Round 3
The 31st edition of the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament is taking place at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmö, Sweden.
An eight-player single round-robin, the event is being played with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with 30-second increments from the first move. As per the Malmö rules, no draw offers are allowed before move 40.
Rounds are played daily from 1 to 7 May. The first six rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST, while the action kicks off three hours earlier in the final round, at 12.00 CEST.
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Live games and commentary
Official webcast
The Benoni family of openings has toppled world champions, decided match games under the highest pressure, and rewarded those brave enough to play them with some of the most electrifying chess imaginable. In this Fritztrainer, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov –Â continuing his successful series “Understanding Middlegame Structures” – takes you deep inside the complexities of the Colour-Reversed Benoni, the Colour-Reversed Benko Gambit, and the Colour-Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit.
Free sample video: Introduction
Free sample video: Colour Reversed Banoni – Game 1
ChessBase India webcast
Participants
| Player | Rating | Country | |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2840 | Norway |
| 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2780 | Uzbekistan |
| 3 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2751 | India |
| 4 | Jorden van Foreest | 2736 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 2687 | Türkiye |
| 6 | Nils Grandelius | 2662 | Sweden |
| 7 | Andy Woodward | 2635 | United States |
| 8 | Zhu Jiner | 2554 | China |
Let our authors show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame.