The Stockholm Chess Federation welcomes all chess players to the 41st Rilton Cup, which will be held from 27th December 2011 to 5th January 2012. This year’s tournament, with a prize fund of more than 200 000 SEK (about 20 000 euro), will be played in three groups: Rilton Cup, Rilton Elo and Rilton Open (the Open is only for Nordic players with a national rating lower than 1800).
Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo will be rated with FIDE and played over 9 rounds of Swiss system. The first round starts at 3:00 p.m. the 27th of December. Round 2–8 start the same time. The last, 9th round starts at noon (12:00) the 5th of January. The 31st of December (New Year’s Eve) is free of play.
The playing venue is the Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98, 111 20 Stockholm, +46 8 462 10 00. The winner of the 40th Rilton Cup was Russian GM Sergey Volkov. Currently 214 players are signed for Rilton Cup and Rilton Elo and the registrations are closed.