The SM-gruppen 2013 chess tournament is being played on 6th-14th July in Orebro, Sweden.
The event mixes strong grandmasters with young talented Swedish players in order to promote chess in this country. It is a 10-players single round-robin with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes to finish the game and 30 seconds increments per move.
Prizes are to be distributed as follows: 1st – 25.000 kr (approx. 4.000 USD); 2nd – 21.000 kr; 3rd – 17.000 kr; 4th – 13.000 kr, etc.
First seed Nils Grandelius is leading the event after 3 rounds. He is on 2.5/3, and is half a point above his compatriot Hans Tikkanen and Luxembourger Michael Wiedenkeller.
Nils Grandelius
Standings after 3 rounds:
| 1 | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2573 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Tikkanen Hans | SWE | 2528 | 2 |
| 3 | Wiedenkeller Michael | LUX | 2475 | 2 |
| 4 | Brynell Stellan | SWE | 2484 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2528 | 1.5 |
| Cramling Pia | SWE | 2524 | 1.5 | |
| 7 | Smith Axel | SWE | 2461 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Carlsson Pontus | SWE | 2516 | 1 |
| 9 | Hector Jonny | SWE | 2509 | 1 |
| 10 | Lindberg Bengt | SWE | 2410 | 0.5 |
