InvitationOpen for players with an Elo rating or national rating >= 2200.

Reflection time:

40 moves in two hours, then one hour for the rest of the game.

Entry fee:

800 SEK, 400 SEK for FM and 300 SEK for players born 1987 or later.

GM and IM free.

Prizes:

1st 20 000 SEK

2nd 16 000 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

11th 3 000 SEK

Rating prizes:

3 000 SEK, 2 000 SEK and 1 000 SEK (not for GM and IM).

Prize money is not divided.

Official website: http://www.rilton.se/index.asp

Here are the top 15 seeds:



 Title

 Name

 Ratings

 Country
1.

 GM

 Radoslaw Wojtaszek

 2637

 POL
2.

 GM

 Luke McShane

 2615

 England
3.

 GM

 Igor Lysyj

 2609

 RUS
4.

 GM

 Eduardas Rozentalis

 2603

 LTU
5.

 GM

 Valerij Popov

 2588

 RUS
6.

 GM

 Jon Ludvig Hammer

 2585

 Norge
7.

 IM

 Pavel Ponkratov

 2575

 RUS
8.

 GM

 Gleizerov Evgeny

 2553

 Russia
9.

 GM

 Elshan Moradiabadi

 2547

 Iran
10.

 GM

 Ionov Sergey

 2545

 Russia
11.

 GM

 Normunds, Miezis

 2544

 LAT
12.

 IM

 Nils Grandelius

 2540

 Sweden
13.

 GM

 Pia Cramling

 2535

 Sweden
14.

 GM

 Mikhail Ulibin

 2533

 RUS
15.

 GM

 Sergey Ivanov

 2530

 RUS
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar December 26, 2009 Chess Improvement, General News 3 Comments
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