Tiger Hillarp Persson


Tiger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Swedish Chess Champion. In 2015 he attained the level of 1-Dan in Go.

Chess career

He won tournaments in Gentofte, ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar Gausel, Helgi Grétarsson, Heikki Westerinen and others, York in 1999, Jersey, Barcelona Sants 2003 and The Guernsey International Open. He finished second in the Nordic Chess Championship in Vammala, Finland. 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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