Nigel Short Storming Through Sigeman

Short wins the tournament with 4.5 out of 5

English Grandmaster Nigel Short convincingly won his second trophy at the Sigeman Co Chess Tournament, full point and a half ahead of the second placed IM Nils Grandelius. What makes his win even more significant is that the tournament consisted of only five games. Going back to the first round report by GM Stellan Brynell, we read - "In today's edition of Sydsvenskan, the biggest newspaper in southern Sweden, Lars Grahn noted that during the opening ceremony Nigel Short mentioned that if he played a single lifeless draw during the five rounds, the organisers should have the right to demand that the starting fee be paid back". Short kept his promise.

To the delight of the local audience, second place goes to 16-years old Swedish hope IM Nils Grandelius. He played extremely well and signed wins against top Grandmasters Ivan Sokolov and Emanuel Berg. Tomi Nybäck of Finland pulled a nice win in the final round to reach 50% score and shared third place.

Nigel Short, photo by Carla Amse

IM Nils Grandelius, photo (c) Calle Erlandsson

Tiger Hillarp Persson

Round 5 results:
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (SWE 2618) - IM Nils Grandelius (SWE 2491) draw
GM Ivan Sokolov (BIH 2669) - GM Nigel Short (ENG 2674) 0-1
GM Emanuel Berg (SWE 2610) - GM Tomi Nybäck (FIN 2655) 0-1

Final standings:
1. GM Nigel Short - 4½
2. IM Nils Grandelius - 3
3-4. GM Tomi Nybäck, GM Ivan Sokolov - 2½
5. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson - 1½
6. GM Emanuel Berg - 1

Round 4 report

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