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

Shahid AhmedJuly 18, 20222 min read

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.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	1	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2706	12,5	103,5	1218,5
2	17	GM	Raja Harshit	IND	2338	10,0	107,0	1208,5
3	25	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2242	9,5	107,5	1200,0
4	4	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2611	9,5	102,5	1164,5
5	3	GM	Lagarde Maxime	FRA	2625	9,5	101,5	1145,5
6	6	GM	Gagare Shardul	IND	2488	9,0	106,0	1153,0
7	8	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2450	9,0	105,0	1172,0
8	10	IM	Tayar Jonathan	CAN	2434	9,0	93,5	1095,5
9	13	IM	Katz Alexander	USA	2386	9,0	90,0	1116,5
10	2	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	ESP	2653	8,5	104,0	1157,0

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GMT Blitz standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	7	GM	Kamsky Gata	USA	2645	8,5
2	2	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2679	8,0
	3	GM	Keymer Vincent	GER	2548	8,0
	4	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2663	8,0
5	6	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2598	7,5
6	1	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2657	7,0
	5	GM	Esipenko Andrey	FID	2617	7,0
8	8	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	AZE	2577	2,0

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Overall standings

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

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