The ACCENTUS Chess960 (ACC) took place today at the Main stage of the Concert Hall, Biel Congress Center within the Biel International Chess Festival 2022. The event was played in 7 round-robin rounds, with the starting position of pieces determined before the start of each round. The time control for the games was: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move.
GM Vincent Keymer and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov tied for the top scoring 5 points, each. The German grandmaster was crowned the Winner as he won two games with Black pieces, while Abdusattorov had one victory as Black. GM Liem Le Quang clinched bronze with 4.5 points. The total prize fund of the event was 4.500 CHF, with 2.000 CHF reserved for the Winner of the event, 1.500 CHF for the silver medalist, and 1.000 CHF for the bronze medalists. (Scroll down for final rankings)
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Simultaneously with the ACCENTUS Chess960, the Swiss Rapid Fischer Random Championship (960) took place in the same venue with 33 participants. The event was played in 7 swiss rounds, with time control: 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move. GM Surya Ganguly won the tournament with convincing 6.5 points, while GM Sethuraman and WGM Vera Nebolsina tied for the second place scoring 5.5 points. (Scroll down for final rankings)

Final rankings – ACCENTUS Chess960 (ACC) Biel International Chess Festival 2022:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2552 | 5 | 0.5 | 15.3 | 4 |
2 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2670 | 5 | 0.5 | 15.3 | 4 |
3 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2626 | 4.5 | 0 | 11.8 | 4 |
4 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2655 | 4 | 0 | 9.5 | 4 |
5 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2717 | 3.5 | 1 | 10.3 | 2 |
6 | GM | Gukesh D | IND | 2223 | 3.5 | 0 | 13.3 | 3 |
7 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2600 | 1.5 | 0 | 5.25 | 1 |
8 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2738 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
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Final rankings – Swiss Rapid Fischer Random Championship (960):
Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | GM | Ganguly Surya | 2608 | IND | 6,5 | 29,5 | 196,0 |
2 | GM | Sethuraman S.P | 2613 | IND | 5,5 | 33,5 | 193,0 |
3 | WGM | Nebolsina Vera | 2237 | FRA | 5,5 | 28,0 | 200,5 |
4 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2521 | FID | 5,0 | 33,5 | 205,5 |
5 | IM | Shaikh Mohammad Nubairshah | 2445 | IND | 5,0 | 28,0 | 190,5 |
6 | Schnepp Gunnar | 2262 | AUT | 5,0 | 27,0 | 183,5 | |
7 | Ragios Konstantinos | 1924 | GRE | 5,0 | 26,0 | 176,0 | |
8 | Manukonda Arun | 2021 | IND | 4,5 | 30,0 | 198,5 | |
9 | Wanner Stefan | 1975 | SUI | 4,5 | 21,5 | 171,0 | |
10 | Herrera Reyes Jose Antonio | 2345 | ESP | 4,0 | 31,5 | 186,5 | |
11 | Angst Robin | 2192 | SUI | 4,0 | 27,0 | 179,5 | |
12 | Sai Kalluri Hari Charan | 2041 | IND | 4,0 | 25,0 | 176,0 | |
13 | Radt Volker | 2033 | SUI | 4,0 | 23,5 | 167,5 | |
14 | Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher | 1779 | UAE | 4,0 | 21,5 | 172,5 | |
15 | Zayed Sultan Al Taher | 1537 | UAE | 4,0 | 20,5 | 165,0 | |
16 | Birchmeier Martin | 1885 | SUI | 3,5 | 28,0 | 177,5 | |
17 | Paholok Igor | 1728 | SUI | 3,5 | 22,0 | 175,5 | |
18 | Chaudhury Anmay Kumar | 0 | USA | 3,5 | 20,0 | 165,5 | |
19 | Meduri Aakaash | 2000 | USA | 3,0 | 28,5 | 178,0 | |
20 | Tureshbayev Anuar | 1616 | FRA | 3,0 | 25,0 | 174,0 | |
21 | Jampen Florian | 0 | SUI | 3,0 | 25,0 | 140,0 | |
22 | Keymer Cecilia | 1652 | GER | 3,0 | 24,5 | 174,5 | |
23 | IM | Huss Andreas | 2325 | SUI | 3,0 | 24,5 | 148,0 |
24 | Hamad Bader | 1607 | UAE | 3,0 | 22,5 | 165,0 | |
25 | Chobaut Nicolas | 1919 | FRA | 3,0 | 21,5 | 156,5 | |
26 | Mansoor Abdulmajeed | 1246 | UAE | 3,0 | 20,0 | 141,5 | |
27 | Abdulrahim Salem | 1620 | UAE | 2,5 | 24,5 | 151,0 | |
28 | Hanisch Sebastian | 2044 | GER | 2,5 | 18,0 | 133,5 | |
29 | Romer Lukas | 0 | SUI | 2,0 | 23,0 | 144,0 | |
30 | Markus David | 1122 | SLO | 2,0 | 20,5 | 139,0 | |
31 | Musaelyan Arshavir | 1899 | SUI | 2,0 | 19,5 | 157,5 | |
32 | Meshach Felix | 1429 | SUI | 2,0 | 19,0 | 136,5 | |
33 | Mueller Urs | 0 | SUI | 1,0 | 18,0 | 132,0 |
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Photos from Official Website of Biel Chess Festival
