Tiger Hillarp Persson

Tiger Hillarp Persson
Full name	Tiger Hillarp Persson
Country	Sweden
Born	28 October 1970 (1970-10-28) (age 41) Malmö, Sweden
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2524 (March 2011)
Peak rating	2618 (April 2009)

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

Tiger won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nordic Grand Prix, ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar Gausel, Helgi Grétarsson, Heikki Westerinen and more, York in 1999, Jersey (2000) and The Guernsey International Open (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). He finished second in the Nordic 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.

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

External links

• FIDE rating card for Tiger Hillarp Persson
• Tiger Hillarp Persson player profile at ChessGames.com
• OlimpBase
• Rating data

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Name	Hillarp Persson, Tiger
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Date of birth	28 October 1970
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
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