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Rilton Cup 2013/2014
There are only 2 leaders after 5 rounds – Norwegian GM Hammer and Swedish GM Grandelius, who have 4.5 points. Four players are on 4.
Results of top 6 boards
1 GM Grandelius Nils 2576 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Smirin Ilya 2642
2 GM Goganov Aleksey 2581 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Krasenkow Michal 2633
3 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2541 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2612
4 GM Piorun Kacper 2560 3 1 – 0 3 IM Smirnov Artem 2418
5 IM Urkedal Frode 2492 3 1 – 0 3 FM Krupenski Jüri 1 2300
6 FM Sagit Rauan 1 2369 3 ½ – ½ 2½ IM Semcesen Daniel 2488
Pairings of first 6 boards of the 6th round
1 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2612 4½ – 4 GM Goganov Aleksey 2581
2 GM Krasenkow Michal 2633 4 – 4½ GM Grandelius Nils 2576
3 IM Urkedal Frode 2492 4 – 4 GM Piorun Kacper 2560
4 GM Socko Bartosz 2657 3½ – 3½ IM Hansen Torbjørn Ringdal 2473
5 GM Smirin Ilya 2642 3½ – 3½ GM Socko Monika 2440
6 IM Eggleston David 2434 3½ – 3½ GM Volkov Sergey 2623
View or download the games on the Official Site.
Thursday Quiz
Rilton Cup 2013/2014
This strong event is under way in Sweden and 4 rounds (out of 9) have been played so far. Six GMs lead with 3.5 points:
1 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2576 2576 2642 3.5
2 GM Smirin Ilya ISR 2642 2642 0 3.5
3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2612 2612 0 3.5
4 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2633 2633 0 3.5
5 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2581 2581 0 3.5
6 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2541 2541 0 3.5
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 5th round
1 GM Grandelius Nils 2576 3½ – 3½ GM Smirin Ilya 2642
2 GM Goganov Aleksey 2581 3½ – 3½ GM Krasenkow Michal 2633
3 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2541 3½ – 3½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2612
4 GM Piorun Kacper 2560 3 – 3 IM Smirnov Artem 2418
5 IM Urkedal Frode 2492 3 – 3 FM Krupenski Jüri 1 2300
6 FM Sagit Rauan 1 2369 3 – 2½ IM Semcesen Daniel 2488
7 GM Yagupov Igor 2427 2½ – 2½ GM Socko Bartosz 2657
8 GM Volkov Sergey 2623 2½ – 2½ IM Bejtovic Jasmin 2402
9 IM Tsyhanchuk Stanislav 2398 2½ – 2½ GM Hillarp-Persson Tiger 2551
10 GM Cramling Pia 2525 2½ – 2½ FM Hammar Bengt 2 2234
It is possible to download the games of each round on the Official Site.


