Rilton Cup

Annual chess tournament in Stockholm, Sweden. December 27th to January 5th.

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Dear players! Here is a friendly reminder to remember to check-in for the Rilton Cup and the Rilton U2200, either online or on the third floor, before 11:00 a.m. Otherwise, you will NOT get paired for the first round. Good luck!

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The registration for the 53rd Rilton Cup is now open at https://t.co/qOVI8xS1u6.

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The Rilton Cup Committee congratulates all the winners of the many Rilton tournaments 2024/2025.

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Three players ended the Rilton U2200 with 7.5 points and Yiheng Tang won the tie-break ahead of CM Lars Vistisen and Matija Sakic. The final standings are available at https://t.co/u2CkaOtfVK.

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GM Bassem Amin wins the Rilton Cup with 7.5 points. He was followed by GM Bartlomiej Heberla and IM Edvin Trost with 7 point each. The final standings are available https://t.co/aFEBbtxcDF.

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Alexander Eriksson wins the Rilton U1800 with 6 points. The final standings are available at https://t.co/onWZ2NOl1I.

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FM Bogdan Bilovil as Black finds a beautiful checkmate in two against IM William Olsson. Can you find it as well? https://t.co/2sFOAsOwbU

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GM Bassem Amin saves a draw against IM Leonardo Costa and secures a Rilton Cup victory! Congratulations! https://t.co/V6IFbuKLUL

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With only a few minutes left for both players, IM Leonardo Costa has a strong attack against GM Amin Bassem. Rilton Cup is still very open. https://t.co/V6IFbuKLUL

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IM Leonardo Costa brings another rook to the attack against GM Bassem Amin. Will it be enough? https://t.co/V6IFbuKLUL

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IM Leonardo Costa starts aggressively against GM Amin Bassem and sacrifices a pawn for the bishops pair. Will the strategy pay off? https://t.co/V6IFbuKLUL

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The last round of the Rilton Cup starts in half an hour and GM Bassem Amin is in the lead with 7 points. Behind him are no less than seven players with 6 points each. Will any one of them pass him? Follow the games live at https://t.co/qfiGr3BeH3.

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An instructive knight ending by GM Bassem Amin as white. After 56. h6, why did GM Leon Livaic resign instead of taking the pawn with 56. .. Nxh6? https://t.co/SDF6cfwHEf

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GM Bartlomiej Heberla wins the JSCA-RILTON Rapid Tournament with 6.5 points, followed by IM Loay Sameer with 6 points. The final standings are available at https://t.co/YJreeOkbyw.

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In a very exciting end game, IM Jakub Seemann's 45. Kg3 turned out to lose the game since the King should have aimed at the black pawns instead with 45. Kf3. Can you see how GM Bassem Amin brought the end game to victory 10 moves later?
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With 40. .. Rg7 41. Qf8 Qa1, FM Jain Manoj could have escaped White's mating net. Instead, 40. .. Qh5 was played and IM Niklas Schmider went on winning in a couple of moves. Would you have won too? https://t.co/88RzAJoONH

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Would you like to see the broadcast commentary live? Then you're welcome to room 14 on 3rd floor to listen to GM Tom Wedberg and IM Jesper Hall.

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Did you miss chess legend GM Oleg Romanishin's free lecture on January 1? Then you may watch the video instead at https://t.co/Bo3fqtORqB.

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No less than seven players got 9 points in the DICE CHESS RILTON CUP and the winner after tie-break was Rahman Alhadidi Abdel. The final standings are available at https://t.co/DjZL1oPTlP.

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GM Toms Kantāns wins the JSCA-RILTON Blitz Tournament with 8 points, followed by GM Leon Livaic and FM Patryk Cieslak with 7.5 points each. The final standings are available here.