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Sigeman & Co (2005) The 13th Sigeman & Co tournament was a 10-player round robin played 15-24 April 2005 at the 5th floor of the Hippodromen building in Malmö, Sweden (Rounds 1-5) and at the Quality Hotel in Høje Taastrup near Copenhagen, Denmark (Rounds 6-9). Rest day: April 20. Organizers: Limhamn Chess Club and Copenhagen Chess Union. Tournament category: XIII (2570). Jan Timman and Krishnan Sasikiran shared the victory with 6.5/9. The 17-year-old US champion Hikaru Nakamura was 3rd with 6/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 =1 Sasikiran 2642 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =1 Timman 2607 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 3 Nakamura 2657 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 4 Hansen 2633 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 5 Hector 2513 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 5 =6 Iordachescu 2609 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 4 =6 Palo 2525 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4 8 Hansen 2553 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 3½ 9 Hermansson 2432 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 2½ 10 Persson 2533 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1½ Chessdiagonals: http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/402840... Official site: http://www.tepesigemanchess.com/pre... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/sasik... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... KSU: http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/default.a... Danbase: http://danbase.skak.dk/turneringer.... Outlook India: https://www.outlookindia.com/newswi... Tidskrift för Schack, 4/2005, pp. 256-273: https://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/hist... Malcolm Pein in The Telegraph, 28 April 2005: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture... Robert Eugene Byrne in New York Times, 15 May 2005: https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/... Previous: Sigeman & Co (2004). Next: Sigeman & Co (2006)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nakamura vs C Hansen ½-½ 41 2005 Sigeman & Co D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Timman vs D Palo 1-0 46 2005 Sigeman & Co A38 English, Symmetrical 3. S B Hansen vs J Hector 0-1 90 2005 Sigeman & Co C77 Ruy Lopez 4. V Iordachescu vs T Hillarp Persson   1-0 39 2005 Sigeman & Co B06 Robatsch 5. E Hermansson vs Sasikiran 0-1 74 2005 Sigeman & Co C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 6. Sasikiran vs D Palo   ½-½ 24 2005 Sigeman & Co E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 7. T Hillarp Persson vs S B Hansen 1-0 37 2005 Sigeman & Co E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 8. C Hansen vs Timman   ½-½ 33 2005 Sigeman & Co E00 Queen's Pawn Game 9. J Hector vs Nakamura 0-1 71 2005 Sigeman & Co B01 Scandinavian 10. E Hermansson vs V Iordachescu   0-1 40 2005 Sigeman & Co C42 Petrov Defense 11. D Palo vs C Hansen   0-1 63 2005 Sigeman & Co E12 Queen's Indian 12. S B Hansen vs E Hermansson   1-0 42 2005 Sigeman & Co E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 13. Timman vs J Hector 1-0 61 2005 Sigeman & Co A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. V Iordachescu vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 32 2005 Sigeman & Co C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 15. Nakamura vs T Hillarp Persson 1-0 100 2005 Sigeman & Co C02 French, Advance 16. T Hillarp Persson vs Timman   ½-½ 21 2005 Sigeman & Co E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 17. Sasikiran vs C Hansen 1-0 49 2005 Sigeman & Co D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 18. E Hermansson vs Nakamura ½-½ 74 2005 Sigeman & Co B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. V Iordachescu vs S B Hansen   ½-½ 31 2005 Sigeman & Co B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. J Hector vs D Palo   ½-½ 41 2005 Sigeman & Co B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. Timman vs E Hermansson   1-0 54 2005 Sigeman & Co A37 English, Symmetrical 22. D Palo vs T Hillarp Persson   1-0 44 2005 Sigeman & Co E00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. C Hansen vs J Hector   1-0 36 2005 Sigeman & Co D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Nakamura vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 47 2005 Sigeman & Co D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. S B Hansen vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 43 2005 Sigeman & Co C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-26-05    cade: Thanks for your comment Apr-26-05    VishyFan: Nice tournament for Sasi, could've won 2 more games, but got lucky against Naka's aggressiveness Apr-27-05    UGM: hey! grand kibitz master out there, wana play against the ultimate grand master? i dare u... Apr-27-05    Robin01: Nakamura sure plays some exciting chess. Apr-27-05    roni.chessman: I wish there was an arranged head on match between Nakamura and Radjabov. Nakamura's match against Karjakin was purely uneven. Apr-27-05    roni.chessman: Nakamura is fierce I have to agree...haha In the future, Nakamura will be a Bobby Fischer candidate while Radjabov will be Karpov :( May-04-05    Volmac: Lots of pictures can be found at http://www.ksu.dk/sigeman/pictures.... May-04-05    arifattar: See the last pic. Sasikaran in a suit and sneakers (trainers/joggers). So is his opponent I think. Nov-02-15    perfidious: <roni.chessman....In the future, Nakamura will be a Bobby Fischer candidate while Radjabov will be Karpov :(> There are far worse things in the history of chess than to be the stature of Karpov. Mar-28-23    waddayaplay: I remember going visiting the tournament, despite finding it boring to watch chess. But I figured why not (it cost some money and I was poor, but it wasn't expensive). I remember that Nakamura would stare at you when you opened the door to walk in, unlike other players who were totally focused on the game. I guess we expected Nakamura to improve from then on but I always felt he suffered by being an American and not being able to play as many top tournaments as Carlsen. Also, the organizer Sigeman is a law firm, in case anyone wonders. I once played the owner Johan Sigeman, rated around 2200. He was a nice guy, who told me he was "grossly overrated" (I was around 1750 and lost). 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. 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