Jonny Hector wins Swedish National Championship at 58

by André Schulz
7/26/2022 – At the start of the month, the Swedish National Championships took place in Uppsala (photo), which are traditionally held as a big festival with tournaments in different categories. The main event was won by Jonny Hector, who at 58 grabbed his second national title, twenty years after having won his first title.

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Twenty years later

The Swedish Championships were held from 1 to 10 July. In addition to the main event, competitions were held in a whole range of disciplines. These include championships for women, for seniors (over-65 and over-50), youth championships in different age groups, tournaments according to rating and weekend opens.

This time the championships were held at Fyrishov, one of the largest arenas in Sweden.

The main event was a 10-player single round robin. A number of the country’s top players were absent, including Nils Grandelius, Evgeny Agrest and Emanuel Berg, the top three in the Swedish rankings. At the start, however, was the forever-young Pia Cramling, as the best woman player in the country.

Hector took the lead in the tournament midway through after collecting three wins in a row.

 
Hector, Jonny24411–0Carlsson, Ludvig2399
Swedish Championship 2022
Uppsala07.07.2022[Schulz,A]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.Bd3!? White waits sneakily, as he does not commit to castling long yet. More often White plays 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.g4 9...b5 Leading to the main variation is 9...Be7 10.0-0-0 b5 10.a3 Qb6?! 10...Be7 or 10...Bb7 which are more frequently seen lines. 11.Bh4 Bb7 11...Qxd4?? would be a blunder due to 12.Bf2 12.Bf2 Qc7
12...Nc5!? to clear the d7-square. 13.g4 Threatens g5. The knight has no good square to jump to. d5?! 13...e5!? with the idea 14.Nde2 exf4 15.Nxf4 Ne5 16.Qg2 g5!? looks very useful. 14.e5 Nxe5? This does not work. The only viable path was 14...Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rc8 with the vague hope of compensation for the lost pawn. 15.fxe5 Nd7 15...Qxe5+ 16.Nce2 makes no difference. 16.Bg3 Nxe5 17.Qe2 Bd6 18.Bxb5+
That too... 18...Kf8 18...axb5 19.Ndxb5 Qb8 20.Nxd6+ Qxd6 21.Bxe5+- 19.0-0-0 Castles was followed by resignation.
1–0

Before the last round, he had a full-point lead over his pursuers Tiger Hillarp Person and defending champion Jung Min Seo. In the final round, however, Hector lost his game against Jonathan Westerberg. Seo and Hillarp Persson could not take advantage of the circumstance, as both drew their games.

In the end, Hector won by half a point ahead of Westerberg, Hillarp Persson and Seo. Pia Cramling came seventh.

Jonny Hector

It is the second national championship for 58-year-old Jonny Hector. He had won his first title twenty years ago, in 2002.


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

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