Friday, May 31, 2013

Richard Rapport Wins Sigeman & Co.


17 year-old Richard Rapport of Hungary won the 21st Annual Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmo on superior tie-breaks from rivals Nigel Short and Nils Grandelius. All three players finished on 4½/7 points, but Rapport won because the first tie-break was the results between the tied players, and Rapport had beaten Short and tied with Grandelius (Short and Grandelius drew).

The final standings in Sigeman 2013

NameEloFed12345678Pts
Rapport, Richard 2674HUN*1½½½0114.5
Short, Nigel2681ENG0*1½1½1½4.5
Grandelius, Nils 2556SWE½0*1½½114.5
Sokolov, Ivan 2642NED½½0*½11½4.0
Van Wely, Loek 2689NED½0½½*1½14.0
Tikkanen, Hans 2537SWE1½½00*½13.5
Berg, Emanuel 2561SWE0000½½*12.0
Hector, Jonny 2512SWE0½0½000*1.0
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Richard Rapport at Tata Steel this year where he was runner-up in the B Group
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