THE 26th edition of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament got underway Sept. 23 in Malmo, Sweden, with eight of the world’s strong grandmasters taking part in a classical single round-robin competition. The grandmasters are Jorden Van Foreest (2691), Gawain Jones (2684), Nils Grandelius (2666), Etienne Bacrot (2658), Nihal Sarin (2652), Nigel Short (2626), Vincent Keymer (2607), and Jonas Buhl Bjerre (2550). The tournament is a Category 16 (average Elo: 2642) event with a time control of 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 50 minutes for 20 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
After four rounds of play, Van Foreest remains the only undefeated player and is leading the pack, followed closely by Short. The three teenage GMs in the event – Sarin, Keymer, and Bjerre – are apparently finding the opposition tough and, except for Sarin, who is more exposed to international events even at a younger age, are still winless.
The standings after Round 4: 1. Van Foreest, 3; 2. Short, 2½; 3-6. Grandelius, Nihal, Bacrot, Jones, 2; 7. Keymer, 1½; 8. Bjerre, 1.
Nihal, S (2652)-
Jones, G (2684) [C65]
Malmo (4.3) 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 f6 8.c3 0-0 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Na5 Kh8 11.Re1 Rb8 12.h3 Be6 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be3 Nc8 15.a3 Qd7 16.Qe2 b6 17.Nc4 Ne7 18.Rad1 Ng6 19.d4 Qf7 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.dxe5 Bc4 22.Qd2 Nxe5 23.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Qh5 25.Qg3 Rbd8 26.Kh2 Be6 27.Rg1 Qf7 28.Rd6 Rxd6 29.Qxd6 Rc8 30.Qg3 Rd8 31.Bd4 Rc8 32.Be3 Qc7 33.f4 Rd8 34.Bd4 Rd7 35.f5 Qxg3+ 36.Kxg3 Bc4 37.Kf4 Rf7 38.a4 Rc7 39.a5 bxa5 40.bxa5 c5 41.Be3 Kg8 42.Rd1 Kf7 43.h4 Ke8 44.Rd6 Bf7 45.e5 fxe5+ 46.Kxe5 Re7+ 47.Kf4 Rc7 48.f6 gxf6 49.Rxf6 Bc4 50.Rh6 Bd3 51.Ke5 Bb5 52.Kd5 c4 53.Bd4 Rf7 54.Bf6 Kd7 55.f4 Ke8 56.Be5 Kd8 57.a6 Rd7+ 58.Kc5 Ba4 59.Kxc4 Bd1 60.Kb4 Be2 61.c4 Ke8 62.Rc6 Rd1 63.Rc8+ Kd7 64.Rc7+ Ke6 65.Rxa7 Rb1+ 66.Kc3 h5 67.Rg7 Bf3 68.a7 Ra1 69.Kd4 Rd1+ 70.Ke3 1-0
Short, ND (2626)-
Bjerre, JB (2550) [B23]
Malmo (4.1) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.a4 Nc6 7.0-0 e6 8.f5 Nf6 9.fxe6 Bxe6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 0-0 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bf2 Qb8 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bc5 Rf7 19.Qd3 e4 20.Nxe4 Qe5 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.b4 a5 23.Rae1 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qc3 25.Rxe6 axb4 26.Qf5 Rd8 27.h3 g4 28.hxg4 Qxc5+ 29.Qxc5 Bd4+ 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Rxc6 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Ra1 33.Rc4 Rxa4 34.c3 Ra3 35.cxb4 Rb3 36.g5 hxg5 37.Re4 Kf7 38.g4 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rf6 40.b5 Rd6 41.Rb4 Ke6 42.b6 Rd8 43.Rb5 Rg8 44.b7 Rb8 45.Kf3 Kd6 46.Ke4 1-0
Van Foreest, J (2691)-
Short, ND (2626) [C45]
Malmo (3.2) 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 a5 10.f4 g6 11.Be3 Ba6 12.Bxb6 cxb6 13.0-0-0 Bh6 14.g3 0-0 15.h4 Rae8 16.Kb1 f6 17.h5 g5 18.Ne4 fxe5 19.fxg5 Bxg5 20.Qg4 h6 21.Rd6 Kh8 22.Bd3 Bc8 23.Rd1 Rg8 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 25.Qe4 Rg7 26.Rf1 Kg8 27.c5 b5 28.a4 Ba6 29.Rg6 Rxg6 30.hxg6 Qe7 31.Rf7 Qe6 32.Qh4 b4 33.Bc2 b3 34.Qxh6 bxc2+ 35.Kc1 Qxf7 36.gxf7+ Kxf7 37.Qh5+ Kf8 38.Qf5+ Kg7 39.Qxd7+ Kf8 40.Qxc6 Bc8 41.Qe4 Kg7 42.Kxc2 Kf6 43.Qc6+ Kf7 44.Qc7+ Kf6 45.Qxa5 e4 46.Qc3+ Kg6 47.Qe3 Rf8 48.Kd2 Bb7 49.Qd4 Rf3 50.b4 Rd3+ 51.Qxd3 exd3 52.b5 Be4 53.c6 Kf6 54.a5 Ke7 55.a6 Kd6 56.a7 Bxc6 57.bxc6 1-0
Grandelius, N (2666)-
Bacrot, E (2658) [D10]
Malmo (3.1) 2021
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bb5 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd7 10.h3 Qb6 11.Qe2 Nb4 12.Bxd7 Nxd7 13.a3 Nc6 14.b4 a6 15.Na4 Qa7 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 b6 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.Rc2 Na7 21.Rfc1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 a5 23.Bc7 Qb7 24.bxa5 Nc6 25.Ne5 Nxa5 26.a4 Rc8 27.Qb5 Qxb5 28.axb5 Bd6 29.b6 Bxe5 30.Ra2 Bxc7 31.bxc7 Nc4 0-1
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE, MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Qb 5!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…d5 2.Nxe5#; 1…Nc3/d2 2.Rc(x)d2#; 1…Ra4 2.Nc1#; 1…Bxc2 2.Re3#./PN
