40th Rilton Cup

40th Rilton Cup
27th December 2010 to 5th January 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden

The 40th Rilton Cup, managed by the Stockholm Chess Federation, launched today at the Mälarsalen in Stockholm, Sweden. 70 players, led by the Super-Grandmasters Arkadij Naiditsch, Ivan Sokolov, Bartlomiej Macieja and Emanuel Berg are competing in the main Rilton Cup. In addition, 82 lower rated people entered the Rilton Elo event.

The earlier winners Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Eduardas Rozentalis are not in the starting list. The tournament finishes on 5th January 2011.

Here are the top seeds:

1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2685
2 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2642
3 GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2636
4 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2627
5 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2594
6 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2572
7 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2552
8 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2550
9 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2536
10 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2528
11 GM Berczes David HUN 2526
12 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2526
13 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2525
14 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2516
15 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2492