5/5/2026 – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (pictured) became the sole leader of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament after beating Nils Grandelius on Monday, as the Turkish prodigy is the only player on a plus-two score with three rounds to go in Malmö. Jorden van Foreest scored his first-ever win over Magnus Carlsen in what turned out to be an exciting, 88-move battle, while Zhu Jiner defeated Andy Woodward. Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Arjun Erigaisi drew and are tied for second place with Van Foreest, half a point behind Erdogmus. | Photo: Peter Doggers / Official website
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Round four of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament brought three decisive games and a significant shift in the standings. Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, the 14-year-old Turkish prodigy, moved into sole first place after beating Nils Grandelius, while Jorden van Foreest scored his first-ever win over Magnus Carlsen. Zhu Jiner, meanwhile, collected her first victory of the event, defeating Andy Woodward. The only draw of the day came in the game between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Arjun Erigaisi.
Round 4 results
Erdogmus is now the outright leader on a plus-two score. The rising star has beaten Zhu and Grandelius, while drawing his other two games, giving him a half-point lead with three rounds to play in the seven-round event. His latest win also deepened Grandelius' difficult start in Malmö: the Swedish number one has now lost all four of his games in the tournament.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions. The London System is one of the most popular openings at every level of chess but not all Londons are the same. In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
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Free sample video: 5...cxd4 6.exd4 Qb6 sidelines
Three players stand half a point behind the leader. Abdusattorov and Erigaisi remain in close contention after splitting the point in the only drawn game of the round, although the battle could have developed in Abdusattorov's favour, who had also left an advantage slip in his Saturday encounter against Woodward.
In this video course, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explores the fascinating world of Dutch and Grünfelkd structures with colours reversed. In this video course, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explores one of the most intriguing and under-examined areas of modern chess: reversed opening systems, focusing on the Reversed Grünfeld and the Reversed Dutch. At first glance, these two systems seem unrelated. However, they share a common strategic challenge: the value of tempi, structure, and psychology when familiar openings are played with colours reversed. Drawing on his long professional experience, Sokolov explains why these positions are far more subtle than they appear and why traditional engine evaluations often fail to capture their true complexity.
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Van Foreest joined Abdusattorov and Erigaisi in the chasing group after the most notable result of the day. Playing with the white pieces, the Dutch GM defeated Carlsen in an exciting, 88-move game, earning his first victory over the multiple world champion.
After gaining an extra pawn in a queenless position, Van Foreest had to work hard to beat his famed opponent, as the Norwegian was inches away from escaping in the technical endgame that arose with rook and pawn against knight and two pawns.
Grandmaster Dr. Karsten Müller, one of the world’s leading endgame experts, guides you step by step through everything you need to know in this second volume. Picture this: you’ve outplayed your opponent move by move, you’re clearly better – and then the endgame slips into a draw, simply because you lacked the crucial theoretical knowledge. That is exactly where this course comes in. Without solid endgame skills, there’s no way forward. Rook endgames are most essential: they occur more often than any other type of endgame, and often make the difference between victory and half a point. If you master them, you’ll confidently convert your advantages into wins!
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Looking for a way to make the most of an advantageous position against the strongest player of this era - Jorden van Foreest | Photo: Peter Doggers / Official website
Discussing what turned out to be a nervy, lengthy struggle - Jorden van Foreest and Magnus Carlsen | Photo: Peter Doggers / Official website
Zhu's win over Woodward was also important for the standings. After a difficult start, the Chinese grandmaster got off the mark by handing Woodward his first loss of the tournament. Woodward, who had begun the event with a win over Grandelius and then remained among the leaders, is now tied for fifth place with Carlsen. Both players have one win, two draws and one loss after four rounds.
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5/4/2026 – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Arjun Erigaisi scored their first wins of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in round three, joining Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Andy Woodward in a five-way tie for first place. Erdogmus beat Zhu Jiner and climbed further on the live ratings list, while Erigaisi defeated Nils Grandelius to return to the world top ten. | Photo: Peter Doggers / <a href="https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/">Official website</a>
5/3/2026 – Magnus Carlsen scored the only win of round two at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, beating Nils Grandelius with the black pieces to join Andy Woodward and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the lead on 1½/2 points. Abdusattorov missed clear winning chances against Woodward, while Arjun Erigaisi and Jorden van Foreest pressed in what turned out to be long draws against Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Zhu Jiner, respectively. | Photo: Peter Doggers / <a href="https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/">Official website</a>
On this 60 mins video we are going to concentrate on a simple, very solid idea in the main line Scandinavian, which even Magnus Carlsen has used to win games. Black focusses on making his life easy in the opening and forces White to work very hard to get advantage – but it is doubtful if White can get an advantage. Club players are always on the lookout for effective, time-saving solutions and here we have just that. Accompany FIDE Senior Trainer and IM Andrew Martin on this 60 mins video. You can learn a new opening system in 60 mins and start to play it with confidence on the very same day!
You will learn how Black's dynamic piece activity and structural counterplay more than compensate for White's extra tempo in the colour-reversed setups.
In this course, you’ll learn how to take the initiative against the London and prevent White from comfortably playing their usual system by playing 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 Nh5.
From the 2026 Candidates Tournament, featuring a video review by Dorian Rogozenco, to Jan Werle’s opening video on the French Tarrasch Defence, and Oliver Reeh’s tactical column ‘Top Grandmasters at Work’. Analyses by Giri, So, Wei Yi and many others.
London System Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
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