Navara and Keymer in the lead
Haik Martirosyan (ARM) won the Blitz Open event scoring 11/13. IM Harikrishnan A Ra scored sole 9.5/13 to finish fifth. He gained 82.4 Elo rating points. IM Aditya S Samant and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H are the only two other Indians finished in top ten. They scored 9/13 to secure seventh and ninth place. GM-elect IM Rathanvel V S also scored 9/13. He was placed eleventh.
Arjun Erigaisi defeated Liem Quang Le (VIE) in both of their Blitz games
Arjun Erigaisi scored 1.5/2 against the Egypt no.1 Bassem Amin
Arjun Erigaisi registered his first win against David Navara (CZE) at this event and drew the second one
Arjun Erigaisi with a 2864 performance, gained 27.2 Elo rating points to move to world no.17 in the Blitz live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com
David Navara (CZE) scored 7.5/14 in the Blitz to move to the top of the GMT standings 26/44
Vincent Keymer (GER) also has the same score 26/44
A glimpse of GMT Round 3...
and Round 4
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Blitz Round 1-14 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 1 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Blitz Round 1-14 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 2 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
GMT Scoring
Rapid: Win = 2 points, Draw = 1 point and Loss = 0
Classical: Win = 4 points, Draw = 1.5 points and Loss = 0
Blitz: Win = 1 point, Draw = 0.5 point and Loss = 0
GMT Blitz standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2710 | 10,5 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2643 | 8,5 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Navara, David | CZE | 2675 | 7,5 |
| 8 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2770 | 7,5 | |
| 5 | 7 | GM | Moussard, Jules | FRA | 2626 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2644 | 6,5 |
| 7 | 5 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2669 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | GM | Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2670 | 3,5 |
Current GMT standings
GM David Navara (CZE) and GM Vincent Keymer (GER) have the same score 26/44 | Source: Official site
Classical Round 5 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||
| 1 | 3 | 2735 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2728 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 2689 | GM | Navara, David | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2690 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2694 | GM | Amin, Bassem | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2693 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2710 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | Moussard, Jules | 2654 | 7 | ||
