53rd Rilton Cup LIVE

The 53rd edition of the Rilton Cup will take place from December 27 to January 05 in Stockholm, Sweden. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Sweden, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are GM Anton Demchenko (2631), GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (2606), GM Xiangyu Xu (2601), GM Nikita Meshkovs (2561), GM Dominik Horvath (2557), GM Christian Bauer (2552), GM Changren Dai (2551), GM Di Li (2549), GM Bartlomiej Heberla (2508), GM Jakub Seemann (2507), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2500), GM Erik Blomqvist (2490), IM Krzysztof Raczek (2489), GM Kaido Kulaots (2482), GM Deep Sengupta (2479), IM Lukas Dotzer (2478), IM Patryk Cieslak (2477), IM Jonah B Willow (2473), IM Or Bronstein (2470), IM Edvin Trost (2466). Scroll down for the full participants list.

53rd Rilton Cup Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	DEMCHENKO, Anton	SLO	2631
2	GM	HAMMER, Jon Ludvig	NOR	2606
3	GM	XU, Xiangyu	CHN	2601
4	GM	MESHKOVS, Nikita	LAT	2561
5	GM	HORVATH, Dominik	AUT	2557
6	GM	BAUER, Christian	FRA	2552
7	GM	DAI, Changren	CHN	2551
8	GM	LI, Di	CHN	2549
9	GM	HEBERLA, Bartlomiej	POL	2508
10	GM	SEEMANN, Jakub	POL	2507
11	GM	GHASI, Ameet K	ENG	2500
12	GM	BLOMQVIST, Erik	SWE	2490
13	IM	RACZEK, Krzysztof	POL	2489
14	GM	KULAOTS, Kaido	EST	2482
15	GM	SENGUPTA, Deep	IND	2479
16	IM	DOTZER, Lukas	AUT	2478
17	IM	CIESLAK, Patryk	POL	2477
18	IM	WILLOW, Jonah B	ENG	2473
19	IM	BRONSTEIN, Or	ISR	2470
20	IM	TROST, Edvin	SWE	2466
21	GM	ROZENTALIS, Eduardas	LTU	2461
22	IM	SARDANA, Rishi	AUS	2459
23	IM	SAYDALIEV, Saidakbar	UZB	2457
24	GM	ZHALMAKHANOV, Ramazan	KAZ	2454
25	IM	BAENZIGER, Fabian	SUI	2451
26	IM	SOWINSKI, Pawel	POL	2436
27	GM	DAS, Sayantan	IND	2434
28	GM	HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger	SWE	2428
29	IM	SIVA, Mahadevan	IND	2427
30	IM	XIE, Kaifan	CHN	2426
31	IM	GSCHNITZER, Adrian	GER	2420
32	IM	JOHANSSON, Linus	SWE	2415
33	IM	SAI, Krishna G V	CAN	2415
34	IM	LOHIA, Sohum	ENG	2410
35	IM	KURMANN, Oliver	SUI	2409
36	IM	CHAN, Kim Yew	MAS	2400
37	IM	JAIN, Kashish Manoj	IND	2396
38	IM	MAKKAR, Rajat	FRA	2396
39	FM	WALDHAUSEN GORDON, Frederick	SCO	2393
40	IM	DIXIT, Nikhil	IND	2392
41		LAD, Mandar Pradip	IND	2392
42	FM	SODERSTROM, Adrian	SWE	2390
43	IM	SIDHANT, Mohapatra	IND	2388
44	FM	YANG, Zilong	CHN	2386
45	IM	VESTBY-ELLINGSEN, Mads	NOR	2385
46	FM	BHAGAT, Kush	IND	2381
47	FM	DELGERDALAI, Bayarjavkhlan	CZE	2376
48	GM	MIEZIS, Normunds	LAT	2375
49	IM	AVINASH, Ramesh	IND	2370
50	FM	GOH, Zi Han	SGP	2370
51	FM	RUIZ BUENDIA, Miguel	ESP	2370
52	IM	RITVIZ, Parab	IND	2369
53	FM	PRANAV, K P	IND	2369
54		NASRIN, Nayyef Ashyraf	MAS	2366
55	IM	FALKEVALL, Axel	SWE	2365
56	IM	SARENAC, Ivan	SRB	2365
57	FM	FECKER, Noah	SUI	2365
58	IM	PANDA, Sambit	IND	2364
59	IM	HARI, Madhavan N B	IND	2363
60	IM	MOKSH, Amit Doshi	IND	2363
61	FM	RIEHLE, Marco	GER	2363
62	IM	ABDURAKHMONOV, Mukhammadali	UZB	2354
63	IM	KAVUTSKIY, Kostya	USA	2354
64	FM	ZIELONKA, Adam	POL	2348
65	WIM	SCHIPPKE, Manon	FRA	2337
66	FM	ARNOLD, Rhys	NED	2336
67	FM	KATSANIS, Vasileios Dim	GRE	2336
68	FM	OTSUKA, Shou	JPN	2335
69	FM	BANERJEE, Supratit	ENG	2334
70	GM	AKESSON, Ralf	SWE	2332
71	FM	OSTLUND, Joar	SWE	2332
72	FM	KACPRZAK, Karol	POL	2323
73	FM	KUEPPERS, Timo	GER	2322
74	IM	LINDBERG, Bengt	SWE	2315
75	FM	KUZNECOVA, Marija	LAT	2314
76	FM	PRIANSH, Das	IND	2312
77	FM	KIENBOECK, Benjamin	AUT	2306
78	FM	KACPRZAK, Kacper	POL	2303
79	WIM	HRYZLOVA, Sofiia	SUI	2300
80	FM	VINCENTI, Leonardo	ITA	2297
81	FM	KENNESKOG, Theodor	SWE	2293
82	FM	GRAHN, Vidar	SWE	2287
83	FM	MATTENBERGER, Matthias	SUI	2287
84	FM	RITZERVELD, Noah	NED	2284
85	FM	VIJAYAKUMAR, Rishi	SCO	2280
86	FM	WERNBERG, Hugo	SWE	2278
87	WGM	ALINASAB, Mobina	IRI	2277
88	FM	NAYAK, Rajesh	IND	2277
89		GALLAGHER, Daniel Gh	ENG	2277
90	FM	DAAKSHIN, Arun	IND	2274
91	WGM	GEORGESCU, Lena	SUI	2273
92	CM	VIHAAN, Karthikeya N	IND	2273
93	FM	KNUDSEN, Simon	GER	2271
94	FM	RASTI, Arvin	SWE	2270
95		WAGNER, Stephan	AUT	2270
96	FM	ASLLANI, Dorian	SUI	2269
97	CM	WUEBKER, Paul-Luca	GER	2269
98	CM	HARSHIT, Ranjan Sahu	IND	2265
99	FM	NAGARKATTE, Vedant	IND	2264
100	IM	HEDMAN, Erik	SWE	2263
101		LAIN, Luigi	ITA	2263
102	GM	ROMANISHIN, Oleg M	UKR	2262
103	FM	NIELSEN, Andre	NOR	2261
104	GM	BELLON LOPEZ, Juan Manuel	SWE	2256
105	FM	SCHLEGEL, Igor	SUI	2254
106	FM	KAZARJAN, Gachatur	NED	2246
107	WIM	VELIKIC, Adela	SRB	2246
108	IM	WELLING, Gerard	NED	2242
109	FM	HOLLAN, Petr	CZE	2238
110	FM	KURT, Sascha	NED	2233
111	FM	RAL LUSTIG, Melvin	SWE	2233
112		KAWULOK, Marek	CZE	2231
113	FM	MYAGMARSUREN, Evsuld	NOR	2229
114	IM	BODIROGA, Predrag	SRB	2227
115	FM	ANKIT, Ray	IND	2225
116	FM	LOGDAHL, Harald	SWE	2224
117		SAKIC, Matija	SWE	2222
118	CM	VILLIERS, Thomas	ENG	2218
119	FM	SENEL, Hayri Beyhun	TUR	2213
120	CM	LINDBERGH, Theodor	SWE	2209
121	AIM	YASH, Abhijit Patil	IND	2209
122	CM	JYOTSHNAV, Talukdar	IND	2205
123		SCHIMNATKOWSKI, Lukas	GER	2200
124	WIM	SHATIL, Or	SUI	2192
125	FM	SRIANSH, Das	IND	2191
126		DAYAL, Samar	ENG	2183
127		GEMELLI, Romain	SUI	2177
128	FM	APAAR, Saxena	IND	2176
129		LJUNG, Harald	SWE	2176
130	CM	GROT, Blazej	POL	2175
131	CM	WEIDENHOEFER, Max	GER	2174
132	CM	FRANK, Anton	SWE	2168
133		GUT, Lionel	SUI	2167
134	CM	KUKUSHKIN, Ivan	BUL	2153
135		PRABU, Dananjey	SWE	2148
136	CM	LISKIEWICZ, Jakub	POL	2142
137		GUT, Raphael	SUI	2140
138	CM	SEIGER, Vidar	SWE	2137
139		NILSSON, Oliver	SWE	2135
140		HE, Tom Junde	ENG	2134
141		MIDILESH, M.S.	IND	2132
142		KINGSLEY, Elias	SWE	2125
143	CM	MATSUMURA, Cocoro	JPN	2124
144		DINGERTZ, Erik	SWE	2121
145		STIJVE, Niels	SUI	2119
146	CM	ADVIK, Amit Agrawal	IND	2118
147		BERGMAN, Nils	SWE	2114
148	WFM	NGUYEN, Thu Giang	AUS	2108
149		KARLSSON, Stefan	SWE	2098
150		TRIPATHI, Pratyush	SWE	2098
151		MORITANI, Sho	JPN	2097
152	FM	PAASIKANGAS, Johanna	FIN	2094
153		MORAIS, Miguel Almeida	POR	2089
154		STARY, Simon	CZE	2086
155	CM	HARISH, Neeraj	USA	2084
156	WIM	TER-AVETISJANA, Agnesa Stepania	LAT	2082
157		GROESSING, Daniel-Yosuke	AUT	2079
158	WFM	BARWINSKA, Ewa	POL	2078
159		VALCU, Lavinia	SWE	2076
160		WILLSTEDT, Lukas	SWE	2076
161	AIM	RAVI, Krishna G	IND	2073
162	WIM	DJUKIC, Sandra	SRB	2070
163		THORISSON, Benedikt	ISL	2070
164	CM	SAFIN, Safarullakhan	UAE	2059
165	WFM	SALA, Giulia	ITA	2022
166		STROMHAUG, Kristoffer Wang	NOR	2018
167		LILLIEHOOK, Victor	SWE	2017
168		GORE, Rohan	SWE	2003