GM Vitaly Sivuk won the Swedish Championship 2024 defending his national champion title.
Like last year, the Swedish Chess Championship 2024 featured several categories, from a youth tournament to the Sverigemästarklassen, a round-robin tournament with classical time control for Sweden’s top chess players. in Växjö’s spacious Fortnox Arena from June 28 to July 7.
From L-R: Östlund, Hector, Seo, Lokander, Pantzar, Hillarp, Blomqvist, Galperin, Sivuk
The defending champion took an early lead with four straight victories. Surprisingly, Vitaly then drew all remaining games, but it was enough to secure the title with 6.5/9 points. The 2022 champion Jonny Hector finished a half point behind and took silver, while Erik Blomqvist captured bronze thanks in no small part to his spectacular penultimate-round victory over Tiger Hillarp.
Final standings:
1 | GM Vitaly Sivuk | 2569 | 6½ |
2 | GM Jonny Hector | 2410 | 6 |
3 | GM Erik Blomqvist | 2527 | 5½ |
4 | IM Martin Lokander | 2474 | 5 |
5 | GM Platon Galperin | 2551 | 5 |
6 | IM Jung Min Seo | 2442 | 5 |
7 | GM Tiger Hillarp | 2455 | 4½ |
8 | IM Milton Pantzar | 2480 | 3 |
9 | GM Daniel Semcesen | 2451 | 2½ |
10 | FM Joar Östlund | 2334 | 2 |
Complete results in all categories
Official website: schack.se/
Photos: Lars OA Hedlund