19th Sigeman & Co 2011 (4)

Grandelius beats So in Sigeman Round 4

Wesley So was perhaps overconfident against tail-ender Nils Grandelius and was punished for slapdash play by being mated in 31 moves. Anish Giri against Jonny Hector was a very complicated Slav Defence where Giri grabbed a pawn but was not much or at all better and this assessment remained into a drawn rook ending. Alexei Shirov was held by Hans Tikkanen in a Slav which was interesting but also held by black reasonably easily.

19th Sigeman & Co Malmo (SWE), 9-13 vi 2011 cat. XV (2622)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Giri, Anish g NED 2690 * . ½ ½ ½ 1 2½ 2720
2. Tikkanen, Hans g SWE 2541 . * ½ ½ ½ 1 2½ 2720
3. So, Wesley g PHI 2667 ½ ½ * 1 . 0 2 2619
4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2701 ½ ½ 0 * 1 . 2 2621
5. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2588 ½ ½ . 0 * ½ 1½ 2532
6. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2547 0 0 1 . ½ * 1½ 2534
Round 4 (June 12, 2011)
Giri, Anish - Hector, Jonny ½-½ 111 D17 Slav Defence
So, Wesley - Grandelius, Nils 0-1 31 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Tikkanen, Hans ½-½ 68 D17 Slav Defence

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