1/5/2019 – Rating favourite Tamir Nabaty dominated the field in Stockholm as he finished the Rilton Cup on 8 out of 9, a whole point ahead of a three-player chasing pack — Tiger Hillarp Persson (second), Sergey Volkov (third) and Frode Urkedal gathered 7 points each. The champion would have taken first place with a draw in the last round, but anyway defeated American youngster Awonder Liang in style with the black pieces. | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

1/5/2019 – Final round action from Stockholm, with live commentary by IM Jonathan Westerberg & WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni. GM Tamir Nabaty (pictured right) won with Black in the final round against US young-talent GM Awonder Liang (pictured left). The only other player who could theoretically win clear first was Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp Persson who trailed Nabaty by half a point. He has White against Indian GM Karthikeyan Murali. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund

1/4/2019 – Tamir Nabaty scored a key victory in Round 8 in Stockholm and is the sole leader heading into the final round on Saturday. On his heels is Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp Persson, the only member of the chasing pack to win today — he beat GM Maxime Lagarde in a sharp Sicilian with a scintillating finish you won't want to miss! | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund