Tepe Sigeman & Co 2023 R6: A Close Race

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/05/2023

All four games in the penultimate round of 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023 ended in draws. D Gukesh tried his very best until the very end against the legendary, Boris Gelfand. However, the rook and opposite color bishop endgame did not offer much for the teenager to push further for a win. World's youngest GM Abhimanyu Mishra continues his dream run. He drew against Arjun Erigaisi quite comfortably by ensuring none of his attacks on his kingside bear any fruit. Who will win this event - Abhimanyu, Peter Svidler or someone else? If two or more players end up having the same score, tie-break games will be played. In that case, prizes will be shared irrespective of the outcome. Final Round 7 starts today at 12 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

A dream run for Abhimanyu Mishra

For the first time in this edition, all four games ended in draws.

Arjun Erigaisi - Abhimanyu Mishra (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Boris Gelfand (ISR) - D Gukesh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Peter Svidler - Nils Grandelius (SWE): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Jorden van Foreest (NED) - Vincent Keymer (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

Elin Thott, lawyer and partner of Sigeman & Co., made the ceremonial first move of round 6 on Svidler and Grandelius' board | Photo: David Llada/TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2023

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).

Replay Round 6 games

Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	2701	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	½ - ½	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2550	7
2	1	2678	GM	Gelfand, Boris	½ - ½	GM	Gukesh, D	2732	6
3	2	2683	GM	Svidler, Peter	½ - ½	GM	Grandelius, Nils	2664	5
4	3	2689	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	½ - ½	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2700	4

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	2	GM	Svidler, Peter	FID	2683	4
	7	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2550	4
3	5	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2664	3,5
	6	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2732	3,5
5	3	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2689	3
6	8	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2701	2,5
7	4	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2700	2
8	1	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2678	1,5

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2700	GM	Keymer, Vincent		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2701	8
2	5	2664	GM	Grandelius, Nils		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2689	3
3	6	2732	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Svidler, Peter	2683	2
4	7	2550	GM	Mishra, Abhimanyu		GM	Gelfand, Boris	2678	1

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Schedule

4th - 9th May - 3 p.m. CET (6:30 p.m. IST), 10th May - 12 p.m. CET (3:30 p.m. IST).

Links

Official site

Tournament details

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