Chessable Jeremy Silman

19th Sigeman & Co 2011 (5)

So, Giri and Tikkanen tie for first in Sigeman tournament

There was a three way tie between Wesley So (name first in the official site twitter feed, I don't know if the fact he had most wins was significant), Anish Giri and Hans Tikkanen on 3/5. The final round saw just one decisive game where Jonny Hector lost to So on the white side of a French where he carved open black's king and forced it up the board but was nevertheless always losing after sacrificing material to do so.

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 ½ 3 2680
2. So, Wesley g PHI 2667 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 3 2685
3. Tikkanen, Hans g SWE 2541 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 3 2710
4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2701 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 2606
5. Grandelius, Nils g SWE 2547 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 2 2565
6. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2588 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2480
Round 5 (June 13, 2011)
Tikkanen, Hans - Giri, Anish ½-½ 45 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Grandelius, Nils - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 24 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Hector, Jonny - So, Wesley 0-1 31 C13 French Classical

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