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 |