
    Smoking strictly prohibited within the whole building.
    Tournament type Swiss system - 13 rounds
    Rate of play
    3 minutes + 2 seconds per move
    Schedule
    Rounds 1-5: 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.
    Rounds 6-10: 3.45 p.m. - 5.15 p.m.
    Rounds 11-13: 5.30 p.m. - 6.15 p.m.
    Prizegiving: 6.45 p.m.
    Prizes
    CHF 1'000, 750, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 2x50. Best woman player, best senior (1959-), best junior (1999+): CHF 100. Best child (2003+): CHF 50. Best Swiss players: CHF 300, 200, 150, 100, 50. Best players rated <2000 and <1800: CHF 100, 60, 40.
    Total prize fund: CHF 5'900 + prizes in kind up to 8 points.
    Are eligible for the best Swiss players prizes, Swiss citizens and players FIDE-registered under SUI who stay in Switzerland with a residence permit C at minimum.
    Prizes will be shared upon the final ranking (“Hort System” won’t be used).
    Special prizes are only granted to players scoring 6½ points or more. This restriction isn't valid for Elo category prizes.
    For rating band prizes, FIDE rating is considered first. July 2019 rating shall prevail.
    Ranking Final standings will be established according to number of points scored, truncated Buchholz and truncated Sum of Buchholz. The worst score in each case will be disregarded.
    Eligibility
    Open to everyone.
    Player without FIDE ID have to have to appear in front of the main arbiter before the first, who will proceed at the registration.
    The admission of a player is the exclusive decision of the organization. This decision is final.
    Registration
    CHF 30 (1999+: CHF 20; GM/IM/WGM/WIM: CHF 20), by bank transfer until July 23, 2019, based on the invoice received by e-mail during the online registration, After this date cash payment on site with a surcharge of CHF 10. Deadline: July 27, 12:30 noon. The surcharge doesn't apply for GM and WGM.
    Check-in
    All participants with the status "confirmed" on the playerlist of our website are expected to confirm their presence at the check-in desk, before 13.15 a.m. on July 27, 2019. This will ensure their integration in the first round pairings.
    Participants with the status "unconfirmed" or who doesn't appear on the list have to come to the office desk until 12:30 noon.
    Laws of chess Art. 6.7.1 Any player arriving at the board more than 30 minutes after the start of the round will be defaulted, except in extreme situations.
    Art. 11.3.2.1 It is forbidden to enter the playing area with electronic devices.
    The tournament is rated for the Swiss, German and FIDE Blitz' ratings.
    Result' announcement Players have to give the original copy of the scoresheet and write down the result at the results desk. Otherwise the result of the game will be 0-0.
    27
    Jul

    14:00 Swiss Blitz Chess Championship

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