This is a picture of the beautiful playing hall of the Sigeman tournament. It was sent to me by Anders Hansen, Webmaster Sigeman Tournament. Thank you Anders!
Here are the current standings after 5 rounds:
1. GM Ivan Cheparinov 4.0
2-3 GM Emanuel Berg, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 3.5
4 – 7 GM Erwin l’Ami, GM Vassilios Kotronias, GM Parimarjan Negi, IM Pontus Carlsson 2.5
8. GM Jan Timman 2.0
9-10 9. GM Jonny Hector, IM Emil Hermansson 1.0
Here is the official website.
Here are the matchups for round 6:
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson – GM Erwin l’Ami
GM Emanuel Berg – GM Parimarjan Negi
IM Emil Hermansson – GM Jonny Hector
IM Pontus Carlsson – GM Jan Timman
GM Ivan Cheparinov – GM Vassilios Kotronias
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very nice venue indeed.
Thanks Anders for the nice pic!
Well with GM Ivan Cheparinov 4.0 in first place, I begin to wonder if Danailov is walking the halls again. Maybe Danailov is trying out his new technique before Mtel.
These speculations are not going to go away unless the tournaments install strict rules.
This weekend the Anand simul brings a new accusation that the winning game by Bluesette used Rybka.
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