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The first international Biel Chess Festival was held in 1968. A Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977.
| # | Year | Grandmaster Tournament | Masters Open Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1968 | Edwin Bhend (Switzerland) | |
| 2 | 1969 | Jan Timman (Netherlands) | |
| 3 | 1970 | Predrag Ostojic (Yugoslavia) | |
| 4 | 1971 | Stanimir Nikolic (Yugoslavia) | |
| 5 | 1972 | Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) | |
| 6 | 1973 | Milan Vukic (Yugoslavia) Janos Flesch (Hungary) |
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| 7 | 1974 | Bela Soos (Romania) | |
| 8 | 1975 | Mišo Cebalo (Yugoslavia) John Pigott (Australia) David Parr (Australia) |
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| 9 | 1976 | Bent Larsen (Denmark) (Interzonal) | Dragutin Sahovic (Yugoslavia) Radovan Govedarica (Yugoslavia) |
| 10 | 1977 | Tony Miles (England) | Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) |
| 11 | 1978 | Charles Partos (Switzerland) | |
| 12 | 1979 | Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) Jean Hebert (Canada) |
| 13 | 1980 | Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel) | Israel Zilber (United States) Josip Rukavina (Yugoslavia) Beat Züger (Switzerland) Peter Scheeren (Netherlands) |
| 14 | 1981 | Eric Lobron (Germany) Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia) |
Nathan Birnboim (Israel) Laszlo Karsa (Hungary) Ron Henley (United States) Eduard Meduna (Czechoslovakia) |
| 15 | 1982 | John Nunn (England) Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) |
Ivan Nemet (Yugoslavia) |
| 16 | 1983 | Tony Miles (England) John Nunn (England) |
Jaan Eslon (Sweden) |
| 17 | 1984 | Vlastimil Hort (Germany) Robert Hübner (Germany) |
Carlos Garcia-Palermo (Argentina) |
| 18 | 1985 | Rafael Vaganian (Soviet Union) (Interzonal) | Ian Rogers (Australia) Alon Greenfeld (Israel) |
| 19 | 1986 | Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) Eric Lobron (Germany) |
Daniel Campora (Argentina) |
| 20 | 1987 | Boris Gulko (United States) | Lev Gutman (Israel) |
| 21 | 1988 | Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia) Boris Gulko (United States) |
Gennadi Kuzmin (Soviet Union) |
| 22 | 1989 | Vassily Ivanchuk (Soviet Union) | Matthias Wahls (Germany) |
| 23 | 1990 | Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) | Viktor Gavrikov (Soviet Union) |
| 24 | 1991 | Alexei Shirov (Spain) | Zurab Sturua (Soviet Union) |
| 25 | 1992 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Alexander Shabalov (Latvia) |
| 26 | 1993 | Boris Gelfand (Belarus) (Interzonal) | Vadim Milov (Israel) |
| 27 | 1994 | Viktor Gavrikov (Switzerland) | Utut Adianto (Indonesia) |
| 28 | 1995 | Alexei Dreev (Russia) | Igor Glek (Germany) |
| 29 | 1996 | Anatoly Karpov (Russia) | Zurab Sturua (Georgia) |
| 30 | 1997 | Viswanathan Anand (India) | Ildar Ibragimov (Russia) |
| 31 | 1998 | Mladen Palac (Croatia) | Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) |
| 32 | 1999 | Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) | Vadim Milov (Switzerland) |
| 33 | 2000 | Peter Svidler (Russia) | Boris Avrukh (Israel) |
| 34 | 2001 | Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) | Boris Avrukh (Israel) |
| 35 | 2002 | Ilya Smirin (Israel) | Milos Pavlovic (Yugoslavia) |
| 36 | 2003 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) |
| 37 | 2004 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Christian Bauer (France) |
| 38 | 2005 | Boris Gelfand (Israel) Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine) |
Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) |
| 39 | 2006 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia) | Bartosz Soćko (Poland) |
| 40 | 2007 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Mikhail Ulibin (Russia) |
| 41 | 2008 | Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) | Vladimir Belov (Russia) |
| 42 | 2009 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Boris Grachev (Russia) |
| 43 | 2010 | Fabiano Caruana (Italy) | Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) |
| 44 | 2011 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | Ni Hua (China) |
| 45 | 2012 | Wang Hao (China) | Sergei Movsesian (Armenia) |
| 46 | 2013 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Pentala Harikrishna (India) |
| 47 | 2014 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Baskaran Adhiban (India) |
| 48 | 2015 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | Emil Sutovsky (Israel) |