The Swiss city of Biel is not only hosting the main Breisacher Memorial; a very strong open is running simultaneously with strong players such as Boris Grachev, Pentala Harikrishna and Bu Xiangzhi.
July 22nd – August 2nd 2013; 2-8 p.m. (August 2nd: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Rest day on July 28th. 11 round Swiss system.
Prizes: CHF 7’000, 5’000, 4’000, 3’000, 2’500, 2’000, 1’500, 1’200, 2×1’000, 3×700, 3×500, 4×300, 5×200, best ladies: CHF 600, 400, 300, best senior (1953-), best junior (1995+), best child (1997+), best player without title: each CHF 500, best players with Elo <2200 and <2100: CHF 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, best Swiss players (with CH-passport): CHF 1’000, 700, 500, 300, 200.
Total prize fund: CHF 43’000.
Admission: players with FIDE-rating (list May, June or July 2013) or national rating (e.g. Swiss ELO list 2/2013 or 3/2013) ELO 2000 and more.
GM Boris Grachev
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Grachev,Boris | 2683 |
| 2 | GM | Harikrishna,Pentala | 2680 |
| 3 | GM | Bu,Xiangzhi | 2664 |
| 4 | GM | Kurnosov,Igor | 2657 |
| 5 | GM | Gharamian,Tigran | 2655 |
| 6 | GM | Smeets,Jan | 2643 |
| 7 | GM | Saric,Ivan | 2639 |
| 8 | GM | Ganguly,Surya Shekha | 2628 |
| 9 | GM | Sandipan,Chanda | 2623 |
| 10 | GM | Bartel,Mateusz | 2619 |
| 11 | GM | Solak,Dragan | 2598 |
| 12 | GM | Saric,Ante | 2565 |
| 13 | GM | Cvitan,Ognjen | 2562 |
| 14 | GM | Zhao,Xue | 2553 |
| 15 | GM | Adianto,Utut | 2548 |
| 16 | GM | Salem,A R. Saleh | 2531 |
| 17 | GM | Malakhatko,Vadim | 2529 |
| 18 | GM | Megaranto,Susanto | 2524 |
| 19 | IM | Hausrath,Daniel | 2516 |
| 20 | GM | Sebenik,Matej | 2511 |
| 21 | GM | Wirig,Anthony | 2496 |
| 22 | IM | Antipov,Mikhail | 2490 |
| 23 | WGM | Huang,Qian | 2487 |
| 24 | IM | Donchenko,Alexander | 2477 |
| 25 | IM | Meins,Gerlef | 2474 |
| 26 | GM | Cherniaev,Alexander | 2447 |
| 27 | GM | Cebalo,Miso | 2438 |
| 28 | IM | Khaetsky,Roman | 2424 |
| 29 | GM | Raetsky,Alexander | 2412 |
| 30 | IM | Farid,Firman Syah | 2396 |
| 31 | FM | Schiendorfer,Emanuel | 2392 |
| 32 | Lampert,Jonas | 2373 | |
| 33 | WGM | Sukandar,Irene Khari | 2365 |
| 34 | IM | Braun,Christian | 2360 |
| 35 | FM | Burnier,David | 2347 |
| 36 | FM | Gloor,Roger | 2340 |
| 37 | FM | Schoorl,Rob | 2340 |
| 38 | FM | Lang,Torsten | 2338 |
| 39 | FM | Patuzzo,Fabrizio | 2332 |
| 40 | FM | Studer,Noel | 2324 |
| 41 | FM | Botta,Gabriele | 2319 |
| 42 | IM | Zozulia,Anna | 2316 |
| 43 | FM | Minko,Vladimir | 2312 |
| 44 | IM | Banas,Jan | 2310 |
| 45 | Schaerer,Julian | 2294 | |
| 46 | WIM | Medina,Warda Aulia | 2286 |
| 47 | WIM | Sihite,Chelsie Monic | 2285 |
| 48 | FM | Kamber,Bruno | 2283 |
| 49 | CM | Muhammad,Lufti Ali | 2279 |
| 50 | FM | Bartel,Michal | 2276 |
| 51 | Hasenohr,Benedict | 2276 | |
| 52 | Gaehwiler,Gabriel | 2267 | |
| 53 | Ludwig,Peter | 2265 | |
| 54 | FM | Zuse,Klaus-Peter | 2263 |
| 55 | Sean,Winshand Cuhen | 2259 | |
| 56 | FM | Nuri,Kambez | 2244 |
| 57 | FM | Rasch,Holger | 2220 |
| 58 | Rindlisbacher,Jan | 2219 | |
| 59 | FM | Bozinovic,Bogdan | 2218 |
| 60 | Silber,Gerhard | 2217 | |
| 61 | WIM | Padurariu,Ioana-Smar | 2208 |
| 62 | WIM | Hakimifard,Ghazal | 2196 |
| 63 | Eidinger,Helmut | 2188 | |
| 64 | Schiendorfer,Florian | 2180 | |
| 65 | Masruri,Rahman | 2174 | |
| 66 | Lienhard,Alex | 2151 | |
| 67 | WFM | Dewi,Aa Citra | 2138 |
| 68 | WFM | Haussernot,Cecile | 2135 |
| 69 | Heer,Stephan | 2105 | |
| 70 | Heinis,Vincent | 2100 | |
| 71 | Liepins,Oliver | 2087 | |
| 72 | Bischoff,Peter | 2082 | |
| 73 | Arbinger,Roland Dr. | 2075 | |
| 74 | Gorse,Gerard | 2073 | |
| 75 | Cochet,Jean-Daniel | 2067 | |
| 76 | Valet,Richard | 2060 | |
| 77 | Pomini,Aurelien | 2051 | |
| 78 | Paust,Wolf-Dieter,Dr | 2049 | |
| 79 | Oud,Niek | 2043 | |
| 80 | Speck,Hans | 2016 | |
| 81 | Kuenzli,Thomas | 1995 | |
| 82 | Marro,Christian | 1995 | |
| 83 | Khanabiev,Alexey | 1986 | |
| 84 | Post,Nikolai | 1937 | |
| 85 | Saikrishnan,Sai | 1912 | |
