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 …
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.
The penultimate round gave us two more decisive games. Grandelius failed to close in on leader Niemann, who goes into round 7 a full point clear of Erigaisi and Grandelius. Niemann-Grandelius A solid Grünfeld indian with several early exchanges. Grandelius neutralised white’s small advantage and the draw was an obvious …
Adams-Navara In an unusual variation of the Sicilian Navara found 22…g5, an interesting way to create counter-play. The resulting rook endgame was slightly better for black, but never offered any realistic winning chances. Grandelius-Salem The game began as the Panov variation of the Caro-Kann, but after …