Grandelius-Navara Navara used the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez and Grandelius managed to mount some pressure as white. Careful handling of the endgame on Navara’s part secured the draw. Salem-Shirov Salem got a promising position early on in a fianchetto Grünfeld and Shirov’s queen seemed to be in trouble …
Only one win but plenty of action in round 2! Erigiasi is now in the lead with a 100% start to the tournament. Adams-Grandelius Grandelius equalised comfortably against Adams’ Najdorf Sicilian. Exchanges resulted in an opposite coloured bishop ending and a subsequent draw. Navara-Niemann Niemann’s opening preparation seemed to lack …
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 …