Kosteniuk Swiss Chess Rapid Champion!

Hi everybody!

Today July 18 I did quite well at the Biel Rapid Chess tournament, with 6.5 out of 9, winning against GM Leonid Kritz (2618), GM Mohammed Al-Sayed (2498), FM Emmanuel Preissman (2316), and Vasyl Nedilko (2408), and losing only to GM Alexander Riazantsev and GM Christian Bauer (2612). I tied for overall 6th place (8th by tie-breaks), and was awarded the first Swiss prize and cup. The tournament was very strong with 13 GM’s and lots of IM’s.

I have the videos of most games, and plan on preparing one or more commented game(s) for my YouTube channel. Photos and full rankings can be found below.

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Chess Champion
www.chessqueen.com

In the photo are the 3 top finishers running for the Swiss Cup:

1. Alexandra Kosteniuk
2. Nedeljko Kelecevic
3. Alex Domont

The full results are as follows:

Rank	Name	Title	ELO		Points	Buchh
1.	Andreikin,Dmitry	GM	2650	RUS	7.5	49.5	375.5
2.	Riazantsev,Alexan	GM	2682	RUS	7.5	49.5	367.5
3.	Mikhalevski,Victo	GM	2610	ISR	7.5	48.0	369.0
4.	Roiz,Michael	GM	2645	ISR	7.0	48.0	367.0
5.	Nezad,Husain	IM	2398	QAT	7.0	43.0	352.0
6.	Bauer,Christian	GM	2612	FRA	6.5	53.0	368.5
7.	Feller,Sebastien	GM	2611	FRA	6.5	48.5	370.0
8.	Kosteniuk,Alexand	GM	2519	SUI	6.5	47.5	360.5
9.	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	2540	RUS	6.5	45.0	369.0
10.	Maze,Sebastien	GM	2573	FRA	6.5	45.0	352.5
11.	Kelecevic,Nedeljk	IM	2294	SUI	6.5	44.0	354.0
12.	Domont,Alex	IM	2328	SUI	6.5	43.5	341.0
13.	Avrukh,Boris	GM	2636	ISR	6.0	50.5	360.5
14.	Kritz,Leonid	GM	2618	GER	6.0	48.0	359.5
15.	Riff,Jean-Noel	IM	2500	FRA	6.0	45.5	357.5
16.	Preissmann,Emmanu	FM	2316	SUI	6.0	43.5	339.0
17.	Ermeni,Avni		2255	SRB	6.0	43.0	336.0
18.	Gerber,Richard	IM	2388	SUI	6.0	41.5	336.0
19.	Al-Tamimi,Hamad		2243	QAT	6.0	41.0	328.5
20.	Kuhn,Thomas		2218	SUI	6.0	40.5	328.0
21.	Parmentier,Xavier	FM	2281	FRA	6.0	39.5	328.0
22.	Cebalo,Miso	GM	2500	CRO	5.5	48.5	365.5
23.	Kosintseva,Nadezh	IM	2551	RUS	5.5	48.5	354.5
24.	Al-Sayed,Mohammed	GM	2498	QAT	5.5	46.0	343.5
25.	Onoprienko,Vladim	IM	2343	RUS	5.5	43.0	352.0
26.	Kolly,Jacques	FM	2285	SUI	5.5	41.5	328.0
27.	Nedilko,Vasyl		2408	UKR	5.5	41.0	330.5
28.	Leutwyler,Martin		2193	SUI	5.5	41.0	321.5
29.	Donchenko,Anatoly	IM	2378	GER	5.5	38.5	318.5
30.	Donchenko,Alexand		2174	GER	5.5	37.5	325.5
31.	Studer,Noel		2036	SUI	5.5	37.0	316.5
32.	Loiseau,Quentin		2214	FRA	5.5	37.0	311.5
33.	Kaenel,Hans-Jürg	IM	2339	SUI	5.0	45.0	329.0
34.	Petrov,Nikita		2077	RUS	5.0	44.5	325.5
35.	Koelbl,Wolfgang		1943	GER	5.0	43.5	338.5
36.	Kiese,Matthias		2264	GER	5.0	43.5	334.5
37.	Bex,Pierre-Alain		2244	SUI	5.0	43.5	330.5
38.	Stull,Norbert		2144	LUX	5.0	42.0	334.5
39.	Meylan,Pierre		2082	SUI	5.0	41.0	328.0
40.	Piazza,Carlo		2114	ITA	5.0	40.5	323.0
41.	Akermann,Thomas		2171	SUI	5.0	40.5	321.0
42.	De Seroux,Camille		2008	SUI	5.0	37.5	312.0
43.	Diaz Franco,Franc		2016	ESP	5.0	37.5	307.5
44.	Haas,Carmi		2220	SUI	5.0	36.5	308.0
45.	Wiesmann,Dominiqu		2048	SUI	5.0	36.0	313.0
46.	Potterat,Marc		2178	SUI	5.0	35.0	321.0
47.	Patuzzo,Fabrizio	FM	2294	SUI	4.5	45.5	341.0
48.	Belaz,Christian		2096	SUI	4.5	43.5	317.0
49.	Belacevic,Dragan		1969	SUI	4.5	40.0	307.5
50.	Awatramani,Janak			CAN	4.5	39.0	311.0
51.	Stoeri,Simon		2058	SUI	4.5	39.0	310.0
52.	Speck,Hans		2045	SUI	4.5	39.0	305.5
53.	Mikavica,Dragolju		2043	SUI	4.5	38.5	309.0
54.	Tcheau,Alain		1979	SUI	4.5	38.5	300.5
55.	Cochet,Jean-Danie		2077	SUI	4.5	38.0	304.5
56.	Wirz,Heinz		2118	SUI	4.5	38.0	304.0
57.	Pernutz,Hans-Gerh		2110	GER	4.5	37.5	317.5
58.	Kuert,Christoph		2063	SUI	4.5	37.5	308.5
59.	Girardin,Yves			SUI	4.5	37.0	302.0
60.	Leutwyler,Mathias		2092	SUI	4.5	36.5	299.5
61.	Schreiber,Edwin		2103	USA	4.5	36.5	298.5
62.	Bonferroni,Carlo		1861	SUI	4.5	35.5	285.0
63.	Burkhalter,Alfred		2031	SUI	4.5	35.0	313.0
64.	Maurer,Fritz		2126	SUI	4.5	35.0	309.5
65.	Robert,Antonin		2199	SUI	4.5	34.0	299.5
66.	Schütz,Daniel		1969	SUI	4.5	32.0	292.0
67.	Blaeser,Romain		2147	LUX	4.5	30.0	281.0
68.	Pagny,Samuel		1918	FRA	4.0	41.0	308.0
69.	Göttin,Gerhard		2002	SUI	4.0	38.0	306.5
70.	Zahnd,Edy		1990	SUI	4.0	37.5	315.0
71.	Chappuis,Yves			SUI	4.0	37.5	305.0
72.	Barnier,Alain		2041	FRA	4.0	35.5	302.0
73.	Haug,Siegmund		1927	GER	4.0	35.0	294.5
74.	Chervet,Olivier		1990	SUI	4.0	33.5	292.5
75.	Vdovenko,Volodymy		1822	UKR	4.0	33.5	283.0
76.	Caracciolo,Jean-M			SUI	4.0	32.5	303.5
77.	Aklin,Heinz		1843	SUI	4.0	32.0	281.0
78.	Graber,Jean-Jacqu		1581	SUI	4.0	31.5	284.5
79.	Potterat,Alina		1548	SUI	4.0	29.0	271.5
80.	Germann,Martin		1853	SUI	3.5	36.5	292.5
81.	Meylan,Andre		1974	SUI	3.5	36.5	278.5
82.	Thode,Gilda		1785	SUI	3.5	36.0	283.0
83.	Steck,Kurt		1869	SUI	3.5	34.0	282.0
84.	Duport,Nicolas		2128	SUI	3.5	34.0	280.0
85.	Vdovenko,Vassyl		1597	UKR	3.5	33.0	287.0
86.	Flückiger,Georg		1831	SUI	3.5	33.0	284.5
87.	Priamo,Pierre-And		1747	SUI	3.5	32.0	293.5
88.	Cristiano,Aldo		1704	SUI	3.5	31.5	279.0
89.	Scapuso,Andrea		1655	SUI	3.5	31.0	268.0
90.	Michel,Jean-Claud		1874	SUI	3.5	30.0	279.5
91.	Putallaz,Jean-Chr		1754	SUI	3.0	37.0	299.0
92.	Baumann,Kurt		1874	SUI	3.0	35.5	274.5
93.	Leist,Georges		1776	SUI	3.0	35.0	287.5
94.	Boner,Tim		1700	SUI	3.0	33.5	278.0
95.	Promm,Roland		1684	SUI	3.0	32.5	265.5
96.	Aegerter,Klaus		1709	SUI	3.0	30.5	278.5
97.	Belfanti,Nicola		1535	SUI	3.0	30.5	271.0
98.	Niederhauser,Jürg		1670	SUI	3.0	29.5	253.5
99.	Ilic,Kosta		1654	SUI	3.0	29.0	265.5
100.	Thode,Hugo		1380	SUI	3.0	28.5	266.0
101.	Nedi,Gilbert		1416	SUI	3.0	25.5	253.0
102.	Bretscher,Felix		1775	SUI	2.5	36.0	286.5
103.	Flückiger,Roger		1888	SUI	2.5	34.0	277.0
104.	Geiser,Lilian		1518	SUI	2.5	30.5	275.5
105.	Suter,Moritz		1507	SUI	2.5	30.0	269.5
106.	Furrer,Ernst		1566	SUI	2.5	28.5	260.5
107.	Potterat,Aaron			SUI	2.0	33.0	261.5
108.	Reichelmeier,Rudo		1549	SUI	2.0	26.5	262.0
109.	Papakonstantinou,		2108	GRE	2.0	23.0	184.0
110.	Bentzen,Thomas			SUI	2.0	22.5	241.5
111.	Scapuso,Ulisse		1428	SUI	2.0	22.0	232.5
112.	Pavlovic,Milos	GM	2534	SRB	2.0	12.0	114.0
113.	Althaus,Thomas			SUI	1.0	23.5	244.0

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