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Tourney structure: seven-round round robin |
The elegant playing hall with large screens overhead
It has been a flood of excellent tournaments, all with attractive lineups, and the 21st edition of the Sigeman and Co. grandmaster tournament held in Sweden is no exception. It brings together several local talents such as Jonny Hector, Emmanuel Berg, Hans Tikkanen and Nils Grandelius, and pitting them against Nigel Short, Loek van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, and Hungarian talent Richard Rapport.
GM Stellan Brynell and Ulf Andersson provide live commentary for the audience
Hungarian junior Richard Rapport
The organizers continue the tradition with superb coverage in all ways, including live commentary by legend GM Ulf Andersson and GM Stellan Brynell (in Swedish), and with an excellent website providing a choice of two webcams of the action and a third for the commentary.
Ivan Sokolov started with a win in round one
Hans Tikkanen analyzes his game with...
... Nils Grandelius. They drew.
In the first round Ivan Sokolov was the only player to draw blood, beating Emmanuel Berg, but Nigel Short looked like he might join him after working a significant advantage in the endgame against Jonny Hector, but failed to break the Swede’s resistance.
GM Jonny Hector has long been one of the most original grandmasters
Pictures are copyright © by Calle Erlandsson
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |