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Country
  
Sweden

FIDE rating
  
2552

Title
  
Grandmaster

Peak rating
  
2618

Name
  
Tiger Persson

Books
  
Tiger's Modern

Role
  
Chess Player


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Full name
  
Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson

Born
  
28 October 1970 (age 53) Malmo, Sweden (
1970-10-28
)

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Tiger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson (born 28 October 1970) is a Swedish chess Grandmaster.

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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 The Guernsey International Open (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). 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 7½ points. He has won the Swedish Chess Championship twice, in 2007 and 2008. 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.

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In 2015 he also attained the level of 1-Dan in the game of Go.

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Books

  • 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. 
  • Notable games

  • 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
  • References

    Tiger Hillarp Persson Wikipedia