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Sigeman & Co (2008) The 16th Sigeman & Co tournament was a 10-player round robin played at the Hipp Theater in Malmö, Sweden 22-30 April 2008. Rounds 1-8 at 2 pm, Round 9 at noon local time. Time controls: 2 hours for the first 40 moves, then 1 more hour for the next 20 moves, then 30 more minutes to the end of the game. Chief organizer: Limhamn Chess Club. Chief arbiter: IA Johan Berntsen. Tournament category: XII (2539). The Swede Tiger Hillarp Persson won with 7.5/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Persson 2491 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2 Stellwagen 2621 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 3 Hansen 2563 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 4 Åkesson 2466 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 5 5 Timman 2565 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 5 6 Agrest 2567 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 7 Kotronias 2611 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 3 8 Lie 2558 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 3 9 Smith 2428 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 2½ 10 Portisch 2523 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2 Chessdiagonals: http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/402840... Official site: http://www.tepesigemanchess.com/pre... ChessBase: https://es.chessbase.com/post/tiger... Chessdom: http://reports.chessdom.com/sigeman... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Chess Daily News: http://web.chessdailynews.com/2008-... Tidskrift för Schack, 4/2008, pp. 4-27: https://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/hist... Previous: Sigeman & Co (2007). Next: Sigeman & Co (2009)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L B Hansen vs Portisch   ½-½ 32 2008 Sigeman & Co D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 2. Timman vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 35 2008 Sigeman & Co B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Stellwagen vs E Agrest   1-0 81 2008 Sigeman & Co B12 Caro-Kann Defense 4. K Lie vs A Smith 0-1 40 2008 Sigeman & Co D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. R Akesson vs Kotronias   1-0 45 2008 Sigeman & Co E92 King's Indian 6. Timman vs L B Hansen   0-1 29 2008 Sigeman & Co C11 French 7. A Smith vs Stellwagen   0-1 46 2008 Sigeman & Co B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. T Hillarp Persson vs E Agrest 1-0 39 2008 Sigeman & Co B42 Sicilian, Kan 9. Kotronias vs K Lie   0-1 34 2008 Sigeman & Co C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Portisch vs R Akesson   0-1 33 2008 Sigeman & Co D94 Grunfeld 11. L B Hansen vs T Hillarp Persson   ½-½ 21 2008 Sigeman & Co D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. K Lie vs Portisch   ½-½ 43 2008 Sigeman & Co D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. R Akesson vs Timman   ½-½ 43 2008 Sigeman & Co A37 English, Symmetrical 14. E Agrest vs A Smith   1-0 43 2008 Sigeman & Co D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Stellwagen vs Kotronias   ½-½ 48 2008 Sigeman & Co B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 16. Kotronias vs E Agrest   ½-½ 49 2008 Sigeman & Co B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 17. Timman vs K Lie   1-0 35 2008 Sigeman & Co B27 Sicilian 18. Portisch vs Stellwagen 0-1 25 2008 Sigeman & Co E97 King's Indian 19. L B Hansen vs R Akesson   1-0 61 2008 Sigeman & Co D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. T Hillarp Persson vs A Smith 1-0 43 2008 Sigeman & Co A00 Uncommon Opening 21. A Smith vs Kotronias   ½-½ 51 2008 Sigeman & Co B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 22. Stellwagen vs Timman   1-0 35 2008 Sigeman & Co C18 French, Winawer 23. K Lie vs L B Hansen   0-1 31 2008 Sigeman & Co B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 24. R Akesson vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 42 2008 Sigeman & Co D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. E Agrest vs Portisch   1-0 36 2008 Sigeman & Co D31 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-07-08    Troller: Tiger is one of the more unstable GMs. Here he was on top of his game and won convincingly. Lars Bo Hansen is the contrast, always playing solidly and often achieving a small plus score. Here he delivers "as usual". Not surprisingly, he has been a very valuable team player for the Danish national team on many occasions. Stellwagen came as the favourite and 6.5 pts is of course fully acceptable, but he probably wouldn't have counted on trailing by a full point with this score before the tournament. May-07-08    inthestepsofTal: Troller: absolutely. When Tiger is out of form, he can loose to almost anyone, but in form, he can beat anyone. Real class in his game against Agrest from the Swedish champion. He definitely is the most interesting swedish player to watch, compared to for example Ralf Åkesson, whos behaviour is more fun to watch than his games May-08-08    Knight13: A 2400 took first place. Looks like you don't need explosives to blow up cities sometimes, huh. May-16-08    wallytherhino: Tiger Hillarp Persson sure is a fierce player. Dare I say it "fierce as a Tiger". 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