Final standings Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2009.

1. GM Nigel Short 4½
2. IM Nils Grandelius 3
3 - 4. GM Tomi Nybäck, GM Ivan Sokolov 2½
5. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 1½
6. GM Emanuel Berg 1

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 5.

Even the last round offered interesting games. You really can´t... Read more

Round 5.

Standings after round 4.

1. GM Nigel Short 3½
2 - 3. IM Nils Grandelius, GM Ivan Sokolov 2½
4. GM Tomi Nybäck 1½
5 - 6. GM Emanuel Berg, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 1

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 4.

The fourth round didn't last as long as the previous rounds. This was highly appreciated... Read more

Round 4.

Standings after round 3.

1. GM Nigel Short 3
2. GM Ivan Sokolov 2
3. IM Nils Grandelius 1½
4 - 5. GM Tomi Nybäck, GM Emanuel Berg 1
6. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson ½

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 3.

The games in the third round was as uncompromising as the ones from the first two rounds. The players are... Read more

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 2.

The second round also contained some eventful games. Once the dust had settled... read more

Round 3.

Standings after round 2.

1.GM Nigel Short 2
2. IM Nils Grandelius 1½
3 - 4. GM Emanuel Berg, GM Ivan Sokolov 1
5. GM Tomi Nybäck ½
6. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 0

GM Stellan Brynell comments round 1.

In today's edition of Sydsvenskan, the biggest newspaper in southern Sweden, Lars Grahn noted that during the opening ceremony Nigel Short mentioned that if he played... read more

Round 2.

Standings after round 1.

1 - 2. GM Nigel Short,GM Ivan Sokolov 1
3 - 4. GM Tomi Nybäck, IM Nils Grandelius ½
5 - 6. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson, GM Emanuel Berg 0

Round 1.

The Limhamn Chess Club is proud to invite the players, the chess audience, the media and the sponsors to the seventeenth annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.The tournament will be played at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the twelfth time. This year, the tournament has a new format, with only six players playing five rounds.

However, these players are not just any players! The home team is made up of Sweden's two strongest chess players, Tiger Hillarp-Persson and Emanuel Berg, supported by 15-year-old Swedish chess prodigy Nils Grandelius, face the former World Championship contender Nigel Short, the long-standing super grandmaster Ivan Sokolov from Bosnia & Herzegovina, and yet another tough opponent in new finish star Tomi Nybäck, who is now no. 3 in the Nordic countries, after superstar Magnus Carlsen and Denmark's Peter Heine Nielsen.

If you look at the ratings, all the players, with the exception of Grandelius, are between 2600 and 2700, so the tournament should be a very exciting one. Short and Sokolov are, of course, the two favorites, with Berg, Hillarp and Nybäck as outsiders. Grandelius will not be expected to win the tournament, but he improves steadily and might deliver a surprise or two along the way.

There is good reason to hope for long and hard battles through all five rounds, since all six participants have an aggressive approach and are not known to play quick draws. With an expected low draw percentage, the audience can look forward to five rounds of top chess entertainment.

The arrangers would like to thank the city of Malmo, the Swedish Chess Federation, The Swedish Chess Academy, law firm Sigeman & Co, TT-Line, ViaEcole, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Rafstedt ad agency, Galvano Service, Kakel & Tegel in Veberod, Formo and all others who have helped in making this tournament possible.

Once again, welcome to the seventeenth annual Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament!

Tournament Schedule
Round 1 3 June 14.00-21.00
Round 2 4 June 14.00-21.00
Round 3 5 June 14.00-21.00
Round 4 6 June 14.00-21.00
Round 5 7 June 12.00-19.00