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

! # !! Year !! Grandmaster Tournament !!Master Open Tournament

Event results

2023

The 2023 event invited 8 players to play a triathlon of time control formats: single round-robin in 15+5 rapid time controls, single round-robin in classical time controls with colors reversed from Rapid, and double round-robin in 3+2 blitz time controls. Points are given each game according to time controls: 4-1½-0 for classical, 2-1-0 for rapid, and 1-½-0 for blitz. This event was included for the 2023 FIDE Circuit, but only the classical section results were used for circuit points calculation. ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Classical !! Total ! 32½ ! 31½ ! 30½ ! 25½ ! 24 ! 23½ ! 20 ! 18½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points ! 10 ! 10 ! 9 ! 8 ! 6 ! 5 ! 5 ! 3 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points !! Circuit ! 19 ! 16½ ! 13 ! 10½ ! 10 ! 9 ! 8½ ! 7½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Points ! 10½ ! 8½ ! 7½ ! 7½ ! 7 ! 6½ ! 5 ! 3½ ! !! Player !! Rating ! Points !! TB1 !! TB2 ! Circuit ! 8/10 ! 7½/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10

2024

The 2024 event had 2 invitational sections, Masters and Challengers, with 6 players each. Each section played the same triathlon format from the previous event with the same point distribution, except that after all three phases are played, top 3 in total points, along with 4th place if they are within 12 points from first place, will continue play with a second classical round-robin. ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total ! 31 ! 25½ ! 24½ ! 22 ! 15½ ! 12½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 7 ! 5 ! 5 ! 5 ! 4 ! 4 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 12½ ! 12½ ! 8½ ! 7½ ! 7 ! 3 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 7 ! 6½ ! 6½ ! 5½ ! 2½ ! 2 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points ! 7 ! 5½ ! 4½ ! 3 ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Classical 1 !! Blitz !! Classical 2 !! Total ! 35½ ! 28½ ! 22½ ! 17½ ! 12½ ! 9½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 7 ! 6 ! 5 ! 5 ! 4 ! 3 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 15 ! 15 ! 11 ! 9½ ! 3 ! 1½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points ! 9 ! 5½ ! 5 ! 5 ! 3 ! 2½ ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Points ! 5½ ! 5½ ! 0 ! !! Player !! Rating ! Points !! SB ! Circuit ! 7½/10 ! 7½/10 ! 7½/10 ! 7½/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10 ! 7/10