The Israeli player Evgeny Postny, 35 years of age, is the first 2600+ player to sign up for Rilton Cup 2016/2017 which will be played between December 27th and January 5th. GM Evgeny Postny has 2632 in ELO and...
Rodshtein wins Rilton Cup with 2875+ performance
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx Rk. SNo Name Gr FED Rtg RtgI RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Rodshtein Maxim N ISR 2678 2678 0 8,0 48,0 53,0...
45th Rilton Cup 2015 LIVE!
The 45th Rilton Cup is taking place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region. The event is a 9-round FIDE-Swiss tournament with tempo...
Rodshtein lead Rilton Cup after 8 rounds
Rank after Round 8 (http://chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx) Rk. SNo Name Gr FED Rtg RtgI RtgN Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Rodshtein Maxim N ISR 2678 2678 0 7,0 37,0 41,0 2863 8 7...
Hammer and Rodshtein lead Rilton Cup after 7
Leaders after 7 rounds (http://chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx) Plac. SNr Namn Gr Nation Rating RatingI RatingN Poäng TB1 TB2 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig N NOR 2695 2695 2715 6,0 30,5 34,0 2828 7...
Krasenkow off to 5-0 start at Rilton Cup
Leaders after 5 rounds (http://chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx) Plac. SNr Namn Gr Nation Rating RatingI RatingN Poäng TB1 TB2 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 4 GM Krasenkow Michal N POL 2610 2610 0 5,0 13,5 16,5 3243 5 5...
GM Maxim Rodshtein: I’ll try to win Rilton Cup
GM Maxim Rodshtein challenges GM Jon Ludvig Hammerin 45th Rilton Cup ChessFestival The event is scheduled to take place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city...
Early entries for Rilton Cup
Starting rank (top seeds) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr176510.aspx No. Name FideID FED Rtg 1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 1503707 NOR 2683 2 GM Tiviakov Sergei 1008013 NED 2621 3 GM Socko Bartosz 1107038 POL 2617 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 24109959 RUS 2603...
Chess prodigy Alexander Donchenko joins Rilton Cup: Brief interview
GM Alexander Donchenko is а 17-years-old chess prodigy with Elo rating 2567. The young German Grandmaster has already taken a 2700′s scalp when he defeated Arkadij Naiditsch in May. The next target for him is to crush the 2600 barrier....
King of Rilton Cup
Jon Ludvig Hammer who beat Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess lately will return to the 45th Rilton Cup Chess Festival in Stockholm and hunt for his third title in a row. No one has managed that in Rilton´s 45 year long...