59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 | ACCENTUS Chess960 Challengers

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
11.07.2026 17:00 - 14.07.2026 16:16
Players Kosteniuk, Rameshbabu, Yip, Xiao, Finek, Materia
Time Control 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move
Format 6-player round-robin
FIDE TC Unknown
Time Zone Europe/Zurich
Official Website www.bielchessfestival.ch

1
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
0:15
-
*
-
0:08
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
2
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
0:34
Victory
1-0
Defeat
0:08
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
3
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
1:11
Victory
1-0
Defeat
0:06
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE

1
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
0:09
Defeat
0-1
Victory
0:21
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
2
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
0:10
-
*
-
0:21
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
3
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
0:09
Victory
1-0
Defeat
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA

1
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
1:36
-
*
-
2:03
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
2
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
0:50
-
*
-
3:41
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
3
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
2:15
-
*
-
2:16
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN

1
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
2:25
-
*
-
1:04
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
1:16
-
*
-
2:52
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
3
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
3:52
-
*
-
0:16
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND

1
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
1:02
-
*
-
2:44
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
2
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
2:16
-
*
-
1:56
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
3
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
2:50
-
*
-
1:14
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA

1
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
0:22
-
*
-
6:57
GM Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
2620 MEX
2
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
4:27
-
*
-
3:31
GM Aronian, Levon
2735 USA
3
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
4:12
-
*
-
1:50
GM Le, Quang Liem
2633 VIE

1
GM Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
2620 MEX
6:42
-
*
-
1:48
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
2
GM Bluebaum, Matthias
2587 GER
2:52
-
*
-
1:25
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
3
GM Suleymanli, Aydin
2561 AZE
3:49
-
*
-
0:27
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
# Player Rating Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1
IM Materia, Marco FRA
2491 2 1 1 — — — — —
2
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu IND
2410 1 0 1 — — — — —
3
IM Yip, Carissa USA
2333 1 1 0 — — — — —
4
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra SUI
2431 0 — 0 — — — — —
5
GM Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN
2452 0 — — — — — — —
6
IM Finek, Vaclav CZE
2454 0 0 — — — — — —
7
GM Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo MEX
2620 0 — — — — — — —
8
GM Aronian, Levon USA
2735 0 — — — — — — —
9
GM Le, Quang Liem VIE
2633 0 — — — — — — —
10
GM Bluebaum, Matthias GER
2587 0 — — — — — — —
11
GM Suleymanli, Aydin AZE
2561 0 — — — — — — —
Date Round Name Status
11.07.2026 17:00
Round 1
Finished
11.07.2026 17:50
Round 2
Finished
11.07.2026 18:40
Round 3
Finished
11.07.2026 19:30
Round 4
Finished
11.07.2026 20:20
Round 5
Finished
11.07.2026 21:10
Round 6
Finished
11.07.2026 22:00
Round 7
Pending