Haik Martirosyan wins 55th Biel QBT Open, Harshit Raja second and Bharath Subramaniyam third
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).
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.
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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 |
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 |
Overall standings
