GM Aleksandr Shimanov Wins 41st Rilton Cup
The Stockholm Chess Federation organized the 41st Rilton Cup from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012.
This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), was played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open was only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).
Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo are rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The playing venue was the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, 111 20 Stockholm.
GM Aleksandr Shimanov from Sankt Petersburg concluded his excellent run with a draw in the final round to take a clear first place with 7.5 points, full point ahead of the nearest opposition. In the last year event Shimanov finished clear 2nd behind GM Sergey Volkov.
Five players share the 2nd place with 6.5 points each, among them being the former Rilton Cup winner GM Eduardas Rozentalis who also won today to climb in the standings. Final ranking bellow.
Photos by Jan Wikander
Home page: www.rilton.se
Final standings (top 15):
1. GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2549 – 7.5
2. GM Cicak Slavko SWE 2566 – 6.5
3. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2629 – 6.5
4. GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2586 – 6.5
5. GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2537 – 6.5
6. GM Socko Bartosz POL 2635 – 6.5
7. GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2616 – 6
8. GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2586 – 6
9. GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2486 – 6
10. GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2594 – 6
11. GM Bakre Tejas IND 2509 – 6
12. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2626 – 6
13. FM Sipilä Vilka FIN 2316 – 6
14. IM Nithander Victor SWE 2423 – 6
15. GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2485 – 6
Impressive.