page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Caruana vs A Giri 1-0 41 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. H Tikkanen vs Hector 0-1 39 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 3. Leko vs N Grandelius ½-½ 51 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 4. E Berg vs Li Chao   ½-½ 60 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B32 Sicilian 5. A Giri vs Li Chao   ½-½ 36 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Caruana vs H Tikkanen 1-0 33 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 7. N Grandelius vs E Berg 1-0 41 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. Hector vs Leko   ½-½ 36 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C25 Vienna 9. Li Chao vs N Grandelius   ½-½ 54 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B42 Sicilian, Kan 10. H Tikkanen vs A Giri 0-1 44 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament A15 English 11. Leko vs Caruana   ½-½ 39 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. E Berg vs Hector 1-0 47 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. H Tikkanen vs Leko 0-1 40 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament A15 English 14. Caruana vs E Berg   ½-½ 42 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 15. Hector vs Li Chao 0-1 40 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B56 Sicilian 16. A Giri vs N Grandelius ½-½ 15 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D80 Grunfeld 17. Leko vs A Giri ½-½ 22 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C53 Giuoco Piano 18. E Berg vs H Tikkanen 0-1 31 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C12 French, McCutcheon 19. Li Chao vs Caruana ½-½ 34 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D85 Grunfeld 20. N Grandelius vs Hector 1-0 51 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. A Giri vs Hector   ½-½ 43 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Caruana vs N Grandelius 1-0 42 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. Leko vs E Berg 1-0 67 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament E61 King's Indian 24. H Tikkanen vs Li Chao   1-0 49 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament A15 English 25. Hector vs Caruana   0-1 30 2012 20th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament C29 Vienna Gambit  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

May-09-12    Blunderdome: Should be an interesting tournament. Looking forward to Leko's games, especially against Caruana, Giri, and Hector (not quite a world-class player but an exciting attacker). May-10-12    waustad: Thanks! Here is the official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/en May-10-12    supy: Caruana beats Giri in young stars battle of Sigeman http://www.chessdom.com/sigeman-co-... now R2 they play Tikanen and Li Chao. May-10-12    waustad: Grandelius beat Berg in a nice KI. May-11-12    Maatalkko: Good to see Leko in his classic form again! May-11-12    DIO: Maatalkko, indeed! I was secretly hoping that Leko would return to the board with a renewed attitude - kinda how Kramnik is not Drawnik any more, but nope ... May-12-12    waustad: Rest day today. May-12-12    waustad: If you look at Leko's games here, there aren't any quick no content games. A dragon Yugoslav attack game that doesn't end up decisive often means that nobody blundered. Both sides are going for it. May-13-12    Karpova: Tikkanen lost his 4th game in a row, this time with White against Leko who is now at +1 like Grandelius and Chao (who beat Hector). May-13-12    waustad: Grandelius held the draw against Giri today and Leko had a nice win over Hector. May-14-12    Illogic: Tikkanen got on the board today with a win over Berg. Grandelius beat Hector. Rest were drawn May-14-12    waustad: Grandelius is tied for the lead with 2 rounds to go. They play in the penultimate round tomorrow an hour after the start of the WCC game (8 am EDT). The final round starts 2 hours earlier than all of the others. May-15-12    waustad: Caruana wins a time trouble nail-biter vs Grandelius today. Nils had seconds on the clock and crumbled. May-15-12    Illogic: Caruana wins a wild one over Grandelius and is now in the driver's seat. Credit to Grandelius to sacking everything but the kitchen sink! May-15-12    kurtrichards: Great play by Nils until he fell into the deep pit called time trouble. Good play Fabiano. Fuerza Italia! May-16-12    waustad: Today, Jonny hector is playing the Vienna Game. May-16-12    waustad: Berg is playing Bird's opening! May-16-12    kurtrichards: Congratulations Fabiano for winning the Sigeman & Co. 2012. May your winning ways continue! :) May-16-12    Karpova: Round 7: Grandelius - Tikkanen 1/2 Li - Leko 0-1 Hector - Caruana 0-1 Berg - Giri 0-1 May-16-12    Shams: Caruana's next tournament will start in ten minutes. May-16-12    waustad: Congrats to Grandelius for giving it his all and coming oh so close in a tournament where he was the lowest rated player. I should, however mention that all 4 Swedes were rated between 2556 and 2587, so it wasn't a huge difference. The foreigners were all rated much higher. May-21-12    HeMateMe: Leko won three games here. Shows he can break out of the drawish style that he has been linked to. May-21-12    Illogic: It doesn't matter, the usual suspects will still be chirping whenever he draws a few games and then go mysteriously silent when he wins some.

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