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Rilton Cup starts 27th Dec

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ChessFire

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Dec 26, 2009, 12:33:29 PM12/26/09
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Open 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

ChessFire

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Dec 31, 2009, 4:26:57 PM12/31/09
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Leaders after 4 rounds:

Rk.
Name FED Rtg
Pts.

1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611
3,5

2 IM Richter Michael GER 2412
3,5

3 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2535
3,5


GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2530
3,5

5 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2530
3,0

6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2637
3,0


GM Mcshane Luke ENG 2615
3,0

8 GM Handke Florian GER 2513
3,0

9 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2525
3,0


IM Lauber Arnd GER 2503
3,0

11 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2609
3,0


GM Evgeny Gleizerov RUS 2566
3,0


IM Yuneev Alexey RUS 2428
3,0

14 IM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2575
3,0

15
Jacobsen Bo DEN 2306
3,0


Full standings: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr28758.aspx?lan=1

ChessFire

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Jan 2, 2010, 5:58:22 PM1/2/10
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Leaders after 6 rounds:

Rk.
Name FED Rtg
Pts.

1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611

5,0

2 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2535
5,0

3 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2637
4,5

4 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2530
4,5

5 GM McShane Luke ENG 2615
4,5

6 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2609
4,5

7 IM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2575
4,5

8 GM Popov Valerij RUS 2588
4,5

9 GM Ionov Sergey RUS 2545
4,5

10 IM Grandelius Nils SWE 2540
4,5

11 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566
4,0

12 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2472
4,0

13 IM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2481
4,0

ChessFire

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Jan 3, 2010, 4:03:06 PM1/3/10
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leaders:-

Leaders after 7 rounds:

Rk.
Name FED Rtg
Pts.

1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2637
5,5

2 IM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2575
5,5

3 IM Grandelius Nils SWE 2540
5,5

4 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611
5,0

5 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2535
5,0

6 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2530
5,0

7 GM McShane Luke ENG 2615
5,0

8 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2609
5,0

9 GM Ionov Sergey RUS 2545

5,0

10 GM Popov Valerij RUS 2588
4,5

11 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2530
4,5

12 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2566
4,5

13 GM Handke Florian GER 2513
4,5

14 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2525
4,5


IM Lauber Arnd GER 2503

4,5

16 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2472
4,5

17 IM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2481
4,5

18 GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2491
4,5

19 IM Gorovykh Eduard RUS 2410
4,5

ChessFire

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Jan 5, 2010, 9:07:29 AM1/5/10
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The leaders with one round to go

Leaders after 8 rounds:

1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2611
6,0 30,0 0,0
2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2637
6,0 28,0 0,0
3 IM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2575
6,0 27,0 0,0
4 GM McShane Luke ENG 2615
6,0 27,0 0,0
5 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2609
6,0 26,5 0,0

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