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Sigeman & Co (2013) The 21st Sigeman & Co tournament was an 8-player single round robin played at the Hipp Theater in Malmö, Sweden, 22-28 May 2013. Rounds 1-6 started at 2 pm, Round 7 at noon local time. Time controls: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move one. Tournament director: IA Johan Berntsen. Arbiters: IA Anil Surender and Johan Berntsen. Tournament category: XV (2607). Richard Rapport won on tiebreak ahead of Nigel Short and Nils Grandelius, all three with 4.5/7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Rapport 2674 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 4½ 2 Short 2681 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 3 Grandelius 2556 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 4 Sokolov 2642 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 4 5 Van Wely 2689 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 4 6 Tikkanen 2537 1 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 3½ 7 Berg 2561 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 2 8 Hector 2512 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 Chessdiagonals: http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/402840... Official site: http://www.tepesigemanchess.com/pre... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr100034.... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/three... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ric... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Sigeman & Co (2012). Next: Sigeman & Co (2014)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Sokolov vs E Berg   1-0 62 2013 Sigeman & Co E90 King's Indian 2. Van Wely vs Rapport ½-½ 74 2013 Sigeman & Co D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. J Hector vs Short ½-½ 73 2013 Sigeman & Co C17 French, Winawer, Advance 4. H Tikkanen vs N Grandelius ½-½ 25 2013 Sigeman & Co A20 English 5. N Grandelius vs J Hector 1-0 63 2013 Sigeman & Co C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Rapport vs Short 1-0 52 2013 Sigeman & Co E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 7. Van Wely vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 49 2013 Sigeman & Co D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. E Berg vs H Tikkanen   ½-½ 58 2013 Sigeman & Co C05 French, Tarrasch 9. I Sokolov vs Rapport   ½-½ 25 2013 Sigeman & Co A40 Queen's Pawn Game 10. H Tikkanen vs Van Wely 0-1 41 2013 Sigeman & Co A13 English 11. J Hector vs E Berg 0-1 35 2013 Sigeman & Co C17 French, Winawer, Advance 12. Short vs N Grandelius 1-0 30 2013 Sigeman & Co A20 English 13. E Berg vs Short 0-1 44 2013 Sigeman & Co C60 Ruy Lopez 14. Van Wely vs J Hector   1-0 31 2013 Sigeman & Co A21 English 15. I Sokolov vs H Tikkanen   1-0 37 2013 Sigeman & Co D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 16. Rapport vs N Grandelius ½-½ 48 2013 Sigeman & Co E61 King's Indian 17. J Hector vs I Sokolov ½-½ 28 2013 Sigeman & Co C54 Giuoco Piano 18. Short vs Van Wely 1-0 36 2013 Sigeman & Co B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 19. H Tikkanen vs Rapport 1-0 39 2013 Sigeman & Co A20 English 20. N Grandelius vs E Berg 1-0 54 2013 Sigeman & Co A15 English 21. Rapport vs E Berg 1-0 40 2013 Sigeman & Co C02 French, Advance 22. Van Wely vs N Grandelius   ½-½ 42 2013 Sigeman & Co A15 English 23. H Tikkanen vs J Hector   1-0 41 2013 Sigeman & Co A06 Reti Opening 24. I Sokolov vs Short   ½-½ 51 2013 Sigeman & Co E00 Queen's Pawn Game 25. J Hector vs Rapport 0-1 31 2013 Sigeman & Co B89 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-23-13    fisayo123: My money is on the young phenomenon Rapport. May-23-13    waustad: <fis>That wouldn't surprise me at all, but I'd like to see the Rasta Swede do well. May-23-13    ketchuplover: There's an event in China too. May-24-13    HeMateMe: Good luck, Nigel! May-25-13    waustad: I'm impressed that Grandelius managed to survive against Rapport considering his time deficit. 3. h4 seemed to throw him for a loop and he was way behind on the clock whenever I looked in on the game. May-25-13    Harvestman: Short recovering well from his first round loss. May-26-13    tamar: Nigel going to town against Loek who is down to 1 minute versus 30 in the following position after 24 Rxd5! click for larger view if 24...Nxd5 25 Qg8+ Ke7 26 Bc5# May-26-13    JPi: Where you can see the game <Tamar>? May-26-13    tamar: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/live/ May-26-13    JPi: Thank you <tamar>. May-26-13    JPi: Please to see GM Nigel Short so inspired. May-26-13    Prugno: Round 5 saw some really interesting games today. The finish of Grandelius-Berg, with passed pawns and promotions all over the place, was particularly spectacular. May-26-13    achieve: <tamar: Nigel going to town against Loek who is down to 1 minute versus 30 in the following position after 24 Rxd5! if 24...Nxd5 25 Qg8+ Ke7 26 Bc5# > What a beauty... May-26-13    Shams: Not one but two very fine wins for White today in the English. May-26-13    Eyal: <if 24...Nxd5 25 Qg8+ Ke7 26 Bc5#> Btw, that's actually not mate (there's 26...Ke6)... should be the other way around - 25.Bc5+ N(c/d)e7 26.Qg8#. May-27-13    Dionysius1: It looks to me like Short has found a draw against Sokolov. My sense of it is that he'll have to sacrifice his N to stop the a pawn queening, but as long as he can exchange the rooks in that melee, and his king can get back to the h-side in time, he should be able to stop the h pawn queening because the white bishop can't control h8. Long breath. May-27-13    Dionysius1: Draw agreed, so Short and Sokolov are joint leaders with 4/6 and 1 round to go. Come on Nigel! May-27-13    tamar: <Eyal: <if 24...Nxd5 25 Qg8+ Ke7 26 Bc5#> Btw, that's actually not mate (there's 26...Ke6)... should be the other way around - 25.Bc5+ N(c/d)e7 26.Qg8#.> Oops. My variation actually loses. Even 27 Re1+ Ne5 28 Qxg7 Qxg5 doesn't help. I was so impressed by Nigel's concept that I missed that it had to be a precise move order. May-28-13    Dionysius1: Short Tikkanen interesting situation at http://www.limhamnssk.se/live/sigem... Move 34, and Black is very short of time. I think the position is about level but dynamically - so for example, white might be able to win blacks d pawn May-28-13    Dionysius1: Crikey! I hope this was worth it for Sigeman. Great players, very watchable games, and a total of 19 posts on chessgames.com May-28-13    fisayo123: So did Rapport win on tie-breaks? May-28-13    cro777: It seems that Rapport won on tie breaks (TB1) 1.Richard Rapport 4.5 (1.5) 2.Nigel Short 4.5 (1.0) 3.Nils Grandelius 4.5 (0.5) May-29-13    Kain3: Yes, it's confirmed, Rapport won on tie-breaks. Most talented guy U-18 for sure.. May-31-13    Octavia: Short was 2nd on tbreak Jun-04-13    whiteshark: ChessTV reports on this tournament, incl. an interesting interview with Ivan Sokolov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5KB... (from 2m:16s to 8m:33) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. 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