The Stockholm Chess Federation organized the 44th Rilton Cup from 27th December 2014 to 5th January 2015 at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden.
The tournament was played in four groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo, Rilton 1800 and Rilton 1600. All sections are FIDE rated.
Norwegian Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer repeated the last year’s success and took the winner’s trophy after edging the local GM Tiger Hillarp Persson on tie-breaks. The two players finished on 7,0/9 points each.
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Tournament Director was IO Jonas Sandbom and Chief Arbiter was FA Jan Wikander. Final standings for all four groups are below.
Rilton Cup final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2640 – 7
2. GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2544 – 7
3. GM Roiz Michael ISR 2592 – 6.5
4. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2591 – 6.5
5. GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 – 6.5
6. GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2615 – 6.5
7. GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2525 – 6.5
8. GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2614 – 6
9. GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2559 – 6
10. GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2581 – 6
11. IM Urkedal Frode NOR 2517 – 6
12. GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2638 – 6
13. IM Tari Aryan NOR 2485 – 6
14. GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2551 – 6
15. IM Smith Axel SWE 2479 – 6
16. GM Cramling Pia SWE 2518 – 6
17. IM Hagen Andreas Skytte DEN 2430 – 6
18. GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2571 – 5.5
19. GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2591 – 5.5
20. FM Lokander Martin SWE 2365 – 5
21. FM Martynov Pavel RUS 2400 – 5
22. IM Westerberg Jonathan SWE 2411 – 5
23. FM Sagit Rauan SWE 2357 – 5
24. IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2420 – 5
25. IM Turova Irina RUS 2421 – 5
26. Gajic Mladen SWE 2210 – 5
27. FM Hedman Erik SWE 2375 – 5
28. GM Åkesson Ralf SWE 2457 – 5
29. GM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2471 – 5
30. FM Percivaldi Martin DEN 2319 – 5
31. GM Bellon Juan ESP 2381 – 5
32. Thingstad Even NOR 2243 – 5
33. FM Couso Luis SWE 2328 – 5
34. IM Wallace John-Paul AUS 2404 – 5
35. FM Luukkonen Tommi FIN 2334 – 5
36. IM Bekker-Jensen Simon DEN 2459 – 5
37. FM Lindgren Philip SWE 2332 – 5
38. IM Sjödahl Pontus SWE 2421 – 5
39. FM Vandenbussche Thibaut BEL 2418 – 5
40. FM Habu Yoshiharu JPN 2415 – 5
Norwegians are best.