GM Maxim Rodshtein conquers 45th Rilton Chess Cup

Maxim Rodshtein from Israel conquered the Rilton Cup 2015-2016 with a near perfect 8 points out of 9 rounds. In the final round, Rodsthtein used the black pieces to defeat GM Hans Tikkanen and won out half a point ahead of the first seed Jon Ludvig Hammer, fulfilling his challenge to the Norwegian from a few months earlier.

Erik Bloomkvist from Sweden secured third place with the best tiebreakers in those with 7 points, a full point behind the two challengers.

The 45th Rilton Cup took place from 27th December, 2015 to 5th January, 2016, in Clarion Hotel Stockholm, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic region. The event was a 9-round FIDE-Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 moves + 30′ + 30″. It featured 94 players from 22 different countries. Maxim Rodshtein takes home 20,000 SEK (nearly € 2,200) as his prize.

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Final Standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	ISR	2678	8
2	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2695	7,5
3	GM	Blomqvist Erik	SWE	2493	7
4	GM	Hillarp-Persson Tiger	SWE	2521	7
5	GM	Sevian Samuel	USA	2578	7
6	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2437	7
7	GM	Krasenkow Michal	POL	2610	6
	GM	Donchenko Alexander	GER	2588	6
9	GM	Tikkanen Hans	SWE	2515	6
10	IM	Zumsande Martin Dr.	GER	2442	6
11	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2597	6
12	IM	Poetsch Hagen	GER	2509	6
13	IM	Tari Aryan	NOR	2556	6
14	IM	Nikita Meskovs	LAT	2511	6
15	GM	Socko Bartosz	POL	2587	6
16	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	RUS	2642	6
17	IM	Andersen Mads	DEN	2474	6
18	FM	Sagit Rauan	SWE	2375	6
19	GM	Semcesen Daniel	SWE	2431	6
20	IM	Sjödahl Pontus	SWE	2404	6
21	IM	Salomon Johan	NOR	2438	6
22	FM	Sadeh Shahin	IRI	2284	6
23	GM	Ivanov Sergey	RUS	2556	6
24	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2523	6
25	FM	Martynov Pavel	RUS	2380	6
26	FM	Nilsen Joachim B	NOR	2382	6
27	IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	SUI	2342	6
28	IM	Kolosowski Mateusz	POL	2423	6
29	GM	Miezis Normunds	LAT	2493	6
30	IM	Westerberg Jonathan	SWE	2497	6
31		Cukrowski Filip	POL	2320	5
32	IM	Nyysti Sampsa	FIN	2370	5
	FM	Köykkä Pekka	FIN	2326	5
34	FM	Rydstrom Tom	SWE	2266	5
35	GM	Bellon Juan	ESP	2376	5
36	GM	Åkesson Ralf	SWE	2421	5
37	FM	Ertan Can	TUR	2241	5
38	FM	Lindgren Philip	SWE	2418	5
39	IM	Hagen Andreas	DEN	2395	5
40	IM	Petro Golubka	UKR	2406	5
41	FM	Schekachikhin Maksim	RUS	2321	5
42	FM	Mikalsen Erlend	NOR	2313	5
43	IM	Johansson Linus	SWE	2423	5
44	FM	Lundin Jan	SWE	2230	5
45		Thörn Eric	SWE	2140	5
46		Goluch Piotr	POL	2297	5
47	WIM	Hakimifard Ghazal	IRI	2169	5
48	FM	Pires Tavares Martins David	POR	2372	5
49	FM	Krupenski Juri	EST	2406	5
50	IM	Kolbus Dietmar	GER	2315	5
51	FM	Percivaldi Martin	DEN	2260	5
52		Schitco Ivan	MDA	2210	5
53	FM	Arman Deniz	TUR	2332	4
54	WGM	Hejazipour Mitra	IRI	2357	4
55		Krantz Christopher	SWE	2230	4
56		Jogstad Martin	SWE	2125	4
57		Eriksson Jörgen	SWE	2206	4
58	IM	Engqvist Thomas	SWE	2358	4
59	FM	Haug Johannes	NOR	2247	4
60	CM	Wiander Michael	SWE	2187	4
61		Storme Isak	SWE	1864	4
62	FM	Grandell Anders	SWE	2330	4
63		Kosmo Santul	FIN	2202	4
64		Dahl Trygve	NOR	2139	4
65	WIM	Kharmunova Nadezhda	RUS	2132	4
66		Glimbrant Torbjörn	SWE	2192	4
67		Grove Peter	DEN	2133	4
68		Tuomainen Felix	SWE	2022	4
69		Pantzar Milton	SWE	2103	4
70	FM	Radionov Timur	RUS	2321	4
71	FM	Sarwer Jeffrey	FIN	2263	4
72	FM	Henriksson Johan	SWE	2286	4
73	IM	Wallace John Paul	AUS	2383	3
74		Petersson Baldur Teodor	SWE	1870	3
75		Martinsen Stig K	NOR	2162	3
76	FM	Low Zhen Yu Cyrus	SIN	2256	3
77	WGM	Olsarova Tereza	CZE	2278	3
78	FM	Hammar Bengt	SWE	2210	3
79	FM	Thompson Ian	ENG	2187	3
80		Norlin Egor	SWE	2084	3
	FM	Risting Eivind Olav	NOR	1985	3
82		Jonsson Emil	SWE	2156	3
83		Zeier Klaus	GER	2262	3
84		Kassani Sam	SWE	2126	3
85	IM	Brinck-Claussen Bjoern	DEN	2244	3
86		Darnell Anton	SWE	1979	3
87	FM	Rothén Håkan	SWE	2297	3
88		Bit-Narva David	SWE	2096	3
89		Ask Josef	SWE	2180	3
90		Nilsson Joakim	SWE	2091	3
91		Adler Bo	SWE	2174	2
92		Berglind Axel	SWE	2023	2
93		Johansson Gunnar	SWE	2215	1
94	IM	Vasilevich Tatjana	UKR	2380	0