Rilton Cup in Stockholm

The traditional New Year's event from Sweden attracted a strong field.
With the top boards drawn there was a five-man tie for first with Rozentalis having the best tie-break.

The top thirteen players were only separated by half-a-point, eight of them Russian.

Ranking	Title and Name	Country	Rating	Points	Tie-break
1	GM Eduardas Rozentalis	LTU	2611	6.5	36.5
2	GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek	POL	2637	6.5	34.5
3	IM Pavel Ponkratov	RUS	2575	6.5	33.5
4	GM Luke McShane	ENG	2615	6.5	33.5
5	GM Igor Lysyj	RUS	2609	6.5	33
6	GM Aleksandr Shimanov	RUS	2535	6	34
7	GM Sergey Ivanov	RUS	2530	6	32.5
8	IM Nils Grandelius	SWE	2540	6	31.5
9	GM Sergey Ionov	RUS	2545	6	31.5
10	GM Valerij Popov	RUS	2588	6	31.5
11	GM Evgeny Gleizerov	RUS	2566	6	30.5
12	GM Florian Handke	GER	2512	6	30.5
13	IM Eduard Gorovykh	RUS	2410	6	28

The winner of the tournament on tie-break was the experienced Lithuanian Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis rated 2611.

This year's champion Rozentalis
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The highest rated local was IM Nils Grandelius who is still a junior. Surely Sweden's next GM?

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