Krishnan Sasikiran wins Rilton Cup

by Johannes Fischer
1/6/2017 – The Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran won the 46th Rilton Cup in Stockholm with six wins, three draws, no loss and 7.5/9. Second place went to Russian Grandmaster Sergey Volkov who scored 7.0/9. Seven players with 6.5/9 shared places 3 to 8, among them Gata Kamsky and Ivan Sokolov. But the most spectacular game was played by Tiger Hillarp Persson.
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Tournament winner Krishnan Sasikiran

Krishnan Sasikiran started the tournament with two wins and two draws. After three more wins in a row he had to play against his Swapnil S. Dhopade, who is also from India. After some maneuvering in the middlegame Krishnan Sasikiran exploited an oversight of his opponent to initiate a nice attack.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.g4 0-0 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.0-0 Rc8 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rfe8 17.c3 b5 18.Re4 Nb6 19.Bg5 Qb7 20.Qb3 h6 21.Bf4 g5 22.Bg3 Nc4 23.Rd1 Qb6 24.Bf1 Qc5 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Qc2 Bf6 27.Qe2 Rc7 28.Rd2 Rb8 29.Kg2 Qb5 30.Qf3 Kg7 31.h4
Black tries to initiate an attack on the queenside and White feels that it is time to strike on the kingside. 31...Rc5 Taking on h4 is possible but might give White chances, e.g. 31...gxh4 32.Bf4 Qa4 33.Qe3 Rh8 34.g5 hxg5 35.Bxg5 Bxg5 36.Qxg5+ Kf8 37.Rg4 Ke8 38.b3 with a complicated position which is slightly better for White. 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Re1 Qb7 34.Rh1 Rb5 35.Rdd1
35...Rh8? After this careless move Black is in trouble. More careful was 35...Qd7 e.g. 36.Qe4 Rh8 37.Rxh8 Kxh8 38.Rh1+ Kg8 39.Qh7+ Kf8 and White has nothing better than the perpetual after 40.Qh6+ Kg8 40...Ke8?? 41.Qh8+ Bxh8 42.Rxh8# 41.Qh7+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ 36.Rxh8 Kxh8 37.Bxd6! Rxb2 38.Be5! Maybe Black had overlooked this move in his calculations. Kg7 Black cannot take the bishop. After 38...Bxe5 39.Qxf7 White threatens to mate with 40.Rh1+ and Rb1 fails to 40.Qf8+ Kh7 41.Qf5+ winning the rook on b1. 39.Bxf6+ exf6 40.d6 Qd7 41.Qf5 White is winning - Black cannot stop the d-pawn. Qc6+ 42.Qd5 Qb6 43.Rd4 Rb5 44.Qa8 Rb2 45.d7 Rxf2+ 46.Kxf2 Qb2+ 47.Kg1 Qb1+ 48.Kh2 Qb2+ 49.Qg2 1–0
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Sasikiran,K2661Swapnil,S25261–02017B7246th Rilton Cup 2016-178.1

Swapnil S. Dhopade

This win was crucial for Krishnan Sasikiran's tournament victory. In the last round he played against Sergey Volkov and a draw was enough for becoming sole winner.

Final standings after round 9

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2  K rtg+/-
1 2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2661 7,5 45,5 49,0 10 13,3
2 8 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2624 7,0 47,0 49,5 10 10,7
3 1 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2661 6,5 49,5 54,0 10 3,9
4 13 GM Urkedal Frode NOR 2557 6,5 47,0 49,5 10 7,1
5 18 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2526 6,5 45,5 49,5 10 15,6
6 21 GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2500 6,5 44,5 47,0 10 11,5
7 14 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2556 6,5 44,0 47,5 10 11,3
8 6 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2632 6,5 43,5 47,0 10 0,0
9 11 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2580 6,5 42,0 46,0 10 1,7
10 16 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2532 6,5 42,0 45,0 10 11,3
11 9 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2620 6,0 46,0 51,0 10 -6,7
12 17 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2531 6,0 43,0 47,5 10 -0,5
13 5 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2637 6,0 41,5 44,5 10 -7,2
14 39 IM C R G Krishna IND 2390 6,0 41,5 44,5 10 14,7
15 3 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2645 6,0 40,0 40,5 10 -10,2
16 7 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2631 6,0 39,5 43,0 10 -7,3
17 4 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2640 6,0 38,5 42,0 10 -8,7
18 40 IM Grunberg Mihai ROU 2389 6,0 37,5 40,0 10 15,0
19 15 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2545 5,5 45,5 50,0 10 -2,9
20 20 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2511 5,5 45,0 48,5 10 4,5
21 30 IM Hauge Lars Oskar NOR 2431 5,5 43,5 46,0 10 11,5
22 25 IM Salomon Johan NOR 2470 5,5 43,0 45,5 10 -0,8
23 41 IM Wallace John-Paul AUS 2387 5,5 42,5 44,5 10 17,3
24 24 IM Westerberg Jonathan SWE 2483 5,5 38,0 41,5 10 -9,8
25 70 FM Babikov Ivan RUS 2259 5,5 37,5 40,0 20 26,0
26 68 FM Nielsen Høgni Egilstoft FAI 2262 5,5 37,0 39,0 20 50,4
27 51 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 2336 5,5 35,0 37,5 10 3,5
28 35 FM Cruz Lledó Pablo ESP 2415 5,0 47,5 49,5 10 17,8
29 32 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2417 5,0 45,0 48,0 10 11,6
30 12 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2567 5,0 44,0 47,5 10 -7,7

...104 players

Source: chess-results

What about the Swedish?

The Rilton Cup was initiated and financially funded by Tore Rilton (1904-1983) to give Swedish top players a chance to compete against international top players. The best Swedish player in the 46th edition of the Rilton Cup was Hans Tikkanen who scored 6.0/9 and finished 12th.

Hans Tikkanen

The most spectacular of the tournament was also played by a Swedish player: by Tiger Hillarp Persson who scored 5.5/9 and finished 20th. In round six he played an amazing game with a number of stunning sacrifices and quiet moves:

 
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1.d4 e6 2.e4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.a3 c4 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Bf4 b5 12.Nbd2 a5 13.Qe3 Nb6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Kd7 16.Bg3 b4 17.f4 g6
18.f5! gxf5 19.Bxf5! exf5 20.Rxf5 Qg8 21.Raf1 Nd8
22.Rxf7! Nxf7 Houdini 5 here wants to defend with 22...Rh7 and after the crazy sequence 23.e6+ Nxe6 24.Nf3 Ra6 25.Nf4 Nc8 26.Ne5+ Ke8 27.Nh5 he evaluates the position as equal. But Black played 22... Nxf7 to defend f7 and of course the human mind wants to take the white rook on f7. 23.e6+ Kc6 24.exf7
White is a whole rook down but Houdini evaluates the position as better for White - which shows how strong White's attack is. It is amazing that Hillarp Persson felt that White had enough compensation here and dared to enter this line. 24...Qd8 25.Nf3 White calmly improves the position of his pieces. Kb5 26.Ne5 Bf8 27.Nf4 The white knights are fantastically strong! Black has no adequate defense and loses material. Nd7 28.Ne6 Qc8 29.Ng6 Rh7 30.Nc7+ Kb6 31.Qe6+ Bc6 32.Nxd5+ Kb7 33.Nde7 Bxe7 34.Nxe7 Nf8 35.Qe5
White is still a rook down but remains calm. 35...Qd7 36.Rf6 Bd5 37.Rd6 1–0
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Hillarp Persson,T2511Grafl,F23941–02017B0046th Rilton Cup 2016-176.14

Tiger Hillarp Persson

Best woman player was Jovanka Houska, whose novel The Mating Game was recently published.
Houska finished 31st with 5.0/9.

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1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nd2 Nge7 8.Nf1 h5 9.h3 Be6 10.Ne3 Qd7 11.Ned5 0-0 12.Rb1 Rab8 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 a6 15.Nb6 Qd8 16.Ncd5 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bf7 18.Nc4 Nb4 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Qb3 b5 21.Nd2 a5 22.d4 exd4 23.Qd3 Qb6 24.0-0 Rbc8 25.Nf3 f5 26.Ng5 Rc4 27.Rbd1 Re8 28.Ne6 Rxe6 29.dxe6 Bxe6 30.Qf3 Kh7 31.Rfe1 Rc5 32.e3 Bd5 33.Qf4 Be5 34.exd4 Bxf4 35.dxc5 dxc5 36.Rxd5 Bg5 37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.Bd5 Qb8 39.Bf7 h4 40.Re8 Bd8 41.Rh8+ Kg5 42.Rhxd8 Qb6 43.Rd6 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kamsky,G2661Larson,M23301–02016A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-171.1
Louis,T2316Sasikiran,K26610–12016B5146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.2
Kravtsiv,M2645Hobber,A23121–02016C1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.3
Santarius,E2312Bluebaum,M26400–12016C1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.4
Goganov,A2637Furhoff,J2311½–½2016A2046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.5
Hejazipour,M2307Sokolov,I26320–12016E1246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.6
Neiksans,A2631Saravanan,V23061–02016B5146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.7
Prince,B2305Volkov,S26241–02016C1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.8
Postny,E2620Kolbus,D22991–02016E0646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.9
Ziegler,A2299Sevian,S26031–02016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.10
Antipov,M2580Nesterov,A22961–02016C2546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.11
Bergstrom,R2290Blomqvist,E25670–12016B5246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.12
Urkedal,F2557Haug,J22871–02016D4146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.13
Morrison,G2283Kulaots,K25560–12016E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.14
Ivanov,S2545Nielsen,H22621–02016E9746th Rilton Cup 2016-171.15
Chizhikov,V2262Shyam,S2532½–½2016B5046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.16
Tikkanen,H2531Babikov,I22591–02016D0846th Rilton Cup 2016-171.17
Betaneli,A2252Swapnil,S25260–12016A1246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.18
Bromberger,S2525Sadhwani,R22461–02016E4646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.19
Wiander,M2246Hillarp Persson,T25110–12016B0646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.20
Pavlovic,M2500Kucuksari,K22431–02016A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.21
Rydstrom,T2239Liang,A24950–12016B0746th Rilton Cup 2016-171.22
Zumsande,M2485Chan,K22311–02016B2746th Rilton Cup 2016-171.23
Pranav,A2230Westerberg,J24830–12016D2046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.24
Salomon,J2470Glimbrant,T22281–02016E0646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.25
Tuomainen,F2228Esserman,M24680–12016D4546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.26
Cramling,P2453Matta,V22271–02016E9046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.27
Risting,E2222Bellia,F2433½–½2016E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.28
Hauge,L2431Prithu,G22191–02016C0346th Rilton Cup 2016-171.29
Narva,M2218Kazakovskiy,V24301–02016C8846th Rilton Cup 2016-171.30
Akesson,R2417Johansson,G2210½–½2016D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.31
Ask,J2201Sagit,R24170–12016B2146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.32
Sarkar,J2415Grueso Cordoba,S21711–02016E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.33
Thompson,I2153Cruz Lledo,P24150–12016A1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.34
Stefansson,V2404Storme,I21521–02016A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.35
Ryzhkov,V2148Houska,J23970–12016B1246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.36
Grafl,F2394Lahlum,H2145½–½2016A0046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.37
Dahl,T2140Krishna,C23900–12016C1546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.38
Grunberg,M2389Hallman,V20980–12016A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-171.39
Svorono,G2094Wallace,J23870–12016B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.40
Mihajlov,S2384Sankalp,G2093½–½2016E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-171.41
Petersson,B2074Henderson de La Fuente,L23780–12016B2546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.42
Balcerak,P2372Carlsson,L20731–02016B7646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.43
Berglind,A2043Von Bahr,O23570–12016A2946th Rilton Cup 2016-171.44
Nielsen,R2351Emmoth,A20411–02016C0046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.45
Sorensen,H2040Gajic,M2349½–½2016A4246th Rilton Cup 2016-171.46
Gulamali,K2341Henderson de La Fuente,A20191–02016B0746th Rilton Cup 2016-171.47
Vrtiakova,A2010Nihal,S23400–12016B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-171.48
Ornstein,A2338Darnell,A20021–02016D1546th Rilton Cup 2016-171.49
Crevatin,L1973Bellon Lopez,J23360–12016A4346th Rilton Cup 2016-171.50
Luukkonen,T2333Cramling Bellon,A19701–02016A1346th Rilton Cup 2016-171.51
Bracker,F2435Ammoor,F18121–02016B4646th Rilton Cup 2016-171.52
Cramling,P2453Kamsky,G26610–12016D5246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.1
Sasikiran,K2661Bracker,F24351–02016C9246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.2
Hauge,L2431Kravtsiv,M26451–02016D0046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.3
Bluebaum,M2640Sarkar,J24150–12016A3446th Rilton Cup 2016-172.4
Sokolov,I2632Stefansson,V24041–02016A8146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.5
Sagit,R2417Neiksans,A2631½–½2016A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-172.6
Cruz Lledo,P2415Postny,E26201–02016E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.7
Houska,J2397Antipov,M2580½–½2016A4046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.8
Blomqvist,E2567Balcerak,P23721–02016D1246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.9
Krishna,C2390Urkedal,F25570–12016E0646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.10
Kulaots,K2556Nielsen,R2351½–½2016E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.11
Wallace,J2387Ivanov,S2545½–½2016A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-172.12
Henderson de La Fuente,L2378Tikkanen,H25310–12016B1146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.13
Swapnil,S2526Gulamali,K23411–02016D2046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.14
Von Bahr,O2357Bromberger,S25251–02016B5246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.15
Hillarp Persson,T2511Ornstein,A23381–02016A5646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.16
Nihal,S2340Pavlovic,M2500½–½2016A5646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.17
Liang,A2495Luukkonen,T23331–02016B1046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.18
Ruecker,B2275Zumsande,M2485½–½2016D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-172.19
Westerberg,J2483Prince,B2305½–½2016B4746th Rilton Cup 2016-172.20
Hallman,V2098Salomon,J2470½–½2016A4346th Rilton Cup 2016-172.21
Esserman,M2468Ziegler,A22990–12016C0546th Rilton Cup 2016-172.22
Shyam,S2532Narva,M22181–02016B5646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.23
Johansson,G2210Goganov,A26370–12016D4546th Rilton Cup 2016-172.24
Bellia,F2433Chizhikov,V22621–02016A4346th Rilton Cup 2016-172.25
Furhoff,J2311Akesson,R24170–12016C0846th Rilton Cup 2016-172.26
Sankalp,G2093Grafl,F23941–02016B0046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.27
Lahlum,H2145Mihajlov,S23840–12016E8246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.28
Gajic,M2349Risting,E22220–12016C1146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.29
Bellon Lopez,J2336Sorensen,H2040½–½2016C2346th Rilton Cup 2016-172.30
Volkov,S2624Crevatin,L19731–02016D4546th Rilton Cup 2016-172.31
Sevian,S2603Chan,K22311–02016B3646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.32
Kazakovskiy,V2430Pranav,A22301–02016E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.33
Glimbrant,T2228Grunberg,M23890–12016A4046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.34
Larson,M2330Tuomainen,F2228½–½2016D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.35
Matta,V2227Louis,T2316½–½2016B2046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.36
Hobber,A2312Prithu,G2219½–½2016D0046th Rilton Cup 2016-172.37
Grueso Cordoba,S2171Santarius,E23120–12016D2946th Rilton Cup 2016-172.38
Storme,I2152Hejazipour,M23070–12016B9246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.39
Saravanan,V2306Ask,J22011–02016E9246th Rilton Cup 2016-172.40
Kolbus,D2299Thompson,I21531–02016A1346th Rilton Cup 2016-172.41
Nesterov,A2296Ryzhkov,V21481–02016A8446th Rilton Cup 2016-172.42
Carlsson,L2073Bergstrom,R2290½–½2016B0746th Rilton Cup 2016-172.43
Haug,J2287Dahl,T21400–12016B0446th Rilton Cup 2016-172.44
Emmoth,A2041Morrison,G2283½–½2016D3846th Rilton Cup 2016-172.45
Nielsen,H2262Svorono,G20941–02016C0646th Rilton Cup 2016-172.46
Babikov,I2259Petersson,B2074½–½2016B4146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.47
Henderson de La Fuente,A2019Betaneli,A2252½–½2016B0146th Rilton Cup 2016-172.48
Sadhwani,R2246Berglind,A2043½–½2016B9746th Rilton Cup 2016-172.49
Darnell,A2002Wiander,M22460–12016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-172.50
Kucuksari,K2243Vrtiakova,A20101–02016E0446th Rilton Cup 2016-172.51
Cramling Bellon,A1970Rydstrom,T22390–12016E3346th Rilton Cup 2016-172.52
Kamsky,G2661Hillarp Persson,T2511½–½2016B0746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.1
Liang,A2495Sasikiran,K2661½–½2016B2246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.2
Sokolov,I2632Hauge,L24311–02016A5746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.3
Sarkar,J2415Blomqvist,E25671–02016D2046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.4
Urkedal,F2557Cruz Lledo,P24150–12016D1046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.5
Tikkanen,H2531Von Bahr,O2357½–½2016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.6
Ziegler,A2299Swapnil,S25260–12016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.7
Goganov,A2637Sagit,R24171–02016A8146th Rilton Cup 2016-173.8
Neiksans,A2631Houska,J23971–02016B1546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.9
Antipov,M2580Wallace,J23871–02016B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.10
Akesson,R2417Kulaots,K2556½–½2016E1546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.11
Ivanov,S2545Nihal,S23401–02016A3346th Rilton Cup 2016-173.12
Mihajlov,S2384Shyam,S25320–12016D3846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.13
Pavlovic,M2500Ruecker,B22751–02016A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.14
Zumsande,M2485Hallman,V2098½–½2016C4546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.15
Nielsen,R2351Westerberg,J2483½–½2016C0046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.16
Salomon,J2470Sankalp,G20931–02016A1546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.17
Prince,B2305Bellia,F24330–12016B1446th Rilton Cup 2016-173.18
Risting,E2222Kravtsiv,M26450–12016D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.19
Ornstein,A2338Bluebaum,M2640½–½2016A1546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.20
Luukkonen,T2333Volkov,S26240–12016C1146th Rilton Cup 2016-173.21
Postny,E2620Bellon Lopez,J23361–02016D1646th Rilton Cup 2016-173.22
Santarius,E2312Sevian,S26030–12016C7046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.23
Bromberger,S2525Hejazipour,M2307½–½2016B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.24
Wiander,M2246Esserman,M2468½–½2016B9946th Rilton Cup 2016-173.25
Rydstrom,T2239Cramling,P2453½–½2016B4346th Rilton Cup 2016-173.26
Bracker,F2435Saravanan,V2306½–½2016C7846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.27
Dahl,T2140Kazakovskiy,V24300–12016C4846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.28
Stefansson,V2404Kolbus,D22991–02016A1246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.29
Narva,M2218Krishna,C23900–12016C0246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.30
Grunberg,M2389Nesterov,A2296½–½2016A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.31
Sorensen,H2040Henderson de La Fuente,L2378½–½2016E1246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.32
Balcerak,P2372Nielsen,H22620–12016C8846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.33
Gulamali,K2341Kucuksari,K2243½–½2016B0446th Rilton Cup 2016-173.34
Grafl,F2394Sadhwani,R22461–02016A0146th Rilton Cup 2016-173.35
Tuomainen,F2228Gajic,M23491–02016A7746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.36
Prithu,G2219Larson,M23300–12016B5246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.37
Louis,T2316Johansson,G2210½–½2016B2346th Rilton Cup 2016-173.38
Petersson,B2074Hobber,A23121–02016C0046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.39
Berglind,A2043Furhoff,J23110–12016A2546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.40
Bergstrom,R2290Matta,V2227½–½2016C4646th Rilton Cup 2016-173.41
Morrison,G2283Lahlum,H2145½–½2016D3046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.42
Chizhikov,V2262Carlsson,L20731–02016C1046th Rilton Cup 2016-173.43
Crevatin,L1973Babikov,I22590–12016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.44
Betaneli,A2252Emmoth,A20410–12016A1546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.45
Chan,K2231Henderson de La Fuente,A20191–02016E6846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.46
Ryzhkov,V2148Haug,J2287½–½2016C0246th Rilton Cup 2016-173.47
Pranav,A2230Storme,I21520–12016A6146th Rilton Cup 2016-173.48
Svorono,G2094Glimbrant,T2228½–½2016C9946th Rilton Cup 2016-173.49
Ask,J2201Darnell,A20021–02016C4846th Rilton Cup 2016-173.50
Vrtiakova,A2010Grueso Cordoba,S2171½–½2016C4546th Rilton Cup 2016-173.51
Thompson,I2153Cramling Bellon,A19701–02016A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-173.52
Cruz Lledo,P2415Sokolov,I26320–12016D3146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.1
Swapnil,S2526Sarkar,J2415½–½2016E6246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.2
Tikkanen,H2531Kamsky,G26610–12016B3246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.3
Sasikiran,K2661Pavlovic,M2500½–½2016C1846th Rilton Cup 2016-174.4
Hillarp Persson,T2511Goganov,A2637½–½2016A3646th Rilton Cup 2016-174.5
Neiksans,A2631Liang,A24951–02016D7846th Rilton Cup 2016-174.6
Bellia,F2433Antipov,M2580½–½2016A4646th Rilton Cup 2016-174.7
Von Bahr,O2357Ivanov,S25450–12016B4746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.8
Shyam,S2532Salomon,J2470½–½2016B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.9
Kravtsiv,M2645Kazakovskiy,V24301–02016C5546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.10
Volkov,S2624Hauge,L24311–02016E9246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.11
Krishna,C2390Postny,E26200–12016D1246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.12
Sevian,S2603Akesson,R2417½–½2016C1046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.13
Blomqvist,E2567Nielsen,R23511–02016A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.14
Hallman,V2098Urkedal,F25570–12016E1446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.15
Kulaots,K2556Stefansson,V24041–02016A1446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.16
Nielsen,H2262Zumsande,M2485½–½2016C0546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.17
Westerberg,J2483Ziegler,A2299½–½2016C1246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.18
Bluebaum,M2640Prince,B23051–02016A3546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.19
Furhoff,J2311Bromberger,S25250–12016C3746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.20
Esserman,M2468Chizhikov,V2262½–½2016B2746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.21
Hejazipour,M2307Cramling,P2453½–½2016D2746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.22
Nesterov,A2296Bracker,F2435½–½2016E5346th Rilton Cup 2016-174.23
Sagit,R2417Wiander,M22461–02016A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.24
Houska,J2397Rydstrom,T22391–02016D0246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.25
Saravanan,V2306Grafl,F2394½–½2016A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.26
Ruecker,B2275Grunberg,M23890–12016D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.27
Wallace,J2387Tuomainen,F22281–02016A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.28
Babikov,I2259Mihajlov,S23841–02016C0146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.29
Henderson de La Fuente,L2378Risting,E2222½–½2016B1046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.30
Sankalp,G2093Gulamali,K23411–02016B0846th Rilton Cup 2016-174.31
Nihal,S2340Petersson,B20741–02016E9446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.32
Kucuksari,K2243Ornstein,A23380–12016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.33
Larson,M2330Sorensen,H20401–02016D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.34
Emmoth,A2041Balcerak,P23720–12016A5046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.35
Bellon Lopez,J2336Narva,M22181–02016A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.36
Matta,V2227Luukkonen,T23330–12016B2046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.37
Ask,J2201Louis,T2316½–½2016B2146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.38
Johansson,G2210Santarius,E23121–02016D4746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.39
Kolbus,D2299Dahl,T21400–12016A2546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.40
Lahlum,H2145Bergstrom,R22900–12016A4046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.41
Storme,I2152Morrison,G22830–12016B2246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.42
Chan,K2231Thompson,I21530–12016D0246th Rilton Cup 2016-174.43
Gajic,M2349Ryzhkov,V21481–02016C1546th Rilton Cup 2016-174.44
Haug,J2287Svorono,G2094½–½2016B4446th Rilton Cup 2016-174.45
Carlsson,L2073Betaneli,A2252½–½2016A0046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.46
Sadhwani,R2246Henderson de La Fuente,A20191–02016C4146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.47
Glimbrant,T2228Berglind,A2043½–½2016D4746th Rilton Cup 2016-174.48
Prithu,G2219Vrtiakova,A20101–02016B5146th Rilton Cup 2016-174.49
Grueso Cordoba,S2171Crevatin,L19731–02016D3046th Rilton Cup 2016-174.50
Kamsky,G2661Sokolov,I26321–02017A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.1
Sarkar,J2415Neiksans,A2631½–½2017E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.2
Ivanov,S2545Swapnil,S25260–12017A3546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.3
Urkedal,F2557Sasikiran,K26610–12017D1246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.4
Kravtsiv,M2645Kulaots,K2556½–½2017B5246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.5
Goganov,A2637Shyam,S2532½–½2017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.6
Pavlovic,M2500Volkov,S26240–12017D0246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.7
Postny,E2620Hillarp Persson,T25111–02017D2546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.8
Antipov,M2580Cruz Lledo,P2415½–½2017C0246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.9
Salomon,J2470Blomqvist,E25670–12017D1946th Rilton Cup 2016-175.10
Bluebaum,M2640Bellia,F24331–02017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.11
Grunberg,M2389Sevian,S26031–02017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.12
Wallace,J2387Tikkanen,H2531½–½2017A0846th Rilton Cup 2016-175.13
Bromberger,S2525Nihal,S23400–12017E4546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.14
Liang,A2495Von Bahr,O23571–02017B5146th Rilton Cup 2016-175.15
Zumsande,M2485Larson,M23301–02017C5046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.16
Ornstein,A2338Westerberg,J2483½–½2017E5246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.17
Akesson,R2417Nielsen,H22621–02017D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-175.18
Ziegler,A2299Sagit,R2417½–½2017A8046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.19
Babikov,I2259Houska,J23970–12017B1346th Rilton Cup 2016-175.20
Cramling,P2453Sankalp,G2093½–½2017B3846th Rilton Cup 2016-175.21
Luukkonen,T2333Esserman,M24680–12017B1146th Rilton Cup 2016-175.22
Bracker,F2435Hejazipour,M23071–02017B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.23
Hauge,L2431Saravanan,V2306½–½2017A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.24
Kazakovskiy,V2430Nesterov,A22961–02017A4046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.25
Stefansson,V2404Bergstrom,R2290½–½2017A2046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.26
Grafl,F2394Morrison,G22831–02017A3046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.27
Chizhikov,V2262Krishna,C2390½–½2017C1846th Rilton Cup 2016-175.28
Balcerak,P2372Johansson,G2210½–½2017B4846th Rilton Cup 2016-175.30
Nielsen,R2351Hallman,V20981–02017B0046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.31
Risting,E2222Bellon Lopez,J23360–12017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.32
Dahl,T2140Mihajlov,S23840–12017C1246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.33
Rydstrom,T2239Gajic,M23491–02017B0346th Rilton Cup 2016-175.34
Gulamali,K2341Prithu,G22191–02017A0946th Rilton Cup 2016-175.35
Louis,T2316Kucuksari,K22430–12017B1246th Rilton Cup 2016-175.36
Tuomainen,F2228Furhoff,J23111–02017D1046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.37
Prince,B2305Ask,J22011–02017C6046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.38
Petersson,B2074Ruecker,B22750–12017C5646th Rilton Cup 2016-175.39
Sorensen,H2040Sadhwani,R22460–12017D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.40
Wiander,M2246Grueso Cordoba,S21711–02017A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.41
Saravanan,V2306Matta,V22270–12017C5346th Rilton Cup 2016-175.42
Narva,M2218Kolbus,D2299½–½2017B1146th Rilton Cup 2016-175.43
Storme,I2152Haug,J22870–12017B1846th Rilton Cup 2016-175.44
Betaneli,A2252Lahlum,H2145½–½2017A1346th Rilton Cup 2016-175.45
Svorono,G2094Chan,K22310–12017B2746th Rilton Cup 2016-175.46
Berglind,A2043Pranav,A22301–02017A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-175.47
Cramling Bellon,A1970Glimbrant,T22280–12017E7646th Rilton Cup 2016-175.47
Ryzhkov,V2148Vrtiakova,A2010½–½2017B2046th Rilton Cup 2016-175.50
Henderson de La Fuente,A2019Crevatin,L1973½–½2017B2446th Rilton Cup 2016-175.51
Swapnil,S2526Kamsky,G2661½–½2017D9746th Rilton Cup 2016-176.1
Sasikiran,K2661Postny,E26201–02017C9546th Rilton Cup 2016-176.2
Sokolov,I2632Sarkar,J24151–02017D8546th Rilton Cup 2016-176.3
Volkov,S2624Neiksans,A26311–02017E2046th Rilton Cup 2016-176.4
Blomqvist,E2567Kravtsiv,M26451–02017E0646th Rilton Cup 2016-176.5
Liang,A2495Bluebaum,M2640½–½2017B1846th Rilton Cup 2016-176.6
Cruz Lledo,P2415Goganov,A2637½–½2017D1046th Rilton Cup 2016-176.7
Nihal,S2340Antipov,M25800–12017E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-176.8
Kulaots,K2556Zumsande,M24851–02017D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-176.9
Houska,J2397Ivanov,S2545½–½2017E1546th Rilton Cup 2016-176.10
Shyam,S2532Akesson,R2417½–½2017B1446th Rilton Cup 2016-176.11
Urkedal,F2557Grunberg,M23891–02017A8046th Rilton Cup 2016-176.12
Sagit,R2417Tikkanen,H2531½–½2017A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-176.13
Hillarp Persson,T2511Grafl,F23941–02017C0046th Rilton Cup 2016-176.14
Henderson de La Fuente,L2378Pavlovic,M2500½–½2017B0346th Rilton Cup 2016-176.15
Westerberg,J2483Wallace,J2387½–½2017A4946th Rilton Cup 2016-176.16
Kamsky,G2661Volkov,S2624½–½2017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-177.1
Blomqvist,E2567Sasikiran,K26610–12017C8846th Rilton Cup 2016-177.2
Sokolov,I2632Swapnil,S25260–12017A5746th Rilton Cup 2016-177.3
Antipov,M2580Kulaots,K25560–12017B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-177.4
Bluebaum,M2640Esserman,M24681–02017D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-177.5
Goganov,A2637Liang,A24951–02017D7846th Rilton Cup 2016-177.6
Neiksans,A2631Kazakovskiy,V2430½–½2017E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-177.7
Postny,E2620Houska,J23971–02017D3746th Rilton Cup 2016-177.8
Salomon,J2470Urkedal,F25570–12017E4446th Rilton Cup 2016-177.9
Ivanov,S2545Cruz Lledo,P24151–02017D1546th Rilton Cup 2016-177.10
Sarkar,J2415Shyam,S25320–12017D3846th Rilton Cup 2016-177.11
Akesson,R2417Hillarp Persson,T2511½–½2017A6146th Rilton Cup 2016-177.12
Pavlovic,M2500Sankalp,G20931–02017E6046th Rilton Cup 2016-177.13
Kravtsiv,M2645Mihajlov,S2384½–½2017C5346th Rilton Cup 2016-177.14
Tikkanen,H2531Nihal,S23401–02017B9046th Rilton Cup 2016-177.15
Zumsande,M2485Von Bahr,O2357½–½2017C5346th Rilton Cup 2016-177.16
Sasikiran,K2661Swapnil,S25261–02017B7046th Rilton Cup 2016-178.1
Kulaots,K2556Kamsky,G2661½–½2017B4346th Rilton Cup 2016-178.2
Volkov,S2624Bluebaum,M26401–02017E2046th Rilton Cup 2016-178.3
Urkedal,F2557Goganov,A26371–02017D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-178.4
Ivanov,S2545Sokolov,I2632½–½2017E3346th Rilton Cup 2016-178.5
Shyam,S2532Postny,E26201–02017B1346th Rilton Cup 2016-178.6
Pavlovic,M2500Blomqvist,E25671–02017D1146th Rilton Cup 2016-178.7
Neiksans,A2631Akesson,R2417½–½2017C1046th Rilton Cup 2016-178.8
Kazakovskiy,V2430Antipov,M25800–12017E1146th Rilton Cup 2016-178.9
Krishna,C2390Tikkanen,H2531½–½2017A4846th Rilton Cup 2016-178.10
Hillarp Persson,T2511Grunberg,M2389½–½2017D0246th Rilton Cup 2016-178.11
Sagit,R2417Hauge,L24310–12017A0446th Rilton Cup 2016-178.12
Liang,A2495Wallace,J23870–12017B9446th Rilton Cup 2016-178.13
Von Bahr,O2357Kravtsiv,M26450–12017C9246th Rilton Cup 2016-178.14
Mihajlov,S2384Zumsande,M2485½–½2017D1546th Rilton Cup 2016-178.15
Larson,M2330Salomon,J24700–12017E2046th Rilton Cup 2016-178.16
Volkov,S2624Sasikiran,K2661½–½2017D9746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.1
Kamsky,G2661Shyam,S2532½–½2017D0246th Rilton Cup 2016-179.2
Swapnil,S2526Urkedal,F2557½–½2017A4546th Rilton Cup 2016-179.3
Kulaots,K2556Pavlovic,M2500½–½2017C0946th Rilton Cup 2016-179.4
Wallace,J2387Sokolov,I26320–12017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.5
Antipov,M2580Ivanov,S25451–02017C0046th Rilton Cup 2016-179.6
Hauge,L2431Goganov,A26370–12017D3046th Rilton Cup 2016-179.7
Akesson,R2417Kravtsiv,M26450–12017E3246th Rilton Cup 2016-179.8
Bluebaum,M2640Cruz Lledo,P24151–02017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.9
Grafl,F2394Neiksans,A26310–12017B4746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.10
Postny,E2620Sankalp,G20931–02017D1546th Rilton Cup 2016-179.11
Blomqvist,E2567Krishna,C23900–12017D1246th Rilton Cup 2016-179.12
Tikkanen,H2531Houska,J23971–02017B1246th Rilton Cup 2016-179.13
Salomon,J2470Hillarp Persson,T2511½–½2017A3746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.14
Grunberg,M2389Bellia,F24331–02017A0546th Rilton Cup 2016-179.15
Mihajlov,S2384Sevian,S2603½–½2017A0746th Rilton Cup 2016-179.16

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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