The 46th Rilton Cup was held from 27th December 2016 to 5th January 2017 at the Clarion Hotel, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The traditional festival consisted of four sections: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo, Rilton 1800 and Rilton 1600.
The main section was a 9-round Swiss for players rated over 2200. GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points, half a point clear of GM Sergey Volkov, winner of the 40th Rilton Cup.
The Rilton Elo section was a 9-round Swiss with 111 participants. WGM Vera Nebolsina crushed the opposition to win the event with perfect 9/9 score.
Krishnan Sasikiran
Rilton Cup, final standings:
1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2661 – 7.5
2 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2624 – 7
3 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2661 – 6.5
4 GM Urkedal Frode NOR 2557 – 6.5
5 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2526 – 6.5
6 GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2500 – 6.5
7 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2556 – 6.5
8 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2632 – 6.5
9 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2580 – 6.5
10 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2532 – 6.5
11 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2620 – 6
12 GM Tikkanen Hans SWE 2531 – 6
13 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2637 – 6
14 IM C R G Krishna IND 2390 – 6
15 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2645 – 6
16 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2631 – 6
17 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2640 – 6
18 IM Grunberg Mihai ROU 2389 – 6
19 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2545 – 5.5
20 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2511 – 5.5
21 IM Hauge Lars Oskar NOR 2431 – 5.5
22 IM Salomon Johan NOR 2470 – 5.5
23 IM Wallace John-Paul AUS 2387 – 5.5
24 IM Westerberg Jonathan SWE 2483 – 5.5
25 FM Babikov Ivan RUS 2259 – 5.5
26 FM Nielsen Høgni Egilstoft FAI 2262 – 5.5
27 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 2336 – 5.5
28 FM Cruz Lledó Pablo ESP 2415 – 5
29 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2417 – 5
30 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2567 – 5
31 IM Houska Jovanka ENG 2397 – 5
32 FM Mihajlov Sebastian NOR 2384 – 5
33 Gupta Sankalp IND 2093 – 5
34 IM Kazakovskiy Valeriy BLR 2430 – 5
35 IM Ornstein Axel SWE 2338 – 5
36 FM Sarin Nihal IND 2340 – 5
37 FM Larson Matthew USA 2330 – 5
38 GM Sevian Samuel USA 2603 – 5
39 IM Grafl Florian GER 2394 – 5
40 Henderson de la Fuente Lance ESP 2378 – 5
41 WGM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2307 – 5
42 FM Matta Vinay Kumar IND 2227 – 5
43 IM Kolbus Dietmar GER 2299 – 5
44 CM Bajaj Prince IND 2305 – 4.5
45 IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2433 – 4.5
46 IM Sagit Rauan SWE 2417 – 4.5
47 IM Ziegler Ari SWE 2299 – 4.5
48 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2453 – 4.5
49 FM Nielsen Rógvi Egilstoft FAI 2351 – 4.5
50 Dahl Trygve NOR 2140 – 4.5
51 FM von Bahr Oskar SWE 2357 – 4.5
52 IM Esserman Marc USA 2468 – 4.5
53 IM Zumsande Martin GER 2485 – 4.5
54 FM Luukkonen Tommi FIN 2333 – 4.5
55 FM Morrison Graham SCO 2283 – 4.5
56 Emmoth Alfons SWE 2041 – 4.5
57 FM Haug Johannes NOR 2287 – 4.5
58 FM Rydstrom Tom SWE 2239 – 4.5
59 FM Betaneli Alexander USA 2252 – 4.5
60 Gupta Prithu IND 2219 – 4.5
61 IM Sarkar Justin Joseph USA 2415 – 4
62 IM Liang Awonder USA 2495 – 4
63 Chizhikov Vladislav RUS 2262 – 4
64 FM Gulamali Kazim USA 2341 – 4
65 IM Bracker Frank GER 2435 – 4
66 MK Nesterov Arseny RUS 2296 – 4
67 Balcerak Philipp GER 2372 – 4
68 Johansson Gunnar SWE 2210 – 4
69 Tuomainen Felix SWE 2228 – 4
70 CM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2246 – 4
71 Glimbrant Torbjörn SWE 2228 – 4
72 FM Stefansson Vignir Vatnar ISL 2404 – 3.5
73 FM Risting Eivind Olav NOR 2222 – 3.5
74 IM Saravanan Venkatachalam IND 2306 – 3.5
75 Küçüksarı Kaan SWE 2243 – 3.5
76 Louis Thibault FRA 2316 – 3.5
77 Santarius Erik USA 2312 – 3.5
78 Lahlum Hans Olav NOR 2145 – 3.5
79 Storme Isak SWE 2152 – 3.5
80 Berglind Axel SWE 2043 – 3.5
81 CM Wiander Michael SWE 2246 – 3.5
82 FM Bergstrom Rolf SWE 2290 – 3.5
83 Sörensen Hampus SWE 2040 – 3.5
84 Anand Pranav IND 2230 – 3.5
85 Ask Josef SWE 2201 – 3.5
86 WIM Narva Mai EST 2218 – 3
87 IM Furhoff Johan SWE 2311 – 3
88 WFM Vrtiakova Anna SVK 2010 – 3
89 Petersson Baldur Teodor SWE 2074 – 3
90 Henderson de la Fuente Andrea ESP 2019 – 3
91 Ruecker Benjamin GER 2275 – 2.5
92 Hallman Valo FIN 2098 – 2.5
93 GM Bromberger Stefan GER 2525 – 2.5
94 Crevatin Leo SWE 1973 – 2.5
95 Carlsson Ludvig SWE 2073 – 2.5
96 Ryzhkov Vjacheslav RUS 2148 – 2.5
97 Grueso Cordoba Santiago SWE 2171 – 2.5
98 FM Thompson Ian ENG 2153 – 2
99 Chan Kim Yew MAS 2231 – 2
100 Svorono Gabriel SWE 2094 – 2
101 Cramling Anna SWE 1970 – 2
102 FM Gajic Mladen SWE 2349 – 1.5
103 Ammoor Farqad SWE 1812 – 1
104 FM Hobber Anders NOR 2312 – 0.5
105 Darnell Anton SWE 2002 – 0
