Rapid Tournament

    Image Podium of the Rapid
    Podium of the Rapid
    by Peter Steffen / Biel Chess Festival
    Image Podium best Swiss players
    Podium best Swiss players
    by Peter Steffen / Biel Chess Festival
    Image Swiss-Champion GM Joe Gallagher and Peter Bohnenblust
    Swiss-Champion GM Joe Gallagher and Peter Bohnenblust
    by Peter Steffen / Biel Chess Festival

    Ranking

    Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg  TB1   TB2   TB3 
    1 2 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2640 8,0 50,0 457,5
    2 70 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2089 7,5 48,0 423,0
    3 4 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2622 7,5 46,5 437,0
    4 9 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2549 7,0 53,0 440,0
    5 18 IM Keymer Vincent GER 2449 7,0 50,0 428,5
    6 63   Gupta Sankalp IND 2147 7,0 47,5 420,0
    7 3 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2636 7,0 45,5 444,5
    8 11 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2532 6,5 51,0 451,0
    9 21 GM Gallagher Joseph SUI 2416 6,5 49,5 434,0
    10 6 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2607 6,5 48,5 427,0
    11 31 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2344 6,5 48,5 418,5
    12 8 GM Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2556 6,5 47,5 431,5
    13 7 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2589 6,5 47,5 429,5
    14 27 IM Cuhendi Sean Winshand INA 2374 6,5 47,0 425,0
    15 23 IM Ekstroem Roland SUI 2386 6,5 47,0 418,5
    16 13 GM Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna IND 2503 6,5 46,0 422,5
    17 24 IM Haimovich Tal ISR 2379 6,5 43,5 419,0
    18 12 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2509 6,5 43,0 418,5
    19 10 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2534 6,5 43,0 411,0
    20 36 WGM Aulia Medina Warda INA 2314 6,5 42,0 398,5
    21 29 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2357 6,0 48,5 408,0
    22 33 GM Tabatabaei M.amin IRI 2336 6,0 47,0 402,5
    23 37   Kamber Bruno SUI 2303 6,0 44,5 418,0
    24 38   Patuzzo Fabrizio SUI 2297 6,0 44,0 411,0
    25 28 IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi INA 2360 6,0 44,0 403,5
    26 30 IM Sachdev Tania IND 2350 6,0 43,0 387,5
    27 17 GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2487 6,0 41,5 401,5
    28 19 GM Studer Noël SUI 2445 6,0 40,5 395,5
    29 55   Cohen Revivo Shoham ISR 2173 6,0 39,5 379,5
    30 66   Lukin Elisha ISR 2117 6,0 39,0 400,0
    31 92   Lee Jun Hyeok KOR 1984 6,0 39,0 382,0
    32 42   Kolly Jacques SUI 2261 6,0 38,5 367,0
    33 35 GM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2319 5,5 49,5 431,0
    34 41 IM Priasmoro Novendra INA 2263 5,5 49,0 426,0
    35 25 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2375 5,5 48,5 417,0
    36 91   Stijve Theo SUI 1990 5,5 45,0 387,0
    37 14 GM Epishin Vladimir RUS 2498 5,5 44,0 412,5
    38 44   Avni Ermeni KOS 2253 5,5 44,0 390,0
    39 61   Bischofberger Dario SUI 2158 5,5 44,0 388,0
    40 65 WIM Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia INA 2130 5,5 43,5 393,5
    41 58   Schweizer Simon JPN 2163 5,5 42,5 404,5
    42 52   Fisabilillah Ummi INA 2188 5,5 42,0 385,0
    43 39   Fischer Daniel SUI 2287 5,5 42,0 355,0
    44 34   Vulevic Vjekoslav SUI 2334 5,5 40,5 388,5
    45 81   Mikavica Dragoljub SUI 2038 5,5 40,5 367,0
    46 16 GM Jenni Florian SUI 2492 5,5 39,5 376,0
    47 124   Altok Mesut GER 1825 5,5 36,5 365,0
    48 82   Gaffagan Steven USA 2032 5,5 35,0 366,0
    49 45   Bucher Denis SUI 2249 5,5 34,0 370,5
    50 26 IM Filipovic Branko SUI 2374 5,0 47,5 406,0
    51 20 GM Stany G.A. IND 2418 5,0 42,5 404,5
    52 88   Frey Fabian SUI 2011 5,0 42,5 400,0
    53 62 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SIN 2155 5,0 42,5 391,5
    54 60   Milosevic Gligor SUI 2161 5,0 42,0 400,5
    55 47 WIM Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias INA 2238 5,0 41,5 378,0
    56 50 IM Kelecevic Nedeljko SUI 2218 5,0 41,0 350,0
    57 57 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2169 5,0 40,0 386,5
    58 118   Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 1885 5,0 39,5 376,0
    59 106   Belaz Christian SUI 1942 5,0 39,5 362,5
    60 77 WIM Raghavi N. Vishnu Prasanna IND 2063 5,0 39,0 381,0
    61 76   Kuenzli Simon SUI 2063 5,0 37,5 327,0
    62 114   Barth Can-Elian SUI 1905 5,0 37,0 358,5
    63 134   Fecker Jan SUI 1756 5,0 36,5 371,5
    64 84   Luginbuehl Robert SUI 2021 5,0 36,5 366,0
    65 68   Rasovic Dragan SUI 2104 5,0 36,0 375,5
    66 151   Lohia Sohum ENG 1490 5,0 35,0 366,0
    67 79   Dürst Martin SUI 2053 5,0 34,5 369,5
    68 175   Petry Martin SUI 0 5,0 32,0 322,5
    69 95 IM Rahul Srivatshav Peddi IND 1978 4,5 45,0 394,0
    70 74   Fecker Noah SUI 2068 4,5 42,0 398,0
    71 51   Mikavica Mirko SRB 2212 4,5 41,0 367,5
    72 98   Maurer Fritz SUI 1976 4,5 40,5 331,0
    73 40   Engelberts Martijn SUI 2268 4,5 40,0 377,5
    74 103   Manukonda Arun IND 1957 4,5 39,5 386,5
    75 119   Delmonico Nils SUI 1855 4,5 39,5 385,0
    76 131   Tschopp Olivier SUI 1784 4,5 39,0 369,0
    77 78   Adzic Slobodan SUI 2054 4,5 39,0 362,0
    78 157   Aarav Dengla IND 1265 4,5 38,0 367,5
    79 85   Cerasi Umberto ITA 2020 4,5 38,0 355,0
    80 105   Havolli Daut SUI 1945 4,5 37,5 375,0
    81 54   Bex Pierre-Alain SUI 2175 4,5 37,5 368,5
    82 59 IM Illijin Neboisa ROU 2163 4,5 37,5 350,0
    83 94   Roth Martin SUI 1978 4,5 37,5 318,0
    84 67   Zulfic Fedja AUS 2116 4,5 37,0 356,0
    85 71   Itzhaky Shmuel ISR 2074 4,5 36,5 365,0
    86 80   Heller Achim GER 2051 4,5 36,5 348,0
    87 56   Meier Lukas SUI 2170 4,5 36,0 375,0
    88 69   Groehn Andreas GER 2097 4,5 36,0 355,0
    89 108   Oliver Marti SUI 1935 4,5 35,5 345,0
    90 93   Esper Christian SUI 1979 4,5 34,0 360,5
    91 161   Bodenstab Stefan SUI 1995 4,5 30,0 338,5
    92 115   Urwyler Nikash SUI 1897 4,5 29,5 336,5
    93 22 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2403 4,0 44,0 257,5
    94 46 IM Brendel Oliver SUI 2241 4,0 42,5 372,5
    95 83   Doehler Tobias GER 2031 4,0 40,5 352,0
    96 87   Fischer Thomas GER 2017 4,0 39,0 373,0
    97 48 IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2229 4,0 38,5 341,0
    98 102   Rusconi Benito SUI 1958 4,0 38,5 274,0
    99 99   Speck Hans SUI 1974 4,0 37,5 365,0
    100 158   Hari Charan Sai Kalluri IND 1223 4,0 37,5 358,0
    101 116   Berweger Ivo SUI 1887 4,0 37,5 354,0
    102 72   Malachowski Margrit GER 2073 4,0 37,5 352,0
    103 101   Tcheau Alain SUI 1959 4,0 36,5 366,0
    104 146   Maranin Sergey RUS 1579 4,0 35,5 351,5
    105 96   Binggeli Christian SUI 1977 4,0 35,5 348,0
    106 104   Lopez Manuel SUI 1952 4,0 35,0 364,0
    107 64   Schweighoffer Martin SUI 2141 4,0 35,0 339,0
    108 165   Aegerter Fabrice SUI 1657 4,0 35,0 331,5
    109 127   Milovanovic Milos SUI 1812 4,0 35,0 331,0
    110 120   Atukeren Erdal SUI 1836 4,0 34,5 345,0
    111 109   Brait Wolfgang SUI 1917 4,0 34,5 344,0
    112 130   Metz Christof SUI 1785 4,0 33,5 337,5
    113 97   Angst Oliver SUI 1977 4,0 33,0 331,0
    114 86   Leutwyler Mathias SUI 2019 4,0 32,5 341,0
    115 121   Berrada Abderrahim SUI 1833 4,0 32,0 333,5
    116 129   Fehr Pascal SUI 1788 4,0 32,0 330,5
    117 125   Lips Adrian SUI 1817 4,0 31,5 326,0
    118 136   Rohde Bernhard SUI 1725 4,0 28,5 323,5
    119 168   Rahimi Hamid SUI 1537 4,0 27,0 325,0
    120 89   Perruchoud Pierre SUI 2007 3,5 40,0 360,5
    121 49 WGM Nebolsina Vera RUS 2228 3,5 40,0 323,5
    122 128   Siddharth Gopakumar IND 1802 3,5 38,5 359,0
    123 110   Thode Gilda SUI 1910 3,5 37,5 351,0
    124 145   Bertolozzi Francesco ITA 1593 3,5 37,0 354,5
    125 113   Ristevski Sasko SUI 1907 3,5 36,0 345,5
    126 156   Zafeiridis Athanasios GRE 1276 3,5 35,0 333,0
    127 122   Schreiber Edwin USA 1832 3,5 33,5 323,5
    128 153   Svergina Sofya RUS 1340 3,5 33,0 325,0
    129 135   Schmidt Thomas SUI 1742 3,5 30,0 317,0
    130 166   Weller Milan SUI 1627 3,5 25,5 319,5
    131 1 GM Moussard Jules FRA 2729 3,0 42,5 170,5
    132 73   Sadeghi Hassan SUI 2070 3,0 39,5 173,5
    133 112   Kreutzmann Duke SUI 1908 3,0 39,0 357,0
    134 162   Hess Martin GER 1974 3,0 36,0 336,0
    135 164   Aklin Heinz SUI 1800 3,0 35,5 323,5
    136 173   Kumar Aiklavya SUI 0 3,0 34,0 318,0
    137 176   Rait Albert GER 0 3,0 33,5 258,5
    138 143   Villiger Jan SUI 1599 3,0 32,5 333,5
    139 140   Parlak Selahattin TUR 1692 3,0 31,5 332,0
    140 147   Boner Timm SUI 1568 3,0 31,5 325,0
    141 149   Keymer Cecilia GER 1519 3,0 31,5 308,0
    142 133   Getaz Raymond SUI 1766 3,0 31,0 319,5
    143 137   Haerdi Heinz SUI 1711 3,0 30,0 318,0
    144 163   Chevalier Marco SUI 1902 3,0 29,5 315,5
    145 148   Haag Walter SUI 1544 3,0 29,0 321,0
    146 142   Peter Jost SUI 1627 3,0 29,0 309,0
    147 154   Arpa Enes Salih TUR 1340 3,0 29,0 287,5
    148 117   Eschle Hubert GER 1886 3,0 27,5 313,5
    149 15 GM Bellahcene Bilel ALG 2495 2,5 40,5 181,5
    150 100   Lang Fabian SUI 1960 2,5 36,5 283,0
    151 111   Baumann Gerhard GER 1909 2,5 36,5 282,0
    152 126   Flueckiegr Georg SUI 1815 2,5 35,0 237,5
    153 138   Erb Bernhard SUI 1708 2,5 34,5 327,0
    154 107   Stebahne Olaf GER 1936 2,5 34,5 283,5
    155 139   Michel Jean-Claude SUI 1702 2,5 32,0 308,0
    156 144   Wild Beat SUI 1599 2,5 28,5 272,5
    157 5 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2619 2,0 37,5 166,0
    158 160   Flueckiger Roger SUI 2051 2,0 35,5 230,5
    159 53   Pogan Nikolas GER 2185 2,0 34,5 156,0
    160 43   Zhou Syang GER 2256 2,0 34,0 156,5
    161 174   Liwat Lowell PHI 0 2,0 32,5 316,5
    162 141   Bonauer Stephan SUI 1638 2,0 32,0 301,0
    163 150   Cristiano Aldo SUI 1508 2,0 31,0 211,5
    164 159   Petrovs Arsenijs LAT 1093 2,0 29,5 305,0
    165 152   Vulliez Ivan SUI 1413 2,0 28,5 279,5
    166 169   Lobmayer Matthias SUI 1514 2,0 25,5 292,5
    167 171   Clerc Gaspard SUI 0 2,0 25,0 266,5
    168 170   Claude Jean-Pierre SUI 1282 2,0 21,5 286,5
    169 123   Jarnjak Zlatko SUI 1828 1,5 31,0 218,0
    170 167   Srinivasan Sriniketh SUI 1622 1,5 26,5 272,0
    171 172   Harrison luc SUI 0 1,5 23,5 272,0
    172 132   Schmid Peter (1957) SUI 1779 1,0 32,0 72,5
    173 32 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2342 1,0 32,0 33,5
    174 177   Roth Andreas SUI 0 1,0 30,0 215,0
    175 155   Alisaari Vellu FIN 1305 0,0 25,5 139,0
    176 178   Veneri Dario SUI 0 0,0 25,0 177,0
    177 75 WIM Nagarajan Raghavin IND 2063 0,0 24,0 72,5
    178 90   Planchamp Jacob SUI 1996 0,0 23,5 65,0

    Swiss Rapid Chess Championship (RAP)

    Main Arbiter IA Jonas Studer
    Date Sunday July 21, 2019
    Place
    Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center.
    Smoking strictly prohibited within the whole building.
    Tournament type Swiss system - 9 rounds
    Rate of play
    15 minutes + 5 seconds per move
    Schedule
    Rounds 1-2: 10.15 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
    Rounds 3-6: 1.00 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
    Rounds 7-9: 4.40 p.m. - 7.10 p.m.
    Prizegiving: 7.30 p.m.
    Prizes
    CHF 1'200, 800, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 150, 2x100. best woman player, best senior (1959-), best junior (1999+): CHF 200. Best child (2003+), best untitled: CHF 100. Best Swiss players: CHF 400, 300, 200, 2x100. Best players rated <2000 and <1800: CHF 300, 200, 100, 2x50.
    Total prize fund: CHF 7'650 + prizes in kind up to 6 points.
    Prizes are valid from 100 participants. With fewer participants, they are reduced pro rata.
    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 4½ 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 40 (1999+: CHF 20; GM/IM/WGM/WIM: CHF 20), by bank transfer until July 17, 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 22, 08:45 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 9.45 a.m. on July 21, 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 08:45 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 Rapid' ratings.
    Results 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.
    21
    Jul

    10:15 Swiss Rapid Chess Championship

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