Press release Malmö, 28 March 2018 Here are the participants in theTePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2018 FOTO: DAVID LLADA, FIONA STEIL ANTONI & LARS OA HEDLUND 4–8th MAY 2018 Contact Tournament director: Johan Berntsen, Limhamns SK [email protected] Media: Ingemar Falk [email protected] GM Vidit Gujrathi, GM Alexander Morozevich, GM Nils Grandelius, GM Benjamin Gledura, GM Aryan Tari and IM Linus Johansson. As Sigeman & Co. was founded in previous years, the tournament will be held at the Hipp Theater in in 1991 and is focused on commercial law. The firm’s Malmo and this year the dates will be 4–8th May, with a grand opening lawyers have extensive expe- rience in general commercial ceremony being held at the Malmo Town Hall on 3rd of May. law and many of us are also specialized in different areas The tournament will be broadcasted on web TV, and your hosts will be of law. Our clients are com- panies, organizations and go- GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Stellan Brynell. vernment agencies, different both internally and externally. However, we believe that they ”It felt really good to be back last year, and we are cipant The current world champion, Magnus Carlsen, have one thing in common, happy to have been able to gather an interesting field former world champions Vasily Smyslov and Boris they value the availability and expertise of their advisors. yet again, says tournament director Johan Berntsen, on Spassky, legends such as Judit Polgar, Viktor Korch- behalf of organizer Limhamns SK.” noi, Tony Miles, Jan Timman, Lajos Potisch, Alexander Johan would like to thank the sponsors, who made Beliavsky, but also many top players of today, such as it possible to revive the tournament. The tournament Fabiano Caruana, Peter Leko, Hikaru Nakamura, Boris would not have been possible without the support of Gelfand, Teimour Radjabov, Anish Giri, Ivan Soko- TePe Munhygienprodukter the law firm Sigeman & Co, and the company TePe – lov, Nigel Short, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ivan Cheparinov, AB is a Swedish company founded in 1965. The Sweden’s leading manufacturer of dental products. Wesley So, Alexei Shirov, Chao Li, Richard Rapport, TePe range of interdental ”Both Johan Sigeman and Joel Eklund have provided Loek van Wely, Pavel Eljanov and Laurent Fressinet. brushes, toothbrushes and invaluable support when it comes to bringing the field The first Sigeman tournament was played back in dental sticks is developed in collaboration with dental of players together and I would really like to thank 1993, and was then played every year up until 2014, experts with the aim of them for making this possible, says Johan, who would when it was laid to rest. For good, many feared. But, promoting good oral health. also like to thank the Swedish Chess Academy for sup- it came back in 2017. The format is the same as last All design, development and production takes place at the porting the tournament”. year. Six players play five rounds in five days. The headquarters in Malmö. The Swedish number one Nils Grandelius and local hero players praise the tournament atmosphere. products are marketed by IM Linus Johansson are facing a real challenge in this ”It’s always friendly and relaxed, which however subsidiaries in six countries and distributors in over 60 year’s TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament: doesn’t stop us from trying to win at the board, says countries, and available Vidit Gujrathi, India: The winner of Tata Steel Nils Grandelius who will return to the tournament this primarily through dental Challengers this year.Alexander Morozevich, Russia: year. You will find interviews and more info at practices, pharmacies and retail. TePe has 300 employ- One of the chess world’s most fascinating and famous tepesigemanchess.com ees and turnover of MSEK chess players. He has been ranked number 2 in the Johan Berntsen sees a big advantage in TePe 650 (2016). world. Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament being played at the Organizer: Aryan Tari, Norway: The new world junior chess Hipp theater. Above all, it is very convenient for chess Limhamns SK champion. fans who want to follow the tournament live. Benjamin Gledura, Hungary: A great chess talent from ”Hipp is right in the center of town, very close to all one of the best chess countries in the world. forms of public transport”. ”With an average rating of 2620, this will most probably be the strongest closed tournament in Sweden this year”, For media: Please feel free to use quotes from the says Johan Berntsen. interviews and download pictures of the players, but ”This is due to the fact that the TePe Sigeman & Co please quote the source. 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