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
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