He won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nordic Grand Prix), ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar

Gausel, Helgi Gretarsson, 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 7.5 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.

Tiger Hillarp Persson

His game against Tomas Laurusas at the 43rd Chess Olympiad was ranked best game of 2018 by the editors of

Chess.com. Tiger’s two books on the Modern Defense have had great reception among critics and public, to the

extent that publisher Quality Chess’s title for the first book, Tiger’s Modern, has become accepted as synonymous

with the Modern opening.