TePe Sigeman - Live!

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5/1/2026 – The TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place on 1–7 May in Malmö, Sweden. World number one Magnus Carlsen heads the field, as he faces ambitious opposition that includes Tata Steel Masters winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi and rising star Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who recently became the youngest player to ever cross the 2700 rating mark. The event is an eight-player single round-robin. Follow the games live starting at 15.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST) | Photo: Peter Doggers / Official website
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Round 1

The 31st edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmö, Sweden.

An eight-player single round-robin, the event is being played with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with 30-second increments from the first move. As per the Malmö rules, no draw offers are allowed before move 40.

Rounds are played daily from 1 to 7 May. The first six rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST, while the action kicks off three hours earlier in the final round, at 12.00 CEST.

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Participants

Player Rating Country
1 Magnus Carlsen 2840 Norway
2 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2780 Uzbekistan
3 Arjun Erigaisi 2751 India
4 Jorden van Foreest 2736 Netherlands
5 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2687 Türkiye
6 Nils Grandelius 2662 Sweden
7 Andy Woodward 2635 United States
8 Zhu Jiner 2554 China

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