Tiger Hillarp Persson
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| Full name | Tiger Christopher Robin Hillarp-Persson |
| Country |
 Sweden
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| Born |
28 October 1970 Malmö, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2501 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2618 (April 2009) |
Tiger Christopher Robin 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 others, York in 1999, Jersey (2000), Barcelona Sants 2003 and The Guernsey International Open (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010). He finished second in the Nordic Chess 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. Representing Sweden, he scored individual bronze medals in the Chess Olympiad in Elista, 1998 and in Dresden 2008.
In 2015 he also attained the level of 1-Dan in the game of Go.
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