Merged list of participants for WT1/WT2
According to regulations (if less than 30 participants in one tournament), the two tournaments are merged with separate prizes for Elo 1700+ and 1699-

Biel Chess Festival 2026 - Fast Standard 1700+ (WT1)

Last update 31.07.2026 11:13:20, Creator/Last Upload: Florian Zarri Search for player Search Final Ranking after 9 Rounds Rk. SNo Name Typ Gr FED RtgI Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3  1 1 IM Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh WT1 IND 2387 8,5 0 9 48 2 4 Manukonda, Arun WT1 IND 2067 8 0 9 48 3 8 Floure, Alexan WT1 SUI 1876 6,5 0 9 46,5 4 2 IM Habibi, Ali WT1 GER 2102 6 0 9 49 5 10 Zumbrunn, Simon WT1 SUI 1853 6 0 9 46 6 29 Cloete, Willem Francois WT2 RSA 1668 5,5 0 9 44,5 7 5 Popescu, Vlad WT1 SUI 2003 5,5 0 9 43,5 8 28 Bulva, Maksim WT2 POL 1672 5,5 0 9 42 9 12 Mueller, Andrin WT1 SUI 1840 5,5 0 9 40,5 10 9 Bonjour, Vadim U16 WT1 SUI 1853 5,5 0 9 40 11 24 Bujes, Aurélien WT2 SUI 1698 5,5 0 9 38 12 7 Delesenne, Arthur WT1 BEL 1882 5,5 0 8 46 13 3 Bik, Wouter WT1 NED 2073 5,5 0 6 40 14 16 Niederberger, Lenny U16 WT1 SUI 1825 5 0 9 41,5 15 27 Mesbah, Youssef WT2 EGY 1678 5 0 9 40,5 16 22 Amsellem, Daniel WT1 SUI 1741 5 0 9 39,5 17 6 Krstic, Aleksandar WT1 SUI 1892 5 0 9 38 18 21 Chantrell, Paul WT1 ENG 1746 5 0 9 35,5 19 14 Tahari, Youcef WT1 BEL 1837 5 0 8 41 20 13 Stroebel, Yannick WT1 SUI 1837 5 0 8 40 21 26 Bachmann, Daniel WT2 SUI 1694 4,5 0 9 41,5 22 18 Amado-Blanco, Carlos WT1 SUI 1812 4,5 0 9 41 23 32 Pham, Nguyen Thai An U16 WT2 VIE 1625 4,5 0 9 39,5 24 17 Brixius, Dirk WT1 GER 1821 4,5 0 9 39 25 34 Tripon, Elias U16 WT2 FRA 1603 4,5 0 9 38,5 26 19 Belmadani, Naim WT1 SUI 1756 4,5 0 9 36,5 27 20 Putallaz, Jean-Christophe WT1 SUI 1751 4,5 0 9 36 28 45 Asokan, Mithun U16 WT2 SUI 1461 4,5 0 9 34,5 29 38 Röthlin, Lara U16 WT2 SUI 1562 4,5 0 9 34 30 33 Eggs, Adrien U16 WT2 SUI 1620 4,5 0 9 34 31 15 Gottofrey, Marcel WT1 SUI 1830 4 0 9 36 32 23 Silardi, Christian WT1 SUI 1717 4 0 9 36 33 43 Passuello, Olivia Ginevra U16 WT2 SUI 1481 4 0 9 35,5 34 44 Hauser, Mila U16 WT2 SUI 1462 4 0 9 33,5 35 39 Robert-Grandpierre, Christian WT2 SUI 1547 4 0 9 33,5 36 36 Albicker, Laurenz WT2 SUI 1586 4 0 8 30,5 37 31 Althaus, Peter WT2 SUI 1654 3,5 0 9 34,5 38 35 Kretschmer, Thomas WT2 GER 1589 3,5 0 9 34,5 39 41 Conod, Aurélie WT2 SUI 1495 3,5 0 9 32,5 40 48 Gutzwiller, Darian U16 WT2 SUI 0 3,5 0 9 31,5 41 40 Montagut Chan, George U16 WT2 SUI 1534 3 1 9 31,5 42 47 Asokan, Nikil U16 WT2 SUI 0 3 2 9 31,5 43 30 Bonauer, Stephan WT2 SUI 1665 2,5 0 9 32 44 37 Riihijaervi, Leo U16 WT2 GER 1570 2,5 0 9 32 45 49 Hess, Juerg WT2 SUI 0 2,5 0 9 27,5 46 25 Dzakula, Igor WT2 SUI 1695 2,5 0 7 36 47 11 Keller, Mike U16 WT1 SUI 1844 2,5 0 5 29 48 46 Destraz, Dominique WT2 SUI 1458 2 0 9 28,5 49 50 Kaushik, Atharv U16 WT2 SGP 0 2 0 6 27 50 42 Maurer, Jasmin WT2 SUI 1481 1 0 5 20,5 Annotation: Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (DE) (Forfeited games count) Tie Break2: Rounds Elected to Play (REP) Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2026) (Gamepoints, Cut1)