Swedish GM Hans Tikkanen needed to beat his compatriot Nils Grandelius in an Armageddon game to get first place at the SM-gruppen 2013 chess tournament, which was played on 6th-14th July in Orebro, Sweden.
Both Tikkanen and Grandelius finished with 6.5/9 points leaving their closest followers 1.5 points behind, proving their superiority over the field.
The eventual champion arrived to the last round half a point Grandelius. He defeated Bengt Lindberg, while Grandelius could not get more than a split point against Stellan Brynell.
Third place went to GM Tiger Hillarp Persson.
Prizes were distributed as follows: 1st – 25.000 kr (approx. 4.000 USD); 2nd – 21.000 kr; 3rd – 17.000 kr; 4th – 13.000 kr, etc.
Tikkanen – Grandelius
Final Standings:
| 1 | Tikkanen Hans | SWE | 2528 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2573 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2528 | 5.0 |
| 4 | Smith Axel | SWE | 2461 | 5.0 |
| 5 | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2524 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Wiedenkeller Michael | LUX | 2475 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Brynell Stellan | SWE | 2484 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Carlsson Pontus | SWE | 2516 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Hector Jonny | SWE | 2509 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Lindberg Bengt | SWE | 2410 | 3.0 |
