We would like to thank the players, the sponsors, all that helped, and finally, all chess fans, for making the 2023 Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament a great success!
We will get back to you later on with some news on the 2024 tournament.
Date of the tournament in 2023
In 2023, the tournament will be played from May 4 to May 10. This time too, eight players will be invited.
Round 7 – comments by GM Stellan Brynell
Grandelius-Shirov
Grandelius played his favorite move 6.d3 against the Ruy Lopez. His position looked promising but Shirov defended well and in the end the game fizzled out into a drawish rook ending.
Van Foreest-Niemann
In a sharp Italian variation, Van Foreest sacrificed a pawn, which seemed to give a promising initiative. The critical position of the game was when Van Foreest chose to win back the pawn with 22.Nd2 instead of playing the sharper 22.Nd4.
Van Foreest-Niemann. Position after 21…Rxa7
In the game continuation, it was rather Niemann who was a little better, but the draw was still logical.
Adams-Salem
As white in Caro-Kann, Adams managed to prevent black castling. Salem’s solution to sacrifice a pawn to get the king to safety did not work, the black king was exposed anyway. With accurate play, Adams could decide with an attack against black king.
Navara-Erigaisi
Via a different move order, the players entered a calm variant of the queen’s gambit accepted where the queens were exchanged early. The game became really interesting when they reached a pawn ending where the king of Navara was slightly more active than Erigaisis. Despite ingenious maneuvering Navara could not break down the black defense and the game ended in a draw.
Grandmaster Hans Niemann wins Tepe Sigeman 2022
GM Hans Niemann, USA won this year’s tournament with 5 of 7 points. His good form continues, he came directly to Malmö from Cuba where he won a tournament convincingly.
