Pairings round 3, may 5, 3 pm CET:
| GM Saleh Salem | – | GM Alexei Shirov |
| GM Hans Niemann | – | GM Arjun Eirigaisi |
| GM Nils Grandelius | – | GM David Navara |
| GM Jorden Van Foreest | – | GM Michael Adams |
Round 1 – comments by GM Stellan Brynell
An exciting first round. Looks like we are in for an action packed week at the 2022 instalment of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament!
Erigaisi-Shirov
A sharp semi-Slav where Erigaisi surprised everyone with the unusual 12.Be2. Shirov used a lot of time trying to find his way through Erigaisi’s prepared opening. After 24 (!) moves it seemed like white finally reached unknown territory, but he had already led Shirov into deep waters. After the strong 32.Qd1 black’s position came crashing down.
Grandelius-Van Foreest
The Panov variation of the Caro-Kann took the players into a interesting middlegame with Grandelius’ bishop pair compensating for Van Foreest’s passed pawn on c3. Status quo was never challenged and the players agreed to a draw in an opposite coloured bishop endgame.
Salem-Navarra
Salem surprised his opponent with both 1.e4 and 3.Bc4 against the Sicilian. The uncharacteristic opening moves would prove fruitful as Salem quickly gained an advantage. Navarra sacrificed a piece for some pawns and counterplay, but it wasn’t enough as white found an effective plan and made the extra material count.
Niemann-Adams
The exchange variation in the Queen’s gambit. The position seemed to favour Niemann when he managed the thematic e4-break, but Adams defended well and managed to hold the draw with ease despite being a pawn down in the endgame.
Pairings round 2
Pairings round 2, may 4th, 3 pm CET:
GM Alexei Shirov – GM Jorden Van Foreest
GM Michel Adams – GM Nils Grandelius
GM David Navara – GM Hans Niemann
GM Arjun Eirigaisi – GM Saleh Salem
Pairings round 1
Pairings round 1 may 3rd, 3 pm CET :
Arjun Erigaisi – Alexei Shirov
Saleh Salem – David Navara
Hans Niemann – Michael Adams
Nils Grandelius – Jorden Van Foreest
Pairings 2022
The easiest way to see the pairing for this year’s tournament is on chess-results: https://chess-results.com/tnr632384.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30
The pairing is also available here at tepesigemanchess.com: https://www.tepesigemanchess.com/crosstable-2022/
Brynell and l’Ami expert commentators 2022
The tournament’s expert commentators this year will be GM Stellan Brynell and GM Erwin l’Ami. Brynell has been the host of the commentator studio for many years, while his assistants usually vary from year to year.
Dutch Grandmaster Erwin l’Ami who is Brynell’s sidekick this year is ranked No. 156 in the world with E2622. On his track record, we find, among other things, a victory in the very strong open tournament Reykjavik Open 2015.
… and so there were only 2 left
Then it was finally time to present the two players who remain in this year’s starting field. The two are: GM Michael Adams,England & GM Hans Niemann,USA!
The fighters we will follow on the 64 squares in Malmö between May 3rd and 9th when the tournament is played are thus the following:
- GM Jorden van Foreest, The Netherlands
- GM Michael Adams, England
- GM David Navara, Czech Republic
- GM Alexei Shirov, Spain
- GM Saleh Salem, United Arab Emirates
- GM Arjun Erigaisi, India
- GM Nils Grandelius, Sweden
- GM Hans Niemann, USA
GM Saleh Salem & GM Arjun Erigaisi
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Two more players for the 2022 edition of the tournament are presented today: GM Saleh Salem, United Arab Emirates and GM Arjun Arigaisi, India. Now all that remains is to present the last two players and this year’s list of participants is complete.
At present, the following players have been presented:
- GM Nils Grandelius, Sweden
- GM Jorden van Foreest, Holland
- GM David Navara, Czech Republic
- GM Alexei Shirov, Spain
- GM Saleh Salem, UAE
- GM Arjun Arigaisi, India
Two more players are presented today
Photo: Lars OA Hedlund
Photo: David Llada
Tepe SIgeman & Co Chess Tournament can today present two more players in this year’s starting field: David Navara, Czech Republic and Alexei Shirov, Spain.
It is already known that Nils Grandelius, Sweden and Jorden van Foreest, Holland will participate in this year’s tournament.
Four additional players will be introduced in the coming weeks.
Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2022
Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess tournament can today present two participants out of the eight who will participate in this year’s tournament. This year’s tournament will once again be played in Malmö Live from the third of May to the 9th of May.
Back to the players that were to be presented, GM Jorden van Foreest from Holland and Sweden’s highest-ranked player GM Nils Grandelius. Both participated in last year’s tournament. GM Jorden van Foreest won the tournament last year so he is probably looking forward to visiting Malmö again.