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Haik Martirosyan wins 55th Biel QBT Open, Harshit Raja second and Bharath Subramaniyam third

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/07/2022

Armenia no.2 and the top seed of the tournament scored a mammoth 12.5/13 at 55th Biel Chess Festival QBT. It was an unprecedented result at the event. He finished a massive 2.5 points ahead of the competition. India's 69th GM Harshit Raja scored 10/13 to secure sole second place. Three player made 9.5/13. Out of them, India's 73rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H was placed third according to tie-breaks. Gukesh scored 7.5/14 in the GMT Blitz event to finish fifth. Gata Kamsky won the segment scoring 8.5/14. However, Gukesh is still in the lead. MTO Round 5 will start today 18th July at 2 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. IST), Today is a rest day for the GMT participants. Round 4 starts tomorrow Tuesday 19th July at the same time. Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Gukesh is still at the top

Gukesh won both games against Vincent Keymer (GER) and Arkadij Naiditsch (AZE). He scored 1.5-0.5 against Andrey Esipenko, drew a game each against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Gata Kamsky (USA), Salem Saleh (UAE) and Liem Quang Le (VIE).

Top three in 55th Biel Chess Festival QBT Blitz Open (L to R) - 3rd GM Harshit Raja 10/13, 1st GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) 12.5/13 and 3rd GM Bharath Subramaniyam H| Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Gata Kamsky (USA) won the 55th Biel Chess Festival GMT Blitz | Photo: Biel Chess Festival
55th Biel Chess Festival GMT Blitz Live Commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans and Angelika Valkova | Video: Biel Chess

A total of 106 players including 12 GMs, a WGM and 8 IMs took part from 25 countries across the world. The 13-round Swiss League tournament was organized by Biel-Bienne Chess at Biel Congress House, Biel, Switzerland on Sunday 17th July. The time control was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Replay GMT Blitz Round 4-14 games

QBT Final standings

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2 
11GMMartirosyan Haik M.ARM270612,5103,51218,5
217GMRaja HarshitIND233810,0107,01208,5
325GMBharath Subramaniyam HIND22429,5107,51200,0
44GMSargsyan ShantARM26119,5102,51164,5
53GMLagarde MaximeFRA26259,5101,51145,5
66GMGagare ShardulIND24889,0106,01153,0
78GMIniyan PIND24509,0105,01172,0
810IMTayar JonathanCAN24349,093,51095,5
913IMKatz AlexanderUSA23869,090,01116,5
102GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoESP26538,5104,01157,0

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GMT Blitz standings

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtg TB1 
17GMKamsky GataUSA26458,5
22GMSalem A.R. SalehUAE26798,0
3GMKeymer VincentGER25488,0
4GMAbdusattorov NodirbekUZB26638,0
56GMGukesh DIND25987,5
61GMLe Quang LiemVIE26577,0
5GMEsipenko AndreyFID26177,0
88GMNaiditsch ArkadijAZE25772,0

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Overall standings

D Gukesh still in the sole lead 24/40 | Photo: Official site

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