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Biel Chess Festival 2025 - WT2

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Jul 2025 to 25 Jul 2025 in Biel, Switzerland. 5 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2076, and top seed was Aurelio Colmenares (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2303).

Alexander Cherniaev (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2289) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Wouter Bik (4.0) and Aurelio Colmenares (4.0). Cherniaev broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Martin Petry (1940) beat Neboisa Illijin (IM, 2142), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Biel, Switzerland
Dates
21 Jul 2025 → 25 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭FMAurelio Colmenares2303
Avg top 10
2,076
Participants
24
Titled players · 5
GM×1
IM×1
FM×1
WGM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×14
🇩🇪Germany×3
Netherlands Antilles×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇬🇧England×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Alexander Cherniaev led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Cherniaev4.5Colmenares4Bik4Romanovskyi3.5Doluhanova3.5Petry3.5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Alexander Cherniaev held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Alexander Cherniaev 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Aurelio Colmenares 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cherniaev, AlexanderGM2289ENG+13B+12N+5B=4N+7B4.512.515.013.252356+3.5
2Bik, Wouter1973NED+20B+24N−4B+14N+10B4.09.510.06.502205+28.2
3Colmenares, AurelioFM2303SUIF+19B+14N+10N+4B4.09.59.59.502808+7.1
4Doluhanova, EvgeniyaWGM2256UKR+11N+16B+2N=1B−3N3.515.017.010.752231+0.4
5Petry, Martin1940SUI+23N+8B−1N=6B+11N3.513.514.58.252148+52.4
6Romanovskyi, Ivan1823SUI+15B−10N+13B=5N+12B3.511.013.08.752084+70.4
7Tkhoruk, Roman1893SUI−9B+22N+15B+24N−1N3.010.511.03.502047+37.6
8Illijin, NeboisaIM2142ROU+17B−5N−10B+19N+14B3.010.011.55.501989-9.2
9Shahmammadli, Safkhan2040SUI+7N−14B−11N+16B+15N3.09.511.57.001992-6.4
10Jordan, ChristinaWFM1943SUI=19N+6B+8N−3B−2N2.514.516.07.252021+15.1
11Jelicic, Hugo1908SUI−4B+18N+9B=12N−5B2.512.514.56.252001+22.0
12Kaehler, Arne1943GER+21B−1B+17N=11B−6N2.512.514.04.751958+0.4
13Wenger,Arejou1916SUI−1N+21B−6N+22B=16N2.511.512.53.501944+1.6
14Rebitzer, Winfried1930GER+22B+9N−3B−2B−8N2.014.015.04.001982+4.4
15Paricharak, Shardul1932AHO−6N+20B−7N+17B−9B2.011.513.03.501839-12.8
16Jordan, Theodor1934SUI+18B−4N=24B−9N=13B2.011.011.53.501896-14.0
17Ganeshram, Nirupa1907NED−8N+23B−12B−15N+24B2.08.59.01.501859-14.8
18Gallus, Matthias1826SUI−16N−11B=21N=23B+22N2.07.08.02.251798-4.0
19Gottofrey, Marcel1863SUI=10B−3N=20N−8B=21N1.511.012.52.751871-1.8
20Cordes, Lothar1891GER−2N−15N=19B=21B=23N1.59.010.02.001744-19.8
21Moser, Guido1861SUI−12N−13N=18B=20N=19B1.58.510.02.501739-16.4
22Untersee, Victor1811SUI−14N−7B+23N−13N−18B1.09.510.51.001640-41.6
23Guillaume, Michel1836SUI−5B−17N−22B=18N=20B1.09.010.01.751635-48.8
24Paricharak, Nakul1804AHOF−2B=16N−7B−17N0.511.011.01.001605-16.8

Key insights

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