TePe Sigeman 2025
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Malmo, Sweden. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2647, and top seed was Richard Rapport (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2722).
Javokhir Sindarov (🇺🇿 UZB, GM, 2706) won with 4.5/7, ahead of Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (4.0) and Nils Grandelius (4.0). Sindarov won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Zhongyi Tan (GM, 2536) beat Richard Rapport (GM, 2722), a +186-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsGM Javokhir Sindarov led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
GM Javokhir Sindarov held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
GM Javokhir Sindarov drew with GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (Black).
GM Javokhir Sindarov went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇿GMSindarov, Javokhir | 2706 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 14.75 | 23.5 | +3.5 | 2741 |
| 2 | 🇹🇷GMErdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 2618 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 14.00 | 24.0 | +8.2 | 2701 |
| 3 | 🇸🇪GMGrandelius, Nils | 2637 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 13.25 | 24.0 | +6.2 | 2698 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸GMRobson, Ray | 2692 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 12.25 | 24.5 | -5.0 | 2641 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺GMRapport, Richard | 2722 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 11.50 | 24.5 | -8.1 | 2636 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱GML'Ami, Erwin | 2621 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3.0 | 10.50 | 25.0 | -2.1 | 2601 |
| 7 | 🇨🇳GMTan, Zhongyi | 2536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 3.0 | 9.25 | 25.0 | +6.9 | 2613 |
| 8 | 🇺🇦GMIvanchuk, Vasyl | 2644 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2.5 | 9.50 | 25.5 | -9.6 | 2545 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanGMTUR+8.24.0 pts · #2
- 2Tan, ZhongyiGMCHN+6.93.0 pts · #7
- 3Grandelius, NilsGMSWE+6.24.0 pts · #3
- 1Ivanchuk, VasylGMUKR-9.62.5 pts · #8
- 2Rapport, RichardGMHUN-8.13.5 pts · #4
- 3Robson, RayGMUSA-5.03.5 pts · #5
- R3+186 Elo gap
- R4+108 Elo gap
- R4+104 Elo gap