The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 is taking place from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain and gathers 175 players fighting for the prize fund of 29.500eur!
After eight played rounds, GM Tin Jingyao and IM Aditya Mittal tie for the top scoring 6.5 points. They are followed by a group of seven players with the score of 6 points: GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Yu Yangyi, GM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Matthias Bluebaum, GM Aryan Chopra, GM Rasmus Svane and GM Danyyil Dvirnyy. After suffering a loss to Tin Jingyao in the seventh round, 19-year-old Hans Niemann today drew against GM Danyyl Dvirnyy and holds the 10th position with 5.5 points. Scroll down for rankings after 8 played rounds
El Llobregat Open 2022 – live games
Top-board pairings of the final round:
o. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 18 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2616 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Tin Jingyao | 2562 | 25 | |
2 | 50 | IM | Aditya Mittal | 2486 | 6½ | 6 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2619 | 17 | |
3 | 2 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2716 | 6 | 6 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2514 | 38 | |
4 | 9 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2655 | 6 | 6 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2651 | 10 | |
5 | 11 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2649 | 5½ | 6 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2629 | 13 |
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Rankings after 8 rounds – El Llobregat Open A 2022:
Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Tin Jingyao | SGP | 2562 | 6.5 | 38 | 41 | 31.5 | ||
2 | IM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 2486 | 6.5 | 36 | 37 | 28 | ||
3 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2616 | 6 | 38 | 41 | 28.8 | ||
4 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2716 | 6 | 38 | 42 | 30.5 | ||
5 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | IRI | 2655 | 6 | 38 | 41 | 29.5 | ||
6 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | GER | 2651 | 6 | 37 | 40 | 27.5 | ||
7 | GM | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2629 | 6 | 36 | 40 | 28.5 | ||
8 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2619 | 6 | 33 | 37 | 27.3 | ||
9 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | ITA | 2514 | 6 | 32 | 35 | 26 | ||
10 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2699 | 5.5 | 40 | 44 | 28.8 | ||
11 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2716 | 5.5 | 40 | 44 | 29 | ||
12 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | FID | 2687 | 5.5 | 38 | 41 | 27.5 | ||
13 | GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2590 | 5.5 | 37 | 41 | 27.3 | ||
14 | GM | Meshkovs Nikita | LAT | 2563 | 5.5 | 36 | 40 | 26.8 | ||
15 | IM | Kacharava Nikolozi | GEO | 2532 | 5.5 | 36 | 39 | 25.5 | ||
16 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2645 | 5.5 | 35 | 39 | 25.3 | ||
17 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | ESP | 2587 | 5.5 | 35 | 38 | 24.3 | ||
18 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | UKR | 2649 | 5.5 | 34 | 37 | 24.3 | ||
19 | GM | Svane Frederik | GER | 2568 | 5.5 | 34 | 37 | 23 | ||
20 | IM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | NOR | 2444 | 5.5 | 33 | 37 | 23.5 | ||
21 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2511 | 5.5 | 33 | 36 | 24 | ||
22 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | ESP | 2665 | 5.5 | 33 | 35 | 22.8 | ||
23 | GM | Pultinevicius Paulius | LTU | 2561 | 5.5 | 32 | 36 | 23.8 | ||
24 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2623 | 5.5 | 32 | 36 | 23.8 | ||
25 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2503 | 5.5 | 32 | 34 | 21 | ||
26 | GM | Tari Aryan | NOR | 2660 | 5.5 | 32 | 35 | 23.5 | ||
27 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory | S50 | USA | 2549 | 5.5 | 31 | 34 | 22.8 | |
28 | IM | Wadsworth Matthew J | ENG | 2470 | 5.5 | 31 | 34 | 21 | ||
29 | IM | Seo Jung Min | SWE | 2507 | 5 | 37 | 40 | 24 | ||
30 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2526 | 5 | 36 | 39 | 22.5 | ||
31 | GM | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 2551 | 5 | 35 | 39 | 22 | ||
32 | GM | Movsziszian Karen | S50 | ARM | 2477 | 5 | 35 | 38 | 20.5 | |
33 | IM | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2467 | 5 | 35 | 37 | 21.3 | ||
34 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2573 | 5 | 34 | 38 | 22.8 | ||
35 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | FID | 2688 | 5 | 34 | 37 | 22.3 | ||
36 | IM | Sai Agni Jeevitesh J | IND | 2226 | 5 | 33 | 37 | 21 | ||
37 | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | POL | 2538 | 5 | 33 | 36 | 20.3 | ||
38 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | UKR | 2488 | 5 | 32 | 35 | 17.5 | ||
39 | IM | Gokerkan Cem Kaan | TUR | 2470 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 18.8 | ||
40 | IM | Sosa Tomas | ARG | 2548 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 19 | ||
41 | FM | Samadov Read | AZE | 2450 | 5 | 31 | 34 | 19.3 | ||
42 | IM | Can Isik | TUR | 2486 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 17.5 | ||
43 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2448 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 17.8 | ||
44 | FM | Celik Hasan Huseyin | TUR | 2376 | 4.5 | 36 | 38 | 19.5 | ||
45 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2694 | 4.5 | 35 | 38 | 19.3 | ||
46 | GM | Velten Paul | FRA | 2471 | 4.5 | 35 | 38 | 19.5 | ||
47 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2627 | 4.5 | 35 | 39 | 19.8 | ||
48 | IM | Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio | ESP | 2492 | 4.5 | 35 | 38 | 18.3 | ||
49 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2488 | 4.5 | 35 | 36 | 17.5 | ||
50 | GM | Petkov Momchil | BUL | 2531 | 4.5 | 34 | 37 | 18.8 | ||
51 | FM | Yordanov Lachezar | BUL | 2294 | 4.5 | 33 | 37 | 19 | ||
52 | IM | Lubbe Nikolas | GER | 2486 | 4.5 | 33 | 37 | 17.3 | ||
53 | IM | Ootes Lars | NED | 2370 | 4.5 | 33 | 36 | 17.5 | ||
54 | GM | Nijboer Friso | S50 | NED | 2452 | 4.5 | 33 | 36 | 17.5 | |
55 | FM | Seemann Jakub | POL | 2375 | 4.5 | 33 | 35 | 15.3 | ||
56 | FM | Grieve Harry | ENG | 2431 | 4.5 | 32 | 35 | 17 | ||
57 | FM | Hagner Bennet | GER | 2336 | 4.5 | 32 | 35 | 17.3 | ||
58 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2408 | 4.5 | 32 | 35 | 15.3 | ||
59 | GM | Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis | ESP | 2491 | 4.5 | 32 | 34 | 17.3 | ||
60 | IM | Beerdsen Thomas | NED | 2520 | 4.5 | 31 | 35 | 17.8 | ||
61 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | S50 | CHI | 2515 | 4.5 | 31 | 34 | 18 | |
62 | WGM | Injac Teodora | w | SRB | 2385 | 4.5 | 31 | 34 | 16.3 | |
63 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | ESP | 2527 | 4.5 | 31 | 34 | 16 | ||
64 | FM | Royal Shreyas | ENG | 2435 | 4.5 | 30 | 33 | 16.3 | ||
65 | IM | Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo | ESP | 2425 | 4.5 | 30 | 33 | 15.3 | ||
66 | GM | Maurizzi Marc`andria | FRA | 2526 | 4.5 | 30 | 33 | 18 | ||
67 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2493 | 4.5 | 30 | 32 | 18.8 | ||
68 | FM | Giannoulakis Lampros | GRE | 2338 | 4.5 | 30 | 32 | 16.5 | ||
69 | IM | Ceres Dragos | MDA | 2412 | 4.5 | 29 | 32 | 16.3 | ||
70 | WGM | Doluhanova Evgeniya | w | UKR | 2294 | 4.5 | 28 | 31 | 15.5 | |
71 | Jinan Jomon | IND | 2056 | 4.5 | 27 | 30 | 16 | |||
72 | IM | Garcia Ramos Daniel | ESP | 2439 | 4.5 | 27 | 30 | 15.5 | ||
73 | FM | Durak Can | TUR | 2266 | 4.5 | 27 | 29 | 13.8 | ||
74 | FM | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2306 | 4.5 | 26 | 28 | 13 | ||
75 | FM | Vitier Vazquez Cristian | CUB | 2419 | 4.5 | 24 | 26 | 14 | ||
76 | FM | Lye Lik Zang | MAS | 2258 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 15.8 | ||
77 | IM | Woodward Andy | USA | 2447 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 15 | ||
78 | FM | Bilych Olexiy | UKR | 2429 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 16.3 | ||
79 | FM | Domene Mulyukov Alexander | ESP | 2271 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 16 | ||
80 | FM | Esplugas Esteve Vicenc | ESP | 2321 | 4 | 32 | 35 | 15.5 | ||
81 | FM | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 2300 | 4 | 32 | 34 | 15.8 | ||
82 | IM | Clarke Brandon G I | ENG | 2489 | 4 | 31 | 34 | 13.8 | ||
83 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | w | BUL | 2442 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14.8 | |
84 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | w | IND | 2338 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14.3 | |
85 | IM | Valenzuela Gomez Fernando | CHI | 2368 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14 | ||
86 | IM | Zwirs Nico | NED | 2476 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14 | ||
87 | FM | Becerra Juan David | COL | 2292 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 13.5 | ||
88 | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | w | POL | 2402 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 12.5 | |
89 | Hilverda Alexander | GER | 2275 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 14.5 | |||
90 | IM | Dudin Gleb | FID | 2489 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 15.8 | ||
91 | FM | Ronka Erik | FIN | 2258 | 4 | 29 | 32 | 13.8 | ||
92 | FM | Dedebas Emre Emin | TUR | 2312 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 12.5 | ||
93 | FM | Leisch Lukas | AUT | 2395 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 12.3 | ||
94 | FM | Tarhan Adar | TUR | 2312 | 4 | 28 | 31 | 13.8 | ||
95 | WGM | Klek Hanna Marie | w | GER | 2315 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 12.3 | |
96 | FM | Adarsh Tripathi | IND | 2361 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 11.5 | ||
97 | FM | Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros | GRE | 2279 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 13.3 | ||
98 | IM | Fitzsimons David | IRL | 2368 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 9.75 | ||
99 | GM | Pogorelov Ruslan | S50 | UKR | 2288 | 4 | 26 | 27 | 10.5 | |
100 | CM | Vaibhav Jayant Raut | IND | 2247 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 11.8 | ||
101 | FM | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2306 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 12.5 | ||
102 | FM | Jeet Jain | IND | 2139 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 11 | ||
103 | WGM | Pourkashiyan Atousa | w | USA | 2322 | 3.5 | 32 | 34 | 12.5 | |
104 | IM | Peelen Piet | S50 | NED | 2350 | 3.5 | 31 | 34 | 11 | |
105 | WGM | Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii | w | MGL | 2302 | 3.5 | 31 | 33 | 11.3 | |
106 | FM | Aarav Dengla | IND | 2357 | 3.5 | 31 | 32 | 11.3 | ||
107 | IM | Nyysti Sampsa | FIN | 2338 | 3.5 | 30 | 33 | 11.8 | ||
108 | IM | Valmana Canto Jaime | ESP | 2358 | 3.5 | 30 | 31 | 10 | ||
109 | FM | Ochedzan Tymon | POL | 2209 | 3.5 | 30 | 32 | 11.8 | ||
110 | FM | Kristoferitsch Daniel | AUT | 2303 | 3.5 | 30 | 32 | 11.3 | ||
111 | IM | Bournel Antoine | FRA | 2404 | 3.5 | 30 | 32 | 11 | ||
112 | FM | Gombocz Ferenc Jr. | HUN | 2260 | 3.5 | 29 | 32 | 12.8 | ||
113 | Joshua A P | IND | 2246 | 3.5 | 29 | 32 | 12 | |||
114 | IM | Jerez Perez Alfonso | S50 | ESP | 2343 | 3.5 | 29 | 31 | 11.3 | |
115 | WGM | Heinemann Josefine | w | GER | 2316 | 3.5 | 28 | 31 | 12.5 | |
116 | IM | Suarez Uriel Adrian | ESP | 2384 | 3.5 | 28 | 30 | 12.3 | ||
117 | FM | Martin Barcelo Carles | ESP | 2176 | 3.5 | 28 | 29 | 11.5 | ||
118 | CM | Ince Taylan Ruzgar | TUR | 2247 | 3.5 | 27 | 29 | 10 | ||
119 | AIM | Gomez Aguirre Juan Alberto | ESP | 2108 | 3.5 | 27 | 29 | 8.75 | ||
120 | WGM | Navrotescu Andreea | w | FRA | 2294 | 3.5 | 27 | 29 | 11.5 | |
121 | CM | Wong Zhenyong Jayden | SGP | 2181 | 3.5 | 26 | 27 | 8.25 | ||
122 | FM | Webb Laurence E | S50 | ENG | 2201 | 3.5 | 25 | 27 | 8.5 | |
123 | WGM | Arribas Robaina Maritza | w | CUB | 2232 | 3.5 | 24 | 26 | 10 | |
124 | De Boer Bas | NED | 2183 | 3.5 | 23 | 25 | 8 | |||
125 | FM | Weeks Manuel | S50 | AUS | 2160 | 3.5 | 20 | 21 | 6.5 | |
126 | FM | Lim Zhuo Ren | MAS | 2296 | 3 | 32 | 34 | 11.3 | ||
127 | IM | Vassallo Barroche Mauricio | S50 | ESP | 2384 | 3 | 32 | 34 | 11 | |
128 | IM | Minzer Claudio Javier | S50 | ARG | 2423 | 3 | 30 | 32 | 10 | |
129 | FM | Cesar Maestre Bernardo | ESP | 2344 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 8 | ||
130 | FM | Jirasek Pavel | CZE | 2291 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 9 | ||
131 | FM | Habans Aguerrea Javier | ESP | 2321 | 3 | 28 | 30 | 8.75 | ||
132 | Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil | GRE | 2149 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 9.5 | |||
133 | Nunez Miranda Adrian | ESP | 2122 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 6.5 | |||
134 | IM | Martin Gonzalez Angel | S65 | ESP | 2225 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 8.25 | |
135 | WGM | Lubbe Melanie | w | GER | 2314 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 8 | |
136 | Castro Quijano Eduardo | ESP | 2195 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 7 | |||
137 | CM | Ribera Veganzones Josep Maria | AND | 2167 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 8.25 | ||
138 | WFM | Guadamuro Torrente Anabel | w | ESP | 2086 | 3 | 24 | 26 | 7 | |
139 | FM | Jimenez Ruano Adrian | ESP | 2223 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 4.5 | ||
140 | FM | Arvelo Leo Gian Carlo | DOM | 2120 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 6.25 | ||
141 | IM | Gungl Theo | GER | 2352 | 2.5 | 33 | 35 | 9.75 | ||
142 | IM | Hernandez Cristian Andres | COL | 2384 | 2.5 | 32 | 35 | 9.75 | ||
143 | Giacomini Hector | S65 | FRA | 2082 | 2.5 | 32 | 35 | 10.5 | ||
144 | GM | Sochacki Christophe | FRA | 2459 | 2.5 | 30 | 32 | 8.25 | ||
145 | Perea Fruet Lorenzo | ESP | 2141 | 2.5 | 28 | 30 | 8.5 | |||
146 | CM | Bauer Thomas | AUT | 2118 | 2.5 | 28 | 31 | 9.5 | ||
147 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | GRE | 2496 | 2.5 | 27 | 30 | 8.25 | ||
148 | FM | Mahitosh Dey | IND | 2134 | 2.5 | 27 | 29 | 7.75 | ||
149 | CM | Lacroix Romain | FRA | 2189 | 2.5 | 26 | 27 | 7 | ||
150 | Fanninger Leon | AUT | 2152 | 2.5 | 25 | 28 | 7.75 | |||
151 | Gasic Merino Franco | CHI | 2190 | 2.5 | 25 | 27 | 6 | |||
152 | De La Puerta Cresis Javier | ESP | 2161 | 2.5 | 24 | 26 | 7.25 | |||
153 | FM | Ventura Bolet Maxim | ESP | 2238 | 2.5 | 24 | 26 | 6.75 | ||
154 | WFM | Pipiras Filipa Fortuna | w | POR | 2149 | 2.5 | 24 | 26 | 6.5 | |
155 | Perez Ordonez Jose Ramon | ESP | 2164 | 2.5 | 24 | 26 | 4.75 | |||
156 | CM | Dahale Atul | IND | 2222 | 2.5 | 23 | 26 | 6.75 | ||
157 | CM | Ribera Veganzones Serni | AND | 2199 | 2.5 | 23 | 26 | 6.5 | ||
158 | Iglesias Leon Francisco Javier | S50 | ESP | 2109 | 2.5 | 22 | 23 | 5.25 | ||
159 | GM | De Vreugt Dennis | NED | 2407 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 5.5 | ||
160 | WFM | Cosman Andreea-Marioara | w | ROU | 2199 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 6.25 | |
161 | FM | Montero Martinez Cristhian | S65 | CHI | 2007 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 6 | |
162 | Lever Erwan | FRA | 2250 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 5.75 | |||
163 | FM | Alvarez Albiol Victor | ESP | 2240 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 4.25 | ||
164 | FM | Ayza Ballester Jordi | S65 | ESP | 2116 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 5.5 | |
165 | AIM | Villa Tornero Alex | ESP | 2050 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 2.75 | ||
166 | Safarian Alek | S50 | AUS | 1991 | 1.5 | 28 | 30 | 4.5 | ||
167 | IM | Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A. | S65 | COL | 2246 | 1.5 | 26 | 28 | 6 | |
168 | IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2420 | 1.5 | 25 | 27 | 5 | ||
169 | FM | Ruiz Buendia Miguel | ESP | 2260 | 1.5 | 23 | 26 | 3.75 | ||
170 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2620 | 1.5 | 23 | 25 | 4.25 | ||
171 | WIM | Llaneza Vega Patricia | w | ESP | 2174 | 1 | 23 | 25 | 3.25 | |
172 | IM | Srinath Rao S.V. | IND | 2296 | 0.5 | 22 | 23 | 1.5 | ||
173 | GM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2481 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | ||
174 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | w | IND | 2320 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 0 | |
175 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2615 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
