19th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
The 19th Sigeman Chess Tournament will run from 9-13 June in Malmö, Sweden.
The format is a 6-player single round robin, featuring 3 talented Swedish GMs and 3 overseas GMs headed by Alexei Shirov, who seems to be clocking up a lot of air-miles lately.
16 year-old Anish Giri (pictured) is back to defend his title, and is the second highest seed ahead of another talented young GM, 17 year-old Wesley So of the Philippines.
The local contingent comprises tournament stalwart Jonny Hector, and two new GMs Hans Tikkanen and Nils Grandelius who achieved their titles in 2010.
| Name | Nat | Elo |
| Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2709 |
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2687 |
| So, Wesley | PHI | 2667 |
| Hector, Jonny | SWE | 2585 |
| Tikkanen, Hans | SWE | 2560 |
| Grandelius, Nils | SWE |
2541 |
Anish Giri won with an excellent score of 4.5/5 last year, but it will be a tough challenge to repeat this feat with Alexei Shirov taking part.
The official website will have live coverage of the games starting at 14:00 CET (12:00 UTC) every day, except the last round which starts two hours earlier.
Look out for updates at Chess.com!
