Rilton Cup: GM Aravindh best among Indians – All India Chess Federation

Photo Credits: Lars OA Hedlund

Tamil Nadu’s Aravindh Chidambaram has upped his ante by delivering back to back performance. A week after his staggering first place finish in Sunway Sitges International Open, he played in the strong Rilton Cup. The nine-day event which was held in Sweden saw a strong line-up of grandmasters.

The 18-year-old ended up with five victories from the nine rounds and added almost 10.4 rating points to his tally to close in on the sixth place. He won 6000 SEK in cash prize.

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GM Sasikiran Krishnan faced a surprising loss against IM Ippolito Dean of USA in the first round. Nevertheless, Sasikiran had a solid run, his last round victory against GM Tiger Hillarp Persson fetched him ninth place.

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IM Nihal Sarin finished 13th with 6.0/9 points.

IM Praggnanadhaa R. scored 5.0/9 points.

India’s Fenil Shah secured his second International Master norm with 5.5/9 points.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	9	GM	Alekseenko Kirill		RUS	2590	7,5	43,5	48,0	36,0	2738	9	7,5	5,97	1,53	10	15,3
2	15	GM	Chigaev Maksim		RUS	2555	7,0	43,5	47,0	34,5	2677	9	7	5,63	1,37	10	13,7
3	11	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.		RUS	2588	7,0	41,0	44,5	34,5	2681	9	7	5,97	1,03	10	10,3
4	16	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig		DEN	2543	7,0	40,5	44,5	34,0	2641	9	7	5,89	1,11	10	11,1
5	29	GM	Salomon Johan		NOR	2475	6,5	47,0	50,5	34,5	2654	9	6,5	4,30	2,20	10	22,0
6	12	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2586	6,5	46,0	49,5	34,5	2668	9	6,5	5,46	1,04	10	10,4
7	7	GM	Gledura Benjamin		HUN	2613	6,5	45,0	49,5	35,0	2666	9	6,5	5,80	0,70	10	7,0
8	6	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig		NOR	2620	6,5	43,5	47,5	31,5	2621	9	6,5	6,39	0,11	10	1,1
9	1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan		IND	2680	6,5	42,0	45,5	28,5	2549	9	6,5	7,44	-0,94	10	-9,4
10	3	GM	Piorun Kacper		POL	2651	6,0	46,5	51,0	36,5	2671	9	6	5,72	0,28	10	2,8
11	8	GM	Tari Aryan		NOR	2593	6,0	46,0	49,0	34,0	2586	9	6	5,95	0,05	10	0,5
12	4	GM	Grandelius Nils		SWE	2647	6,0	45,5	49,0	34,5	2636	9	6	6,08	-0,08	10	-0,8
13	25	IM	Nihal Sarin		IND	2507	6,0	43,5	47,5	29,5	2574	9	6	5,16	0,84	10	8,4
14	37	IM	Lobanov Sergei		RUS	2441	6,0	43,5	47,0	30,5	2591	9	6	4,14	1,86	10	18,6
15	45	IM	Eggleston David J		ENG	2389	6,0	39,0	42,0	27,0	2508	9	6	4,56	1,44	10	14,4
16	24	IM	Santos Ruiz Miguel		ESP	2509	6,0	38,0	40,5	28,0	2454	9	6	6,54	-0,54	10	-5,4
17	17	GM	Ivanov Sergey		RUS	2540	6,0	36,5	40,0	28,5	2467	9	6	6,74	-0,74	10	-7,4
18	26	IM	Valsecchi Alessio		ITA	2501	6,0	35,5	39,0	27,5	2456	9	6	6,43	-0,43	10	-4,3
19	2	GM	Krasenkow Michal		POL	2671	5,5	46,5	50,5	33,5	2591	9	5,5	6,31	-0,81	10	-8,1
20	19	IM	Santos Latasa Jaime		ESP	2536	5,5	46,5	50,0	33,5	2581	9	5,5	4,89	0,61	10	6,1