Photo: Peter Doggers
Sensational things are happening in this year’s TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament. World number one Magnus Carlsen lost against Jorden van Foreest, and the tournament leader is a 14-year old who skipped school to come to Malmo.
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus from Turkiye is taking the chess world by storm at the moment. A couple of weeks ago, he became the youngest ever to pass 2700 in rating, and now he is leading the prestigious TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament. The question is, what will he achieve first? Turn 15 or pass 2800 in rating?
After four rounds, Erdogmus leads with 3 points, while world number one Carlsen is in fifth place. These two will play each other in the last round. It already feels like something spectacular might happen at the Elite Plaza Hotel on that day.
Congratulations to those of you who managed to secure a ticket for the last round on Thursday!
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus took the lead after his win against Nils Grandelius on Monday. The Swedish grandmaster has had a poor start with four consecutive losses. He does not seem to be at his best. At the same time, Erdogmus seems to be impossible to stop.
Their game was even until move 25, where Grandelius took the d6 pawn with the wrong piece – the pawn instead of the rook. This allowed Erdogmus to play the killer move 26.Nd5!
After this, Grandelius simply could not save the game, and had to register a fourth loss.
Jiner Zhu’s First Win
Jiner Zhu won her first game in the tournament by trapping Andy Woodward’s knight on the queen side. It turned into a quick victory for Zhu, who played some precise moves and concluded with a temporary queen sacrifice that forced Woodward to resign.
Abdusattorov Had the Winning Chances
The game between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Arjun Erigaisi became a long and hard fight, where Abdusattorov long had an advantage, with Erigaisi having problems with a badly placed queen on a6.
However, Abdusattorov never managed to get a decisive advantage, and Erigaisi got away with half a point.
Standings After Round 4
1) Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, 3p
2) Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 2½p
3) Arjun Erigaisi, 2½p
4) Jorden van Foreest, 2½p
5) Magnus Carlsen, 2p
6) Andy Woodward, 2p
7) Zhu Jiner, 1½p
8) Nils Grandelius, 0p
Round 5
Andy Woodward – Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
Magnus Carlsen – Zhu Jiner
Arjun Erigaisi – Jorden van Foreest
Nils Grandelius – Nodirbek Abdusattorov