Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
Here is the field in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament:
– Magnus Carlsen, Norway
– Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Uzbekistan
– Arjun Erigaisi, India
– Jorden van Foreest, the Netherlands
– Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkiye
– Nils Grandelius, Sweden
– Andy Woodward, USA
– Jiner Zhu, China
My youth hero #JanTimman has passed away. He showed his love for our game on many occasions. One can be seen here: youtu.be/tA5049mQk5c
Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
Welcome Nodirbek Abdusattorov!
The winner of the recent Tata Steel Masters, Nodirbek Abdussatorov from Uzbekistan, will play in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament in Malmo 1-7 May!
Photo: Lennart Ootes
Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
Welcome Magnus Carlsen!
World number one and multiple World Champion Magnus Carlsen will play in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament in Malmo 1-7 May!
More news to follow…
At the World Senior Chess Championships 2025 in Gallipoli 🇮🇹, IM Alexander Reprintsev 🇺🇦 won the title in the 65+ category. At the prize giving ceremony he was totally surprised that this also would bring him the grandmaster title. Never too old to become a GM!
Here are tomorrow’s pairings of @tepesigeman Chess Tournament:
Tan 🇨🇳 - Sindarov 🇺🇿
Erdogmus 🇹🇷 - Grandelius 🇸🇪
Rapport 🇭🇺 - l’Ami 🇳🇱
Ivanchuk 🇺🇦 - Robson 🇺🇸
Tiebreak games @tepesigeman will start at 17:15 CET. Abdusattorov, Erigaisi and Svidler will play for tournament victory. Full regulations: tepesigemanchess.com/tiebrea…
Based on the @StaChesstics predictions of the results of the individual games you can calculate the likely and unlikely scenarios for the final standings of @tepesigeman. The chance of a 5-player tiebreak is e.g. 0.15%.
After the penultimate round of @tepesigeman, we have three players in the lead with 4/6: @ArjunErigaisi, @polborta and #AntonKorobov. Last round pairings (tomorrow 12:00 CET): Svidler-Keymer, Grandelius-Erigaisi and Ju-Korobov. Will we have tiebreak games at the end?
The drawing of lots @tepesigeman has shown interesting pairings for tomorrow:
Maurizzi 🇫🇷- Keymer 🇩🇪
Korobov 🇺🇦- Abdusattorov Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Erigaisi 🇮🇳- Ju 🇨🇳
Svidler ♟️ - Grandelius 🇸🇪
Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
This weekend I am a Lecturer for a FIDE Arbiters Seminar in Terborgh, Netherlands. Together with Arno Eliens we teach participants from 3 countries. The place is very historical...
Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
World Champion GM Wenjun Ju (photo: Lennart Ootes) will participate in the 2024 Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament. The field:
GM Abdusattorov, Uzbekistan
GM Erigaisi, India
GM Ju, China
GM Grandelius, Sweden
GM Keymer, Germany
GM Korobov, Ukraine
GM Maurizzi, France
GM Svidler
From 15-17 March we will organise a FIDE Arbiter Seminar in the Netherlands. Main lecturer will be @Jrgen58908223 🇩🇪 (I am delighted to be the assistant lecturer) and we have a beautiful location with Castle Schinnen. More info: arbiters.fide.com/news/event…
The deadline for submitting (W)GM/IM title applications is 25 October.
qc.fide.com/2023/10/10/title…
It is not in every job you can choose your own boss. Thank you @velemojstrica for making my life easy! And a big thanks to the rest of the team too, without your dedication I would be suffering. 😉 #YouthOlympiad #BestArbitersTeamEver
📷 Lennart Ootes
Organising a big FIDE event is very challenging but having a great team is a big help. And I have the best. #YouthOlympiad #bestArbitersTeamEver
Arno Eliëns ♟ retweeted
I asked for the transfer to the playing hall at #YouthChessOlympiad and this is what I got! 100% Dutch style #Eindhoven
