Honi Arora clear first at 58th Biel Chess Festival 2025 SZB U20 Blitz Rating
Honi Arora scored 7/8 to win Biel Chess Festival 2025 SZB Under-20 Blitz Rating. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. Shirui Ding (CHN) secured second place. Felix Meshach (SUI) was placed third. Honi defeated both eventual runners-up, Shirui and Felix 2-0. His sole loss was against Weronika Trzcsinska (POL) with the black pieces. Each player faced four opponents and played two games with both colors each. The one-day eight-round Under-20 Blitz Rating Tournament was organized by Biel-Bienne Chess in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. This is Honi's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Honi's first rating tournament triumph of the year
Champion - Honi Arora 7/8 | Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Top 3 (L to R): 2nd Shirui Ding (CHN), 1st Honi Arora 7/8 and 3rd Felix Meschach (SUI) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Honi Arora scored 7/8, finished a full point ahead of others and gained 116 Elo rating points
Philippe Plodeck, CFO Spitalzentrum Centre hospitalier Biel-Bienne, made the inaugural first move in Biel SZB Under-20 Blitz
| Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Players in action | Photo: Biel Chess Festival
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Gr | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | CM | Arora, Honi | IND | 1752 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 19 | Ye, Zhanting K. | IRL | 1575 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 9 | Meshach, Felix | SUI | 1855 | 5,5 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Jakob, Dominic | SUI | 1591 | 5,5 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Tureshbayev, Anuar | IRL | 2110 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 6 | 16 | Heitmann, Erik | GER | 1722 | 5 | 0 |
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