Tag Archives: Rilton Cup 2010/2011

GM Volkov is the winner of this edition of Rilton Cup! He finished clear first with 8 out of 9. GM Shimanov was 2nd with 7.5 and Naiditsch who shared 3rd-5th was 3rd by tie-break. Check out more on -http://www.chess-results.com/tnr42335.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=6&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

In round 8 GM Shimanov won against GM Grandelius while GM Volkov won against GM Karlsson, so now they share 1st-2nd and have 7 points. GMs Naiditsch and Grandelius are on 6.5 and share 3rd-4th. Pairings of 9th round: Macieja … Continue reading →

In round 6 the leaders drew while Macieja won against Berczes. Thus 5 people have 5 points and two have 4.5. Official website – http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html

GM Grandelius has stopped GM Naiditsch by making a draw and now four players have 4.5 out of 5 – GMs Shimanov, Naiditsch, Grandelius and Volkov. Official website – http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html More on results, pairings and ratings – http://chess-results.com/tnr42335.aspx?art=2&rd=6&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

After 4 rounds GMs Naiditsch and Grandelius have 4 points and play each other. GMs Shimanov and Volkov and IM Smith are on 3.5. Official website – http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html For detailed information on pairings, results & ratings view http://chess-results.com/tnr42335.aspx?lan=1

2nd round top 5 results: Souleidis-Naiditsch 0-1 Sokolov-Bellon 1-0 Lindberg-Macieja 0-1 Leer-Salvesen-Volkov 0-1 Gleizerov-Furhoff 1-0 Round 3 top 5 pairings: Naiditsch-Hillarp Persson Grandelius-Sokolov Macieja-Shimanov Volkov-Urkedal Smith-Gleizerov Official website – http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html

So far only GM Berg drew from the top 5, so results are – GM Najditsch-Astrup 1-0 FM Thompson-GM Sokolov 0-1 GM Macieja-FM Byklum 1-0 Sipila-GM Berg 1/2 GM Volkov-FM Loghdahl 1-0 Unfortunately no games for download were made available … Continue reading →

The famous Rilton Cup event had started today in Stockholm. The top rated players include – GMs Arkadij Naiditsch 2685, Ivan Sokolov 2642, Bartlomiej Macieja 2636 and Emanuel Berg 2627. The pairing of top 10 boards are: GM Naiditsch Arkadij-Astrup … Continue reading →