Rilton Open 2026/2027 takes place on December 28, 2026 – December 30, 2026 at Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden. The event is a Seven-round classical open and is presented here as a complete tournament page rather than a short listing.
The published competition format uses 7 rounds with 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move under a Swiss system. The rating status is FIDE-rated. Players should use the organizer and Chess-Results as the final references for late changes, starting lists, pairings and results.
This page consolidates playing conditions, registration, organizer contacts, exact venue, schedule where published and practical travel considerations. Recheck the official source before payment and again shortly before departure.
♟️ Event Details
| 🏷️ Event name | Rilton Open 2026/2027 |
| 📅 Dates | December 28, 2026 – December 30, 2026 |
| 🌍 Country | Sweden |
| 📍 Venue | Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden |
| ♟️ Format | Seven-round classical open |
| 🔢 Rounds | 7 |
| ⏱️ Time control | 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move |
| 🔄 Pairing system | Swiss system |
| ⭐ Rating | FIDE-rated |
| 👥 Organizer | Stockholms Chess Federation |
| 🌐 Official source | https://www.stockholmsschack.se/ |
| 🔗 Chess-Results | https://chess-results.com/tnr1475612.aspx?lan=1 |
⏱️ Time Control & Pairings
The tournament uses 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move over 7 rounds. Pairings follow the Swiss system. The published rating status is FIDE-rated.
| ⏱️ Time control | 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move |
| 🔢 Number of rounds | 7 |
| 🔄 System | Swiss system |
| ⭐ Rating | FIDE-rated |
| 🔗 Pairings & results | Chess-Results |
Check Chess-Results before each round for the latest starting list, pairings, standings, tie-break information and results. If the organizer publishes a later timetable or technical rule, that update takes precedence.
👤 Eligibility
Rilton Open is the shorter open section within the wider Rilton festival. Verify the rating eligibility against the rating list specified by the organizer.
📅 Schedule
December 28: Round 1 at 10:00 and Round 2 at 14:00. December 29: Rounds 3, 4 and 5 at 10:00, 14:00 and 18:00. December 30: Round 6 at 10:00 and Round 7 at 14:00.
Arrive early for attendance control, registration confirmation and finding the playing room. The latest organizer timetable always takes precedence.
📝 Registration
Use Stockholms Schackförbund / Rilton registration and confirm your entry before the event.
| 🌐 Registration / regulations | https://www.stockholmsschack.se/ |
| ✉️ Email | kansli@stockholmsschack.se |
| 📞 Phone | +46 8 669 36 54 |
Before paying, confirm that your entry has been accepted, that you selected the correct section, and that any rating or age condition is satisfied. Keep the organizer confirmation and payment evidence when applicable.
👥 Organizer
| 👥 Organizer | Stockholms Chess Federation |
| 🎯 Tournament Director | IA/IO Jonas Sandbom |
| ⚖️ Chief Arbiter | IA/IO Jonas Sandbom |
| ✉️ Email | kansli@stockholmsschack.se |
| 📞 Phone | +46 8 669 36 54 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.stockholmsschack.se/ |
For questions about eligibility, payment, byes, late arrival, accommodation packages or special conditions, contact the organizer directly. MyChess.Events is the information platform, not the tournament operator.
📍 Venue
Scandic Continental, Vasagatan 22, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
Use the full street-level address above for navigation rather than relying only on the city name. Before travel, check whether the organizer has published a specific entrance, floor, playing room, registration desk or access time.
🚆 How to Get There
Scandic Continental is at Vasagatan 22 in central Stockholm, beside the main rail/transport hub area. This is convenient for train and airport-rail arrivals. Allow time for event check-in before Round 1.
- Arrival buffer: allow extra time for local traffic, parking, venue check-in and finding the playing hall.
- Public transport: recheck the actual tournament-day timetable, especially for early rounds, evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Driving: confirm parking availability, access restrictions and any separate venue/hotel parking charge.
- Accommodation: compare travel time to the actual playing venue, not only the city centre. Hotel-based events can be simpler when on-site rooms are available.
🧭 Practical Player Planning
✅ Before You Register
| 📌 Correct event | Match the tournament title, dates and section against the official source before submitting the entry. |
| ⭐ Eligibility | Recheck rating, age, federation, licence and title conditions where they apply. Use the rating list specified by the organizer, not an assumed current rating. |
| 💳 Payment | Confirm the fee, currency, payment deadline and whether the entry becomes valid only after payment is received. |
| 📧 Confirmation | Keep the organizer confirmation and verify that your name appears on the published starting list when one is available. |
| ½ Bye / absence | If you need a bye or expect late arrival, request it before the organizer’s deadline. Do not assume that a missed round is automatically accepted. |
| 🔄 Final recheck | Open the official page again 24–48 hours before travel for venue, timetable, parking and registration-desk changes. |
🎒 Tournament-Day Checklist
- Carry identification and any federation/FIDE information requested by the regulations.
- Have the organizer’s contact details, venue address and registration confirmation available offline on your phone.
- Bring permitted water/snacks and required medication for long sessions; follow venue rules on food and drinks.
- Check your board number and colour from the current pairing list before the round rather than relying on an older screenshot.
- Allow enough time after the final round for prize giving if you may qualify for an award.
Hotel venue: if you stay at the playing hotel, confirm whether the tournament room rate must be booked through the organizer and whether breakfast, parking, tourist tax, spa access or late check-out are included. If you stay elsewhere, compare real door-to-door travel time for the earliest round.
Compressed classical schedule: two or three classical rounds in a day require careful meal and recovery planning. Avoid booking evening activities until the organizer confirms the expected end time of the later round.
City logistics: central locations are convenient but parking can be limited or expensive. Public transport may be the better option, especially when several rounds are scheduled on the same day.
🧾 Final Pre-Travel Verification
| 📍 Venue | Save the full street address and check the organizer’s final entrance or room notice. Do not navigate only by city name. |
| 🕒 First round | Confirm the first-round start and any earlier attendance-control or registration-desk deadline. |
| 👤 Starting list | Confirm that your name, federation, rating and section are correct on the latest published list. |
| 💳 Entry status | Verify that payment and registration are complete and that no additional on-site fee is required. |
| ♟️ Section | For multi-section events, reconfirm the exact group and its rating/age limits before travel. |
| 🚆 Transport | Recheck the tournament-day public-transport timetable or parking plan, including the return trip after a long round. |
| 🏨 Stay | Confirm check-in/check-out, breakfast timing and the actual travel time from accommodation to the playing hall. |
| 📱 Offline backup | Keep the venue address, organizer contact and entry confirmation available offline in case mobile data is unavailable. |
🌍 Notes for Visiting Players
International participants should check passport or identity-document requirements, travel insurance and the conditions for carrying medication. If the tournament requires a federation licence or FIDE ID, resolve this before departure rather than at the registration desk.
For multi-day events, compare accommodation cancellation rules with the tournament’s own cancellation policy. For one-day rapid or blitz events, prioritize punctual arrival and a simple return plan because the programme can move quickly and the awards may finish soon after the last round.
Currency conversion values on MyChess.Events are approximate planning figures. Entry fees and prizes are paid under the organizer’s official currency and rules. Always use the organizer’s stated amount when making a payment.
ℹ️ Other Information
- Seven-round Swiss classical event.
- Time control: 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
- FIDE rated.
- Chief Arbiter and Tournament Director: IA/IO Jonas Sandbom.
- The Open runs alongside the broader Rilton programme.
- Rilton Open is the shorter open section within the wider Rilton tournament programme.
- Players should verify the final rating eligibility against the specified rating list before entering.
Final player check: shortly before the event, reopen the organizer website and Chess-Results. Confirm the final venue, first-round time, registration status, section, time control and any last-minute announcement.
Additional Details
Organizer
♟️ About Stockholms Schackförbund
Stockholms Schackförbund (Stockholm Chess Federation) is the regional governing body for chess in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded on January 28, 1911, it is affiliated with Sveriges Schackförbund (Swedish Chess Federation) and is the largest district federation within the Swedish national structure. Its jurisdiction covers Stockholm County except Norrtälje Municipality. The federation coordinates affiliated clubs, official district championships, team leagues, junior chess, school programs, tournaments, and wider chess-development activity across the Stockholm region.
Stockholms Schackförbund supports a network of 34 traditional chess clubs, together with numerous school chess organizations. Its competition program includes the Stockholm Individual Championships, rapid and blitz championships, Lag-DM team leagues, Stockholmsserien, junior district championships, Junior Grand Prix, junior team championships, senior events, and numerous FIDE-rated tournaments. The federation also operates the Stockholms Schacksalonger, a dedicated chess center on Södermalm, and organizes one of Sweden’s most important international tournaments, the Rilton Cup.
Karl Dingertz is the current Chairman of Stockholms Schackförbund, while Jonas Sandbom serves as Office Manager (Kanslichef) and oversees the federation’s extensive administrative and tournament operation. The federation has maintained an exceptionally active program in 2026, including the Stockholm Championships, junior competitions, major school-chess events, Stockholm Open, and its participation in the large Chessparty festival at Avicii Arena. The 2026–2027 Lag-DM season is now beginning, while the next Rilton Cup is scheduled for December 27, 2026 – January 5, 2027.
📜 More Than a Century of Stockholm Chess
Stockholms Schackförbund was established on January 28, 1911 and celebrated its centenary on the same date in 2011.
Its statutory responsibilities are to coordinate chess within the district, represent the interests of affiliated organizations, expand participation, support junior chess, establish competition regulations, and organize official federation tournaments.
Today, the federation remains the largest regional organization within the Swedish Chess Federation. Its network includes clubs with very different profiles, ranging from elite organizations and large junior programs to community and senior clubs.
Karl Dingertz was first elected Chairman in December 2023 and continues to lead the federation in 2026.
♜ Team and District Chess
Team chess forms an important part of the Stockholm competition structure.
The Lag-DM is the federation’s district team championship and currently operates through an Elite division plus Divisions 1–5. Team sizes vary by level, from 14 boards in the Elite division to four boards in Division 5.
The federation also administers the Stockholmsserien, which forms the Stockholm regional component below the higher national Allsvenskan divisions.
Preparations for the 2026–2027 Lag-DM are already underway. The federation published the new season’s pairings on September 5, 2026.
Rapid and blitz team championships supplement the classical leagues. In the 2025 Lag-DM Blitz Championship, Stockholms Schacksällskap defeated SK Rockaden in the final and secured its fourth consecutive title.
🎓 Junior and School Chess
Youth development is one of Stockholms Schackförbund’s largest areas of activity. Its annual program includes Junior-DM, Junior-Lag-DM, Miniorlag-DM, Knattelag-DM, Junior Grand Prix, girls’ competitions, holiday tournaments, training camps, and school championships.
The federation’s Junior Grand Prix provides regular competitive opportunities for children at different experience levels. Meanwhile, Junior-Lag-DM uses five-player club teams and creates a pathway toward Sweden’s national junior competitions.
The scale of participation is substantial. The 2026 Stockholm Junior Rapid Championship attracted 130 players across five age groups.
School chess reaches an even wider audience through Schackfyran and Schack56an. These national programs involve approximately 25,000 Swedish pupils from more than 1,000 classes each year, with Stockholms Schackförbund coordinating major district stages in the capital.
In April 2026, Stockholm’s school-chess activity formed part of the large Chessparty at Avicii Arena, which attracted more than 7,000 visitors from 31 countries over two days.
🌟 Rilton Cup
The Rilton Cup is Stockholms Schackförbund’s flagship international tournament and one of the best-known annual chess events in Scandinavia.
The 53rd Rilton Cup 2025/2026 was held from December 27, 2025 to January 5, 2026 at the Scandic Continental in central Stockholm. The main Cup consisted of nine FIDE-rated classical rounds and attracted a strong international field.
GM Xu Xiangyu of China produced an exceptional performance to win the tournament with 8/9, finishing a full point ahead of the nearest competitors. The event was directed by IO/IA Jonas Sandbom.
The festival also included rating-restricted competitions and side events. Registration is already open for the next edition, which is scheduled for December 27, 2026 – January 5, 2027, again at Scandic Continental.
🤝 Chess in Stockholm
Beyond formal championships, the federation works to make chess accessible throughout Stockholm.
The Stockholms Schacksalonger at Ringvägen 9B serves as a central playing venue and hosts competitions, junior camps, courses, lectures, club activities, and casual chess throughout the week.
The federation also cooperates with Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, libraries, schools, community projects, and major public events. In 2026, initiatives included public chess at the Stockholm Culture Festival and “Vi spelar ihop – schack för äldre,” a program aimed at bringing older people together through chess.
This combination of club support, competition, school chess, social initiatives, and major international tournaments gives Stockholms Schackförbund a central role in chess throughout the Swedish capital region.
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