59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026

59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 · Triathlon | Masters Qualifier

WinnerGMLevon AronianFinished first on 29½ points

After Round 1

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2633	–	1/1
2	GMLevon Aronian	2735	–	½/1
2	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2587	–	½/1
2	GMAydin Suleymanli	2561	–	½/1
2	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2493	–	½/1
6	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2620	–	0/1

After Round 2

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2633	–	2/2
2	GMLevon Aronian	2735	–	1/2
2	GMAydin Suleymanli	2561	–	1/2
2	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2493	–	1/2
5	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2620	–	½/2
5	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2587	–	½/2

After Round 3

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2633	–	2½/3
2	GMLevon Aronian	2735	–	1½/3
2	GMAydin Suleymanli	2561	–	1½/3
2	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2493	–	1½/3
5	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2620	–	1/3
5	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2587	–	1/3

After Round 4

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2633	–	3/4
2	GMLevon Aronian	2735	–	2/4
2	GMAydin Suleymanli	2561	–	2/4
2	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2493	–	2/4
5	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2620	–	1½/4
5	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2587	–	1½/4

After Round 5

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMLevon Aronian	2735	2910	29½/23
2	GMAydin Suleymanli	2561	2642	25½/23
3	GMLe Quang Liem	2633	2580	24/23
4	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2493	2754	24/23
5	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2587	2434	12½/20
6	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2620	2476	11½/20

Crosstable

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Aronian		½	½	½	½	½	29.5
2	Suleymanli	½		1	½	½	½	25.5
3	Le	½	0		½	1	1	24
4	Erdogmus	½	½	½		½	1	24
5	Bluebaum	½	½	0	½		½	12.5
6	Martinez	½	½	0	0	½		11.5

6 players · average classical Elo 2695

#	Player	Elo
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2731
2	GMLevon Aronian	2724
3	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2713
4	GMMatthias Bluebaum	2694
5	GMAydin Suleymanli	2657
6	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2650

Times are local to Biel/Bienne

Tue 14 Jul14:00Round 1Finished

Wed 15 Jul14:00Round 2Finished

Thu 16 Jul14:00Round 3Finished

Fri 17 Jul14:00Round 4Finished

Sat 18 Jul14:00Round 5Finished

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