GM Amin Bassem victorious at the Rilton Chess Cup 2024/2025

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The 52nd edition of the Rilton Chess Cup took place from 27 December to 5 January in Stockholm, Sweden. The event featured three different competitions: Rilton Chess Cup, Rilton U2200, and Rilton U1800 with a variety of side events.

The top seeded GM Amin Bassem (Egypt, 2652) lived up to the expectations and emerged as the sole Winner of the event with the score of 7.5 points. Heading into the final round, Egyptian grandmaster had a full point lead over the runner ups and needed only a draw to secure gold. Having black pieces against 16-year-old IM Leonardo Costa (Germany, 2498), Bassem Amin had issues to hold to a draw, but luckily saved a losing position to clinch gold and win the top prize of 22.000 SEK (~1.900 euros).

GM Bartlomiej Heberla (Poland, 2503) and 17-year-old IM Edvin Trost (Sweden, 2443) were victorious in the final round, finishing the event in a tie for second place with the score of 7 points each. Barlomiej Heberla had better tiebreaks to take second place, and Swedish youngster Edvin Trost came third.

The best-ranked female player in the event was 19-year-old WGM Rakshitta Ravi (India, 2287) with 5.5 points and great performance of 2465. Rakhitta Ravi earned her 5th IM norm, and earned 45 ELO points which brings her closer to reaching rating of 2400 and fulfilling another requirement to become an International master. IM Soumya Swaminathan (India, 2243) was second-ranked women in the field with 5 points, and WGM Shri Savitha Baskar (India, 2329) was third with 4.5 points.

104th-seeded in the Rilton U2200 competition Yiheng Tang (Singapore, 1778) made a huge upset winning the U2200 tournament and clinching the top prize of 7.000 SEK (~600 euros). Yiheng Tang scored 7.5 points and went unbeaten in the tournament, performing with 2330 TPR. CM Lars Vistisen (Denmark, 2089) and Matija Sakic (Sweden, 1960) had the same score of 7.5 points, but Yiheng Tang had the best tiebreaks to emerge first.

Alexander Eriksson (Sweden, 1781) emerged as the sole Winner of the Rilton U1800 tournament, scoring 6 points. As many as six players tied for second place with the score of 5.5 points each, but Thomas Nissen Hellerud (Norway,1781) had the best tiebreak criteria to finish second, and Herman Vallente (Norway) came third.

Photos, all results and detailed information on the official website.

Final rankings – Rilton Chess Cup 2024/2025:

Rk.		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	AMIN, Bassem			EGY	2652	7.5
2	GM	HEBERLA, Bartlomiej			POL	2503	7
3	IM	TROST, Edvin	U18		SWE	2443	7
4	IM	COSTA, Leonardo	U18		GER	2498	6.5
5	GM	LIVAIC, Leon			CRO	2560	6.5
6	IM	A R, Ilamparthi	U16		IND	2461	6.5
7	FM	BILOVIL, Bogdan	U20		UKR	2452	6.5
8	IM	SEEMANN, Jakub	U18		POL	2487	6
9	GM	KANTANS, Toms			LAT	2495	6
10	FM	KHRIPACHENKO, Alexander	U18		FID	2400	6
11	FM	KASHISH MANOJ, Jain	U20		IND	2308	6
12	FM	MATTENBERGER, Matthias	U18		SUI	2267	6
13	IM	ÇELIK, Hasan Huseyin	U18		TUR	2432	6
14	FM	FALKEVALL, Axel	U20		SWE	2383	6
15	IM	KUCUKSARI, Kaan			SWE	2455	6
16	IM	SCHMIDER, Niklas			GER	2393	6
17	GM	ÅKESSON, Ralf	S60		SWE	2336	6
18	IM	PANTZAR, Milton			SWE	2449	6
19	IM	IPPOLITO, Dean			USA	2343	6
20	GM	KULAOTS, Kaido			EST	2521	5.5
21	WGM	RAVI, Rakshitta	U20	w	IND	2287	5.5
22	FM	WONG ZHENYONG, Jayden	U20		SGP	2406	5.5
23	IM	SORENSEN, Hampus			SWE	2415	5.5
24	GM	PETURSSON, Margeir	S60		ISL	2409	5.5
25	IM	OLSSON, William	U20		SWE	2369	5.5
26	IM	TARHAN, Adar	U18		TUR	2483	5.5
27		GKAVARDINAS, Antonios	U16		GRE	2208	5.5
28	FM	RUIZ BUENDIA, Miguel	U20		ESP	2317	5.5
29	FM	CIESLAK, Patryk	U16		POL	2391	5
30	GM	HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger			SWE	2459	5
31	FM	SARI, Yasin			TUR	2343	5
32	IM	BAENZIGER, Fabian			SUI	2430	5
33	FM	KUSH, Bhagat	U16		IND	2288	5
34	FM	RASTI, Arvin	U20		SWE	2182	5
35	FM	CHAN, Kim Yew			MAS	2274	5
36	FM	FECKER, Noah			SUI	2345	5
37	FM	KEJNA, Piotr	U18		POL	2249	5
38	IM	RACZEK, Krzysztof	U18		POL	2443	5
39	FM	BATSUKH, Anand	U18		MGL	2290	5
40	IM	JOHANSSON, Linus			SWE	2412	5
41	FM	DOTZER, Lukas	U16		AUT	2425	5
42	FM	FIEDOREK, Michał			POL	2301	5
43	FM	BAGWE, Gaurang	U18		IND	2302	5
44	FM	SINZ, Bernhard			GER	2308	5
45	IM	SWAMINATHAN, Soumya		w	IND	2243	5
46	FM	DIAZ ROSAS, Julio Cesar			MEX	2401	5
47	FM	WARTIOVAARA, Oliver			FIN	2340	5
48	FM	OTSUKA, Shou			JPN	2235	4.5
49	WGM	BASKAR, Savitha Shri B	U18	w	IND	2329	4.5
50	IM	DEL REY, Diego			ESP	2276	4.5
51	FM	HAITIN, Ilja			EST	2248	4.5
52	FM	ÖSTLUND, Joar	U20		SWE	2339	4.5
53	CM	MYAGMARSUREN, Evsuld	U16		NOR	2229	4.5
54	IM	LINDBERG, Bengt	S60		SWE	2340	4.5
55	GM	ORATOVSKY, Michael			ISR	2422	4.5
56	IM	DURAK, Can	U18		TUR	2446	4.5
57	FM	GOMEZ AGUIRRE, Juan Alberto	U18		ESP	2343	4.5
58		GOLECKI, Jan			POL	2256	4.5
59	CM	FISKAAEN, Martin Holten	U18		NOR	2311	4.5
60	FM	LÖGDAHL, Harald			SWE	2300	4.5
61		LISKIEWICZ, Jakub	U16		POL	2104	4.5
62	IM	ALTINI, Nicola			ITA	2366	4.5
63	GM	ROMANISHIN, Oleg M	S60		UKR	2293	4.5
64		MÅRDELL, Jimmy			SWE	2211	4.5
65	FM	BOTTAZZI, Ulysse	U20		FRA	2339	4.5
66	CM	OKTEM, Ege Tuna	U16		TUR	2067	4.5
67	IM	HEDMAN, Erik			SWE	2269	4
68	FM	ARNOLD, Rhys	U16		NED	2300	4
69	FM	NAGARKATTE, Vedant	U20		IND	2228	4
70	WIM	KAZARIAN, Anna-Maja		w	NED	2206	4
71	FM	KENNESKOG, Karl Anton Theodor			SWE	2266	4
72		NILSSON, Oliver	U20		SWE	2084	4
73	NM	GALLAGHER, Daniel			ENG	2203	4
74	FM	HOLLAN, Martin			CZE	2338	4
75	GM	BLOMQVIST, Erik			SWE	2483	4
76		KIENBÖCK, Benjamin	U20		AUT	2238	4
		FRANCS, Marats	U18		LAT	2194	4
78	IM	DOCX, Stefan			BEL	2429	4
79	CM	ADAMOVICS, Aleksejs	U18		LAT	2176	4
80	FM	TULCHYNSKYI, Feliks	U16		UKR	2325	4
81		SEO, Jung Hyun	U20		SWE	2130	4
82		DINGERTZ, Erik	U20		SWE	2095	4
83	WFM	SHATIL, Or	U16	w	SUI	2124	4
84	CM	NERURKAR, Aansh Nandan	U14		IND	2216	3.5
85	IM	KRISHNA, G.V. Sai			CAN	2409	3.5
86	CM	LINDBERG, Theodor			SWE	2214	3.5
87	FM	PIPIRAS, Filipa Fortuna	U20	w	POR	2178	3.5
88		KINGSLEY, Elias	U16		SWE	2090	3.5
89	IM	EGGLESTON, David			ENG	2345	3.5
90	FM	LUUKKONEN, Tommi			FIN	2311	3.5
91	WIM	DJUKIC, Sandra		w	SRB	2080	3.5
92		KLIASHTORNYI, Arkadii	U16		UKR	2132	3.5
93	WIM	KANTANE, Anna		w	POL	2248	3.5
94		LJUNG, Harald	U20		SWE	2173	3.5
95	FM	MAHITOSH, Dey	U20		IND	2245	3
96		SEIGER, Vidar	U16		SWE	2164	3
97	GM	BELLON LOPEZ, Juan Manuel	S60		SWE	2281	3
98		RELIGA, Marek	U18		SWE	2248	3
99		ARSENIE, Cristian Marc	U16		SUI	2194	3
100		TRIPATHI, Pratyush	U16		SWE	1999	3
101	CM	MATSUMURA, Cocoro	U18		JPN	2036	3
102	IM	SAMEER, Loay			JOR	2203	3
103	FM	ACIKEL, Mert			GER	2221	3
104		SCHMITT, Daniel			GER	2153	3
105	CM	FRANK, Anton	U20		SWE	2052	3
106	WIM	GOOSSENS, Hanne		w	BEL	2142	3
107		RAL LUSTIG, Melvin	U14		SWE	2150	2.5
108		KUKUSHKIN, Ivan	U12		LAT	2165	2.5
109	WFM	HERTLEIN, Irena	U20	w	POL	1982	2.5
110		VALCU, Lavinia	U16	w	SWE	2273	2
111	WFM	KUZNECOVA, Marija	U16	w	LAT	2137	2
112	CM	ARAVINDHAN, Achyuth	U14		NED	2118	2
113	FM	FERRO, Mario			ITA	2219	2
114	WIM	PUJARI, Rucha		w	IND	2160	1
115	FM	PANG, Ethan	U10		ENG	2300	0.5