Rilton Chess Cup: Jon Ludvig Hammer wins Title

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The Stockholm Chess Federation organised the 43rd Rilton Cup from 27th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The tournament was played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open was only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).

Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo are rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The playing venue was the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, 111 20 Stockholm.

Norwegian Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer crowned his excellent form with a clear first place after concluding the Rilton Cup with 7,5/9 points. Only few weeks ago Hammer won the London Chess Classic FIDE Open.

GM Sergey Volkov, winner of the 40th Rilton Cup in 2011, was in position to overtake Hammer in the direct last-round encounter, but he decided to be on the safe side with a quick 8-move draw.

Volkov is clear second with 7,0 points, while six players shared the third place with 6,5 points each, among them being the last year Rilton Cup winner Michal Krasenkow. (FIDE)

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43rd Rilton Chess Cup in Stockholm, Sweden from Dec 27

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Hello everyone,

The Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 43rd Rilton Chess Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2013 to 5th January 2014. The tournament will be played in three groups: Rilton Chess Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Chess Open (the Chess Open is only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).

Rilton Chess Cup and Rilton Elo will be rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The first round starts at 3:00 p.m. on 27th December. Round 2–8 start the same time. The last, 9th round starts at noon on 5th January. The 31st December (New Year’s Eve) is free of play.

Rilton Chess Open is played on 28th December 2013 – 4th January 2014 as a 7 rounds FIDE-Swiss.

The winner of the previous Rilton Chess Cup was Polish Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow. The playing venue is at Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, Stockholm. Metro station Skanstull, green line.

 

Clarion Hotel Stockholm

Rilton Chess Cup is open for players with an Elo-rating or National rating of at least 2200.

Prizes: 1st 20 000 SEK, 2nd 15 000 SEK, 3rd 12 000 SEK, 4th 10 000 SEK, 5th 8 000 SEK, 6th 6 000 SEK, 7th 5 000 SEK, 8th 4 000 SEK, 9th 3 000 SEK, 10th 3 000 SEK
Rating prizes: 3 000 SEK, 2 000 SEK and 1 000 SEK per rating-group

Rilton Elo
Open for all players with an Elo-rating or national rating less than 2200
Prizes: 1st 7 000 SEK, 2nd 5 000 SEK, 3rd 3 000 SEK, 4th 2 000 SEK, 5th 1 000 SEK, 6th 1 000 SEK
Rating prizes: 3 000 SEK, 2 000 SEK and 1 000 SEK per rating-group

Rilton Chess OpenOpen for Nordic players with a national rating less than 1800
Prizes: 1st 5 000 SEK, 2nd 3 000 SEK, 3rd 2 000 SEK, 4th 1 000 SEK, 5th 1 000 SEK
Rating prizes: 3 000 SEK, 2 000 SEK and 1 000 SEK per rating-group (www.chessdom.com)

Official website www.rilton.se

Rilton Chess Cup participants:
1 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2657
2 GM Smirin Ilya ISR 2642
3 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2633
4 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2623
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2612
6 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2581
7 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2576
8 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2560
9 GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger SWE 2551
10 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2548
11 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2541
12 GM Johannessen Leif Erlend NOR 2528
13 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2525
14 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2519
15 IM Urkedal Frode NOR 2492
16 IM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2488
17 IM Hansen Torbjørn Ringdal NOR 2473
18 IM Mihok Oliver HUN 2466
19 GM Åkesson Ralf Dr SWE 2448
20 GM Socko Monika POL 2440
21 IM Eggleston David ENG 2434
22 GM Yagupov Igor RUS 2427
23 IM Sjodahl Pontus SWE 2420
24 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2418
25 IM Bejtovic Jasmin BIH 2402
26 IM Tsyhanchuk Stanislav BLR 2398
27 GM Bellon Juan ESP 2382
28 FM Sagit Rauan SWE 2369
29 IM Furhoff Johan SWE 2318
30 Englert Fabian GER 2316
31 Jacobsen Bo DEN 2302
32 FM Lindgren Philip SWE 2301
33 IM Kolbus Dietmar GER 2300
34 FM Krupenski Jüri EST 2300
35 IM Poley Vladimir BLR 2300
36 FM Arman Deniz TUR 2295
37 FM Luukkonen Tommi FIN 2285
38 FM Henriksson Johan SWE 2266
39 Johansson Gunnar SWE 2257
40 Cederstam Barsk Carl SWE 2256
41 Nielsen Rógvi Egilstoft FAI 2252
42 FM Ramondino Renzo ITA 2242
43 FM Hammar Bengt SWE 2234
44 Kiselev Pavel RUS 2233
45 krantz christopher SWE 2233
46 FM Annenkov Kirill RUS 2232
47 Janse Love SWE 2231
48 FM Trygstad Kristian Dahle NOR 2228
49 NM Ask Josef SWE 2209
50 Evertsson Lennart SWE 2186
51 Adler Bo SWE 2168
52 NM Marzano Carlo ITA 2166
53 Norlin Egor SWE 2125
54 Lochte Thomas – GER 2110
55 Puzko Danila RUS 2100
56 Kassani Sam SWE 2095
57 Jonsson Emil SWE 2076
58 Olofsson Dolk Mattis SWE 2070
59 Arovén Mikael SWE 2045
60 Merkesvik Sondre NOR 2039
61 Jogstad Martin SWE 1941
62 Bit-Narva David SWE 1882

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Rilton Chess Cup 2013: Michael Krasenkow Wins Title

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Hi everyone,

The Polish Grandmaster Michael Krasenkow won convincingly Rilton Cup 2013. Krasenkow did not lose a single game, won six and drew three to score 7,5/9 and become the sole winner of the competition. Last year’s winner of Rilton Cup GM Alexandr Shimanov and the Tata Steel 2013 participant GM Erwin L’ami finished with 7,0/9 in the strong field, ahead of the group of 6,5/9 players which includes the rating favorite GM Ilya Smirin, IM Vilka Sipilä, and GM Bartosz Socko. With his score IM Sipilä won a GM norm. Top women players of the competition were GM Pia Cramling and GM Monika Socko with 6,0/9, according to a brief chess news update via Chessdom. 

Round reports and full information at the official website.


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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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Rilton Chess Cup R3 tied with four-way lead

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Hello everyone,

We have the latest chess news update via www.chessdom.com from the the 41st Rilton Cup in Stockholm being held from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012.

This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), is being played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open is only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).

Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo are rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The playing venue is the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, 111 20 Stockholm.

Last year winner GM Sergey Volkov is on 1.5 points, while the winner of the 39th Rilton Cup GM Eduardas Rozentalis is with 2.5 points following the quick victory against IM Nielsen Fries Jens Ove.

Round 3 standings:

1-4. GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2616, GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2566, GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2549 and IM Smith Axel SWE 2480 – 3.0

5-11. GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2537, GM Socko Bartosz POL 2635, GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2594, GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2586, GM Bakre Tejas IND 2509, GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2486 and GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2485 – 2.5

12-31. GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2586, GM Berczes David HUN 2555, IM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2490, IM Lindberg Bengt SWE 2415, IM Leer-Salvesen Bjarte NOR 2380, GM Åkesson Ralf SWE 2421, Johansson Linus SWE 2197, GM Solak Dragan TUR 2629, IM Nithander Victor SWE 2423, Bharat Arjun IND 2178, FM Sagit Rauan SWE 2368, WGM L’Ami Alina ROU 2364, Denisov Ivan RUS 2348, FM Sipilä Vilka FIN 2316, GM Cramling Pia SWE 2495, FM Malmdin Nils-Åke SWE 2308, GM Socko Monica POL 2479, FM Deniz Arman TUR 2304, FM Byklum Björnar NOR 2252 and Glimbrant Torbjörn SWE 2250 – 2.0 etc

Round 4 top pairings:
GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2549 – GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2616
IM Smith Axel 2480 – GM Cicak Slavko 2566
GM Socko Bartosz 2635 – GM Ivanov Sergey 2537
GM L’Ami Erwin 2594 – GM Brynell Stellan 2486
GM Bakre Tejas 2509 – GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2586
GM Karlsson Lars 2485 – GM Solak Dragan 2629
GM Tikkanen Hans 2586 – FM Sagit Rauan 2368
GM Berczes David 2555 – WGM L’Ami Alina 2364
FM Sipilä Vilka 2316 – GM Cramling Pia 2495
IM Semcesen Daniel 2490 – Denisov Ivan 2348

You can access the official website for more info: www.rilton.se

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41st Rilton Chess Cup from December 27 with GM Bartosz Socko as top seed

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Hello everyone,


The Stockholm Chess Federation is hosting the 41st Rilton Cup from December 27 to January 5. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open is only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).

Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo will be rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The first round starts at 3:00 p.m. the 27th of December. Round 2–8 start the same time. The last, 9th round starts at noon (12:00) the 5th of January. The 31st of December (New Year’s Eve) is free of play. Some top-rated players already enlisted for the tournament include:


1. GM Socko Bartosz 2635 Poland
2. GM Solak Dragan 2629 Serbia
3. GM Volkov Sergey 2614 Russia
4. GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2607 Poland
5. GM l’Ami Erwin 2592 Netherlands
6. GM Tikkanen Hans 2591 Sweden
7. GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2575 LTU
8. GM Cicak Slavko 2566 Sweden
9. GM Berczes David 2555 Hungary
10. GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2549 Russia
11. GM Rasmussen Stig Allan 2541 Denmark
12. GM Ivanov Sergey 2537 Russia
13. GM Tejas Bakre 2509 IND India
14. GM Cramling Pia 2495 Sweden
15. IM Semcesen Daniel 2490 Sweden
16. GM Socko Monika 2490 Poland
17. GM Brynell Stellan 2486 Sweden
18. GM Karlsson Lars 2485 Sweden
19. IM Smith Axel 2480 Sweden
20. IM Blomqvist Erik 2477 Sweden
21. GM Markovic Miroslav 2460 Serbia
22. IM Nithander Victor 2423 Sweden
23. GM Akesson Ralf 2421 Sweden
24. GM Bellon Juan 2420 Spain


For more details check out the official tournament website at www.rilton.se


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