Three out of four games end decisively
The 29th edition of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament kicked off on Saturday at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmö, Sweden. The event features eight players from eight different countries, with a trio of youngsters heading the lineup: Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, aged 19), Arjun Erigaisi (India, 20) and Vincent Keymer (Germany, 19).
In the first round of the single round-robin, two out of the three aforementioned stars — the only three players with a 2700+ rating in the field — obtained victories over their lower-rated opponents: Arjun got the better of women’s world champion Ju Wenjun and Keymer defeated the current junior world champion, Marc’Andria Maurizzi. Abdusattorov, on his part, was defeated by Anton Korobov, the ever-creative, 38-year-old Ukrainian grandmaster who has been in and out of the 2700-club over the last 12 years.
Arjun saw Ju going for a double-edged opening and failing to play precisely enough in the ensuing middlegame, while Keymer, similarly, got an early advantage after Maurizzi overplayed his hand with 15.g4 out of a sharp variation of the Semi-Slav.
The Korobov v. Abdusattorov game was a case of the higher-rated opponent looking for winning chances when it was time to keep the balance in a rather symmetrical setup.
In round 2, Abdusattorov will play white against Arjun in the marquee matchup of the day.
Results - Round 1
In this course, we will learn how to identify passively placed pieces in any given situation and how to improve their health by bringing them into active squares.

The playing hall in Malmö | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
Maurizzi 0 - 1 Keymer
Analysis by Klaus Besenthal
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 dxc4 8.e3 b5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Qh5 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.b3 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.bxc4 e5 15.Be2 0-0 16.0-0 exd4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.exd4 Rfe8 11...Bc7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Nc5 Bd6 14.Ne4 14.Nxf7 Qxf7 15.Qxf7+ Kxf7 16.Nxb7 Be7 17.Na5 Bd8 18.Nb7 Be7 19.Na5 14...0-0 15.g4? 15.Rg1 c5 16.Nxd6= 15...c5! 16.Bg2 cxd4 17.g5 17.exd4 Nc6 18.Rd1 Rad8-+ 17...Bxe5 18.gxh6? 18.fxe5! d3 19.0-0 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Nd7 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.gxh6 g6 18...Nd7! 19.fxe5 g6 20.Qh3 Nxe5 21.0-0 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Rg1 Qxe3 25.Qh4 Kh7 26.Raf1 Qxh6 27.Qe7 Qg7 28.Rg5 f5 29.Qxe6 Rde8 0–1
Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!

Vincent Keymer | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
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