Arjun Erigaisi beats Jorden van Foreest, Carlsen bounces back at TePe Sigeman & Co 2026
After the shocking loss in the 4th round of TePe Sigeman & Co 2026, Magnus Carlsen bounced back and scored a win over Zhu Jiner to get into joint second place with Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Arjun Erigaisi scored a win over Jorden van Foreest, who was in the headlines after beating Magnus Carlsen in the 4th round. With this win, Arjun is now co-leading with Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who drew his game against Andy Woodward. The local star, Sweden No.1 Nils Grandelius, scored his first points after drawing with Nodirbek Abdusattorov. With two rounds to go, the tournament is wide open, and we are expecting a great fight in the penultimate round today. Round 6 will start today at 3 PM CET/6:30 PM IST. Photo: Peter Doggers/ tepesigemanchess
Expect action-filled rounds
With two rounds to go, we are going to witness something incredible at the TePe Sigeman & Co 2026 chess tournament. Magnus losing in the 4th round changed a lot of predictions. It's rare to see Magnus losing, but the way he came back in the 5th round is incredible. On the other hand, Arjun is looking very sharp and precise; he scored 3 draws and 2 wins in 5 rounds, and in the next 2 rounds, he is going to play with Zhu Jiner and Andy Woodward.
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus will face two of the most difficult opponents of this tournament in the last two rounds, World No.1 Magnus and World No.4 Abdusattorov, and it will be a big test for the youngster to hold his ground against the best in the World.
Check out the games!
Now we will bring you all the action that happened in the 4th round.
Arjun Erigaisi vs Jorden van Foreest (1-0)
This was the 3rd time that Arjun and Jorden were playing against each other at TePe Sigeman & Co. In 2022, the game between the two players ended in a draw, while in 2023, Jorden won against Arjun. After 3 years at 31st TePe Sigeman, Arjun scored a nice win over Jorden to get the joint lead with Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus. The game started with Slav defence, and Jorden made a huge mistake going into the endgame and lost the game after a few moves. Check out the critical moment of the game.
Jorden played 25.e5?, which simply allowed Arjun to capture the pawn, and the pawn on e5 is getting pushed with tempo. The game ended with a forced continuation 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. e6 Nc5 28. e7 Re8 29. Rac1 Rxa4 30. Rd8 1-0, and Arjun won in the next 5 moves.
Magnus Carlsen vs Zhu Jiner (1-0)
This was the 1st classical game between Magnus Carlsen and Zhu Jiner, and it was also Magnus's first rated classical game vs a woman player in 8 long years! The game started with Magnus opting to play the King's Indian Attack with white pieces. The game turned complex immediately in the middlegame, and Zhu Jiner got an edge, but under time pressure, Jiner made a series of mistakes to lose the game.
36...Ng3+ turned out to be a game-losing mistake as the pawn on g4 is falling the black king is just suffering there on g8.
Nils Grandelius vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov (0.5-0.5)
It was the 4th classical clash between the two players; the previous results were equal, as Nils won 1 game, Abdusattorov won once, and one game ended in a draw. The record will remain equal as the 4th clash between both players at TePe Sigeman & Co. 2026 ended in a quick draw.
Andy Woodward vs Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (0.5-0.5)
It was the 2nd classical clash between the two players; earlier, they played in the 1st Jeddah International Chess Festival 2024, where both were around 2500, and Yagiz won that game with the white pieces. Here at TePe Sigeman 2026. Andy Woodward missed a huge chance in the queen endgame to win the game, and it slipped away as the game ended in a draw. It was a long battle of 104 moves, but eventually it ended in a draw.
This was the only opportunity for Andy to prove his advantage by playing 37.h5, exploiting the weak king and destroying the pawn structure. But instead, he rushed and played 37.Qe5 and the game equalised after that.
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Round 5 Results
White | Result | Black |
|---|---|---|
Andy Woodward | ½-½ | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş |
Magnus Carlsen | 1-0 | Jiner Zhu |
Arjun Erigaisi | 1-0 | Jorden van Foreest |
Nils Grandelius | ½-½ | Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
Standings after Round 5
Players | Rating +/- | Points |
|---|---|---|
GM Erigaisi Arjun, India | 2751+10 | 3.5 |
GM Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanTürkiye | 2708+7 | 3.5 |
GM Carlsen, Magnus, Norway | 2840−4 | 3 |
GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek, Uzbekistan | 2780−1 | 3 |
GM Van Foreest, Jorden, Netherlands | 2735−3 | 2.5 |
GM Woodward, Andy, United States | 2635+3 | 2.5 |
GM Zhu, Jiner, China | 2546+2 | 1.5 |
GM Grandelius, Nils, Sweden | 2662−15 | 0.5 |
Pairings: Round 6
Live Stream: Round 5
Previous Winners
Winner | Year |
|---|---|
Javokhir Sindarov | 2025 |
Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2024 |
Peter Svidler | 2023 |
Hans Niemann | 2022 |
Jorden van Foreest | 2021 |
Gawain Maroroa Jones | 2019 |
Time control
90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move (Malmö rules-no draws before move 40).
Schedule
1st May - 6th May - 3 p.m. CET (6:30 p.m. IST)
7th May - 12 p.m. CET (3:30 p.m. IST)
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