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Tiger Hillarp Persson

Number of games in database: 1,269
Years covered: 1989 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2462 (2531 rapid, 2555 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2618
Overall record: +536 -302 =415 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 16 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (92) 
    E32 E25 E44 E38 E46
 King's Indian (51) 
    E94 E81 E71 E97 E92
 Slav (51) 
    D12 D10 D15 D11 D17
 Grunfeld (33) 
    D85 D70 D80 D91 D86
 Semi-Slav (32) 
    D45 D44 D43 D49 D46
 Queen's Pawn Game (31) 
    A40 A41 E00 D02 E10
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (136) 
    B90 B42 B96 B51 B92
 King's Indian (100) 
    E97 E98 E91 E81 E67
 Robatsch (83) 
    B06
 Sicilian Najdorf (51) 
    B90 B96 B92 B91 B97
 Queen's Pawn Game (49) 
    A40 D02 A41 D00 E00
 Slav (33) 
    D10 D12 D11 D17 D18
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P H Nielsen vs T Hillarp Persson, 1998 0-1
   T Hillarp Persson vs T Thomsen, 1997 1-0
   V Petkov vs T Hillarp Persson, 2006 0-1
   T Hillarp Persson vs T Laurusas, 2018 1-0
   I Sokolov vs T Hillarp Persson, 1997 0-1
   K Piorun vs T Hillarp Persson, 2014 0-1
   D Coleman vs T Hillarp Persson, 1999 0-1
   O Hirn vs T Hillarp Persson, 2006 0-1
   T Hillarp Persson vs J Kleinert, 2000 1-0
   T Hillarp Persson vs L Karlsson, 2006 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Sigeman & Co (2008)
   Eikrem Memorial (1996)
   Corus Group C (2009)
   Rilton Cup 1993/94 (1993)
   Politiken Cup (1998)
   Hampstead GM 3rd (1998)
   Politiken Cup (2015)
   Politiken Cup (1996)
   Rilton Cup (2007)
   Rilton Cup 2013/14 (2013)
   Reykjavik Open (2004)
   Dresden Olympiad (2008)
   Politiken Cup (2000)
   Politiken Cup (2009)
   Politiken Cup (2007)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   KID by takchess
   Tiger's modern by barvarian
   98_B06_Modern Tiger by whiteshark
   98_B06_Modern Tiger by Chess4Him

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Rilton Cup 2024/25
   T Hillarp Persson vs D Ippolito (Jan-05-25) 0-1
   R Rakshitta vs T Hillarp Persson (Jan-04-25) 1/2-1/2
   T Hillarp Persson vs B Heberla (Jan-03-25) 0-1
   B Bilovil vs T Hillarp Persson (Jan-02-25) 1/2-1/2
   T Hillarp Persson vs H Logdahl (Dec-31-24) 1-0

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TIGER HILLARP PERSSON
(born Oct-28-1970, 54 years old) Sweden

[what is this?]

He won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nordic Grand Prix), ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar Gausel, Helgi Gretarsson, Heikki Westerinen and others, York in 1999, Jersey (2000), Barcelona Sants 2003 and The Guernsey International Open (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). He finished second in the Nordic Chess Championship in Vammala, Finland (2005). In 2008 he was the winner of the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in his hometown of Malmö with an impressive 7.5 points. He has won the Swedish Chess Championship twice, in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 he finished second in the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament. Representing Sweden, he scored individual bronze medals in the Chess Olympiad in Elista, 1998 and in Dresden 2008.

His game against Tomas Laurusas at the 43rd Chess Olympiad was ranked best game of 2018 by the editors of Chess.com. Tiger's two books on the Modern Defense have had great reception among critics and public, to the extent that publisher Quality Chess's title for the first book, Tiger's Modern, has become accepted as synonymous with the Modern opening.

Wikipedia article: Tiger Hillarp Persson

Last updated: 2021-11-23 17:54:36

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 page 1 of 51; games 1-25 of 1,269  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Hillarp Persson vs R Wlodarczyk  1-0281989EUR corrC36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
2. Blatny vs T Hillarp Persson 1-0311993Gausdal InternationalB12 Caro-Kann Defense
3. T Hillarp Persson vs B E Glenne  1-0291993Gausdal InternationalA55 Old Indian, Main line
4. T Hillarp Persson vs P V Hagesaether  1-0431993Gausdal InternationalA50 Queen's Pawn Game
5. H Nordahl vs T Hillarp Persson  ½-½591993Gausdal InternationalA40 Queen's Pawn Game
6. T Hillarp Persson vs O Reeh  0-1291993Gausdal InternationalE95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
7. T Gabrielsen vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1401993Gausdal InternationalB06 Robatsch
8. T Hillarp Persson vs Csom  ½-½341993Gausdal InternationalE12 Queen's Indian
9. T Hillarp Persson vs A Karpatchev  1-0341993Gausdal InternationalB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
10. N Davies vs T Hillarp Persson  1-0371993Gausdal InternationalE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
11. V Johansson vs T Hillarp Persson  1-0411993Rilton Cup 1993/94E70 King's Indian
12. T Hillarp Persson vs T Moreau  1-0301993Rilton Cup 1993/94A56 Benoni Defense
13. T Hillarp Persson vs M Kallgren  1-0351993Rilton Cup 1993/94A57 Benko Gambit
14. T Hillarp Persson vs N Renman  1-0301994SWE-chT 9394D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. T Johansson vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1251994Rilton Cup 1993/94E81 King's Indian, Samisch
16. T Hillarp Persson vs A Ryskin  1-0481994Rilton Cup 1993/94E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
17. Khenkin vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1421994Rilton Cup 1993/94E81 King's Indian, Samisch
18. T Hillarp Persson vs T Wedberg  1-0381994Rilton Cup 1993/94D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. T Hillarp Persson vs J Barkhagen  ½-½231994Rilton Cup 1993/94D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. T Hillarp Persson vs K Beijar  1-0441995Sollentuna opE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
21. T Ernst vs T Hillarp Persson  1-0281995SWE-chTB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. A Kolev vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1511995Zaragoza Open-AB06 Robatsch
23. T Hillarp Persson vs Damljanovic  ½-½501995Zaragoza Open-AE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
24. T Hillarp Persson vs P San Segundo Carrillo  0-1411995Zaragoza Open-AD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. M Apicella vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1481995Zaragoza Open-AB06 Robatsch
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Apr-01-09  Dredge Rivers: His name is Persson? Who's his second, John Doe? :)
Oct-28-09  Moonstone: Happy Birthday Tiger!
Oct-16-10  Xeroxx: weird name
Oct-16-10  Rolfo: <weird name> A tough name it is. Tiger once beat Magnus about 5 years ago
Oct-28-12  waustad: Happy b'day Tiger!
Dec-11-12  waustad: It is a shame he never played the Dragon in the database here. Perhaps that pun would be too easy.
Dec-11-12  TheFocus: So, is he half man, half tiger?

Isn't that illegal?

Or immoral?

Dec-12-12  Cyphelium: <waustad> The reason you cannot find it is because it's a hidden dragon.
Oct-28-13  waustad: Happy birthday to the Tiger!!
Jan-04-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Half man, half biscuit.

Persson is just an analogue of Peterson.

Jul-25-14  ralph46: <offramp> you show your ignorance of swedish names the ending son means son off so persson means son of per and petersson means son of peter and so on if i remember right andersson and larsson are the most popular family names in sweden
Jul-25-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  valiant: Top 100 http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statist...
Jul-25-14  parisattack: At the risk of swearing in church as it were - here are Tiger's comments on his study of the game of Go - and a little on the relationship he finds between it and chess -

http://tiger.bagofcats.net/go/

Jul-28-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". The name is a variant of Peter, a common masculine name of the same origin...
Aug-15-14  parisattack: Whenever (as recently) I study go a few months and come back to chess, my game *seems* improved. I fancy I take a more whole-board approach to analysis, see 'moyo' and 'influence' in different areas and seem better at gauging the underlying pace of the game (relative importance of strategy and tactics). I think many of the positionally descriptive go terms might be applicable to chess.
Oct-24-14  BIDMONFA: Tiger Hillarp Persson

HILLARP, Tiger
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hillarp_per...
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Oct-28-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: I thought he was in his twenties. Stress Free Birthday to him.
Mar-31-15  parisattack: Congratulations to Tiger for reaching Shodan in Go:

http://www.usgo.org/news/2015/03/ch...

Aug-03-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Tiger Hillarp Persson is the lowest rated player in a 10-way tie for 1st at the Politiken Cup. He scored 8/10 (+7,-1,=2). Probably his best win was with black against 4th seed Ilya Smirin.
Oct-27-15  sonia91: It seems his actual name is Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson: http://www.chess.com/news/youngest-...
Oct-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Hillarp is Swedish for "eats".

So his name means "Tiger Eats Person".

Aug-27-16  11thHeaven: <offramp: Hillarp is Swedish for "eats".

So his name means "Tiger Eats Person".>

That's not remotely true...

Oct-28-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  takchess: Enjoyed this former GOTD
P H Nielsen vs T Hillarp Persson, 1998

Tiger has some interesting games analyzed in Aagaard's Attacking Manuals.

Oct-28-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  takchess: While playing through his KID wins as Black I came across this gem of a Queen Sac M Bach vs T Hillarp Persson, 2015
Jun-19-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Tiger Hillarp Persson finishes in a tie for first (6/9 - full point ahead of the rest of the field) at the Schaakweek Apeldoorn GM tournament.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

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