TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2021

TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2021

Sep 23, 2021 – Sep 29, 2021

The TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place April 24-30, 2021 in Malmo, Sweden. It is organized by the Limhamn Chess Club and sponsored by Sigeman & Co and Tepe.


The tournament has a number of big stars, most notably the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov who will be playing his first over-the-board tournament in over a decade.


Participants


# Fed Name Rating Born

1 Le Quang Liem 2709 1991

2 David Navara 2697 1985

3 Jorden van Foreest 2671 1999

4 Nils Grandelius 2663 1993

5 Alexei Shirov 2662 1972

6 Nihal Sarin 2620 2004

7 Anatoly Karpov 2617 1951

8 Harika Dronavalli 2515 1991

The format is an eight-player, single round-robin. The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Draw offers before Black’s 30th move are not allowed.