59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 | Triathlon | Challengers Rapid

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
12.07.2026 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 Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
-
*
-
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
2:04
-
*
-
2:48
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
3
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
-
*
-
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
4
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
2:08
-
*
-
2:12
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
5
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
0:39
-
*
-
4:47
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
6
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
-
*
-
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA

1
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
0:28
Victory
1-0
Defeat
0:09
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
2
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
-
*
-
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
3
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
-
*
-
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
4
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
-
*
-
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
0:17
-
*
-
0:21
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
6
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
1:29
Draw
½-½
Draw
0:48
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA

1
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
1:41
-
*
-
4:45
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
2
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
3:55
-
*
-
2:34
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
3
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
4:57
-
*
-
1:11
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA

1
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
4:09
-
*
-
1:09
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
2
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
-
*
-
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
3
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
3:03
-
*
-
2:22
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
4
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
-
*
-
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
2:49
-
*
-
2:21
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
6
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
-
*
-
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE

1
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
-
*
-
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
2
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
-
*
-
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
3
IM Finek, Vaclav
2454 CZE
3:17
-
*
-
0:20
IM Yip, Carissa
2333 USA
4
GM Xiao, Tong(QD)
2452 CHN
0:52
-
*
-
1:05
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2431 SUI
5
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
1:35
-
*
-
0:31
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
6
IM Materia, Marco
2491 FRA
-
*
-
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2410 IND
# Player Rating Score 1 2 3 4 5
1
IM Yip, Carissa USA
2333 1 — — — — —
2
GM Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN
2452 0.5 — ½ — — —
3
IM Materia, Marco FRA
2491 0.5 — ½ — — —
4
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu IND
2410 0 — — — — —
5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra SUI
2431 0 — — — — —
6
IM Finek, Vaclav CZE
2454 0 — — — — —
Date Round Name Status
12.07.2026 17:00
Round 1
Finished
12.07.2026 17:50
Round 2
Finished
12.07.2026 18:40
Round 3
Finished
12.07.2026 19:30
Round 4
Finished
12.07.2026 20:20
Round 5
Pending