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Monday, 08 Jul 2024 10:15
Swedish Championship 2024: Vitaly Sivuk retains title

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

2

GM Jonny Hector

2410

6

3

GM Erik Blomqvist

2527

4

IM Martin Lokander

2474

5

5

GM Platon Galperin

2551

5

6

IM Jung Min Seo

2442

5

7

GM Tiger Hillarp

2455

8

IM Milton Pantzar

2480

3

9

GM Daniel Semcesen

2451

10

FM Joar Östlund

2334

2


Complete results in all categories

Official website: schack.se/ 

Photos: Lars OA Hedlund