The 2016 edition of Basel Chess Festival took place from January 1-5, in Basel, Switzerland.
A total of 58 players took part at the 9-round Swiss Master Tournament and GM Arkadij Naiditsch from Azerbaijan emerged a sole winner. He repeated his last year’s success and once again lifted the trophy in two Swiss tournaments in a row – Zurich Chess Festival and Basel Chess Festival.
Eight players tied for the second place at 5 points each:GM Adrien Demuth, IM Bilel Bellahcene, IM Arthur Pijpers, IM Jan Michael Sprenger, IM Andreas Heimann, WIM Yulia Shvayger, IM Titas Stremavicius and GM Mihajlo Stojanovic.
Final standings (top 20):
1 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM 2696 AZE 5.5
2 Demuth, Adrien GM 2535 FRA 5
3 Bellahcene, Bilel IM THE 2465 Porrentruy FRA 5
4 Pijpers, Arthur IM THE 2463 Zoetermeer NED 5
4 Sprenger, Jan Michael, Dr IM THE 2496 Tilburg GER 5
6 Heimann, Andreas IM THE 2552 Riehen GER 5
6 Shvayger, Yuliya WIM 2381 ISR 5
8 Stremavicius, Titas IM THE 2468 LTU 5
9 Stojanovic, Mihajlo GM 2507 Réti SRB 5
10 Riff, Jean-Noel GM 2512 Porrentruy FRA 4.5
11 Hort, Vlastimil GM 2430 Luzern GER 4.5
12 Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan GM 2594 Gonzen IRI 4.5
13 Filipovic, Branko IM THE 2369 Birsfelden CRO 4.5
14 Derakhshani, Borna CM 2178 Gonzen IRI 4.5
15 Kopylov, Michael IM THE 2406 Norderstedt UKR 4.5
16 Starostits, Ilmars GM 2422 Speyer-Schwegenheim LAT 4
17 Minko, Vladimir FM 2361 RUS 4
18 Habu Yoshiharu FM 2398 Tokyo JPN 4
19 Derakhshani, Dorsa WIM 2315 Gonzen IRI 4
20 Metz, Hartmut FM 2323 Riehen GER 4