The Rilton Cup is Sweden's biggest and most famous international chess tournament. It was originally initiated by a donation from a doctor, Tore Rilton, and since 1985 the tournament is financially secure. A special challenge prize, donated by SEB Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, is the Rilton-medal in genuine gold. The tournament has over the years been very helpful for talented Swedish juniors.
The 43rd Rilton Cup is being held from 27th of December, 2014 until January 5th, 2015. The event has several categories... the top section is only for players above 2200! There are certatin exceptions granted for talented youth, but very few are given. The first prize is of 20,000 SEK, or 2100 Euro.
First let's start with the best game prizes:
Replay Best Game Prizes 5-9

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 6...Bxa6 7.e4 0-0 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Bxa6 10.Bxa6 Qxa6 11.Qe2 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Qxa6 13.Be3!? 13...Nxa6 14.0-0 Nb4 15.Rfd1 Nd3 16.Rab1 Ng4! 17.Rf1 Bd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nb5 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Ngxf2 21.e5 Ne4 22.Bh6 Nxe5 23.Re1 d5 24.Nxd4 Ng4 25.Bc1 Kf7 26.a3 e5 27.Nf3 Ke6 28.b4 Ngf2 29.Ng5+ Nxg5 30.Kxf2 Ne4+ 31.Ke3 Rc8 32.Bb2 Nd6 33.Bc1 d4+ 34.Kd2 Kd5 0–1
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Urkedal,F | 2517 | Lokander,M | 2365 | 0–1 | 2015 | A58 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 5.7 |
Luukkonen,T | 2334 | Sarandos,V | 2245 | 1–0 | 2015 | D11 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 6.24 |
Pettersson,A | 2280 | Habu,Y | 2415 | 1–0 | 2015 | D43 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 7.20 |
Habu,Y | - | Merkesvik,S | - | | 2015 | B76 | | |
Jare,D | - | Thingsbad,E | - | | 2015 | A11 | | |
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After drawing Michael Roiz from Israel, tournament leader after seven rounds Tiger Hillarp Persson was caught by Jon Ludvig Hammer; the Norwegian vanquished Nils Grandelius and assumed the lead of the event. Ilia Smirin and Aleksey Goganov trailed by only half a point as both were victors in the eigth round of play, defeating Michael Krasenkow and Irina Turova, respectively.
The last round had the leaders in the defensive role: Both of them were playing black against tough opposition. Hammer had no problems forcing a draw against Goganov; actually instead of taking the three-fold repetition Black might have claimed a small edge in the final position.
Hillarp Persson faced his countryman, Erik Blomqvist. It looked scary for Black for some time, but at the end a stubborn defense yielded a draw.
Thte tournament was then decided by the magic of numbers, with Bucholz being the deciding factor. Hammer was the winner by two break points!

The winner circle: GMs Jon Ludvig Hammer,
Tiger Hillarp Persson, Maxim Turov, Ilya Smirin and Michael Roiz

The winner of the Rilton Cup 2014/15 was Jon Ludvig Hammer on two tiebreak points

Magnus Eriksen was the winner of the Rilton ELO or "B group"

Carl Johan Arbeus took the C group (under 1600)
Final Standings
Photos by Lars OA Hedlund
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.0-0-0 h6 9.Bf4 Nb6 10.Kb1 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bd3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 0-0-0 16.h4 g6 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.Rdg1 Qf6 19.f4 Kb8 20.Rg2 Rc8 21.Ng1 Qe7 22.Nf3 c5 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Qe2 Nf6 25.Rgg1 Rhc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28.Kxc1 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Ne5 Nd7 31.Nxd7+ Qxd7 32.Qd2 Qe7 ½–½
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Hillarp Persson,T | 2544 | Roiz,M | 2592 | ½–½ | 2015 | D36 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.1 |
Hammer,J | 2640 | Grandelius,N | 2581 | 1–0 | 2015 | E54 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.2 |
Smirin,I | 2644 | Krasenkow,M | 2614 | 1–0 | 2015 | C65 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.3 |
Mikhalevski,V | 2571 | Romanov,E | 2638 | ½–½ | 2015 | A20 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.4 |
Turova,I | 2421 | Goganov,A | 2615 | 0–1 | 2015 | E32 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.5 |
Shimanov,A | 2591 | Blomqvist,E | 2525 | 0–1 | 2015 | B40 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.6 |
Bellia,F | 2420 | Turov,M | 2591 | 0–1 | 2015 | D77 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.7 |
Ivanov,S | 2559 | Westerberg,J | 2411 | 1–0 | 2015 | D20 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.8 |
Tikkanen,H | 2551 | Sagit,R | 2357 | ½–½ | 2015 | A10 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.9 |
Cramling,P | 2518 | Tari,A | 2485 | ½–½ | 2015 | D25 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.10 |
Semcesen,D | 2471 | Urkedal,F | 2517 | 0–1 | 2015 | E26 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.11 |
Lokander,M | 2365 | Hagen,A | 2430 | ½–½ | 2015 | D35 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 8.12 |
Goganov,A | - | Hammer,J | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C53 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.1 |
Blomqvist,E | - | Hillarp Persson,T | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B11 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.2 |
Roiz,M | - | Smirin,I | - | ½–½ | 2015 | A15 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.3 |
Romanov,E | - | Ivanov,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | A27 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.4 |
Turov,M | - | Mikhalevski,V | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D35 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.5 |
Urkedal,F | - | Grandelius,N | - | ½–½ | 2015 | E52 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.6 |
Krasenkow,M | - | Wallace,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | E92 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.7 |
Tikkanen,H | - | Turova,I | - | 1–0 | 2015 | E21 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.8 |
Martynov,P | - | Cramling,P | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B40 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.9 |
Tari,A | - | Lokander,M | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C74 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.10 |
Sagit,R | - | Smith,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B30 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.11 |
Hagen Skytte,A | - | Percivaldi,M | - | 1–0 | 2015 | A20 | 44th Rilton Cup 2014-15 | 9.12 |
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