The 50th edition of the Rilton Cup, Sweden’s biggest open tournament, will take place from December 27 to January 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. The event will be part of the FIDE Circuit, a new qualification path to the Candidates Tournament.
The Rilton Cup 2022/2023 will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the following time control: 40 moves in 90 min, followed by 30 min for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 sec/move. The event is open for players with Elo rating of at least 2200 on the December rating list. Exceptions are female players as well juniors born 2002 or later who have had an Elo rating of at least 2100 on any FIDE Elo-list before the start of the tournament.
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Already around 150 players registered for the event with GM Krishnan Sasikiran, GM Ilia Smirin and GM Leon Livaic headlining the field. The current starting list of players can be seen below:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
IND
2635
2
GM
Smirin Ilia
ISR
2596
3
GM
Livaic Leon
CRO
2572
4
GM
Meshkovs Nikita
LAT
2566
5
GM
Jacobson Brandon
USA
2551
6
GM
Blomqvist Erik
SWE
2544
7
GM
Krasenkow Michal
POL
2541
8
GM
Urkedal Frode Olav Olsen
NOR
2536
9
IM
Galperin Platon
UKR
2530
10
GM
Hillarp Persson Tiger
SWE
2523
11
IM
Abdrlauf Elham
NOR
2518
12
GM
Thybo Jesper Sondergaard
DEN
2515
13
GM
Kulaots Kaido
EST
2513
14
IM
Keinänen Toivo
FIN
2508
15
GM
Khenkin Igor
GER
2508
16
IM
Horvath Dominik
AUT
2502
17
IM
Seo Jung Min
SWE
2502
18
IM
Kucuksari Kaan
SWE
2492
19
IM
Garriga Cazorla Pere
CAT
2490
20
IM
Miyyal Aditya
IND
2479
21
GM
Westerberg Jonathan
SWE
2476
22
IM
Munirethinam Pranesh
IND
2475
23
IM
Parkhov Yair
ISR
2470
24
IM
Wadsworth Matthew
ENG
2470
25
IM
Gorshtein Ido
ISR
2469
26
IM
Dann Matthias
GER
2465
27
IM
Pantzar Milton
SWE
2465
28
GM
Paragua Mark
PHI
2465
29
IM
Zumsande Martin
GER
2465
30
IM
Sardana Rishi
AUS
2460
31
GM
Rajavaram Raja Rithvik
IND
2453
32
IM
Sörensen Hampus
SWE
2442
33
GM
Miezis Normunds
LAT
2441
34
FM
Alonso García Aarón
ESP
2439
35
FM
Koelle Tobias
GER
2439
36
GM
Petursson Margeir
ISL
2437
37
IM
Wiedenkeller Michael
LUX
2435
38
FM
Milikow Elie
ISR
2427
39
IM
Vuppala Prraneeth
IND
2427
40
GM
Oratovsky Michael
ISR
2422
41
IM
Milikow Yoav
ISR
2416
42
FM
Richter Nils
GER
2416
43
IM
Sokolovsky Yahli
ISR
2415
44
IM
Moksh Amit DOSHI
IND
2414
45
IM
Percivaldi Martin
DEN
2412
46
FM
Adelard Bai
TPE
2411
47
WIM
Baskar Savitha Shri
IND
2411
48
IM
Souleidis Georgios
GRE
2410
49
IM
Willow Jonah
ENG
2409
50
GM
Akesson Ralf
SWE
2404
51
FM
Derakhshani Borna
ENG
2400
52
FM
Begmuratov Khumoyun
UZB
2399
53
FM
Thörn Eric
SWE
2397
54
IM
Kilgus Georg
AUT
2389
55
IM
Lopez Mulet Iñigo
ESP
2389
56
IM
Vestby-Ellingsen Mads
NOR
2389
57
FM
Peyrer Konstantin
AUT
2380
58
FM
Trost Edvin
SWE
2380
59
FM
Wagh Suyog
IND
2376
60
FM
Sawatzki Frank
GER
2369
61
IM
Park Evan
USA
2362
62
IM
Eggleston David
ENG
2359
63
FM
Rietze Clemens
GER
2359
64
WGM
P V Nandhidhaa
IND
2358
65
FM
Dengla Aarav
IND
2357
66
IM
Sharma Dushyant
IND
2355
67
IM
Gungl Theo
GER
2352
68
IM
Koykka Pekka
FIN
2351
69
IM
Lindberg Bengt
SWE
2349
70
FM
van Dael Siem
NED
2345
71
IM
Sarkar Justin
USA
2343
72
IM
Nyysti Sampsa
FIN
2341
73
IM
Mohapatra Sidhant
IND
2337
74
A R Ilamparthi
IND
2336
75
FM
Lahdelma Henri
FIN
2332
76
FM
Kupervaser Erez
ISR
2331
77
FM
Dubkov Andrej
GER
2330
78
FM
Chopra Tanmay
IND
2329
79
IM
Karavade Eesha
IND
2325
80
FM
Deuer Marius
GER
2324
81
FM
Crevatin Leo
SWE
2319
82
GM
Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel
SWE
2314
83
FM
Dixit Nikhil
IND
2306
84
IM
Jena Rakesh Kumar
IND
2303
85
FM
Kononenko Dmitry
UKR
2301
86
IM
Cramling Dan
SWE
2298
87
IM
SV Srinath
IND
2296
88
FM
Shohat Yotam
ISR
2294
89
FM
Kalogridis Antonios
GRE
2293
90
IM
Kolbus Dietmar
IOM
2292
91
FM
Olsson William
SWE
2290
92
CM
Shaik Sumer Arsh
IND
2290
93
FM
Falkevall Axel
SWE
2287
94
FM
Dravid Shailesh
IND
2286
95
CM
Imran Mohammad
IND
2279
96
FM
Cederstam Carl
SWE
2276
97
FM
Tryggestad Andreas
NOR
2276
98
FM
Törngren Gustav
SWE
2275
99
FM
Letchumanan Nagappan Ramaravind
IND
2272
100
FM
Mertanen Janne
FIN
2269
101
FM
Schenderowitsch Michael
GER
2269
102
Stefanou Dimitrios
GRE
2266
103
FM
Valkama Eero
FIN
2263
104
FM
Ruiz Buendia Miguel
ESP
2257
105
FM
Vagman Roy
ISR
2255
106
FM
Wernberg Hugo
SWE
2255
107
CM
Kukreja Sankalp
IND
2254
108
GM
Westerinen Heikki M.J.
FIN
2253
109
CM
Pein Jonathan
ENG
2252
110
WIM
Muetsch Annmarie
GER
2251
111
Gampa Aditya Varun
IND
2249
112
IM
Ornstein Axel
SWE
2249
113
Rasti Arvin
SWE
2249
114
FM
Larsen Karsten
DEN
2248
115
CM
İNCE Taylan Rüzgar
TUR
2247
116
WIM
Ravi Rakshitta
IND
2242
117
Lever Erwan
FRA
2241
118
FM
Lik Zang Lye
MAS
2241
119
FM
Acikel Mert
GER
2234
120
FM
Dobrikov Marco
GER
2228
121
WFM
Michelle Katkov
ISR
2220
122
Johnson Daniel
SWE
2219
123
FM
Buchenau Frank
GER
2218
124
CM
Östlund Joar
SWE
2212
125
CM
A Chullikkad Adithya
IND
2206
126
NM
Mittelberger Peter
AUT
2206
127
FM
Ask Josef
SWE
2202
128
FM
Sathiesh Harshad
IND
2202
129
CM
Söderström Adrian
SWE
2202
130
Ganta Joel Paul
IND
2183
131
Levi Netanel
ISR
2179
132
Seo JungHyun
SWE
2156
133
IM
AbuYahya Loay
JOR
2153
134
WIM
K Priyanka
IND
2146
135
Tulchynskyi Feliks
UKR
2135
136
FM
Mahitosh Dey Dey
IND
2134
137
CM
Goh Zi Han
SGP
2126
138
MK
Mierins Emils Janis
LAT
2118
139
Sadekov Maksim
EST
2113
140
Chethan Anand Arhan
IND
2112
141
AIM
Gomez Aguirre Juan Alberto
ESP
2108
142
Delgerdalai Bayarjavkhlan
CZE
2100
143
CM
Lohia Sohum
ENG
2096
144
Grahn Vidar
SWE
1980
145
WFM
Guillo Longares Cecilia
ESP
1941
146
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SWE
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