New Year´s Eve - Rilton Cup, Half Time

It is time to say good bye to 2013 and to say welcome to 2014 year.
I wish Happy New Year to all my readers, many success on the chess board (not against me) and outside of sixty four squares.
For my part, it will not be some crazy celebrations later on, as tomorrow I had unpleasant task to stop 2600+ player with black pieces.




Four rounds are over in 2013/2014 edition of Rilton Cup.
I am still without defeats but I won only one game.
I would not be me if I do not complain against something, and for this time I can mention my games in the first and in the third round, when I had clear victories, but managed to ruin everything.
Also, as a special surprise I have to thank  Bosnian&Herzegovinian Chess Union for wonderful service and New Years´s present for all players from this country.
Let´s say that it must be something for Guinness World Records, when one player enters a tournament with 2400+ in Elo and finish the competition as not rated, despite the result :-) .

Here is the table after first half of the tournament (top 18):

Ranking crosstable after Round 4

Rk.			Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	Pts.	TB1	TB2	Rp
1		GM	Grandelius Nils	2576	SWE	39b1	9w1	13w1	3b½	2w	3.5	9.0	11.0	2821
2		GM	Smirin Ilya	2642	ISR	67w+	21b1	12w1	5w½	1b	3.5	8.5	10.0	2800
3		GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2612	NOR	58b1	20w1	15b1	1w½	6b	3.5	8.5	9.5	2775
4		GM	Krasenkow Michal	2633	POL	25b1	23w1	7b½	19w1	5b	3.5	8.0	10.5	2757
5		GM	Goganov Aleksey	2581	RUS	64w1	33b1	16w1	2b½	4w	3.5	7.5	8.0	2731
6		GM	Lintchevski Daniil	2541	RUS	26b1	32w½	43b1	14w1	3w	3.5	6.5	8.0	2730
7		GM	Piorun Kacper	2560	POL	36w1	45b1	4w½	13b½	9w	3.0	8.0	9.5	2656
8		FM	Krupenski Jüri	2300	EST	40b1	22w1	14b0	35w1	11b	3.0	6.5	8.0	2550
9		IM	Smirnov Artem	2418	RUS	61w1	1b0	57w1	34w1	7b	3.0	6.5	7.5	2552
10		FM	Sagit Rauan	2369	SWE	63w1	12b0	37w1	31b1	15w	3.0	6.5	7.0	2490
11		IM	Urkedal Frode	2492	NOR	46w½	44b1	18w½	33b1	8w	3.0	6.0	7.5	2507
12		GM	Hillarp-Persson Tiger	2551	SWE	41b1	10w1	2b0	20w½	19b	2.5	8.5	10.5	2515
13		GM	Socko Bartosz	2657	POL	48b1	35w1	1b0	7w½	20b	2.5	8.5	10.0	2566
14		GM	Volkov Sergey	2623	RUS	68w+	43b½	8w1	6b0	18w	2.5	8.0	9.5	2420
15		IM	Semcesen Daniel	2488	SWE	42b1	54w1	3w0	18b½	10b	2.5	8.0	9.5	2426
16		FM	Lindgren Philip	2301	SWE	62b1	24w1	5b0	22w½	23b	2.5	8.0	8.5	2500
17		GM	Blomqvist Erik	2519	SWE	28b½	30w1	19b0	32w1	29b	2.5	7.5	9.5	2380
18		IM	Bejtovic Jasmin	2402	BIH	49b½	38w1	11b½	15w½	14b	2.5	7.5	9.0	2418

We have a free day today, so the leader of the tournament, Mr. Krantz and I took a chance to go to the Stockholm's Gamla Stan (Old Town) and take some pictures.

Here is the result: