STOCKHOLM

The capital of Sweden with a chess tradition of more than 100 years. The history includes the Olympiad of 1937, the Interzonals of 1952 won by Alexander Kotov and of 1962 won by Robert Fischer, many other international tournaments and yearly since 1971, the Rilton Cup Festival sponsored by the Torre Rilton’s fund.

The winners were: 1897 Svensson, Berstein, 1909 Spielmann, 1912 Alekhine, 1919 Bogoljubov and the same year Spielmann, 1920 Bogoljubov, 1929 Reti, 1930 Kashdan, 1934 Lundin, 1937 Fine, 1947 Lundin, 1948 Stolz, 1954 Gligoric, 1955/56 Johansson, 1959/60 Kotov, 1960/61 Tal, 1962 Keres, 1963/64 Smyslov, 1966/67 Keres, 1971 Ivanov, 1971/72 Timman, 1972/73 Ostojic 1973/74 Bilek, 1974/75 Westerinen, 1975/76 Jansson, 1976/77 Mariotti, 1977/78 Jansson, 1978/79 Schüssler, 1979/80 Kaiszauri, 1980/1981 Ornstein, 1981/82 Schneider, 1982/83 Akesson, 1983/84 Ornstein, 1984/85 Wiedenkeller 1986/87 Bellon, 1987/88 I. Sokolov, 1989/90 Wedberg, 1990 Shirov, 1990/91 Vyzhmanavin, 1991/92 Petursson and Khenkin, 1992/93 Kharlov and Hector, 1993/94 1995/96 Krasenkow, 1996/97 Benjamin, 1997/98 Khenkin, 1999/2000 Ubilin, 2000/20001 Yakovich, 2001/2002 Agrest, 2002/2003 Barkhagen, 2003/2004 Akesson, 2004/2005 Volkov, 2005/2006 Rozentalis, 2006/2007 Fontaine, 2007/2008 Wojtaszek, 2008/2009Wojtaszek, 2009/2010 Rozentalis, 2010/2011 Volkov, 2011/2012 Shimanov, 2012/2013 Krasenkow, 2013/2014 Hammer, 2014/2015 Hammer, 2015/2016 Rodshtein, 2016/2017 Sasikiran, 2017/2018 Alekseenko, 2018/2019 Volkov, 2019/2020 Moradiabadi.