[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[GameId "2305021353205882"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

{[%evp 0,91,10,16,11,23,17,21,24,16,24,24,22,24,19,22,33,40,25,41,58,49,19,35,34,-7,-1,-4,3,-14,10,13,35,12,33,44,64,69,67,64,83,74,72,58,69,79,69,62,95,86,83,82,89,76,161,155,144,145,149,152,142,155,155,170,176,172,210,162,257,270,290,288,294,317,304,279,292,305,325,304,288,291,297,280,317,292,294,204,208,157,164,709,469,529]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O (7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qd4 f6 12. f4 Rb8 13. h3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nf2 15. Rh2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 Bf5 18. O-O-O Bg5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Rxd8 Bxe3+ 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 25. Ke3 Kg8 26. Bxe4 Be6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. h4 Rxa2 29. Rb1 Ra3+ 30. Kd4 Ra4+ 31. Ke3 Ra3+ 32. Kd4 Ra4+ 33. Ke3 Ra3+ {½-½ Praggnanandhaa,R (2741)-Nakamura,H (2810) Candidates Tournament Pegeia 2026 (14)}) 7... dxc4 {7...dxc4 is better than 7...c6.} 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {[#]} 12. Be3 $146 (12. Qa4 a5 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Be3 a4 19. f3 f6 20. Kf2 c6 21. Red1 Bc4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Bc3 h5 25. Ke1 e5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bxa2 28. e4 Bb3+ 29. Kd2 Bc4 30. Ba5 Bb3 31. Bc3 Bc4 32. Ba5 Bb3 33. Bc3 Bc4 {½-½ Sindarov,J (2745)-Nakamura,H (2810) Candidates Tournament Pegeia 2026 (12)}) 12... a5 13. f3 Rd8 14. Qc1 e5 $6 (14... a4) 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qc5+ 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Bd4 f6 21. g4 (21. a4) 21... Kf7 {[%eval 58,23] [%wdl 63,937,0]} (21... Nxc3 $11 {[%eval 21,23] [%wdl 6,994,0]} 22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7) 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 $11 a4 25. a3 Ke7 26. Kf2 Rd8 $2 {[%eval 333,20] [%wdl 1000,0,0] Very careless.} (26... h5 $16 {[%eval 85,22] [%wdl 273,727,0]}) (26... Ke8 $1 27. e4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. h3 {ought to be a draw.}) 27. Bb4+ $1 $18 Ke8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bf8 g5 30. Bxh6 Ke7 31. Kg3 c3 {A try for counterplay.} (31... Kf7 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4) 32. bxc3 Bc4 33. e4 Be2 34. e5 $1 fxe5 35. Bxg5+ Ke6 {It's over.} 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke3 c6 38. h4 Kd5 39. h5 Ke6 40. Bh4 Bc2 41. Bg3 Kf6 42. c4 Bb3 (42... Bb1 43. Be1 Kf7 44. Ba5 Kf6 45. Bd8+ Kf7 46. g5 Ba2) 43. h6 Bc2 44. Bxe5+ $1 {An easy sacrifice that finishes things.} Kxe5 (44... Kg6 45. Bg7) 45. f4+ Kf6 46. f5 1-0

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[GameId "2305021353214076"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

{[%evp 9,76,28,38,46,46,48,50,47,54,56,53,52,55,36,43,-14,-9,-10,-19,-38,-29,-35,-29,-27,-26,-30,-30,-30,-13,-30,-33,-24,-27,-54,-58,-67,-75,-402,-410,-428,-424,-413,-397,-390,-387,-412,-417,-414,-425,-417,-422,-417,-410,-411,-415,-388,-371,-363,-375,-384,-381,-400,-402,-414,-404,-425,-431,-456,-446]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Ne7 (5... Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Be2 c5 9. c3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. f4 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O Nh6 15. g4 Nb6 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. b3 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Kg2 Bd6 20. h3 Ke7 21. Qe1 Rh7 22. Qf2 Rbh8 23. Rh1 Nf7 24. h4 f5 25. g5 Ba3 26. Rc2 Nd6 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nb1 b4 29. cxb4 Bxb4 30. a3 Ne4 31. Qh4 Bd6 32. g6+ Kf8 33. gxh7 Qg7+ 34. Kh2 Be7 35. Qh3 {1-0 Niemann,H (2735)-Duda,J (2739) Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Mar Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (5)}) 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O a5 9. a4 Bg6 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Rc1 Bb4 {[#]} 12. Qe1 $6 $146 {[%eval -14,20] [%wdl 12,952,36]} (12. c3 $14 {[%eval 43,21] [%wdl 100,896,4]} Bf8 13. g4) (12. c3 Be7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 Bh7 18. f5 Kh8 19. Qf3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qf4 Qh4 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Bb3 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Qh3 25. f6 Rg8 26. Rc3 Nd7 27. Nd2 Qh4 28. Rg3 gxf6 29. Nf3 fxe5 30. Qxf7 Qd8 31. Qxe6 Rg7 32. Qxh6 e4 33. Nh4 Qg5 34. Nf5 Qxh6 35. Nxh6 Bg6 36. h4 {1-0 Rada,H (2387)-Hiltunen,R (2410) EU-ch 2015 ct02 email ICCF email}) 12... Bxd2 $11 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 16. Ra1 Ne7 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 {It's easy to see where black will play. What's white going to do? -0.18} 18. Ra3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rc3 $6 {Understandable but this gives black a little more to play with.} (21. c3) 21... Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Ne7 23. Nd4 $2 {[%eval -402,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000] Really a simple miscalculation.} (23. Qa3 $17 {[%eval -75,22] [%wdl 0,830,170]} Nc6 24. c3) 23... Rc8 $19 {What else did white expect?} 24. Qd2 Qxb2 25. h3 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. a5 Rc4 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Nf3 Rxc2 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Nd2 Rc5 32. Rxb4 Nxe5 33. Nb3 Rc7 34. Rb5 Nc4 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. f4 Nd6 38. Rb4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2305021353214078"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

{[%evp 9,71,16,5,4,21,3,19,14,11,3,3,-10,-6,-13,2,-12,-9,-9,-9,-18,-16,-20,-5,-5,20,19,17,18,17,19,19,20,18,20,49,9,14,3,1,4,8,0,14,10,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {One of the pain points of the Candidates. The Petroff did so well no-one played the Ruy Lopez.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 (4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qf6 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Rae1 Nd5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Kh1 Bc8 19. Rf3 Qd8 20. Rg3 f5 21. Qd1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Be6 23. Qc2 Qh4 24. Rh3 Qe7 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Rd3 Qh4 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Bb4 Re8 29. Bd6 Qh5 30. Qf2 Nb6 31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. h3 Kh7 33. Rfd1 Nd5 {½-½ Abdusattorov,N (2780)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Chess.com op Loser playoffs Chess.com INT blitz 2026 (2.1)}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 $1 6. Nf4 Nf6 {The main line 6...Nf6 scores better than 6...Nc6.} 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Na6 {[#]} 12. f3 $146 (12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O {½-½ Predojevic,B (2618)-Rakhmanov,A (2606) SRB-chT Subotica 2019 (5.6)}) 12... Kd7 13. Kf2 g6 14. a4 Bg7 15. Bd2 h5 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. b4 Nc7 19. b5 $1 Rhh8 20. c4 Ne6 21. Rab1 c5 22. d5 {[%eval 9,22] [%wdl 3,996,1]} (22. dxc5 $14 {[%eval 49,18] [%wdl 36,964,0]} Nxc5 23. Nxc5+ dxc5 24. a5 {promised more according to the engine.}) 22... Ng7 $11 {Perhaps Carlsen underestimated this.} 23. a5 Rae8 24. a6 b6 25. Nc3 Nf5 26. Rhe1 Nd4 (26... g5 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Ke7) 27. h4 {[%eval 0,52] [%wdl 1,997,2]} (27. Rxe8 $14 {[%eval 36,25] [%wdl 16,984,0]} Rxe8 28. g3) 27... Nc2 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rc1 Ne3 30. Nd1 Nf5 31. g3 Kd8 32. Nc3 Ne3 33. Nd1 Nf5 34. Nc3 Ne3 35. Nb2 Nf5 36. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[GameId "2305021353214080"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

{[%evp 15,60,17,42,40,42,42,42,42,42,39,49,42,45,35,35,42,39,39,37,30,22,25,19,15,29,0,6,10,4,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Ne5 $1 Ra7 10. Rd1 (10. Nxc4 Bb7 $11) 10... Bb7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc3 Ba8 14. Be3 $146 (14. d5 e5 15. Qe2 Ne8 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qe2 b4 18. Be3 Rb7 19. Nb1 a5 20. Nd2 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2657)-Sarana,A (2674) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (11)}) 14... Qc8 15. Qe2 c5 16. d5 exd5 $1 17. exd5 (17. Nxd5 {is the engine recommendation.}) 17... Rd8 18. Qxc4 h6 19. Bf4 Bf8 (19... b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa7 bxc4 22. Rxe7 Rd7) 20. Re1 $11 (20. Qb3) 20... b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxd5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 27. b3 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

