Biel Chess Festival 2008

Carlsen, Alekseev, Bacrot, Dominguez, Onischuk, Pelletier

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival will take place 19th July - 1st August 2008 in Switzerland. It will be a double round robin tournament and will feature some of the fastest progressing players in the world. Last year's winner GM Magnus Carlsen is back for another top quality show. Two more participants in the Foros Aerosvit 2008 will join as well - GM Alekseev and GM Onischuk.The newcomer to the 2700 club GM Lenier Dominguez will be there as well.

Biel 2008 participants

Magnus Carlsen (Winner 2007)
Evgeny Alekseev
Etienne Bacrot
Lenier Dominguez
Alexander Onischuk
Yannick Pelletier

Carlsen and Onischuk will meet at Biel

The Masters tournament will feature many strong players as well. It will take place July 21st - August 1st 2008 and will be 11 round Swiss system.

Masters tournament participants

GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2638
GM Christian Bauer 2619
GM Leonid Kritz 2609
GM Sébastien Feller 2540
GM Mikhail Ulibin 2520
IM Daniel Hausrath 2505
IM Cyril Marzolo 2476
IM Mohamad N. AL SAYED 2474
GM Ramachandra Balagurunathan Ramesh 2472
IM Petar Benkovic 2463
GM Alexander Raetsky 2424
FIM Elena Tairova 2412
WGM Sabina Foisor 2375
IM Husein Aziz Nezad 2372
FM Joachim Thomassen 2350
FM Ehud Shachar 2348
IM Alex Domont 2335
FM Niklaus Giertz 2323
Udi Weisbuch 2313
FM Johandry Gonzalez Espin 2304
FM Arnold Huhndorf 2285
Holger Rasch 2283
Falk Hoffmeyer 2265
FM Volker Meier 2256
Abedin Idrizaj 2249
Volker Duschek 2244
FM Srinath Narayanan 2220

Official site

GM Christian Bauer is one of the top seeded at the Masters tournament