The 28th annual Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place on May 4-10 at the Elite Plaza Hotel in central Malmo, Sweden.
Eight players will compete in the round robin tournament organized by the Limhamn Chess Club.
Sweden is represented by its top player GM Nils Grandelius (Sigeman winner in 2013, 2017 and 2018). Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest, winner of the Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament in 2021, is back to compete in Malmo.
The golden chess generation is represented by former World Championship challenger GM Boris Gelfand, Israel, and 8-times Russian champion and multiple World Championship contender, GM Peter Svidler.
Four young chess stars complete the field: GM Dommaruju Gukesh, India, last yearโs runner-up in the Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament, GM Arjun Erigaisi, India, the runner-up in the 2022 World Rapid Chess Championship, GM Vincent Keymer, Germany, and the worldโs youngest grandmaster, 14-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra, USA.
