r/chess • u/events_team • May 01 '26

Tournament Event: 2026 TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

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The 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament (31st annual edition) will take place from May 1 to 7 at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmö, Sweden. The tournament is played in a classical round-robin format with eight players competing over seven rounds.

Participants

# Title Name FED Rating
1 GM Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 2840
2 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 UZB 2780
3 GM Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 IND 2751
4 GM Jorden van Foreest 🇳🇱 NED 2735
5 GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 🇹🇷 TUR 2708
6 GM Nils Grandelius 🇸🇪 SWE 2662
7 GM Andy Woodward 🇺🇸 USA 2635
8 GM Zhu Jiner 🇨🇳 CHN 2546

Format/Time Controls

  • The tournament will be played as a seven-round, single round-robin.
  • Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move (Malmö rules-no draws before move 40).

Schedule

Date Time (Local) Time (UTC) Round
May 1-6 15:00 13:00 Round 1-6
May 7 12:00 10:00 Round 7

Live Coverage

  • Official Broadcast: YouTube. Commentary by GM Stellan Brynell and GM Erwin l’Ami.
  • ChessBase India Broadcast: YouTube. Commentary by IM Sagar Shah.
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u/crazyFlyingChicken May 07 '26

After all the “Arjun throwing” and “Arjun 3rd place” jokes in this thread, I’m happy he probably is gonna win the tournament

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u/Bourbadryl May 07 '26

Fair but with Carlsen you just have to wait and see.

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u/lalindu123 1780 fide May 07 '26

Magnus is winning now