Rilton Cup

One more round to go.  GM Pia Cramling is, coincidentally (?) in 12th place, where she started the tournament ranking-wise.   Results below from chess-results.com:

Rank after Round 8

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1		GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2594		7,0	32,0	0,0
		GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2516	Sollentuna SK	7,0	32,0	0,0
3		GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2525	Lunds ASK	6,0	31,5	0,0
4		GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	GER	2685		6,0	30,5	0,0
5		GM	Macieja Bartlomiej	POL	2636		5,5	27,5	0,0
6		GM	Berczes David	HUN	2526	SK Team Viking	5,5	26,0	0,0
7		GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2642		5,5	25,0	0,0
8		GM	Karlsson Lars	SWE	2466	SK Rockaden	5,5	24,5	0,0
9		GM	Berg Emanuel	SWE	2627	Burgsviks SK	5,5	24,0	0,0
10		GM	Åkesson Ralf	SWE	2434	Västerås SK	5,5	23,0	0,0
11		GM	Ivanov Sergey	RUS	2536	Sollentuna SK	5,5	23,0	0,0
12		GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2526	Sollentuna SK	5,5	22,5	0,0

Rilton Cup

Several chess femmes are playing in the Rilton Cup (December 27, 2008 - January 5, 2009) - here are their standings after R8: 10 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2550 5,5 34 WIM Boric Elena BIH 2292 4,0 43 WGM Sammalvuo Niina FIN 2249 4,0 72 Agrest Inna SWE 2215 1,0 (in last place) Leader: 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2599 6,0