In any event, GM Pia Cramling of Sweden is participating in the Rilton Cup, and I am happy to see her in competition. She is very selective these days in what invitations she accepts and the tournaments in which she plays.
I have been a fan of Cramling ever since I first read about her career in 1999, when I was taking my first baby-steps on the World Wide Web, as it was called back then :) I really did not know a thing about the 'world of chess' before then (other than the bare basics of how to move the pieces), but while I was searching for information on female chessplayers, after having quickly surmised the near absence of any female names on lists of players in event after event that was making "chess news" at the time, certain names began to crop up - rarely - in my research, but they were there - female chessplayers of note. I made a trip to my local library branch and found a book about female chessplayers. Already, at that time, it was "old," from 1987! But it was the only book I could find about female chessplayers. Need I say more?
It was that book - by John Graham, Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Age, that led me to explore further. John Graham, to whom I will always be indebted, introduced me into an entirely new realm of experience (with some familiar echoes to my own experiences as a femme embarked on a career in an entirely different endeavor). It was clear from what Graham wrote and how he wrote it that he had great admiration for the players he profiled.
Pia Cramling and Susan Polgar earned their respective GM titles within a month or two of each other, and they did it the "traditional" way, by meeting norm requirements, playing a certain number of games, and achieving a certain ELO rating. [Even today, with the advent of computer-assisted game analysis and many more opportunities to play in competitive events that would allow for earning GM norms, earning a GM title is not an easy thing to do, despite headlines given to 14 and 15 year olds who have earned the title]. Both players (at and after the time the book was written, circa 1987) went on to have fine careers, with Polgar ultimately winning a Women's World Chess Champion title, which she held from 1996-1999. Polgar retired from competitive chess play in - I think 2006 (I have a recollection that her last competition was a NYC Mayor's Cup in 2006 but I could be wrong about that), and went on to other things (SPICE at Texas Tech, Susan Polgar Foundation, chess promotion, spokeswoman, etc.) I do not know nearly as much about Pia Cramling's career, except that after a break of some years, she resumed competitive play, and has participated in the Women's World Chess Championship "cycle" (such as it was/is), as well as mixed-sex tournaments and women-only tournaments, with some success. Both women married and have pre-teen children. Neither woman's "competitive fire" has gone out, that's for sure!
Selected excerpts from John Graham's Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Age (at Goddesschess, of course!)
If you would like to explore the question of women's "ability" to play chess further -- check out our selection of informative articles from past and present at Goddesschess' Gender and Chess: The Ever-Changing, Never-Ending Question...
Now - to the 2010-11 Rilton Cup!
December 27, 2010 - January 5, 2011
Rank after Round 5
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2685 | 4,5 | 14,5 | 0,0 | ||
| GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2525 | Lunds ASK | 4,5 | 14,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 3 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2594 | 4,5 | 14,0 | 0,0 | ||
| GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2516 | Sollentuna SK | 4,5 | 14,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 5 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2526 | SK Team Viking | 4,0 | 12,0 | 0,0 | |
| 6 | GM | Macieja Bartlomiej | POL | 2636 | 4,0 | 12,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 7 | IM | Furhoff Johan | SWE | 2365 | Södra SASS | 4,0 | 11,0 | 0,0 | |
| 8 | IM | Smith Axel | SWE | 2448 | Lunds ASK | 3,5 | 12,5 | 0,0 | |
| 9 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2572 | 3,5 | 11,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 10 | GM | Ulibin Mikhail | RUS | 2552 | 3,5 | 9,5 | 0,0 | ||
| Lindberg Bo | SWE | 2404 | Sollentuna SK | 3,5 | 9,5 | 0,0 | |||
| 12 | GM | Karlsson Lars | SWE | 2466 | SK Rockaden | 3,5 | 9,0 | 0,0 | |
| 13 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2526 | Sollentuna SK | 3,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 14 | GM | Tikkanen Hans | SWE | 2550 | Lunds ASK | 3,0 | 12,0 | 0,0 | |
| 15 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2642 | 3,0 | 11,0 | 0,0 | ||
| GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2528 | Lunds ASK | 3,0 | 11,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 17 | IM | Semcesen Daniel | SWE | 2449 | SK Team Viking | 3,0 | 10,5 | 0,0 | |
| 18 | FM | Urkedal Frode | NOR | 2438 | 3,0 | 10,5 | 0,0 | ||
| Jacobsen Bo | DEN | 2317 | 3,0 | 10,5 | 0,0 | ||||
| 20 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2627 | Burgsviks SK | 3,0 | 10,0 | 0,0 | |
| 21 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | RUS | 2536 | Sollentuna SK | 3,0 | 9,0 | 0,0 | |
| GM | Bellon Juan | ESP | 2394 | Sollentuna SK | 3,0 | 9,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 23 | GM | Brynell Stellan | SWE | 2492 | Limhamns SK | 3,0 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 24 | GM | Åkesson Ralf | SWE | 2434 | Västerås SK | 3,0 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 25 | Arman Deniz | TUR | 2297 | 3,0 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |||
| 26 | Astrup Kim | NOR | 2274 | 3,0 | 7,5 | 0,0 | |||
| 27 | FM | Lögdahl Harald | SWE | 2257 | Eskilstuna SK | 3,0 | 7,0 | 0,0 | |
| 28 | Winge Stefan | SWE | 2290 | Södra SASS | 3,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 29 | FM | Straeter Timo | GER | 2325 | 2,5 | 9,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 30 | IM | Leer-Salvesen Bjarte | NOR | 2360 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 0,0 | ||
| FM | Getz Nicolai | NOR | 2317 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 32 | FM | Luukkonen Tommi | FIN | 2309 | 2,5 | 9,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 33 | IM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2449 | SK Rockaden | 2,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 34 | IM | Holmsten Aleksei | FIN | 2381 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 35 | IM | Souleidis Georgios | GRE | 2411 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 36 | IM | Groetz Harald | AUT | 2314 | 2,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 37 | Kopasov Alexander | RUS | 2198 | 2,5 | 7,5 | 0,0 | |||
| 38 | Sipila Vilka | FIN | 2262 | 2,5 | 7,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 39 | Ask Josef | SWE | 2205 | Västerviks ASK | 2,5 | 6,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 40 | FM | Thompson Ian D | ENG | 2264 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| WIM | Czarnota Dorota | POL | 2229 | 2,5 | 6,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 42 | Cederstam Barsk Carl | SWE | 2020 | Kristallens SK | 2,5 | 5,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 43 | Azizi Haroon | SWE | 2140 | Solna SS | 2,0 | 7,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 44 | WFM | Frisk Ellinor | SWE | 2126 | Lunds ASK | 2,0 | 6,5 | 0,0 | |
| 45 | Wenzel Birger | GER | 2060 | Wasa SK | 2,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 46 | Holving Rasmus | SWE | 2211 | Kungstornet | 2,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 47 | Eriksson Jörgen | SWE | 2202 | SK Rockaden Umeå | 2,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Lindgren Philip | SWE | 2091 | Limhamns SK | 2,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 49 | Hobber Anders | NOR | 2196 | 2,0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 50 | Johansson Linus | SWE | 1966 | Limhamns SK | 2,0 | 5,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 51 | Kudzma Laimonas | LTU | 2232 | 2,0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 52 | Egilstoft Nielsen Rógvi | FAI | 2116 | 2,0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 53 | FM | Sagit Rauan | SWE | 2406 | Sollentuna SK | 2,0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | |
| 54 | Forsberg Viktor | SWE | 2255 | SK Rockaden Umeå | 2,0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 55 | Bazeev German | RUS | 2334 | 2,0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 56 | Östling Håkan | SWE | 2206 | Rödeby SK | 1,5 | 6,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 57 | Hedström Johan | SWE | 2043 | Bollmora SK | 1,5 | 5,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 58 | Markevich Ilya | RUS | 2175 | 1,5 | 5,5 | 0,0 | |||
| 59 | Jansson Anders Owen | SWE | 2171 | Sollentuna SK | 1,5 | 4,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 60 | Olander Aleksi | FIN | 1990 | 1,5 | 4,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 61 | Pettersson Anders | SWE | 2127 | SS Gambit | 1,5 | 3,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 62 | Bouaraba Max | GER | 2219 | 1,5 | 3,0 | 0,0 | |||
| 63 | Wiander Michael | SWE | 2158 | Stockholms SS | 1,5 | 2,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 64 | Lokander Martin | SWE | 1982 | SK Rockaden | 1,0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 65 | FM | Byklum Björnar | NOR | 2263 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 66 | Wihlborn Bengt | SWE | 1895 | Växjö SK | 1,0 | 3,5 | 0,0 | ||
| 67 | Ölund Joar | SWE | 2035 | SK Rockaden | 1,0 | 2,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Thiborg Jesper | SWE | 2020 | 1,0 | 2,0 | 0,0 | ||||
| 69 | Bryntze Stefan | SWE | 2135 | SK Rockaden | 1,0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 70 | Palmblad Jan Peter | SWE | 2142 | Kungstornet | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Fide Tie-Break
Tie Break2: Fide Tie-Break (fine)
Tie Break1: Fide Tie-Break
Tie Break2: Fide Tie-Break (fine)
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