The first day of the TePe Sigeman & Co 2026 in Malmo has concluded. After 1 round, 2 players share the lead with 1 point each, with Nodirbek Abdusattorov leading on tiebreaks.

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Magnus Carlsen played his first game in six months, drawing against ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Arjun Erigaisi. Magnus played the game with 97.5 accuracy, while Arjunโ€™s was 97.8.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1
2. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ GM Andy Woodward 1
3. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Arjun Erigaisi 0.5
4. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท GM Yagiz Erdogmus 0.5
5. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด GM Magnus Carlsen 0.5
6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ GM Jorden v. Foreest 0.5
7. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช GM Nils Grandelius 0
8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ GM Zhu Jiner 0

The TePe Sigeman & Co 2026 takes place from May 1 to 7, in Malmo, Sweden. The event features a 90+0 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over one Round-Robin between 8 players.

Credit: Mikael Svensson