Fabiano Caruana won the 20th Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, Sweden on Wednesday. The Italian grandmaster scored a splendid 5.5/7 which was half a point more than Peter Leko and good for a 2853 performance rating. Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius shared third place with 4/7.

A convincing victory for Fabiano Caruana in Malmö | Photos © Calle Erlandsson

After enjoying a rest day, on Sunday the players continued the tournament in Malmö with the 4th round. At that point Fabiano Caruana, who had started with two White games, was leading the pack with 2.5/3. He then drew twice, against Emanuel Berg and Li Chao, which allowed Nils Grandelius to catch the Italian in the lead in round 5 on Monday.

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Grandelius beat Hector and joined Caruana in the lead

In round 6 the tournament seemed already decided, because Caruana defeated Grandelius in the direct encounter.

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Grandelius and Caruana during their post-mortem

However, Peter Leko won against Berg and so the Hungarian was now in second place, just half a point behind Caruana. Anything could happen in the last round, but thanks to a convincing victory with Black over Hector, Caruana finished clear first anyway.

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Another excellent performance for Caruana

Leko also won his last game, and so finished in clear second place, also staying undefeated. His last move of the tournament was a nice one.

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Leko can be satisfied too about his tournament - we'll see him soon in Moscow!