| Tiger Hillarp Persson | |
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 Hillarp Persson in 2016 | |
| Full name | Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 28 October 1970 Malmö, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
| FIDE rating | 2497 (September 2023) |
| 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 2015 he attained the level of 1-Dan in Go. [3]
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. [4]
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. [5] [6] His game against Tomas Laurusas at the 43rd Chess Olympiad was ranked best game of 2018 by the editors of Chess.com. [7]
Tiger has written two books on the Modern Defense, including Tiger's Modern. [8]
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Tiger is not his real name – actually it is Tigger Christopher Robin Hillarp Persson (parents were big Winnie the Pooh fans)
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!)
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