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Photos: Lars OA Hedlund (Tournament page)
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.
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.
| 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
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:
Tiger Hillarp Persson
Best woman player was Jovanka Houska, whose novel The Mating Game was recently published.
Houska finished 31st with 5.0/9.
