[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1.  e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. Bd3 (7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nb6 14. Qf4 Nc6 15. O-O Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qh4 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Rd7 Rfe8 22. Rxc7 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 Nd3 25. Re2 f5 26. Ng5 e5 {0-1 Ter Sahakyan,S (2613)-Carlsen,M (2839) 1st Thursday Nov 27th Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (6)}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f3 e6 11. Bc4 {[%eval -11,20] [%wdl 7,975,18]} (11. O-O-O $14 {[%eval 63,20] [%wdl 160,839,1]}) 11... b5 $11 12. Bb3 {[#]} b4 $146 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. Nxc7 Rc8 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Bxe8 Rxc7 18. Bb6 Nxe8 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 20. Rd1 Qh4+ 21. Kf1 Qe7 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Qd7 Qc5 24. Qf7 Bc8 25. Rd8 Ne6 26. Re8 h5 27. c3 h4 28. g3 Qe3 29. Rxc8 Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Qxh1 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qxh4+ Kg7 33. Qh3 Ng5 34. Qd7+ Nf7 35. Rc7 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qxf3 37. Qd5 Kg8 38. Kd2 a5 39. Qxb5 Qxe4 40. Qd3 Qg2+ 41. Qe2 Bh6+ 42. Kd1 {½-½ Sokolovsky,Y (2484)-Aryan,C (2641) Budapest Spring op 2024 (3)}) 13. Na4 exd5 14. exd5 e4 15. O-O-O exf3 16. gxf3 a5 17. h4 Nh5 18. d6 {[%eval -81,18] [%wdl 0,721,279]} (18. Bg5 $1 $11 {[%eval 0,17] [%wdl 7,986,7]} Qd6 19. Rhe1) 18... Bb7 $17 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Qd7 Qe5 21. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 22. Kb1 Qf4 23. Rd7 Rae8 24. Rhd1 Qf6 25. Qb5 Qxf3 26. Qxa5 Nf6 27. R7d3 Qf4 28. Qg5 Qxg5 {[%eval -45,20] [%wdl 0,971,29]} (28... Qf2 $17 {[%eval -98,19] [%wdl 0,525,475]} 29. Nc5 Re2) 29. hxg5 $15 Ne4 30. Rd5 Re5 31. Nb6 Nxg5 (31... Rxg5 32. Rxg5 Nxg5 33. Nd5 $11) 32. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 33. Nd7 {[%eval -93,23] [%wdl 0,615,385]} (33. Nd5 $15 {[%eval -35,20] [%wdl 0,986,14]}) 33... Re8 $17 34. a4 bxa3 35. Nxe5 {[%eval -224,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (35. Re1 $17 {[%eval -124,19] [%wdl 0,174,826]} Nf3 36. Nxe5 a2+ (36... Nxe1 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Bxe8 $15) (36... Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. bxa3 $19) (36... Nxe5 $2 37. bxa3 h6 38. a4 $17) 37. Bxa2 Nxe5 (37... Nxe1 38. Bxf7+ Kf8 39. Bxe8 $11) (37... Rxe5 38. Rd1 $17) 38. b4) 35... Rxe5 $19 36. bxa3 $17 Kf8 $2 {[%eval -36,21] [%wdl 0,985,15]} (36... h5 $19 {[%eval -197,18] [%wdl 0,2,998]} 37. a4 h4) 37. Kb2 {[%eval -132,20] [%wdl 0,113,887]} (37. Rd5 $15 {[%eval -36,21] [%wdl 0,985,15]} Rxd5 38. Bxd5) 37... Ke7 {[%eval -19,21] [%wdl 0,995,5]} (37... Ne6 $17 {[%eval -132,20] [%wdl 0,113,887]} 38. Rf1 g5) 38. a4 $11 {White has equality here but obviously this is a very difficult position to play.} f5 39. Bd5 Kd6 40. c4 Kc5 41. a5 Re2+ 42. Ka3 Re3+ 43. Kb2 $1 Ne6 44. Rh1 Nf4 45. Bb7 Nd3+ (45... Kxc4 46. Rxh7 Nd3+ 47. Kc2 $11) 46. Kc2 $1 Nb4+ 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Rxh7 Rxa5 49. Rg7 Ra7 50. Kc3 $2 {[%eval -194,16] [%wdl 0,2,998]} (50. Ke3 $15 {[%eval -33,22] [%wdl 0,988,12]}) 50... Ra3+ $19 51. Kd2 Rg3 52. Bc8 {[%eval -260,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (52. Rc7+ $142 {[%eval -181,19] [%wdl 0,5,995]} Kb6 53. Rf7) 52... f4 $1 53. Be6 g5 54. Rb7 {[%eval -429,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (54. Rg8 $142 {[%eval -280,21] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 54... Rd3+ 55. Kc1 Re3 56. Bg8 f3 57. Kd2 Rd3+ 58. Ke1 Rb3 $1 59. Rg7 Nd3+ 60. Kd2 Ne5 61. Rxg5 Kd4 62. Bh7 f2 63. Ke2 Rf3 64. Kf1 Nxc4 65. Rg4+ Kc3 66. Rxc4+ Kxc4 67. Be4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1.  e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 e5 (8... O-O 9. g4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Rf3 Nc4 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. g5 g6 21. Qg4 Qa3 22. c3 Qxa2 23. Qh4 Qxb1+ 24. Kg2 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 {1-0 Van Foreest,J (2698)-Van Wely,L (2629) NED-ch KO Venlo 2025 (4.2)}) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nf5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxf5 12. exf5 Bb4 {[#]} 13. Bd2 $146 {[%eval 3,20] [%wdl 2,997,1]} (13. O-O $14 {[%eval 51,20] [%wdl 43,957,0]}) (13. g4 Nc6 14. h4 h5 15. gxh5 Rc8 16. Bf3 e4 17. Be2 Nxh5 18. Rh3 Ne7 19. Rd4 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Kd2 Rc7 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re5 O-O 24. Bg5 Rfc8 25. c4 Nc6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd5 Ne5 28. Rg3+ Kh7 29. Rb3 Rg8 30. Rd4 Rg2 31. Kd1 Rh2 32. h5 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Ra1 34. Ra3 Rc8 35. Rh4 Kh6 36. Ra4 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Rc1 38. Rd4 Rg8 39. Rb4 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Ra3 41. Rb2 Rg2 42. Kc1 Rc3+ {0-1 Wilson,N (2112)-Dialfonso,D (2159) FICGS class A 000181 email FICGS email 2017 (1)}) 13... Nc6 $11 {The game is equal and remains so.} 14. a3 Bc5 15. Bd3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ke2 Rd5 20. g4 Re8+ 21. Kf3 Red8 $1 22. Ke2 Re5+ 23. Kf3 Red5 $1 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kf3 Red8 $1 26. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1.  d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 a5 7. Nf3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bc1 e5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc1 Nd7 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. f3 $146 (16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bf3 Nh7 18. Qd2 Ng5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Nc2 Be5 23. Ne3 Nc5 24. Bg4) 16... Nh5 $1 17. Qd2 g5 {[%eval 38,19] [%wdl 75,921,4]} (17... Qh4 $11 {[%eval 0,18] [%wdl 17,966,17]}) 18. Bd1 Be6 19. b3 {[%eval -21,18] [%wdl 7,954,39]} (19. Rf2 $14 {[%eval 49,18] [%wdl 112,886,2]}) 19... a4 $1 $11 20. Bc2 (20. Rc1 axb3) 20... axb3 (20... Be5) 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Be5 23. Ra7 c6 24. Nce2 Nf4 25. Bf2 {[%eval -25,23] [%wdl 1,981,18]} (25. Nxf4 $142 {[%eval 14,19] [%wdl 10,988,2]} gxf4 26. Bf2 (26. Bxf4 Qb6 $14)) 25... Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Qf6 27. Be3 Bxh3 $1 {[%eval -9,23] [%wdl 1,995,4] Carlsen said with both sides having used a lot of time this game was now a rapid and this a decent try. It's actually at least equal.} 28. b4 $1 Nd7 29. Rxb7 Be6 30. Nd4 $2 {[%eval -182,19] [%wdl 0,7,993] and now Carlsen takes charge.} (30. Ba4 $11 {[%eval -25,21] [%wdl 1,988,11]} Ra8 31. Qc2 (31. Bxc6 $2 Ra1+ 32. Nc1 Bb2 $19)) 30... Ra8 $1 $19 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Bd3 $2 {[%eval -371,16] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (32. Qd3 {[%eval -186,19] [%wdl 0,4,996]} c5 33. Kf1) 32... Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Nf6 34. Ra7 Rh1 35. Ke2 Nh5 36. Qa2 g4 37. f4 Ra1 38. Qxa1 Bxa1 39. Rxa1 Ng3+ 40. Kd2 Nxe4+ 41. Kc2 f5 {The rest is technique.} 42. b5 cxb5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. cxb5 Qd5 45. Rc8 Nf2 46. Rc7+ (46. Bxf2 Qxg2 47. Kc3 (47. Rc7+ $2 Kg6 $19) 47... Qxf2) 46... Kg6 47. Bc4 Qd1+ 48. Kb2 d5 0-1

[Event "31st Sigeman & Co 2026"]
[Site "Malmo SWE"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]

1.  e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bb6 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bc2 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 b5 14. h3 Re8 15. a3 Qc7 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rad1 Nh4 20. Qe2 $146 (20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qh2 Ng6 22. g3 Qf8 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 f5 25. d5 cxd5 26. exf5 Bxf5) 20... Ng6 21. Nf1 {[%eval 3,20] [%wdl 12,978,10]} (21. Kh2 $14 {[%eval 55,19] [%wdl 115,884,1]}) 21... Bc4 $11 22. Qd2 Nh5 {[%eval 46,14] [%wdl 82,917,1]} (22... d5 $11 {[%eval 0,24] [%wdl 11,978,11]}) 23. Ng3 $14 Nxg3 {[%eval 96,19] [%wdl 447,553,0]} (23... Nhf4 $14 {[%eval 55,19] [%wdl 115,884,1]}) 24. fxg3 $16 exd4 25. cxd4 Be6 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. Bf4 Rcd8 28. b4 {[%eval 41,19] [%wdl 41,958,1]} (28. Bd2 $16 {[%eval 96,16] [%wdl 448,552,0]}) 28... d5 {[%eval 127,16] [%wdl 814,186,0]} (28... Nxf4 $14 {[%eval 41,19] [%wdl 41,958,1]} 29. Qxf4 (29. gxf4 Bc4 $14) 29... Ba2) 29. e5 Rf8 30. Qe3 {[%eval 87,18] [%wdl 329,671,0]} (30. Be3 $142 {[%eval 155,19] [%wdl 950,50,0]}) 30... f5 31. exf6 {[%eval 44,20] [%wdl 44,956,0]} (31. Rf1 $16 {[%eval 86,18] [%wdl 320,680,0]}) 31... Rxf6 $14 32. Bxg6 Rxg6 33. g4 Re8 34. Rd2 Qd7 35. Be5 Bf7 36. Qg3 {[%eval 4,21] [%wdl 3,995,2]} (36. Rf2 $14 {[%eval 44,21] [%wdl 33,967,0]}) 36... Rge6 {[%eval 55,19] [%wdl 61,939,0]} (36... h5 $11 {[%eval 4,21] [%wdl 3,995,2]}) 37. Rf1 Bg6 38. Rdf2 Be4 $1 39. h4 b6 {[%eval 138,16] [%wdl 906,94,0]} (39... Rg6 $14 {[%eval 62,23] [%wdl 93,907,0]}) 40. h5 $1 $16 Qe7 41. Rf4 (41. Rf7 Qxf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. g5) 41... c5 {[%eval 244,20] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (41... Qd8 $16 {[%eval 115,21] [%wdl 712,288,0]} 42. R1f2 (42. Rf7 R6e7 $16) 42... c5) 42. g5 $2 {[%eval -6,22] [%wdl 1,997,2] and suddenly it's equal.} (42. Rf7) (42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Rf7) 42... Qxg5 $11 43. Qxg5 (43. Rg4 Rxe5 44. dxe5 Qxe5) 43... hxg5 44. Rf7 R6e7 45. Rxe7 Rxe7 46. Bd6 Rf7 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. dxc5 Rxf1+ 49. Kxf1 d4 50. Be5 d3 51. Bc3 Kh7 52. Kf2 Kh6 53. g4 g6 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. hxg6 {[%eval 56,20] [%wdl 50,950,0]} (55. Kxd3 $11 {[%eval 7,27] [%wdl 2,997,1]} gxh5 56. gxh5) 55... Kxg6 $14 56. Kxd3 Kf7 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2

