Biel: All Editions

Every edition of Switzerland's premier chess festival, from 1968 to present.

Record Winners

Vachier-Lagrave: 5 titles (2013-2015 streak)Nunn: 3 titlesGligoric: 3 titles

1968🇨🇭Edwin BhendInaugural edition.1969🇳🇱Jan TimmanRunners-up: 1970🇷🇸Predrag OstojicRunners-up: 1971🇷🇸Stanimir NikolicRunners-up: 1972🇷🇸Milan VukicRunners-up: 1973🇷🇸🇭🇺Vukic, FleschSharedRunners-up: 1974🇷🇴Bela SoosRunners-up: 1975🇷🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺Cebalo, Pigott, ParrSharedThree-way tie.1976🇩🇰Bent LarsenAlso an Interzonal tournament year. Larsen won the Interzonal.1977🇬🇧Tony MilesRunners-up: 1978🇨🇭Charles PartosRunners-up: 1979🇨🇭Viktor KorchnoiRunners-up: 1980🇮🇱Gruenfeld + 4 othersSharedFive-way tie!1981🇩🇪Lobron + 5 othersSharedSix-way tie! Including Hort.1982🇬🇧John NunnRunners-up: 1983🇬🇧🇬🇧🇸🇪Miles, Nunn, EslonSharedBritish duo plus Eslon.1984🇩🇪🇩🇪🇦🇷Hort, Hubner, Garcia-PalermoSharedRunners-up: 1985🇷🇺Rafael VaganianAlso an Interzonal year.1986🇷🇺🇩🇪🇦🇷Polugaevsky, Lobron, CamporaSharedRunners-up: 1987🇺🇸Boris GulkoRunners-up: 1988🇷🇸🇺🇸🇷🇺Ivan Sokolov, Gulko, KuzminSharedRunners-up: 1989🇷🇺IvanchukRunners-up: 1990🇷🇺KarpovRunners-up: 1991🇱🇻ShirovRunners-up: 1992🇷🇺KarpovKarpov's second Biel title.1993🇧🇾Boris GelfandAlso an Interzonal year.1994🇨🇭GavrikovRunners-up: 1995🇷🇺DreevRunners-up: 1996🇷🇺KarpovKarpov's third Biel title.1997🇮🇳AnandRunners-up: 1998🇭🇷Mladen PalacRunners-up: 1999🇳🇱Jeroen PiketRunners-up: 2000🇷🇺Peter SvidlerRunners-up: 2001🇨🇭Viktor KorchnoiKorchnoi wins at age 70!2002🇮🇱Ilya SmirinRunners-up: 2003🇷🇺MorozevichRunners-up: 2004🇷🇺MorozevichMorozevich back-to-back.2005🇮🇱Gelfand + 2 othersSharedRunners-up: 2006🇷🇺MorozevichMorozevich's third Biel.2007🇳🇴CarlsenCarlsen wins at age 16!2008🇷🇺Evgeny AlekseevRunners-up: 2009🇫🇷Vachier-LagraveMVL's first Biel.2010🇮🇹CaruanaRunners-up: 2011🇳🇴CarlsenCarlsen's second Biel.2012🇨🇳Wang HaoRunners-up: 2013🇫🇷Vachier-LagraveMVL's second Biel.2014🇫🇷Vachier-LagraveMVL back-to-back!2015🇫🇷Vachier-LagraveMVL three-peats!2016🇫🇷Vachier-LagraveMVL FOUR in a row! Unprecedented dominance.2017🇨🇳Hou YifanWomen's World Champion wins Biel!