Tiger Hillarp Persson
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| Full name | Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 28 October 1970 Malmö, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
| FIDE rating | 2457 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2618 (April 2009) |
Tiger Hillarp Persson (born Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson,[1][2] 28 October 1970) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Swedish Chess Champion. In Go he attained the level of 1-Dan on KGS in 2015 and 3-Dan in the EGF ratings in 2023.[3][4]
Chess career
[edit]He won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nordic Grand Prix), ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar Gausel, Helgi Grétarsson, Heikki Westerinen and others, York in 1999, Jersey (2000), Barcelona Sants 2003 and multiple times the Guernsey International Chess Open (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (best on tie-break), 2016, and again 2018 (best on tie-break)). He finished second in the Nordic Chess Championship in Vammala, Finland (2005). In 2008 he was the winner of the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in his hometown of Malmö with an impressive 71⁄2 points. In 2009 he finished second in the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament. Representing Sweden, he scored individual bronze medals in the Chess Olympiad in Elista, 1998 and in Dresden 2008.
He has won the Swedish Chess Championship three times, in 2007, 2008, and again in 2021, finishing then half a point ahead of three other players, including 2019 winner Erik Blomqvist.[5]
Tiger has been called 'one of the most creative and non-traditional players', exemplified by his construction of 'one of the few self-administered pawn forks in chess history' in the game against Peter Heine Nielsen.[6][7] His game against Tomas Laurusas at the 43rd Chess Olympiad was ranked best game of 2018 by the editors of Chess.com.[8]
Tiger has written two books on the Modern Defense, including Tiger's Modern.[9]
Books & DVDs
[edit]- Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2005). Tiger's Modern. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-9197524360.
- Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2014). The Modern Tiger. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-83-5.
- Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2013), Fighting for the Initiative in Chess (DVD) - A2B Media Ltd
Notable games
[edit]- Tiger Hillarp Persson vs Judit Polgar, Hotel Bali Stars 2003, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (E20), 1-0
- Eduardas Rozentalis vs Tiger Hillarp Persson, 12th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2004, French Defense: Rubinstein, Fort Knox Variation (C10), 0-1
- Vladimir Petkov vs Tiger Hillarp Persson, 37th Chess Olympiad 2006, Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11), 0-1
- Peter Heine Nielsen vs Tiger Hillarp Persson, 20:th Politiken Cup 1998, King's Indian Defence: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack (E97), 0-1
- Tiger Hillarp Persson vs Tomas Laurusas, 43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, rd. 7, Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06), 1-0
References
[edit]- ^ "2008 Gibraltar Chess Festival - Who's Who". Gibraltar Chess Festival. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
Tiger is not his real name – actually it is Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson (parents were big Winnie the Pooh fans)
- ^ "Youngest Player Rapport Wins In Ancient Place - Chess.com". 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson, who I learned has the actual given name Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson (I feel it prudent to repeat that this is not a joke!)
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Chess Grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Achieves Shodan « American Go e-Journal". usgo.org. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.
- ^ "European Go Database – Player card for Tiger Hillarp". europeangodatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Swedish Championship 2021". chess24.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "In the Jaws of the Tiger – part two". chessbase.com. August 2007.
- ^ "Peter Heine Nielsen vs Tiger Hillarp Persson (1998) Perssonal Best". chessgames.com.
- ^ "The 10 Best Chess Games of 2018". chess.com. 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Chess is My Life!: The Modern Tiger- A Review". sagarteacheschess.blogspot.com. 4 March 2015.
External links
[edit]- Tiger Hillarp Persson rating card at FIDE
- Tiger Hillarp Persson FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Tiger Hillarp Persson Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Tiger Hillarp Persson chess games at 365Chess.com
- Tiger Hillarp Persson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Tiger Hillarp Persson rating data at Chess.vrsac.com (archived)
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