page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Timman vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 35 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. L B Hansen vs Portisch   ½-½ 32 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 3. K Lie vs A Smith 0-1 40 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. R Akesson vs Kotronias   1-0 45 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament E92 King's Indian 5. Stellwagen vs Agrest   1-0 81 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B12 Caro-Kann Defense 6. Portisch vs R Akesson   0-1 33 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D94 Grunfeld 7. Kotronias vs K Lie   0-1 34 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. T Hillarp Persson vs Agrest 1-0 39 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B42 Sicilian, Kan 9. A Smith vs Stellwagen   0-1 46 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. Timman vs L B Hansen   0-1 29 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament C11 French 11. K Lie vs Portisch   ½-½ 43 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. L B Hansen vs T Hillarp Persson   ½-½ 21 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. R Akesson vs Timman   ½-½ 43 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament A37 English, Symmetrical 14. Agrest vs A Smith   1-0 43 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Stellwagen vs Kotronias   ½-½ 48 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 16. Kotronias vs Agrest   ½-½ 49 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 17. Timman vs K Lie   1-0 35 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B27 Sicilian 18. Portisch vs Stellwagen 0-1 25 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament E97 King's Indian 19. L B Hansen vs R Akesson   1-0 61 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. T Hillarp Persson vs A Smith 1-0 43 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament A00 Uncommon Opening 21. A Smith vs Kotronias   ½-½ 51 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 22. Stellwagen vs Timman   1-0 35 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament C18 French, Winawer 23. K Lie vs L B Hansen   0-1 31 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 24. Agrest vs Portisch   1-0 36 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. R Akesson vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 42 2008 Sigeman & Co Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

May-07-08    Troller: Tiger is one of the more unstable GMs. Here he was on top of his game and won convincingly. Lars Bo Hansen is the contrast, always playing solidly and often achieving a small plus score. Here he delivers "as usual". Not surprisingly, he has been a very valuable team player for the Danish national team on many occasions. Stellwagen came as the favourite and 6.5 pts is of course fully acceptable, but he probably wouldn't have counted on trailing by a full point with this score before the tournament. May-07-08    inthestepsofTal: Troller: absolutely. When Tiger is out of form, he can loose to almost anyone, but in form, he can beat anyone. Real class in his game against Agrest from the Swedish champion. He definitely is the most interesting swedish player to watch, compared to for example Ralf Åkesson, whos behaviour is more fun to watch than his games May-08-08    Knight13: A 2400 took first place. Looks like you don't need explosives to blow up cities sometimes, huh. May-16-08    wallytherhino: Tiger Hillarp Persson sure is a fierce player. Dare I say it "fierce as a Tiger".

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