The final round of the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmo promises to be very tense after an interesting round 6. Arjun Erigaisi beat Zhu Jiner in an endgame where the Chinese player had a tricky defence in a holdable position. Magnus Carlsen chose the King's Indian against Andy Woodward which led to double edged play and eventually Carlsen brought home the full point. Carlsen will have white against Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus […]

The first event in the Grand Chess Tour 2026 is the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland in Warsaw. This is a category 20 field. The players meet once in a rapid game and twice in the blitz. Of major interest was the first meeting of Javokhir Sindarov and World Champion Gukesh in the rapid. It turned out to be a little disappointing. In a balanced position Sindarov sacrificed a piece and there was […]

The GCT Super Rapid & Blitz Poland takes place Tue 5th May to Thu 7th May 2026. 9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz. Players: Wesley So, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, D Gukesh, Hans Moke Niemann, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alireza Firouzja, Vladimir Fedoseev, Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov and Jan Krzysztof Duda.

Arjun Erigaisi beat Jorden van Foreest in the fifth round of the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo. van Foreest will probably be disappointed with his play and especially 25…e5 which directly led to his loss. Magnus Carlsen said that his play was shaky against Zhu Jiner and that he'd been outplayed in a key middlegame sequence. Zhu had the upper hand sometimes and Carlsen then got the advantage but let it […]

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus defeated Nils Grandelius to take the lead alone in the 31st TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026. Grandelius achieved equality but 25…cxd6? (Rxd6) cost him the game. Nodirbek Abdusattorov obtained a winning advantage against Arjun Erigaisi but frittered the advantage away to a draw. Andy Woodward got caught out in the opening against Zhu Jiner and 10…Bxd5? and 11…Nb4? his goose was cooked and Zhu made no mistakes. Jorden […]

The top two seeds met in Round 3 when Magnus Carlsen drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Carlsen tried a quiet Exchange Slav with white but Abdusattorov was precise and they drew in 44 moves. The other draw was between Andy Woodward and Jorden Van Foreest in a Philidor where black was a tiny bit better for a while. Nils Grandelius took the battle to Arjun Erigaisi in a Dragon Sicilian. They castled on opposite […]

Magnus Carlsen joined the leaders Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Andy Woodward on 1.5 points after two rounds of the 31st Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo. Carlsen was the only winner but all four games could easily have finished decisively. Carlsen was the only winner when he defeated Nils Grandelius using the Modern Benoni as black. Once Carlsen assumed the initiative, he quickly overpowered his opponent. Nodirbek Abdusattorov seemed to be heading for a […]

There were two decisive games in the first round of the Sigeman & Co Chess tournament, Andy Woodward beat Nils Grandelius after 26…Rd8? blundered an important pawn and the game. Zhu Jiner was starting to be worse against Nodirbek Abdusattorov when she made an incomprehensible blunder 23.Nd4? which was met by the absolutely obvious Rc8 and her position collapsed. Magnus Carlsen faced Arjun Erigaisi's Petroff, an opening that proved successful in the Candidates, […]

The 31st Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place Fri 1st May to Thu 7th May 2026. Players: Magnus, Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, van Foreest Jorden, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Nils Grandelius, Andy Woodward and Jiner Zhu.