The Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2017 is held in Malmö, Sweden from 10th till 14th of May 2017.
In the tournament take part players as: GM Baadur Jobava; GM Nigel Short; GM Pavel Eljanov; GM Harika Dronavalli; GM Erik Blomqvist; GM Nils Grandelius
Official site
One of the goals of Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament has always been to invite young and promising guest players. The most successful example is Magnus Carlsen, who at the age of 13 finished third in the tournament after Peter Heine Nielsen and Curt Hansen. Among other famous participants who took part in the tournament in their youth we find names like Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri. Today they are among the top 20 ranked chess players in the world.
System of play: 6 Rounds - 5 Player Round Robin
Rate of play:
90 minutes in 40 moves +
50 minutes in 20 moves +
15 minutes all moves +
30 seconds for each move
starting from move 1
Schedule : * CET (UTC/GMT +2)
10.05 2017 - Round 01 - 14:00
11.05 2017 - Round 02 - 14:00
12.05 2017 - Round 03 - 14:00
13.05 2017 - Round 04 - 14:00
14.05 2017 - Round 05 - 12:00
Follow the tournament live on ChessBomb.
