Biel Chess Festival

The Biel International Chess Festival is an annual chess tournament that takes place in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It consists of two events, the Grandmaster Tournament, held with the round-robin system, and the Master Open Tournament (MTO), held with the Swiss system. The Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977. The city of Biel hosted three Interzonal Tournaments, in 1976, 1985 and 1993.

Winners

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! # !! Year !! Grandmaster Tournament !!Master Open Tournament
 * 1 || 1968 || || 🇨🇭 Edwin Bhend (CHE)
 * 2 || 1969 || || 🇳🇱 Jan Timman (NLD)
 * 3 || 1970 || || Predrag Ostojic
 * 4 || 1971 || || Stanimir Nikolic
 * 5 || 1972 || || Milan Vukic
 * 6 || 1973 || || Milan Vukic 🇭🇺 János Flesch (HUN)
 * 7 || 1974 || || 🇷🇴 Bela Soos (ROU)
 * 8 || 1975 || || Mišo Cebalo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Pigott (ENG) 🇦🇺 David Parr (AUS)
 * 9 || 1976 || 🇩🇰 Bent Larsen (DNK) (Interzonal) || Dragutin Sahovic Radovan Govedarica
 * 10 || 1977 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Miles (ENG) || 🇦🇷 Miguel Quinteros (ARG)
 * 11 || 1978 || || 🇨🇭 Charles Partos (CHE)
 * 12 || 1979 || 🇨🇭 Viktor Korchnoi (CHE) || 🇮🇱 Yehuda Gruenfeld (ISR) 🇨🇦 Jean Hébert (CAN)
 * 13 || 1980 || 🇮🇱 Yehuda Gruenfeld (ISR) || 🇺🇸 Israel Zilber (US) Josip Rukavina 🇨🇭 Beat Züger (CHE) 🇳🇱 Peter Scheeren (NLD)
 * 14 || 1981 || Eric Lobron Vlastimil Hort|| 🇮🇱 Nathan Birnboim (ISR) 🇭🇺 Laszlo Karsa (HUN) 🇺🇸 Ron Henley (US) Eduard Meduna
 * 15 || 1982 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Nunn (ENG) 🇷🇴 Florin Gheorghiu (ROU) || Ivan Nemet
 * 16 || 1983 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Miles (ENG) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Nunn (ENG) || 🇸🇪 Jaan Eslon (SWE)
 * 17 || 1984 || Vlastimil Hort Robert Hübner|| 🇦🇷 Carlos Garcia-Palermo (ARG)
 * 18 || 1985 || Rafael Vaganian (Interzonal) || 🇦🇺 Ian Rogers (AUS) 🇮🇱 Alon Greenfeld (ISR)
 * 19 || 1986 || Lev Polugaevsky Eric Lobron|| 🇦🇷 Daniel Cámpora (ARG)
 * 20 || 1987 || 🇺🇸 Boris Gulko (US) || 🇮🇱 Lev Gutman (ISR)
 * 21 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov 🇺🇸 Boris Gulko (US)||Gennadi Kuzmin
 * 22 || 1989 || Vassily Ivanchuk||Matthias Wahls
 * 23 || 1990 || Anatoly Karpov||Viktor Gavrikov
 * 24 || 1991 || 🇱🇻 Alexei Shirov (LVA)||Zurab Sturua
 * 25 || 1992 || 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov (RUS)||🇱🇻 Alexander Shabalov (LVA)
 * 26 || 1993 || 🇧🇾 Boris Gelfand (BLR) (Interzonal)||🇮🇱 Vadim Milov (ISR)
 * 27 || 1994 || 🇨🇭 Viktor Gavrikov (CHE)||🇮🇩 Utut Adianto (IDN)
 * 28 || 1995 || 🇷🇺 Alexey Dreev (RUS)|| 🇩🇪 Igor Glek (DEU)
 * 29 || 1996 || 🇷🇺 Anatoly Karpov (RUS)|| Zurab Sturua
 * 30 || 1997 || 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND)|| 🇷🇺 Ildar Ibragimov (RUS)
 * 31 || 1998 || 🇭🇷 Mladen Palac (HRV)|| Milos Pavlovic
 * 32 || 1999 || 🇳🇱 Jeroen Piket (NLD) || 🇨🇭 Vadim Milov (CHE)
 * 33 || 2000 || 🇷🇺 Peter Svidler (RUS)|| 🇮🇱 Boris Avrukh (ISR)
 * 34 || 2001 || 🇨🇭 Viktor Korchnoi (CHE)|| 🇮🇱 Boris Avrukh (ISR)
 * 35 || 2002 || 🇮🇱 Ilya Smirin (ISR)|| Milos Pavlovic
 * 36 || 2003 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)|| 🇷🇺 Mikhail Ulibin (RUS)
 * 37 || 2004 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)|| 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 38 || 2005 || 🇮🇱 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 🇺🇦 Andrei Volokitin (UKR) || 🇷🇺 Mikhail Kobalia (RUS)
 * 39 || 2006 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) || 🇵🇱 Bartosz Soćko (POL)
 * 40 || 2007 || 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) || 🇷🇺 Mikhail Ulibin (RUS)
 * 41 || 2008 || 🇷🇺 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Vladimir Belov (RUS)
 * 42 || 2009 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇷🇺 Boris Grachev (RUS)
 * 43 || 2010 || 🇮🇹 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) || 🇷🇺 Alexander Riazantsev (RUS)
 * 44 || 2011 || 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) || 🇨🇳 Ni Hua (CHN)
 * 45 || 2012 || 🇨🇳 Wang Hao (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Igor Kurnosov (RUS)
 * 46 || 2013 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
 * 47 || 2014 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Baskaran Adhiban (IND)
 * 48 || 2015 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇱 Emil Sutovsky (ISR)
 * 49 || 2016 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) ||🇺🇸 Samuel Shankland (US)
 * 50 || 2017 || 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan (CHN) || 🇵🇱 Mateusz Bartel (POL)
 * 51 || 2018 || 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 🇮🇳 Suri Vaibhav (IND)
 * 52 || 2019 || 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi (IND) || Amin Tabatabaei
 * 53 || 2020 || 🇵🇱 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) || 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 54 || 2021 || 🇺🇸 Gata Kamsky (US) || 🇦🇪 Salem Saleh (ARE)
 * 55 || 2022 || Lê Quang Liêm || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE)
 * 56
 * 2023
 * Lê Quang Liêm
 * 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)
 * }
 * 31 || 1998 || 🇭🇷 Mladen Palac (HRV)|| Milos Pavlovic
 * 32 || 1999 || 🇳🇱 Jeroen Piket (NLD) || 🇨🇭 Vadim Milov (CHE)
 * 33 || 2000 || 🇷🇺 Peter Svidler (RUS)|| 🇮🇱 Boris Avrukh (ISR)
 * 34 || 2001 || 🇨🇭 Viktor Korchnoi (CHE)|| 🇮🇱 Boris Avrukh (ISR)
 * 35 || 2002 || 🇮🇱 Ilya Smirin (ISR)|| Milos Pavlovic
 * 36 || 2003 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)|| 🇷🇺 Mikhail Ulibin (RUS)
 * 37 || 2004 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)|| 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 38 || 2005 || 🇮🇱 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 🇺🇦 Andrei Volokitin (UKR) || 🇷🇺 Mikhail Kobalia (RUS)
 * 39 || 2006 || 🇷🇺 Alexander Morozevich (RUS) || 🇵🇱 Bartosz Soćko (POL)
 * 40 || 2007 || 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) || 🇷🇺 Mikhail Ulibin (RUS)
 * 41 || 2008 || 🇷🇺 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Vladimir Belov (RUS)
 * 42 || 2009 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇷🇺 Boris Grachev (RUS)
 * 43 || 2010 || 🇮🇹 Fabiano Caruana (ITA) || 🇷🇺 Alexander Riazantsev (RUS)
 * 44 || 2011 || 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) || 🇨🇳 Ni Hua (CHN)
 * 45 || 2012 || 🇨🇳 Wang Hao (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Igor Kurnosov (RUS)
 * 46 || 2013 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
 * 47 || 2014 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Baskaran Adhiban (IND)
 * 48 || 2015 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇱 Emil Sutovsky (ISR)
 * 49 || 2016 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) ||🇺🇸 Samuel Shankland (US)
 * 50 || 2017 || 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan (CHN) || 🇵🇱 Mateusz Bartel (POL)
 * 51 || 2018 || 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 🇮🇳 Suri Vaibhav (IND)
 * 52 || 2019 || 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi (IND) || Amin Tabatabaei
 * 53 || 2020 || 🇵🇱 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) || 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 54 || 2021 || 🇺🇸 Gata Kamsky (US) || 🇦🇪 Salem Saleh (ARE)
 * 55 || 2022 || Lê Quang Liêm || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE)
 * 56
 * 2023
 * Lê Quang Liêm
 * 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)
 * }
 * 46 || 2013 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Pentala Harikrishna (IND)
 * 47 || 2014 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Baskaran Adhiban (IND)
 * 48 || 2015 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 🇮🇱 Emil Sutovsky (ISR)
 * 49 || 2016 || 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) ||🇺🇸 Samuel Shankland (US)
 * 50 || 2017 || 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan (CHN) || 🇵🇱 Mateusz Bartel (POL)
 * 51 || 2018 || 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 🇮🇳 Suri Vaibhav (IND)
 * 52 || 2019 || 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi (IND) || Amin Tabatabaei
 * 53 || 2020 || 🇵🇱 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) || 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 54 || 2021 || 🇺🇸 Gata Kamsky (US) || 🇦🇪 Salem Saleh (ARE)
 * 55 || 2022 || Lê Quang Liêm || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE)
 * 56
 * 2023
 * Lê Quang Liêm
 * 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)
 * }
 * 53 || 2020 || 🇵🇱 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) || 🇫🇷 Christian Bauer (FRA)
 * 54 || 2021 || 🇺🇸 Gata Kamsky (US) || 🇦🇪 Salem Saleh (ARE)
 * 55 || 2022 || Lê Quang Liêm || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE)
 * 56
 * 2023
 * Lê Quang Liêm
 * 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)
 * }
 * Lê Quang Liêm
 * 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN)
 * }