Arno Eliëns ♟

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

@tepesigeman pairings for the 1st round:
Van Foreest 🇳🇱 - Erdogmus 🇹🇷
Zhu 🇨🇳 - Abdusattorov 🇺🇿
Woodward 🇺🇸 - Grandelius 🇸🇪
Carlsen 🇳🇴 - Erigaisi 🇮🇳

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

@tepesigeman pairings for the 1st round:
Van Foreest 🇳🇱 - Erdogmus 🇹🇷
Zhu 🇨🇳 - Abdusattorov 🇺🇿
Woodward 🇺🇸 - Grandelius 🇸🇪
Carlsen 🇳🇴 - Erigaisi 🇮🇳

[tepesigeman @tepesigeman]

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

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

My youth hero #JanTimman has passed away. He showed his love for our game on many occasions. One can be seen here: https://t.co/v4Lva9u7WF

[tepesigeman @tepesigeman]

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

[tepesigeman @tepesigeman]

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…

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

@AMKazarian @london_chess Gefeliciteerd!

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

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!

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

Here are tomorrow’s pairings of @tepesigeman Chess Tournament:
Tan 🇨🇳 - Sindarov 🇺🇿
Erdogmus 🇹🇷 - Grandelius 🇸🇪
Rapport 🇭🇺 - l’Ami 🇳🇱
Ivanchuk 🇺🇦 - Robson 🇺🇸

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

Tiebreak games @tepesigeman will start at 17:15 CET. Abdusattorov, Erigaisi and Svidler will play for tournament victory. Full regulations: https://t.co/TJ5mFIsZDC

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

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%.

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

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?

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

The drawing of lots @tepesigeman has shown interesting pairings for tomorrow:
Maurizzi 🇫🇷- Keymer 🇩🇪
Korobov 🇺🇦- Abdusattorov Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Erigaisi 🇮🇳- Ju 🇨🇳
Svidler ♟️ - Grandelius 🇸🇪

[Jürgen Klüners @Jrgen58908223]

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...

[tepesigeman @tepesigeman]

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

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

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: https://t.co/E0NW9MavQk

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

@anishgiri The chess set for your game tomorrow is ready! #TataSteelChess #Circustheater

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

Dear Anish - we have other pieces on offer too. How about a horsey?

[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

Hang that in your bedroom.

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

@LennartOotes @peterdoggers I have tried to avoid your cameras for years, but this tournament I gave up…

[Arno Eliëns ♟ @aeliens]

The deadline for submitting (W)GM/IM title applications is 25 October.

https://t.co/Ohb5EvPKii