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
