Axel Smith wins Malmö Open

by André Schulz
12/20/2024 – Last weekend, the Swedish Chess Federation organised a major rapid chess open in Malmö, in which around 200 players from the Baltic Sea region took part. Axel Smith won because he had a better tiebreak than his two closest rivals, Hampus Sörensen and Tiger Hillarp-Persson, who both had the same number of points. | Photo: Linus Johansson and Tiger Hillarp Persson | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund
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Malmö Open 2024

Last weekend, a bit more than 200 chess fans took part in the Malmö Open, an eight-round-rapid-Swiss, which is part of the 2024/25 Swedish Grand Prix.

After eight rounds, the Swedish Grandmasters Axel Smith and Tiger Hillarp Persson and the Swedish International Master Hampus Sörensen shared first place with 7.0/8 each. Axel Smith and Hampus Sörensen remained unbeaten and Smith won the tournament on tiebreak.

Final standings after 8 rounds

1 GM Axel Smith Lunds ASK 2432 8 6 2 0 7.0 42.50
2 IM Hampus Sörensen SK Rockaden, Sthlm 2415 8 6 2 0 7.0 40.50
3 GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson Växjö SK 2459 8 7 0 1 7.0 37.00
4 IM Milton Pantzar Lunds ASK 2449 8 6 1 1 6.5 37.50
5 CM Anton Frank Uppsala SSS 2171 8 6 1 1 6.5 36.00
6 IM Isak Storme Lunds ASK 2455 8 6 1 1 6.5 34.00
7 FM Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen Kristineberg SK 2320 8 6 1 1 6.5 34.00
8 IM Bengt Lindberg Växjö SK 2340 8 6 1 1 6.5 33.00
9 GM Thomas Ernst SS Luleå 2271 8 6 0 2 6.0 39.50
10 Noah Wahlgreen Denmark 2117 8 5 2 1 6.0 39.00
11 CM Alexander Ström-Engdahl SS Manhem 2291 8 5 2 1 6.0 39.00
12 FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard Kristineberg SK 2247 8 5 2 1 6.0 38.00
13 IM Johan Eriksson Kungstornet 2377 8 4 4 0 6.0 37.50
14 Christian Eriksson Denmark 2140 8 6 0 2 6.0 37.00
15 FM Leo Crevatin SK Rockaden, Sthlm 2267 8 6 0 2 6.0 36.50
16 IM Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen Kristineberg SK 2326 8 6 0 2 6.0 35.50
17 FM Casper Liu Denmark 2244 8 5 2 1 6.0 35.00
18 Daniel Matus Kristianstads SK 1881 8 6 0 2 6.0 34.50
19 GM Jonny Hector Limhamns SK 2443 8 6 0 2 6.0 33.50
20 Joel Eklund Limhamns SK 2216 8 6 0 2 6.0 33.50
21 WIM Ellinor Frisk Lunds ASK 2174 8 5 1 2 5.5 37.50

205 participants

Games

Results at the website of the Swedish Chess Federation...

André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.