44th Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Sweden
Dec 19, 2014
The Stockholm Chess Federation is organizing the 44th Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2014 to 5th January 2015.
The tournament will be played in four groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo, Rilton 1800 and Rilton 1600. All sections will be FIDE rated.
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. 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.
The winner of the previous Rilton Cup was Norwegian Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer.
The playing venue is at Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, Stockholm. Metro station Skanstull, green line.
Clarion Hotel Stockholm
Rilton Cup
Rilton 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 players with an Elo rating and national rating less than 2200.
Prizes: 7,000 – 5,000 – 4,000 – 3,000 – 2,500 – 2,000 – 1,500 – 1,000 – 1,000 – 1,000 SEK.
Rating prizes: 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 SEK per rating group.
Rilton 1800
Open for players with an Elo rating and national rating less than 1800. 7 rounds, 29/12 – 5/1.
Players registered outside the Nordic countries must have an Elo rating to participate.
Prizes: 4,000 – 2,500 – 1,500 – 1,000 – 1,000 SEK.
Rating prizes: 1,500, 800 and 500 SEK per rating group.
Rilton 1600
Open for players with an Elo rating and national rating less than 1600. 7 rounds with two double rounds, 1/1 – 5/1.
Players registered outside the Nordic countries must have an Elo rating to participate.
Prizes: 2,000 – 1,000 – 800 – 600 – 500 SEK.
Rating prizes: 800, 600 and 400 SEK per rating group.
Official website www.rilton.se
Rilton Cup (top seeds):
1 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644
2 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636
3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2635
4 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2615
5 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2614
6 GM Roiz Michael ISR 2592
7 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2589
8 GM Turov Maxim RUS 2587
9 GM Karen Grigoryan ARM 2586
10 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573
11 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2571
12 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2559
13 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2544
14 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2543
15 IM Urkedal Frode NOR 2514
16 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2512
17 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2512
18 IM Prizant Jaroslav RUS 2511
19 GM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2482
20 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2479
21 IM Smith Axel SWE 2475
22 GM Åkesson Ralf SWE 2461
23 IM Bekker-Jensen Simon DEN 2458
24 IM Turova Irina RUS 2421
25 IM Sjödahl Pontus SWE 2419
26 FM Vandenbussche Thibaut BEL 2418
27 IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2415
28 FM Habu Yoshiharu JPN 2415
29 GM Bellon Juan ESP 2412
30 IM Westerberg Jonathan SWE 2411
Great tradition.