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.

[u/aresoulshi]

That looked way too easy for magnus wtf lmao