Javokhir Sindarov wins TePe Sigeman & Co @ Malmö

Posted on May 31, 2025 BY R.R. Vasudevan

Two teenagers viz., 19-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov & 13-year-old GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, stole the show in the TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament 2025 that concluded in the Elite Plaza Hotel Malmö. The Uzbek star claimed the TePe Sigeman & Co Malmö title with 4.5/7 score while Türkiye talent GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus shared the second spot with Swedish GM Nils Grandelius with a 4/7 finish.

A fine first round win against former women world champion Tan Zhongyi of China set the ball rolling for Sindarov. In the fourth round he accounted for Dutch Grandmaster Erwin L’Ami for his second win and drew the rest. An ELO 2741 tournament rating performance with a gain of 3.5 rating points indicates the peak scaled by the Uzbek.

Teenaged Javokhir Sindarov (DOB 08/Dec/2005) is a fast rising GM from Tashkent. These days he’s moving out of the shadows of another Uzbek Super GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, slowly but steadily. Sindarov was part of the gold medal winning Uzbekistan team from the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India. Consistency is his middle name and more could be expected of him.

Group photo of players & organisers of the TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament Malmö

Going under the shadow of Sindarov’s performance was another teenager, 13-year-old Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (DOB 03/June/2011) who shared the second spot with host GM former champion Grandelius Nils. Erdoğmuş, currently the youngest grandmaster in the world, arrived in Malmö with his trainer GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. His ELO 2701 tournament rating performance came from two wins, four draws and a lone defeat in the hands of legend Ivanchuk. Age is on his side and the right hands of Mamedyarov is bound to take Erdoğmuş far.

The TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2025 at Malmö organised by Limhamns SK Chess Club saw eight top GMs fighting for the title. Legendary winner’s from the past include GMs Viktor Kortchnoi, Boris Gelfand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Jan Timman, Judit Polgár, Anish GIri among others. Started in 1993 this prestigious event has run right through all the year’s except during COVID time. The round-robin tournament ran from 20th to 26th May, 2025.

Tan Zhongyi (2536) – Sindarov Javokhir (2706) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 8. h3 Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. e4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ne5 e6 15. Na4 dxe4 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Ba8 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Nc4 Qb4 21. Bc3 Qb5 22. Nd6 Qb6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxf6 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Bxf6 27. Re1 c5 28. Bg2 Bb7 29. Bxe4 Ba6 30. Rd1 Bb5 31. a4 Be8 32. Rd6 Rc7 33. Rc4 Bd7 34. Ra6 Bd4 35. Kg2 e5 36. Bd5 Bf5 37. Rd6 Kf8 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rb8 Kd6 40. Ba8 a5 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. Ra6 Rc8 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Bf3 Bd3 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Bd5 Rd8 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Bxf7 Rd6 49. f3? (49. g4 Rf6 50. Rxd4 exd4 51. Bc4 Bxc4 52. bxc4 d3 53. Rd7=)

49…e4! 50. f4 e3 51. Kf3 e2 52. Rc1 c4 53. Rc7 Bb6 54. Rb7 Be4+ 55. Kxe2 Bxb7 56. Bxc4 Bg2 57. h4 Bh3 58. Kf3 h5 59. Bb5 Rd2 60. Ke4 Bf5+ 0-1

Final Ranking: 1. Javokhir Sindarov 4.5, 2-3. Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Grandelius Nils 4.0, 4-5. Richard Rapport, Ray Robson 3.5, 6-7. Erwin L’Ami, Tan Zhongyi 3.0, 8. Vasyl Ivanchuk 2.5

Photo Courtesy : TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmö / Mikael Svensson.

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