Swedish Championship: Vitaly Sivuk retains title

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7/10/2024 – The Swedish Championship 2024 featured several categories, from a youth tournament to the Sverigemästarklassen, a round-robin tournament with classical time control for Sweden’s top chess players. The tournament took place in Växjö from June 28 to July 7. GM Vitaly Sivuk defended his national title by obtaining an undefeated 6½/9 score. Jonny Hector, who had won the event in 2022, finished in sole second place a half point behind. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund

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National championships in Växjö

Press release by FIDE

GM Vitaly Sivuk won the Swedish Championship 2024, defending his national title.

Like last year, the Swedish Championship 2024 featured several categories, from a youth tournament to the Sverigemästarklassen, a round-robin tournament with classical time control for Sweden’s top chess players. The tournament took place in Växjö’s spacious Fortnox Arena from June 28 to July 7.

The defending champion took an early lead with four straight victories. Surprisingly, Vitaly then drew all his remaining games, but it was enough to secure the title with 6½/9 points. The 2022 champion, Jonny Hector, finished a half point behind and took silver, while Erik Blomqvist captured bronze thanks in no small part to his spectacular penultimate-round victory over Tiger Hillarp.

Swedish Chess Championship 2024

From L-R: Östlund, Hector, Seo, Lokander, Pantzar, Hillarp, Blomqvist, Galperin, Sivuk

Sivuk 1 - 0 Pantzar

Round 3

Final standings

Name Rating Points
1 GM Vitaly Sivuk 2569 6½
2 GM Jonny Hector 2410 6
3 GM Erik Blomqvist 2527 5½
4 IM Martin Lokander 2474 5
5 GM Platon Galperin 2551 5
6 IM Jung Min Seo 2442 5
7 GM Tiger Hillarp 2455 4½
8 IM Milton Pantzar 2480 3
9 GM Daniel Semcesen 2451 2½
10 FM Joar Östlund 2334 2

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