Tiger Hillarp Persson
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| Full name | Tiger Hillarp Persson |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2576 (November 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2618 (April 2009) |
Tiger Hillarp Persson (born 28 October 1970) is a Swedish chess Grandmaster.
He won tournaments in Gentofte (VISA Nordic Grand Prix, ahead of Sune Berg Hansen, Simen Agdestein, Einar Gausel, Helgi Grétarsson, Heikki Westerinen and more) and York in 1999, Jersey (2000), Guernsey (2001). 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
- Tiger Hillarp Persson rating card at FIDE
- Tiger Hillarp Persson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- OlimpBase
- Rating data
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