Giri And Tikkanen Lead At Sigeman
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Anish Giri (pictured) and Hans Tikkanen lead the Sigeman & Co tournament with just one round remaining, and will face each other in a final round showdown.
After no decisive results in round three, despite a 101 move marathon between Nils Grandelius and Jonny Hector, round four produced one winner when back-marker Grandelius checkmated Wesley So in 31 moves with black!
Tomorrow's final round starts two hours earlier than usual, at 12:00 local time in Malmö, Sweden (10:00 UTC). The official website has coverage of the games at this page.
The standings after four rounds:
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2690 | * | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ |
| Tikkanen, Hans | SWE | 2541 | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ |
| So, Wesley | PHI | 2667 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | . | 0 | 2 |
| Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2701 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | . | 2 |
| Hector, Jonny | SWE | 2588 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | * | ½ | 1½ |
| Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2547 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | ½ | * | 1½ |
Photo by Calle Erlandsson
