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59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 | Triathlon | GenChall Blitz

19 Jul 2026 · Biel/Bienne, Switzerland · 6-player double round-robin · 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move Finished

Top 100 players in this event

Standings, 59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 | Triathlon | GenChall Blitz
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	IM Vaclav Finek	CZE	2454	31	22	2612	+14
2	GM Tong(QD) Xiao	CHN	2452	28	22	2667	+25
3	IM Marco Materia	FRA	2491	26	22	2490	-2
4	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk ★	SUI	2431	15½	20	2478	+12
5	IM Carissa Yip ★	USA	2333	11	20	2080	-59
6	GM Rameshbabu Vaishali ★	IND	2410	8½	20	2207	-19

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Tong(QD) Xiao – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
1.2	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Marco Materia	0-1
1.3	Vaclav Finek – Carissa Yip	1-0
2.2	Carissa Yip – Rameshbabu Vaishali	0-1
2.3	Marco Materia – Alexandra Kosteniuk	½-½
3.2	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Carissa Yip	1-0
3.3	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Vaclav Finek	0-1
4.1	Tong(QD) Xiao – Carissa Yip	1-0
4.3	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
5.1	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Tong(QD) Xiao	0-1
5.2	Vaclav Finek – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
5.3	Carissa Yip – Marco Materia	0-1
6.1	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Tong(QD) Xiao	½-½
6.2	Marco Materia – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
6.3	Carissa Yip – Vaclav Finek	0-1
7.2	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Carissa Yip	1-0
7.3	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Marco Materia	½-½
8.2	Carissa Yip – Alexandra Kosteniuk	1-0
8.3	Vaclav Finek – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
9.1	Tong(QD) Xiao – Rameshbabu Vaishali	1-0
9.2	Alexandra Kosteniuk – Vaclav Finek	1-0
9.3	Marco Materia – Carissa Yip	1-0
10.1	Carissa Yip – Tong(QD) Xiao	0-1
10.3	Rameshbabu Vaishali – Alexandra Kosteniuk	0-1

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.