Biel Chess Festival 2025 - Masters Rapid
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 13 Jul 2025 in Biel, Switzerland. 6 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2624, and top seed was Vladimir Fedoseev (🇸🇮 SLO, GM, 2740).
Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2576) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Vladimir Fedoseev (3.5) and Radoslaw Wojtaszek (3.0). Aravindh shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Frederik Svane (GM, 2487) beat Radoslaw Wojtaszek (GM, 2657), a +170-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTitle race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh drew with GM Vladimir Fedoseev (White).
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇳GMAravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 2576 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.00 | 11.5 | +13.7 | 2780 |
| 2 | 🇸🇮GMFedoseev, Vladimir | 2740 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 6.75 | 11.5 | +0.8 | 2748 |
| 3 | 🇵🇱GMWojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2657 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.50 | 12.0 | +2.7 | 2689 |
| 4 | GMMurzin, Volodar | 2644 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 5.25 | 12.5 | -1.7 | 2618 |
| 5 | 🇩🇪GMSvane, Frederik | 2487 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1.5 | 3.50 | 13.5 | +0.6 | 2500 |
| 6 | 🇦🇪GMSalem, A.R. Saleh | 2637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0 | 2.00 | 14.0 | -16.1 | 2379 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GMIND+13.73.5 pts · #1
- 2Wojtaszek, RadoslawGMPOL+2.73.0 pts · #3
- 3Fedoseev, VladimirGMSLO+0.83.5 pts · #2
- 1Salem, A.R. SalehGMUAE-16.11.0 pts · #6
- 2Murzin, VolodarGMFID-1.72.5 pts · #4
- 3Svane, FrederikGMGER0.61.5 pts · #5
- R1+170 Elo gap