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Rilton Cup 2025-2026

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160 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 05 Jan 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden. 131 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2562, and top seed was Anton Demchenko (🇸🇮 SLO, GM, 2631).

Anton Demchenko (🇸🇮 SLO, GM, 2631) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Xiangyu Xu (7.0) and Siva Mahadevan (7.0). Demchenko shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Kristoffer Wang Stromhaug (2018) beat Nayyef Ashyraf Nasrin (2366), a +348-point gap.

Location
🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇮GMAnton Demchenko2631
Avg top 10
2,562
Participants
160
Titled players · 131
GM×22
IM×33
FM×56
CM×12
WIM×5
WFM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×32
🇮🇳India×26
🇨🇭Switzerland×13
🇵🇱Poland×11
🇬🇧England×7
🇩🇪Germany×7
🇨🇳China×5
🇳🇱Netherlands×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
59
13
2
8
1
2
1
3
4
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Demchenko takes lead
Dai7Mahadevan7Xu7Demchenko7Raczek6.5Heberla6.5— ex-leaders:Sai Krishna Gled R5, #24
R7 · LEADER CHANGE03 Jan

GM Anton Demchenko takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Demchenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Changren Dai 3 wins (R7–R9)IM Siva Mahadevan 4 wins (R5–R8)GM Xiangyu Xu 3+3 wins (R2–R4, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMChangren Dai*
2IMSiva Mahadevan*
½
3GMXiangyu Xu
½
*
½
4GMAnton Demchenko
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Demchenko, AntonGM2631SLO+69B=66N+42B+17N=2B+5N+8B=6N=10B7.049.053.541.252676+5.6
2Xu, XiangyuGM2601CHNF+12B+32N+24B=1N+26B+13N+29B=3B7.048.548.541.502788+14.6
3Siva MahadevanIM2427IND+37B=79N=68B=49N+92B+28N+14B+7B=2N7.044.548.538.002617+21.4
4Dai, ChangrenGM2551CHN+81B+91N=47B+18N=5B13B+77N+26B+20N7.044.048.036.252619+7.2
5Dotzer, LukasIM2478AUT+85N+102B=40N+52B=4N1B+51N+24B=9N6.546.050.033.502585+13.0
6Li, DiGM2549CHN+58N+39B=51N+40B26N+38B+66N=1B=25B6.544.549.034.752571+3.2
7Sengupta, DeepGM2479IND+95B=55N+128B+35N=25B=24N+16B3N+27B6.544.047.032.002523+5.7
8Meshkovs, NikitaGM2561LAT=111N+145B+23N+51B=13N=31B1N+44B+26N6.544.046.532.002559+1.4
9Raczek, KrzysztofIM2489POL+152B+103N=35B=47N+34B=25N=24B+43N=5B6.543.045.531.502552+7.6
10Heberla, BartlomiejGM2508POL+129B=48N=66B+91N=32B+120N=25B+13B=1N6.541.044.030.252572+7.8
11Sardana, RishiIM2459AUS+119N=140B=30N+58B=33N66B+60N+39B+29N6.540.043.031.502509+6.2
12Riehle, MarcoFM2363GER+134B2N=89B=87N+96B=67N+74B+31N+50B6.538.541.528.252449+22.0
13Zhalmakhanov, RamazanGM2454KAZ+122N+62B+143B=25N=8B+4N2B10N+64B6.046.048.529.002553+12.2
14Bauer, ChristianGM2552FRA27N+146B+112N+39B=38N+59B3N+66B=17N6.042.545.026.752465-8.4
15Cieslak, PatrykIM2477POL+80B=93N=55B+72N=47B=32N+40B=22N=16B6.042.046.030.252485+0.9
16Makkar, RajatIM2396FRA=54N+144B27N+127B+116N+21B7N+28B=15N6.041.043.526.002488+10.9
17Jain Kashish ManojIM2396IND+117B=87N+88B1B+90N50N+73B+49N=14B6.039.543.026.002459+7.7
18Dixit, NikhilIM2392IND=71N+54B+90N4B=94N=49B=87N+72B+56N6.039.043.027.252403+1.7
19Seemann, JakubGM2507POL90N+37B+87B48N+129B=72N+55B+52N=22B6.039.042.027.752433-7.7
20Das, SayantanGM2434IND+89B143N+82B=92N+93B=42N+47B+53N4B6.039.041.527.252474+4.9
21Ghasi, Ameet KGM2500ENG+106B=128N=48B=30N+70B16N=72B+99N+47B6.038.541.526.502460-4.5
22Hillarp Persson, TigerGM2428SWE+136N=90B+140N=70B=66N=33B+57N=15B=19N6.038.541.526.252481+6.4
23Ritviz, ParabIM2369IND+101N=61B8B=89N=37B=106N+98B+95N+53B6.038.042.026.252395+3.7
24Delgerdalai, BayarjavkhlanFM2376CZE+75B+74N+36B2N+53B=7B=9N5N=43B5.547.051.528.752491+29.0
25Xie, KaifanIM2426CHNF+49B+94N=13B=7N=9B=10N+41B=6N5.546.546.530.502558+14.7
26Sai Krishna G VIM2415CAN+82B=96N+127B+27N+6B2N+50B4N8B5.546.049.026.502492+9.9
27Daakshin ArunFM2274IND+14B=104N+16B26B=51N=36N+45B+38B7N5.545.549.530.252520+29.4
28Hammer, Jon LudvigGM2606NOR+84N=52B=33N+56B=59N3B+42B16N+79B5.543.548.027.252446-16.7
29Horvath, DominikGM2557AUT=92B68N+110B+95N+30B+45N+31B2N11B5.542.546.526.502440-11.2
30Katsanis, Vasileios DimFM2336GRE+126B=50N=11B=21B29N+89N=36B=32N+67B5.542.546.026.252450+28.8
31Bronstein, OrIM2470ISR=68B=92N+80B+55N+48B=8N29N12B+83B5.542.046.026.502441-2.9
32Waldhausen Gordon, FrederickIM2393SCO+98B+154N2B+96N=10N=15B41N=30B+111B5.542.044.022.502442+6.5
33Avinash RameshIM2370IND=88B+67N=28B+75N=11B=22N53B+101N=36B5.541.545.526.752419+6.8
34Miezis, NormundsGM2375LAT=105N+71B+61N=59B9N+100B43N+54B=41N5.541.045.025.752367+0.4
35Bhagat KushFM2381IND+46N+108B=9N7B=114N=94B=54N=78B+71N5.540.544.025.752318-5.9
36Trost, EdvinIM2466SWE+116N+147B24N=60B=52N=27B=30N+57B=33N5.540.543.024.252407-6.5
37Myagmarsuren, EvsuldFM2229NOR3N19N+158B+146B=23N+65B44N+102B+66N5.540.541.019.502389+38.8
38Kurmann, OliverIM2409SUI=135B+73N=96B+68N=14B6N+92B27N+69B5.539.542.524.002398-0.8
39Kavutskiy, KostyaIM2354USA+125B6N+135B14N=87B+127N+67B11N+76B5.538.541.520.502368+2.3
40Vestby-Ellingsen, MadsIM2385NOR+155B+150N=5B6N=88B+68B15N=69N+112B5.538.040.020.002384+1.0
41Rozentalis, EduardasGM2461LTU+138B=70N=93B=143N=69B+48N+32B25N=34B5.537.540.024.002415-5.2
42Goh, Zi HanFM2370SGP=113N+105B1N+136B+145N=20B28N=87B+78N5.537.540.020.752378+4.2
43Baenziger, FabianIM2451SUI=73B=135N+138B=93N+143B=47N+34B9B=24N5.537.039.522.002409-4.2
44Ruiz Buendia, MiguelFM2370ESP121B=117N+98N=71B=73B+114N+37B8N+75B5.536.540.023.752310-12.4
45Johansson, LinusIM2415SWE=144N=112B+63N=94B+140N29B27N+73B+48B5.536.038.522.502365-5.1
46Grot, BlazejFM2175POL35B=99N=137B=123N=81B+129N+103B=97N+70B5.533.036.021.002408+111.2
47Yang, ZilongFM2386CHN+107N+132B=4N=9B=15N=43B20N+62B21N5.046.049.024.502431+11.6
48Zielonka, AdamFM2348POL+115N=10B=21N+19B31N41B+122N+77B45N5.043.046.523.752443+23.0
49Harshit Ranjan SahuFM2265IND+97B25N+74B=3B=57N=18N+120B17B=51N5.043.046.523.502417+36.0
50Blomqvist, ErikGM2490SWE+78N=30B52N+100B+128N+17B26N=56B12N5.042.045.022.752374-13.0
51Sidhant, MohapatraIM2388IND+151B+121N=6B8N=27B+69N5B=111N=49B5.041.544.020.752378-1.4
52Fecker, NoahFM2365SUI+148B=28N+50B5N=36B=88N+75B19B=87N5.041.043.521.502399+4.2
53Willow, Jonah BIM2473ENG=112N+111B=56N+102B24N+62B+33N20B23N5.040.544.022.252384-10.7
54Jyotshnav TalukdarCM2205IND=16B18N=97B=65N+123B+93N=35B34N+91B5.040.043.521.752413+96.8
55Otsuka, ShouFM2335JPN+156N=7B=15N31B=71N+144B19N=63B+131N5.039.040.518.002348+3.8
56Hari Madhavan N BIM2363IND=76B+124N=53B28N=89B+116N+88B=50N18B5.037.541.020.252357-0.6
57Pranav K PFM2369IND=67B88N+117B+109N=49B+154N22B36N+95B5.036.538.518.252304-15.2
58Vihaan Karthikeya NCM2273IND6B+148N+76B11N67B98N+124B+154N+97B5.036.038.016.502305+12.4
59Gschnitzer, AdrianIM2420GER+109B=127N+79B=34N=28B14N+143B=64NF5.036.036.020.502467+4.8
60Mattenberger, MatthiasFM2287SUI=110B=76N+150B=36N120B+118N11B=88N+101B5.035.538.019.002267-4.6
61Safin SafarullakhanFM2059UAE+99B=23N34B=129N=83B=111N95B+137N+92B5.034.537.519.502346+128.8
62Kenneskog, TheodorFM2293SWE+149B13N=118B=67N+130B53N+154B47N+88B5.033.535.515.502271-4.8
63Kurt, SaschaFM2233NED104B+158N45B+149N=91B=103N=70B=55N+99B5.033.534.015.752331+23.6
64Moksh Amit DoshiIM2363IND=114N=113B75N+139B=144N+119B+94N=59B13N5.033.035.517.752280-9.7
65Akesson, RalfGM2332SWE150N151B+159N=54B+109B37N=89B+98N+127B5.030.531.016.002232-12.1
66Falkevall, AxelIM2365SWE+118B=1B=10N+130N=22B+11N6B14N37B4.547.550.522.752398+4.2
67Gut, RaphaelFM2140SUI=57N33B+78N=62B+58N=12B39N+84B30N4.542.547.022.252323+84.8
68Nielsen, AndreFM2261NOR=31N+29B=3N38B+97B40N=91B=104N=86B4.541.545.522.002433+40.0
69Vijayakumar, RishiFM2280SCO1N=101B+105N+108B=41N51B+100N=40B38N4.540.544.519.502311+5.8
70Priansh DasFM2312IND+160N=41B+104B=22N21N77B=63N+94B46N4.540.540.516.252315+0.8
71Shatil, OrFM2192SUI=18B34N+86B=44N=55B143N+123B+93N35B4.539.542.020.252348+74.8
72Banerjee, SupratitFM2334ENG=124B=110N+154B15B+113N=19B=21N18N=80B4.539.541.517.502287-9.8
73Hollan, PetrFM2238CZE=43N38B=115N+131B=44N+128B17N45N+125B4.538.041.016.752297+14.0
74Harish, NeerajCM2084USA+142N24B49N=122B+82N+90B12N=106B=102N4.537.040.017.252296+96.8
75Weidenhoefer, MaxCM2174GER24N+123N+64B33B=102N+140B52N+143B44N4.537.039.516.002340+39.2
76Matsumura, CocoroCM2124JPN=56N=60B58N=111B119N+152N+85B+90B39N4.536.038.517.752289+78.4
77Lad Mandar Pradip2392IND87B82N+148B+135N+138B+70N4B48N=81B4.535.538.015.252278-26.8
78Asllani, DorianFM2269SUI50B=125N67B+126N+121B=91N+114B=35N42B4.535.038.517.002247-5.4
79Kacprzak, KacperFM2303POL+131N=3B59N=113B154N=107B+117N+115B28N4.535.037.017.252261-10.2
80Lain, Luigi2263ITA15N+133B31N=115B=108N131B+105N+113B=72N4.534.037.016.502216-11.6
81Georgescu, LenaFM2273SUI4N100B=133N+125B=46N113B+145N+132B=77N4.534.036.515.502192-19.6
82Sakic, MatijaCM2222SWE26N+77B20N97N74B+150B=130N+145B+143N4.532.535.013.502253+12.8
83Grahn, VidarFM2287SWE=146N=114B100N+107B=61N=132B=115N+133B31N4.531.534.015.752144-32.4
84Wernberg, HugoFM2278SWE28B118N141B=153N+126B+121N+107B67N+117B4.531.033.515.752190-23.0
85Hedman, ErikIM2263SWE5B+141N130B=101N118B+134N76N+149B+115N4.531.033.514.002147-13.9
86Panda SambitIM2364IND132N=98B71N134B+159N+130N=127B+139B=68N4.528.028.512.252170-22.2
87Sriansh DasFM2191IND+77N=17B19N=12B=39NF=18B=42N=52B4.045.049.021.752392+41.2
88Gut, Lionel2167SUI=33N+57B17N+147B=40N=52B56N=60B62N4.042.044.518.002306+65.6
89Ral Lustig, MelvinFM2233SWE20N+131B=12N=23B=56N30B=65N=108B=133N4.041.044.017.752227-1.0
90Rasti, ArvinFM2270SWE+19B=22N18B+118N17B74N+141B76N=107B4.040.543.517.502219-12.2
91Sarenac, IvanIM2365SRB+100N4B+139N10B=63N=78B=68N=96B54N4.040.543.516.002245-14.3
92Gallagher, Daniel GHFM2277ENG=29N=31B+132N=20B3N+145B38N=131B61N4.040.543.015.502241-8.0
93Kacprzak, KarolFM2323POL+133N=15B=41N=43B20N54B+136N71B=94N4.039.542.516.502253-16.0
94Seiger, VidarFM2137SWE+157B+120N25B=45N=18B=35N64B70N=93B4.039.540.515.002332+88.4
95Nagarkatte VedantFM2264IND7N+156B=145N29B=115N+108B+61N23B57N4.038.039.513.502192-17.0
96Villiers, ThomasCM2218ENGF=26B=38N32B12N=97N+137B=91N+103B4.038.038.016.502385+34.6
97Kulaots, KaidoGM2482EST49N=109B=54N+82B68N=96B+119N=46B58N4.037.541.017.252189-32.8
98Schimnatkowski, Lukas2200GER32N=86N44B+133B=147N+58B23N65B+134N4.037.540.014.502248+11.6
99Vincenti, LeonardoFM2297ITA61N=46B=107N+155B100N+105B+113N21B63N4.037.039.014.252154-33.6
100He, Tom JundeCM2134ENG91B+81N+83B50N+99B34N69B103N+128N4.036.039.016.002294+72.0
101Liskiewicz, JakubFM2142POL23B=69N=111N=85B=112N+147B+128N33B60N4.035.538.013.502264+57.6
102Kueppers, TimoFM2322GER+153B5N+155B53N=75BF+144N37N=74B4.035.037.011.502240-17.0
103Arnold, RhysFM2336NED+159N9B=113N114B+136N=63B46N+100B96N4.035.035.511.752163-40.4
104Sowinski, PawelIM2436POL+63N=27B70N116B=122N+139B=112N=68B106N4.034.037.016.502215-26.0
105Frank, AntonCM2168SWE=34B42N69B=157N+110B99N80B+138N+141B4.034.035.013.252215+11.2
106Wagner, Stephan2270AUT21N=115B=146N=132BF=23B=131N=74N+104B4.033.035.515.252214-11.2
107Apaar SaxenaFM2176IND47B=137N=99B83N+153B=79N84N+116B=90N4.033.035.513.752231+13.8
108Barwinska, EwaWFM2078POL+137B35N=152B69N=80B95N+138B=89N=109B4.032.535.013.502233+35.6
109Ankit RayFM2225IND59N=97N+153B57B65N133B+146N+130B=108N4.031.534.012.002173-12.6
110Lilliehook, Victor2017SWE=60N=72B29N144B105N148N+126B+152N+154B4.030.032.012.752192+75.6
111Nayak RajeshFM2277IND=8B53N=101B=76NF=61B+132N=51B32N3.538.541.015.502240-9.2
112Romanishin, Oleg MGM2262UKR=53B=45N14B=141N=101B+124N=104BF40N3.537.040.014.252281+1.0
113Kukushkin, IvanFM2153BUL=42B=64N=103B=79N72B+81N99B80N=124B3.536.540.015.752212+24.3
114Dingertz, Erik2121SWE=64B=83N=129B+103N=35B44B78N127N=123B3.535.538.514.752231+24.0
115Nguyen, Thu GiangWFM2108AUS48B=106N=73B=80N=95B+138N=83B79N85B3.535.538.513.752196+19.8
116Bellon Lopez, Juan ManuelGM2256SWE36B=126N+125B+104N16B56B133N107N+148B3.534.537.011.752172-10.6
117Yash Abhijit Patil2209IND17N=44B57N=124B+146N=137N79B+147B84N3.534.537.011.002193-9.2
118Nilsson, OliverCM2135SWE66N+84B=62N90B+85N60B=140N=122BF3.534.037.014.752244+18.8
119Kazarjan, GachaturFM2246NED11B=153N+126B120N+76B64N97B121N+149B3.533.035.511.752162-42.4
120Chan, Kim YewIM2400MAS+139N94B=151N+119B+60N10B49NFF3.533.033.012.752261-12.4
121Prabu, Dananjey2148SWE+44N51B=147N140B78N84B+157N+119B122N3.532.033.011.252228+35.2
122Welling, GerardIM2242NED13B130NF=74N=104B+149N48B=118N+121B3.532.032.012.002172-8.0
123Ritzerveld, NoahFM2284NED145N75B+156N=46B54N+151B71N=134B=114N3.531.032.510.002060-54.2
124Morais, Miguel Almeida2089POR=72N56B136N=117N+157B112B58N+151B=113N3.530.531.59.252183+19.8
125Bergman, Nils2114SWE39N=78B116N81N+158B136B+153N+144B73N3.530.531.07.752142+5.6
126Moritani, Sho2097JPN30N=116B119N78B84N+158B110N+146B+147N3.530.531.07.252121+8.0
127Velikic, AdelaWIM2246SRBF=59B26N16N+141B39B=86N+114B65N3.038.038.011.252226-5.8
128Schippke, ManonWIM2337FRA+141B=21B7N+151N50B73N101B=135N100B3.036.038.510.002149-44.4
129Knudsen, SimonFM2271GER10N+134B=114N=61B19N46B139N+155BF3.034.534.59.252147-28.4
130Valcu, Lavinia2076SWE147N+122B+85N66B62N86B=82B109N=137B3.033.536.011.752164+36.8
131Djukic, SandraWIM2070SRB79B89NF73N+135B+80N=106B=92N55B3.033.533.511.502179+20.4
132Kingsley, Elias2125SWE+86B47N92B=106N+152B=83N111B81NF3.033.035.511.252213+32.4
133Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa StepaniaWIM2082LAT93B80N=81B98NF+109N+116B83N=89B3.033.034.511.752170+16.6
134Stijve, Niels2119SUI12N129N=157B+86NF85B+152B=123N98B3.032.533.59.252211+16.6
135Senel, Hayri BeyhunFM2213TUR=38N=43B39N77B131N+153B=149N=128BF3.032.032.010.752177-19.2
136Kawulok, Marek2231CZE22B=149N+124B42N103B+125N93B=141NF3.032.032.09.752136-21.8
137Lindberg, BengtIM2315SWE108N=107B=46N154B+150N=117B96N61B=130N3.031.533.510.502015-35.5
138Schlegel, IgorFM2254SUI41N+160B43N+150B77N115B108N105B+155N3.031.531.54.502097-38.0
139Lindbergh, TheodorCM2209SWE120B+157N91B64N+148B104N+129B86NF3.030.031.06.502250+7.2
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