GM Jorden van Foreest is the first player to beat GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess since GM Gukesh Dommaraju’s famous win in Norway Chess 2025. Carlsen looked set to escape a tough game intact but finally fell in a nail-biting endgame, while GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus took the sole lead in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament with a brilliant win over GM Nils Grandelius. GM Zhu Jiner pounced on an opening mistake to grab her first win, against GM Andy Woodward, while the only draw was a missed chance for GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov to beat GM Arjun Erigaisi.
The fifth round is on Tuesday, May 5, starting at 9 a.m. ET / 15:00 CEST / 6:30 p.m. IST.
This is a flash report—come back later for full coverage of all the day’s action!
We got a stunning day’s action in Malmo, and it could very easily have featured four wins for White.
Round 4 Results
Erdogmus’ relentless rise continues as he’s taken the sole lead, while Van Foreest moves up to join Abdusattorov and Arjun in second place.
Standings after Round 4
The competition for Game of the Day was strong, but it’s hard not to go with Van Foreest’s win, which GM Rafael Leitao will analyze below.
Carlsen will now likely look on his round-five clash with Zhu as a must-win to get back in contention, while Erdogmus has Black against another player looking to bounce back—Woodward.
Round 5 Pairings
How to watch?
The Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament takes place May 1-7, 2026, at the Elite Plaza Hotel in Malmo, Sweden. The players compete in an eight-player single round-robin. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, with 30 more minutes for the rest of the game and a 30-second increment per move from move one.
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