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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.

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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 (5.5) – Volkov (7)
Shimanov (7) – Sokolov (5.5)
Berg (5.5) – Naiditsch (6)
Ivanov (5.5) – Grandelius (6)

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