French GM Laurent Fressinet wins Sigeman Chess Tournament 2014

Hello chess friends, GM Laurent Fressinet has won the 22nd Sigeman Chess Tournament 2014. The Limhamn Chess Club has just hosted the 22nd annual Sigeman Chess Tournament. The tournament took place at the classical Hipp Theater in central Malmo, for the seventeenth time. This year's tournament was played over 5 rounds with all the players playing on a round-robin format. 

Foreign players included Jan Timman, Laurent Fressinet and Jon Ludvig Hammer. The home team consists of Nils Grandelius, who has turned into Sweden's strongest and most active chess player, new Grandmaster Erik Blomqvist and International Master Axel Smith. The tournament was held May 15 to 19. 

The time control was: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.


Final standings 2014
1. GM Laurent Fressinet 3½

2. IM Axel Smith 3

3 - 4. GM Jan Timman,GM Nils Grandelius 2½

5. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2

6. GM Erik Blomqvist 1½

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Strong chess games from Sigeman Chess Tournament first two rounds

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Hi everyone,

Here are the strong games of two rounds from the ongoing Sigeman Chess Tournament 2011. After two of the five rounds to be played, Anish Giri, Wesley So and Hans Tikkanen are sharing the lead with 1.5/2, followed by Alexei Shirov (1), Johnny Hector (0.5) and Nils Grandelius (0). You can see the strong games in our pop-down game player. The 19th Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place from June 9-13 in the City (‘Hipp’) Theater of Malmö, Sweden. It’s organized by the Limhamn Chess Club and like last year, six players play each other in a single round-robin tournament. The defending champion is Anish Giri. You can access the official website here.

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