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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

Foros Carlsen-Onischuk

 

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