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.
In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.
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.

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 |
Results of all categories...
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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nc6 4.Bf4 Qb6 5.Qb3 c4 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Qc1 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.e3 0-0 11.Be2 Nd7 12.0-0 e5 13.Nxe5 Ncxe5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Nf3 Bd3 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 a5 18.Bxd3 Nxd3 19.Re2 a4 20.a3 Ra5 21.Nd4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Rd1 Qf6 24.Nf3 Rf5 25.Ne1 Nc5 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.Nf3 Nd3 28.Red2 Ra6 29.Qh4 Raf6 30.Qg3 Kg7 31.Rf1 h6 32.h4 Rb6 33.Rb1 Qe4 34.Rc2 Rh5 35.Qc7 Rf6 36.Qg3 Ne5 37.Ne1 Rxh4 38.f4 Nd3 39.Rd2 Rg4 40.Qh3 Nxe1 41.Rxe1 Rgxf4 42.Rd4 Qe5 0–1
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Semcesen,D | 2451 | Sivuk,V | 2569 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 1 |
Lokander,M | 2474 | Pantzar,M | 2480 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 1 |
Ostlund,J | 2334 | Blomqvist,E | 2527 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 1 |
Galperin,P | 2551 | Seo,J | 2442 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 1 |
Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | Hector,J | 2410 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 1 |
Blomqvist,E | 2527 | Lokander,M | 2474 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 2 |
Seo,J | 2442 | Ostlund,J | 2334 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 2 |
Pantzar,M | 2480 | Semcesen,D | 2451 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 2 |
Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | Galperin,P | 2551 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 2 |
Hector,J | 2410 | Sivuk,V | 2569 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 2 |
Lokander,M | 2474 | Seo,J | 2442 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 3 |
Semcesen,D | 2451 | Blomqvist,E | 2527 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 3 |
Ostlund,J | 2334 | Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 3 |
Sivuk,V | 2569 | Pantzar,M | 2480 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 3 |
Galperin,P | 2551 | Hector,J | 2410 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 3 |
Seo,J | 2442 | Semcesen,D | 2451 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 4 |
Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | Lokander,M | 2474 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 4 |
Blomqvist,E | 2527 | Sivuk,V | 2569 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 4 |
Galperin,P | 2551 | Ostlund,J | 2334 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 4 |
Hector,J | 2410 | Pantzar,M | 2480 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 4 |
Semcesen,D | 2451 | Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 5 |
Sivuk,V | 2569 | Seo,J | 2442 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 5 |
Lokander,M | 2474 | Galperin,P | 2551 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 5 |
Pantzar,M | 2480 | Blomqvist,E | 2527 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 5 |
Ostlund,J | 2334 | Hector,J | 2410 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 5 |
Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | Sivuk,V | 2569 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 6 |
Galperin,P | 2551 | Semcesen,D | 2451 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 6 |
Seo,J | 2442 | Pantzar,M | 2480 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 6 |
Ostlund,J | 2334 | Lokander,M | 2474 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 6 |
Hector,J | 2410 | Blomqvist,E | 2527 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 6 |
Sivuk,V | 2569 | Galperin,P | 2551 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 7 |
Pantzar,M | 2480 | Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 7 |
Semcesen,D | 2451 | Ostlund,J | 2334 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 7 |
Blomqvist,E | 2527 | Seo,J | 2442 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 7 |
Lokander,M | 2474 | Hector,J | 2410 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 7 |
Galperin,P | 2551 | Pantzar,M | 2480 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 8 |
Ostlund,J | 2334 | Sivuk,V | 2569 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 8 |
Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | Blomqvist,E | 2527 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 8 |
Lokander,M | 2474 | Semcesen,D | 2451 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 8 |
Hector,J | 2410 | Seo,J | 2442 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 8 |
Pantzar,M | 2480 | Ostlund,J | 2334 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 9 |
Blomqvist,E | 2527 | Galperin,P | 2551 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 9 |
Sivuk,V | 2569 | Lokander,M | 2474 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Championship Group | 9 |
Seo,J | 2442 | Hillarp Persson,T | 2455 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 9 |
Semcesen,D | 2451 | Hector,J | 2410 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Championship Group | 9 |
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In this video course, experts (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) examine the games of Judit Polgar. Let them show you which openings Polgar chose to play, where her strength in middlegames were, or how she outplayed her opponents in the endgame.
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