Vaibhav Suri wins Biel Masters; Prithu Gupta secures second GM norm

7 years ago

Podium of the Master Tournament: GM Dennis Wagner (GER, 2nd), GM Suri Vaibhav (IND, winner) and GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, 3rd)

Photos: Biel International Chess Festival

In a double treat for Delhi’s rising stars, GM Vaibhav Suri won the Biel Masters title with an unbeaten streak while IM Prtihu Gupta made his second Grandmaster norm in this nine-round strong event which attracted 26 Grandmasters from 31 countries.

19th- seed GM Suri won five games and drew the rest to tally seven points. Germany’s Dennis Wagner topped an eight-way tie for the second spot at 6.5 points. Top seed Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) took the third spot.

IM Prithu Gupta scored his second GM norm and finished 11th position in the super strong ‘Biel Masters’

2018 Biel Chess Open was held from July 23 to August 1 in Biel, Switzerland with a total prize fund of CHF 37’000.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	19	GM	Vaibhav Suri	IND	2556	7,0	48,0	416,0
2	18	GM	Wagner Dennis	GER	2558	6,5	49,0	422,5
3	1	GM	Eljanov Pavel	UKR	2706	6,5	48,0	424,5
4	21	GM	Kuljasevic Davorin	CRO	2545	6,5	47,0	423,0
5	3	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2642	6,5	47,0	419,5
6	29	IM	Bilguun Sumiya	MGL	2490	6,5	46,0	410,0
7	9	GM	Donchenko Alexander	GER	2601	6,5	45,0	424,5
8	24	GM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2529	6,5	45,0	411,0
9	23	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2534	6,5	43,5	421,0
10	12	GM	Baklan Vladimir	UKR	2595	6,0	45,5	411,0
11	36	IM	Prithu Gupta	IND	2436	6,0	45,5	409,5
12	48		Arjun Kalyan	IND	2370	6,0	45,5	401,5
13	15	GM	Kovchan Alexander	UKR	2572	6,0	44,5	421,5
14	17	GM	Moussard Jules	FRA	2559	6,0	44,0	401,5
15	7	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2609	6,0	42,0	401,0