Nigel Short With Perfect Score at Sigeman 2009

Sigeman Co Chess Tournament takes place on 3-7th June in Malmo

Nigel Short

The 2009 Sigeman Co Chess Tournament could be a very short event by all standards, but that doesn't make it less exciting, on the contrary. In the first three rounds we saw lots of attractive chess and only two draws. The five-games round robin tournament is ongoing until 7th June. The playing venue is classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the twelfth time.

Swedish chess fans were secretly hoping to see their talented junior Nils Grandelius taking down another top Grandmaster, but Nigel Short stormed towards Black monarch and quickly forced Nils to throw the towel.

Ivan Sokolov used his expertize on pawn structures, of which he also recently published a book, to recover from yesterday's shock and outplay Emanuel Berg. The game between Tiger Hillarp Persson and Tomi Nybäck was very complicated but in the end produced a draw by perpetual check.

Round 3 results:
GM Nigel Short (ENG 2674) - IM Nils Grandelius (SWE 2491) 1-0
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (SWE 2618) - GM Tomi Nybäck (FIN 2655) draw
GM Ivan Sokolov (BIH 2669) - GM Emanuel Berg (SWE 2610) 1-0

Round 3 standings:
1. GM Nigel Short - 3
2. GM Ivan Sokolov - 2
3. IM Nils Grandelius - 1½
4-5. GM Tomi Nybäck, GM Emanuel Berg - 1
6. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - ½

Round 4 pairings:
GM Tomi Nybäck (FIN 2655) - GM Ivan Sokolov (BIH 2669)
GM Nigel Short (ENG 2674) - GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (SWE 2618)
IM Nils Grandelius (SWE 2491) - GM Emanuel Berg (SWE 2610)

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