Sigeman&Co: Van Foreest loses and wins, Keymer scores

by André Schulz
9/30/2021 – Jorden Van Foreest had won the TePe Sigeman&Co tournament with one round to spare, but in the last round he suffered his only defeat against Gawain Jones. Vincent Keymer, too, was ambitious in the final round, and defeated Nils Grandelius to share second to fourth place with Gawain Jones and Nigel Short. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund
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The history of the Sigeman & Co tournaments goes back to 1993. Since then 26 Grandmaster Tournaments tournaments have been played and many international chess stars have been guests in Malmö. The main sponsor of the tournament is Johan Sigeman's law firm.

Last year, the tournament had to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic but this year, it could take place again – with an attractive eight-player field of experienced Grandmasters and promising talents.

The tournament was dominated by Dutch grandmaster Jorden van Foreest, who took the lead early on and defended it till the end of the tournament.

However, in the final round, Van Foreest suffered a defeat against Gawain Jones, his only loss in the tournament.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.0-0 Nf5 8.dxc5 a5 9.Bd3 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 a4 11.b4 axb3 12.Nxb3 Bb6 13.Re1 0-0 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Qd2 Ra4 16.h3 h6 17.Bf4 Nce7 18.Bh2 Nh4 19.Nfd4 Nhg6 20.Rac1 Rfa8 21.Bb1 Rc4 22.Bd3 Rca4 23.Bb1 Rc4 24.Re3 Rc8 25.Kh1 Ba4 26.Rg3 Bxb3 27.Nb5 Qc6 28.axb3 Rf4 29.Rxg6 Nxg6 30.Bxf4 Qxb5 31.Bd3 Qc6 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.c4 g5 34.Bg3 Qc5 35.Qd3 Rc6 36.Ra1 Rc8 37.Qg6 Qc6 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.h4 Rf8 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.cxd5 exd5 42.Qxg5 Bxf2 43.Bxf2 Rxf2 44.Qd8+ Kf7 45.Qxd5+ Qxd5 46.Rxd5 Ke6 47.Rb5 Rf7 48.Kh2 Kf5 49.Kh3 The rook ending is difficult: difficult to win but even more difficult to draw. g6 Probably Black wanted to be able to check White's king on the h-file. However, the pawn on g6 turns out to be rather vulnerable. Better was 49...Rc7 with good drawing chances. 50.g4+ Kf4 50...Ke6 51.Kh4 -- with the idea 52.Kg5 Rg7 53.Rb6+ Kxe5 54.Kh6 Rg8 55.g5 and White wins. 51.Rb4+ Kg5 51...Kxe5 52.Kh4+- 52.Kg3 Rf1 53.Rb5? This move makes it more difficult for White to win. Better is 53.Re4!? Rf8 54.b4 Re8 55.Kf3+- 53...Rd1 53...Rg1+? 54.Kf3+- 54.Kf3?! 54.e6+ Kf6 55.e7 Kxe7 56.Kf4 offers better chances. 54...Rd4 54...Rd3+ 55.Ke4 Rd1 56.Rxb7 Kxg4 57.e6 and White wins. 55.Rxb7 55.e6+ Kf6= 55...Rf4+ 56.Ke3 Rxg4? This loses. Correct was 56...Kxg4 57.Rb5 57.e6 Rf6 58.Rb6 Kf5= 57...Rf1= 57.Rf7 The only move that wins. Black's king is cut off and White's e-pawn can advance. Rb4 58.e6 Rxb3+ 59.Kd4 Rb1 60.e7 Re1 61.Kd5 Kg4 62.Kd6 g5 63.Rf8 Kg3 64.Rf5 64.e8Q is also possible but requires some calculation: Rxe8 65.Rxe8 g4 66.Rf8 Kh2 67.Ke5 g3 68.Kf4 g2 69.Rh8+ Kg1 70.Kg3 Kf1 71.Rf8+ Kg1 and now 72.Rf7 But not 72.Rf2? Kh1 73.Rxg2 Stalemate! 72...Kh1 73.Rh7+ Kg1 74.Rh2 and White wins. 64...Rxe7 65.Kxe7 g4 66.Kf6 Kh4 67.Rg5 67.Rg5 g3 68.Kf5 Kh3 69.Kf4 g2 70.Rh5# 1–0
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Jones,G2684Van Foreest,J26911–02021C0226th Sigeman & Co 20217

Vincent Keymer, the seven seed in the field, had a bad start into the tournament, but a good finish. After losing against Van Foreest in round 1, he was close to losing against Jonas Bjerre and Nihal Sarin, but managed to draw against Bjerre and to win against Nihal Sarin.

Before the last round Keymer had a 50% score and might have been content with a draw against Nils Grandelius in the final round.

However, the two wanted to fight it out which gave Keymer the chance to finish with a positive score.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 0-0 9.0-0 e6 10.a4 exd5 11.exd5 Na6 12.Nec3 Nc4 13.Na3 Ne5 14.h3 Nb4 15.Ne4 b6 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bf4 Ned3 18.Qb3 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Kh8 20.Rad1 Bb7 21.Nc4 Qd7 22.Ned6 Ba6 23.Rfe1 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rae8 A double-edged Grünfeld position is on the board: White has a passed pawn on the d-file, Black has the queenside majority. The doubled f-pawns are unusual for Grünfeld structures but White's pieces are more active. 25.d6 Qf7 26.f5 An energetic way to get rid of the doubled pawns. Bh6 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Qg3 Rd8 With ideas such as 29...-- 30.d7 Rd8 31.Qc7 Qe7 32.Nd6 Rxd7 33.Nf7+ and 29...Qxc4? 30.Qxg6 30.b3 Also possible was 30.Re1 and Black cannot take on c4: Qxc4? 31.Qxg6 Bg7 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Qxe8++- 30...Kh7 Black could have tried 30...Nc2 and after 31.Be4 Nd4 But after 32.Kf1 White is still pressing. 31.Re1 Rd7 32.Be4 32.h4 was also possible and good: Nc2 33.Re4 Nd4 34.h5 g5 35.Bh3 32.Re2!? 32...Bg7 33.Re2 f5 34.Bg2 Qf6 35.Qe3? An inaccuracy, which Black fails to exploit. Qa1+ After 35...Bf8 36.Qe8 Qd8 37.Qe6 Bxd6 Black wins the pawn on d6 and White no longer can claim an advantage. 38.Nxd6 Rxd6 39.Qf7+ Kh6 40.Re7 Threatening mate, but Black has Qh8 and though Black's position looks precarious he is able to hold. 36.Kh2? Another inaccuracy. More precise was 36.Bf1 Nd5 37.Qe8 Nf6 38.Qe6 and White keeps his advantage. 36...Bh6 37.Qg3 Qf6 38.h4 Bf8 Black equalised. The pawn d6 is under attack and the black queenside pawns create counterplay. 39.Rd2 a6 40.Kh3 Rd8? 40...b5 41.Ne5 Rd8 42.d7 with advantage for White. 40...Qe6= 41.d7 On d7 the pawn is less vulnerable and closer to queening. b5 42.axb5 The engines recommend 42.Ne5!? Apparently, it is better for White to keep the a-pawns on the board. 42...axb5 43.Ne5 Be7 43...Bd6 offered more resistance: 44.Qxg6+ 44.f4 c4 44...Qxg6 45.Nxg6 Bc7 45...Rxd7 46.Nf8+ 44.f4 Kg7 45.Bf3 c4 46.bxc4 bxc4 47.Rg2 47.Nxc4 Qc3 48.h5+- 47...g5 In a difficult position Black tries to muddy the waters. 48.Qe1!? 48.hxg5?? Rh8+ But 48.fxg5+- was possible. 48...g4+ 49.Bxg4 fxg4+ 50.Rxg4+ Kf8 51.Qe4 That's it. Nd3 52.Nxd3 Qc3 53.Rg3 Bxh4 54.Kxh4 Qf6+ 55.Kg4 cxd3 56.Rxd3 Qg7+ 57.Kf3 Qf6 58.Qd5 1–0
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Keymer,V2607Grandelius,N26661–02021D7226th Sigeman & Co 20217

This win helped Keymer to reach an Elo performance of almost 2700, and to share second to fourth place with Gawain Jones and Nigel Short.

Vincent Keymer with his mother

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

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