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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

41st Rilton Chess Cup R6: GM Aleksandr Shimanov in clear lead

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Hello everyone,

The chess news update from the 41st Rilton Chess Cup being held in Stockholm from December 27 to January 5 is that GM Aleksandr Shimanov from Sankt Petersburg maintained his lead after six rounds by beating GM Erwin l’Ami.
 


GM Dragan Solak - who is representing Turkey for the first time - beat GM Hans Tikkanen and was in second place with GM Slavko Cicak and former Rilton Cup winner GM Eduardas Rozentalis.

Round 6 standings:1. GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2549 – 5.5
2-4. GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2566, GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2586 and GM Solak Dragan TUR 2629 – 5.0
5-8. GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2537, GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2486, GM Bellon Juan ESP 2419 and GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2626 – 4.5
9-18. GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2616, IM Smith Axel SWE 2480, GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2586, GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2594, GM Socko Bartosz POL 2635, FM Sipilä Vilka FIN 2316, GM Bakre Tejas IND 2509, IM Nithander Victor SWE 2423, GM Socko Monica POL 2479 and FM Sagit Rauan SWE 2368 – 4.0 etc

Top round 7 pairings:GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2549 – GM Solak Dragan 2629
GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2586 – GM Cicak Slavko 2566
GM Brynell Stellan 2486 – GM Volkov Sergey 2626
GM Ivanov Sergey 2537 – GM Bellon Juan 2419
GM Socko Monica 2479 – GM Socko Bartosz 2635
GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2616 – FM Sipilä Vilka 2316
IM Smith Axel 2480 – GM L’Ami Erwin 2594
IM Nithander Victor 2423 – GM Tikkanen Hans 2586
FM Sagit Rauan 2368 – GM Bakre Tejas 2509

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