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By IM Ari Ziegler
Some years ago the Swedish Championship changed its format. Instead of playing for sixteen days now everything is done in twelve. But now the event is more fully packed than ever. Among the novelties the organizers introduced are tournament for kids, problem solving competitions and even a bughouse competition! So far 900 players have registered but by the end of the week we will probably pass the mark of a thousand registered players!
This year we play in Uppsala, one of the oldest towns in Sweden. The archbishop has his residence here and since the late 1100s Uppsala has been an important town for the Swedish Church. With about 140,000 inhabitants it is Sweden’s fourth largest city and its famous university attracts a lot of students.
The university was built in 1477 as Sweden’s first university. However, the university is maybe best known for refusing the doctoral thesis of French philosopher Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers after World War II. (The University of Paris later accepted Foucault’s thesis titled Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique. An abridged version later appeared in English under the title Madness and Insanity: History of Madness in the Classical Age and became an influential work). To this day many people feel that Uppsala is a bit bureaucratic and lacks color.
Back to chess: the top group in the Championship is supported by Erik Penser, a down-to-earth, chess loving Banker who respects the efforts of the chess professionals in Sweden and wants to honor them through better prizes. A welcome change for Sweden’s elite players.
After four rounds GM Nils Grandelius and IM Jonathan Westerberg share the lead with 3.0/4. In Grandelius won a crucial, wild and important game against Jonny Hector.
Nils Grandelius (Photo: Lars O A Hedlund)
| Name | Club | SP | + | = | - | Points | |||||||||
| 1 | GM Nils Grandelius | Eksjö SK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | ||||||||
| 2 | IM Jonathan Westerberg | SK Team Viking | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | ||||||||
| 3 | GM Erik Blomqvist | SK Rockaden, Sthlm | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| 4 | GM Jonny Hector | Limhamns SK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| 5 | GM Tiger Hillarp Persson | Malmö AS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| 6 | GM Daniel Semcesen | Lunds ASK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| 7 | GM Axel Smith | Lunds ASK | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| 8 | GM Hans Tikkanen | Lunds ASK | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 9 | GM Pia Cramling | SK Team Viking | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| 10 | FM Tom Rydström | Växjö SK | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Uppsala is a green city
The castle
The university attracts many students to come to Uppsala
Modern and old
