Final standings .
1. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 7½ p
2. GM Daniel Stellwagen 6½ p
3. GM Lars Bo Hansen 6 p
4 - 5. GM Ralf Åkesson, GM Jan Timman 5 p
6. GM Evgenij Agrest 4½ p
7 - 8. GM Kjetil Lie, GM Vasilios Kotronias 3 p
9. Axel Smith 2½ p
10. GM Lajos Portisch 2 p
After the eighth round, Tiger Hillarp Persson leads a full point ahead of Daniel Stellwagen. As fate would... Read more.
Here you can watch a report from Swedish TV4 from the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.
30/4 Round 9
GM Daniel Stellwagen - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson ½ - ½
GM Evgenij Agrest - GM Kjetil Lie
Axel Smith - GM Ralf Åkesson 0 - 1
GM Vasilios Kotronias - GM Lars Bo Hansen ½ - ½
GM Lajos Portisch - GM Jan Timman 0 - 1
Standings after round 8.
1. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 7 p
2. GM Daniel Stellwagen 6 p
3. GM Lars Bo Hansen 5½ p
4 - 6. GM Jan Timman, GM Ralf Åkesson, GM Evgenij Agrest 4 p
7 - 9. GM Kjetil Lie, Axel Smith, GM Vasilios Kotronias 2½ p
10. GM Lajos Portisch 2 p
Perhaps the tournament was decided in this round...Read more.
29/4 Round 8
GM Jan Timman - GM Vasilios Kotronias 1 - 0
GM Lars Bo Hansen - Axel Smith ½ - ½
GM Ralf Åkesson - GM Evgenij Agrest ½ - ½
GM Kjetil Lie - GM Daniel Stellwagen 0 - 1
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - GM Lajos Portisch 1 - 0
Standings after round 7.
1. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 6 p
2 - 3. GM Daniel Stellwagen, GM Lars Bo Hansen 5 p
4 - 5. GM Ralf Åkesson, GM Evgenij Agrest 3½ p
6. GM Jan Timman 3 p
7 - 8. GM Kjetil Lie, GM Vasilios Kotronias 2½ p
9 - 10. GM Lajos Portisch, Axel Smith 2 p
There were no big changes in the tournament table after the sixth round... Read more.
28/4 Round 7
GM Kjetil Lie - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 0 - 1
GM Daniel Stellwagen - GM Ralf Åkesson 0 - 1
GM Evgenij Agrest - GM Lars Bo Hansen ½ - ½
Axel Smith - GM Jan Timman 0 - 1
GM Vasilios Kotronias - GM Lajos Portisch ½ - ½
Standings after round 6.
1 - 2. GM Daniel Stellwagen, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 5 p
3. GM Lars Bo Hansen 4½ p
4. GM Evgenij Agrest 3 p
5 - 6. GM Ralf Åkesson, GM Kjetil Lie 2½ p
7 - 9. GM Jan Timman, GM Vasilios Kotronias, Axel Smith 2p
10. GM Lajos Portisch 1½ p
After five rounds only 7 of the 25 games have ended in a draw. It remains to be seen... Read more.
27/ 4 Round 6.
GM Jan Timman - GM Evgenij Agrest ½ - ½
GM Lars Bo Hansen - GM Daniel Stellwagen ½ - ½
GM Ralf Åkesson - GM Kjetil Lie 0 - 1
GM Lajos Portisch - Axel Smith ½ - ½
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - GM Vasilios Kotronias ½ - ½
After four rounds, two players are sharing first place: Tiger Hillarp Persson and Daniel Stellwagen... Read more.
26/4 Round 5
GM Ralf Åkesson - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 0 - 1
GM Kjetil Lie - GM Lars Bo Hansen 0 - 1
GM Daniel Stellwagen - GM Jan Timman 1 - 0
Axel Smith - GM Vasilios Kotronias ½ - ½
GM Evgenij Agrest - GM Lajos Portisch 1 - 0
The only win of the day was scored by Evgenij Agrest against Axel Smith. Early on, Agrest got a small positional advantage... Read more.
25/4 Round 4.
GM Jan Timman - GM Kjetil Lie 1 - 0
GM Lars Bo Hansen - GM Ralf Åkesson 1 - 0
GM Vasilios Kotronias - GM Evgenij Agrest ½ - ½
GM Lajos Portisch - GM Daniel Stellwagen 0 - 1
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - Axel Smith 1 - 0
The second round also provided the audience with tough games. All games had a decisive result... Read more
24/4 Round 3.
GM Ralf Åkesson - GM Jan Timman ½ - ½
GM Lars Bo Hansen - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson ½ - ½
GM Kjetil Lie - GM Lajos Portisch ½ - ½
GM Daniel Stellwagen - GM Vasilios Kotronias ½ - ½
GM Evgenij Agrest - Axel Smith 1 - 0
This year's tournament picked up where last one's ended – with tough games... Read more.
23/4 Round 2
GM Jan Timman - GM Lars Bo Hansen 0 - 1
GM Lajos Portisch - GM Ralf Åkesson 0 - 1
GM Vasilios Kotronias - GM Kjetil Lie 0 - 1
Axel Smith - GM Daniel Stellwagen 0 - 1
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - GM Evgenij Agrest 1 - 0
22/4 Round 1.
GM Jan Timman - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 0 - 1
GM Lars Bo Hansen - GM Lajos Portisch ½ - ½
GM Ralf Åkesson - GM Vasilios Kotronias 1 - 0
GM Kjetil Lie - Axel Smith 0 - 1
GM Daniel Stellwagen - GM Evgenij Agrest 1 - 0
The Limhamn Chess Club is proud to invite the players, the chess audience, the media and the sponsors to the sixteenth annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.
The tournament will be played at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the eleventh time. A familiar face will be Dutch chess icon Jan Timman. He is used to being the nestor of the tournament, but this year, he is joined by another chess legend, the 70-year-old Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch.
Among the foreign participants are also Dutch chess prodigy Daniel Stellwagen, who makes his second appearance in the tournament, Danish grandmaster Lars Bo Hansen, and Norwegian grandmaster Kjetil Lie.
The home team is smaller than usual, with both familiar and new faces. Tiger Hillarp-Persson is one of the regulars and now makes his seventh start. Another Sigeman veteran is grandmaster and former winner of the European junior championship, Ralf Åkesson, who made his first appearance already in 1997. The field also includes Evgeny Agrest, one of Sweden's strongest chess players. They are joined by Axel Smith, one of the most interesting newcomers to Swedish chess at top level, who is up for a real test in his first big tournament. Finally, Greek grandmaster Vasilios Kotronias lives in the Swedish city of Skara and should be considered part of the home team as well.
So, who will win? Jan Timman has finished first-first-second the last three years, but this year he has many competitors for first place. The most obvious ones are Stellwagen, Hillarp, Kotronias and Portisch, but most players have a real chance. In other words, the tournament is a free-for-all, and we might have a very exciting race for first place.
Each round can be followed at the Hipp Theater in central Malmo, where commentator and grandmaster Stellan Brynell will help the audience with analyses and be available to answer any questions about the games.
The arrangers would like to thank the city of Malmo, the Swedish Chess Federation, The Swedish Chess Academy, law firm Sigeman & Co, TT-Line, Sparbanken Finn, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Rafstedt ad agency, Deloitte, RifRif.se, Jöran Jansson, Serverhallen i Norden, Galvano Service, Kakel & Tegel in Veberod, Formo, Dunsudde and all others who have helped in making this tournament possible.
Once again, welcome to the sixteenth annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament!
Tournament Schedule Current local time:
Round 1 22 April 14.00-21.00
Round 2 23 April 14.00-21.00
Round 3 24 April 14.00-21.00
Round 4 25 April 14.00-21.00
Round 5 26 April 14.00-21.00
Round 6 27 April 14.00-21.00
Round 7 28 April 14.00-21.00
Round 8 29 April 14.00-21.00
Round 9 30 April 12.00-19.00