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Sigeman & Co (2007) The 15th Sigeman & Co tournament was a 10-player round robin played at the Hipp Theater in Malmö, Sweden 18-26 April 2007. Time controls: 2 hours for the first 40 moves, then 1 more hour for the next 20 moves, then 30 more minutes to the end of the game. Chief organizer: Limhamn Chess Club. Chief arbiter: IA Johan Berntsen. Tournament category: XIII (2554). The Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov won with 7/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Cheparinov 2646 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 2 Timman 2545 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 5½ 3 Persson 2552 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 4 Berg 2574 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 5 Carlsson 2506 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 6 Kotronias 2570 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 4½ 7 L'Ami 2617 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 1 4 8 Negi 2515 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 4 9 Hermansson 2475 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 0 2 10 Hector 2537 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2 Chessdiagonals: http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/402840... Official site: http://www.tepesigemanchess.com/pre... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/chepa... Chessdom: http://reports.chessdom.com/sigeman... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Europe-Echecs: https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/1... Tidskrift för Schack, 4/2007, pp. 16-29: https://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/hist... Previous: Sigeman & Co (2006). Next: Sigeman & Co (2008)  page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Hermansson vs Timman   0-1 36 2007 Sigeman & Co B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 2. J Hector vs Negi 0-1 75 2007 Sigeman & Co B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Timman vs J Hector 0-1 28 2007 Sigeman & Co D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. J Hector vs E Berg   0-1 71 2007 Sigeman & Co C15 French, Winawer 5. J Hector vs I Cheparinov 0-1 38 2007 Sigeman & Co B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. E Hermansson vs J Hector 0-1 41 2007 Sigeman & Co C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. P Carlsson vs Timman 0-1 26 2007 Sigeman & Co C05 French, Tarrasch 8. J Hector vs P Carlsson 0-1 31 2007 Sigeman & Co C02 French, Advance 9. T Hillarp Persson vs Timman   0-1 39 2007 Sigeman & Co D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. J Hector vs Kotronias   0-1 41 2007 Sigeman & Co B57 Sicilian 11. Kotronias vs P Carlsson 0-1 30 2007 Sigeman & Co B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-21-07    Eti fan: I truly root for Cheparinov. I think Topalov's success is at least 50% his work. He is a fascinating kid and deserves first class chess. Fantastic performances at Essent Open and Morelia Open. When is he going to be independant? Apr-22-07    Eti fan: Great games today, but I do not see any mention in major chess websites. Mig http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... has a good mention and http://reports.chessdom.com/sigeman... has a round 5 report, but it seems this is it. It is difficult to want sponsors in chess when having no coverage. Even worse, a 29 000 eur tournament got a preview http://previews.chessdom.com/benido... and no mention anywhere. I dont think sponsors will be happy with that. And the field seems great. Anyways, back to Sigeman. If tomorrow Cheparinov wins he will secure the title. However, I believe that Negi and Tiger will not give up that easy. I would say Berg Negi is the exciting game of tomorrow. Apr-23-07    percyblakeney: All decisive games today. Hillarp Persson was pawn down, with an uncomfortable position and a minute for ten moves against L'Ami, but somehow won anyway. Apr-23-07    Chnebelgrind: <I would say Berg Negi is the exciting game of tomorrow.> Really a visionary prediction! Apr-24-07    nikiml: An interesting game between l'Ami and Cheparinov. Apr-24-07    percyblakeney: Looks like Cheparinov will be extending his lead after today's round. Apr-24-07    percyblakeney: Negi seemed to be winning for a while when he was two pawns up, but now it definitely looks drawish. Apr-24-07    timhortons: to bad id bet all the way for timman, id lost all my chess bucks but anayways id still admire the man Apr-24-07    percyblakeney: The negative surprise this far is L'Ami, clearly second ranked in the field but sharing seventh with two rounds to go. Apr-25-07    luzhin: Chessgames, please can you post the sixth round game between Berg and Negi. It is a Najdorf of some theoretical significance. Apr-25-07    PhilFeeley: Negi looks like he's in trouble this morning: click for larger view (Cheparinov-Negi) White to move. It seems to me that something is just waiting to spring... Apr-25-07    jhoro: Cheparinov is pressuring Negi early in the game. I hope he takes care of the young tiger today and tomorrow finishes a great tournament with the old one. though if he wins today tomorrow he'll most likely draw against Timman Apr-25-07    percyblakeney: Negi is down to less than seven minutes for 20 moves. Apr-25-07    jhoro: <percyblakeney: Negi is down to less than seven minutes for 20 moves.> ... and the real Tiger (and Persson as well) has only 2.5 min for 12 moves Apr-25-07    percyblakeney: 4:45 for 18 moves now. Apr-25-07    jhoro: btw round 8 is here http://www.sigeman-chess.com/live/r... Tiger - Timman is/was very interesting as well. much more exciting games than the other drawfest going on today Apr-25-07    percyblakeney: Timman's win means that Cheparinov secures the tournament win as soon as Negi's time runs ut. Apr-25-07    PhilFeeley: It's finished. Negi resigned. With 2 seconds left! Apr-25-07    percyblakeney: Negi was checkmated before that happened, anyway Cheparinov wins the tournament. Apr-25-07    Eti fan: Very well done Cheparinov! He was leading the game anyways, but the checkmate gave grounds sites to remember the "fantastic" game of Kramnik against Fritz. Apr-26-07    PhilFeeley: It looks like Negi has Hermansson by the throat this morning. He's probably feeling annoyed with the loss yesterday. Apr-26-07    Eti fan: nice interview with cheparinov in chessdom Apr-27-07    Chnebelgrind: <luzhin: Chessgames, please can you post the sixth round game between Berg and Negi. It is a Najdorf of some theoretical significance.> It is the only game still lacking and it is an exciting game: Berg-Negi 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Ke8 19. Qxd6 Qc6 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. f5 Rg8 22. g3 Rc8 23. Rd2 e5 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Qb4+ Kg7 27. Qd2 Kh8 28. c3 f6 29. Rd1 Rg7 30. Rd6 Qa4 31. Rd8+ Rg8 32. Qh6 Rxc3+ 33. Kb1 Bxe4+ 34. Ka1 Qxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rc6 36. Qh5 Rgc8 37. b3 R6c7 38. Qh6 Rf7 39. Rd6 Rcf8 40. g4 Bb7 41. h4 e4 42. g5 Re8 43. Rxf6 1-0 Apr-27-07    percyblakeney: GM Brynell's comments on Berg-Negi: <Berg sacrificed a piece for three pawns in a sharp Najdorf variation against Negi. The first new move of the game was 20.Qd4 which gave Berg compensation for the piece but not more. However, a fatal miscalculation from Negi cost him the game. When playing 30. - Qa4 he probably missed that Berg wasn't forced to recapture the rook on move 33, but could play 33.Kb1 instead. After the superior 30. - Qxe4 there would still have been everything to play for.> Apr-27-07    luzhin: Thanks,Chnebelgrind and percyblakeney. Actually, GM Brynell is wrong. 20.Qd4 was played by Luther against Sasikiran. The new move is 21.f5! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  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. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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