The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 takes place from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain gathering 50 grandmasters, 44 international masters and a total of 172 players fighting for the prize fund of 29.500eur!
Hans Niemann is one of the top seeds of the event and held the first place till the seventh round. Suffering a loss against GM Tin Jingyao, Niemann dropped to the sixth rank and scores 5 points. With only two rounds to go, Niemann needs a great finish to get back on the top of the rankings. He will have Black pieces against Dvirnyy Danyyil in the eighth round. See the Rankings after 7 played rounds below
Replay the game: Hans Niemann vs Tin Jingyao 0-1
While Niemann competes in the El Llobregat Open 2022, Magnus Carlsen, chess.com, and Daniel Rensch filed a motion to dismiss Niemann’s complaints from the lawsuit in which the 19-year-old seeks a total of 400 million USD in damages from “Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen aka Magnus Carlsen, Play Magnus as Play Magnus Group, Chess.com LLC, Daniel Rensch aka Danny Rensch, and Hikaru Nakamura”.

Rankings after 7 rounds – El Llobregat Open A 2022:
Rk.
Name
Typ
sex
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Tin Jingyao
SGP
2562
6
27
30
24.5
2
IM
Aditya Mittal
IND
2486
6
26
26
20.8
3
GM
Bluebaum Matthias
GER
2651
5.5
28
31
22.5
4
GM
Safarli Eltaj
AZE
2616
5.5
28
30
22
5
GM
Dvirnyy Danyyil
ITA
2514
5.5
24
27
21
6
GM
Niemann Hans Moke
USA
2699
5
32
35
23.8
7
GM
Vallejo Pons Francisco
ESP
2716
5
32
35
23.8
8
GM
Tabatabaei M. Amin
IRI
2655
5
30
33
22.3
9
GM
Alekseenko Kirill
FID
2687
5
30
33
23
10
GM
Yu Yangyi
CHN
2716
5
29
33
22.5
11
GM
Sanal Vahap
TUR
2590
5
28
32
22.3
12
GM
Donchenko Alexander
GER
2645
5
28
32
21.8
13
GM
Aryan Chopra
IND
2629
5
28
31
20.8
14
GM
Yuffa Daniil
ESP
2587
5
27
29
19
15
GM
Dragnev Valentin
AUT
2551
5
26
30
20.3
16
GM
Arjun Kalyan
IND
2526
5
26
29
19.3
17
IM
Kacharava Nikolozi
GEO
2532
5
26
29
19.3
18
GM
Meshkovs Nikita
LAT
2563
5
25
29
19.8
19
GM
Krzyzanowski Marcin
POL
2538
5
25
28
19
20
GM
Movsziszian Karen
S50
ARM
2477
5
25
28
18
21
GM
Svane Rasmus
GER
2619
5
25
28
19.3
22
GM
Santos Latasa Jaime
ESP
2665
5
25
27
18.3
23
GM
Kulaots Kaido
EST
2511
5
24
26
18
24
GM
Kaidanov Gregory
S50
USA
2549
5
23
26
18.3
25
GM
Bartel Mateusz
POL
2627
4.5
27
31
18.3
26
GM
Svane Frederik
GER
2568
4.5
27
31
17.3
27
IM
Samant Aditya S
IND
2467
4.5
27
29
16.8
28
GM
Shevchenko Kirill
UKR
2649
4.5
26
29
17
29
IM
Seo Jung Min
SWE
2507
4.5
26
29
17.3
30
GM
Velten Paul
FRA
2471
4.5
26
28
16.3
31
GM
Lagarde Maxime
FRA
2573
4.5
26
29
17.5
32
GM
Fedoseev Vladimir
FID
2688
4.5
26
29
17
33
GM
Tari Aryan
NOR
2660
4.5
25
28
17.3
34
IM
Kaasen Tor Fredrik
NOR
2444
4.5
25
28
16.3
35
IM
Gokerkan Cem Kaan
TUR
2470
4.5
25
28
15.8
36
GM
Karthikeyan Murali
IND
2623
4.5
25
28
16.5
37
IM
Lubbe Nikolas
GER
2486
4.5
25
28
15.3
38
IM
Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio
ESP
2492
4.5
25
28
15.3
39
GM
Petkov Momchil
BUL
2531
4.5
25
27
16.3
40
GM
Sankalp Gupta
IND
2488
4.5
25
26
14.8
41
GM
Basso Pier Luigi
ITA
2503
4.5
24
26
14.8
42
GM
Pultinevicius Paulius
LTU
2561
4.5
24
27
16.5
43
IM
Sosa Tomas
ARG
2548
4.5
24
25
14.3
44
GM
Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo
S50
CHI
2515
4.5
23
26
16.3
45
FM
Hagner Bennet
GER
2336
4.5
23
26
14.8
46
IM
Wadsworth Matthew J
ENG
2470
4.5
23
26
14
47
FM
Celik Hasan Huseyin
TUR
2376
4
29
30
15.5
48
GM
Cheparinov Ivan
BUL
2694
4
28
31
15.5
49
IM
Sai Agni Jeevitesh J
IND
2226
4
26
29
14.5
50
GM
Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis
ESP
2491
4
26
28
14.3
51
IM
Samunenkov Ihor
UKR
2488
4
25
28
13
52
GM
Nijboer Friso
S50
NED
2452
4
25
28
13
53
FM
Domene Mulyukov Alexander
ESP
2271
4
25
27
14.5
54
FM
Lye Lik Zang
MAS
2258
4
25
27
14
55
FM
Samadov Read
AZE
2450
4
24
27
14
56
IM
Woodward Andy
USA
2447
4
24
27
12.8
57
FM
Grieve Harry
ENG
2431
4
24
26
12.3
58
WGM
Injac Teodora
w
SRB
2385
4
24
26
11.5
59
GM
Maurizzi Marc`andria
FRA
2526
4
24
27
14.8
60
IM
Beerdsen Thomas
NED
2520
4
24
27
13.8
61
IM
Ootes Lars
NED
2370
4
24
26
12.8
62
IM
Sammed Jaykumar Shete
IND
2408
4
24
26
11
63
IM
Can Isik
TUR
2486
4
24
26
12.5
64
GM
Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel
ESP
2493
4
23
26
15
65
IM
Valenzuela Gomez Fernando
CHI
2368
4
23
25
12
66
IM
Maltsevskaya Aleksandra
w
POL
2402
4
23
24
10.5
67
GM
Alsina Leal Daniel
ESP
2527
4
22
25
12.3
68
FM
Giannoulakis Lampros
GRE
2338
4
21
23
11.8
69
WGM
Doluhanova Evgeniya
w
UKR
2294
4
21
23
11
70
IM
Ceres Dragos
MDA
2412
4
20
23
12.3
71
GM
Narciso Dublan Marc
ESP
2448
4
20
23
11.8
72
IM
Garcia Ramos Daniel
ESP
2439
4
20
22
11.5
73
Jinan Jomon
IND
2056
4
20
22
11.5
74
FM
Seemann Jakub
POL
2375
3.5
27
28
10.5
75
FM
Bilych Olexiy
UKR
2429
3.5
26
28
11.8
76
FM
Yordanov Lachezar
BUL
2294
3.5
25
29
13
77
FM
Jain Kashish Manoj
IND
2300
3.5
25
27
12
78
WGM
Divya Deshmukh
w
IND
2338
3.5
25
27
11
79
FM
Royal Shreyas
ENG
2435
3.5
24
27
11.8
80
IM
Clarke Brandon G I
ENG
2489
3.5
24
27
10.5
81
FM
Becerra Juan David
COL
2292
3.5
24
26
10.5
82
Hilverda Alexander
GER
2275
3.5
23
25
10.3
83
IM
Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo
ESP
2425
3.5
23
25
10
84
WGM
Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii
w
MGL
2302
3.5
23
25
9.25
85
IM
Valmana Canto Jaime
ESP
2358
3.5
23
23
8.75
86
Joshua A P
IND
2246
3.5
22
25
11.3
87
IM
Nyysti Sampsa
FIN
2338
3.5
22
24
9.75
88
WGM
Klek Hanna Marie
w
GER
2315
3.5
22
23
9
89
GM
Stefanova Antoaneta
w
BUL
2442
3.5
22
25
10.8
90
IM
Suarez Uriel Adrian
ESP
2384
3.5
22
24
11.3
91
IM
Dudin Gleb
FID
2489
3.5
21
24
11.5
92
IM
Bournel Antoine
FRA
2404
3.5
21
23
8.5
93
FM
Durak Can
TUR
2266
3.5
21
22
9
94
FM
Leisch Lukas
AUT
2395
3.5
21
22
7.5
95
WGM
Heinemann Josefine
w
GER
2316
3.5
20
22
10.3
96
IM
Fitzsimons David
IRL
2368
3.5
20
22
7.25
97
FM
Bhambure Shantanu
IND
2306
3.5
20
21
8.75
98
FM
Tarhan Adar
TUR
2312
3.5
20
22
9
99
FM
Adarsh Tripathi
IND
2361
3.5
20
21
8.75
100
FM
Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros
GRE
2279
3.5
19
21
8.75
101
FM
Vitier Vazquez Cristian
CUB
2419
3.5
18
20
9.5
102
FM
Esplugas Esteve Vicenc
ESP
2321
3
25
28
11
103
IM
Vassallo Barroche Mauricio
S50
ESP
2384
3
25
27
9.5
104
FM
Ronka Erik
FIN
2258
3
25
27
9.5
105
FM
Lim Zhuo Ren
MAS
2296
3
25
26
10
106
WGM
Pourkashiyan Atousa
w
USA
2322
3
24
27
9.75
107
IM
Zwirs Nico
NED
2476
3
24
26
9.5
108
FM
Aarav Dengla
IND
2357
3
24
26
8.5
109
FM
Cesar Maestre Bernardo
ESP
2344
3
24
26
7.5
110
FM
Kristoferitsch Daniel
AUT
2303
3
23
25
8.25
111
IM
Minzer Claudio Javier
S50
ARG
2423
3
23
25
8.75
112
FM
Gombocz Ferenc Jr.
HUN
2260
3
23
25
9.25
113
IM
Peelen Piet
S50
NED
2350
3
23
25
7
114
FM
Habans Aguerrea Javier
ESP
2321
3
23
24
8
115
FM
Dedebas Emre Emin
TUR
2312
3
23
24
7.75
116
IM
Jerez Perez Alfonso
S50
ESP
2343
3
22
24
8.25
117
FM
Ochedzan Tymon
POL
2209
3
22
24
7.75
118
FM
Jirasek Pavel
CZE
2291
3
22
23
6.75
119
GM
Pogorelov Ruslan
S50
UKR
2288
3
21
22
6.25
120
CM
Ince Taylan Ruzgar
TUR
2247
3
21
22
6.75
121
FM
Martin Barcelo Carles
ESP
2176
3
20
22
8.25
122
WGM
Navrotescu Andreea
w
FRA
2294
3
20
22
7.5
123
Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil
GRE
2149
3
19
21
8
124
CM
Vaibhav Jayant Raut
IND
2247
3
19
21
6.75
125
IM
Martin Gonzalez Angel
S65
ESP
2225
3
19
21
6.5
126
FM
Jeet Jain
IND
2139
3
19
21
6.5
127
FM
Dixit Nikhil
IND
2306
3
19
21
7.5
128
WGM
Arribas Robaina Maritza
w
CUB
2232
3
19
20
7
129
FM
Jimenez Ruano Adrian
ESP
2223
3
16
17
3
130
IM
Hernandez Cristian Andres
COL
2384
2.5
26
28
8.25
131
IM
Gungl Theo
GER
2352
2.5
25
27
8.25
132
Giacomini Hector
S65
FRA
2082
2.5
25
28
9.5
133
GM
Sochacki Christophe
FRA
2459
2.5
23
25
7
134
IM
Ioannidis Evgenios
GRE
2496
2.5
22
24
7.25
135
CM
Bauer Thomas
AUT
2118
2.5
21
24
8.25
136
AIM
Gomez Aguirre Juan Alberto
ESP
2108
2.5
21
22
5.25
137
Perea Fruet Lorenzo
ESP
2141
2.5
21
22
6.75
138
CM
Wong Zhenyong Jayden
SGP
2181
2.5
20
20
4.25
139
FM
Webb Laurence E
S50
ENG
2201
2.5
19
21
4.5
140
Nunez Miranda Adrian
ESP
2122
2.5
19
20
3.5
141
CM
Lacroix Romain
FRA
2189
2.5
19
20
5.5
142
Castro Quijano Eduardo
ESP
2195
2.5
19
20
4.25
143
Perez Ordonez Jose Ramon
ESP
2164
2.5
18
20
4.5
144
Gasic Merino Franco
CHI
2190
2.5
18
19
4
145
De Boer Bas
NED
2183
2.5
18
19
4
146
FM
Weeks Manuel
S50
AUS
2160
2.5
15
16
3.25
147
GM
De Vreugt Dennis
NED
2407
2
21
23
4
148
WFM
Cosman Andreea-Marioara
w
ROU
2199
2
20
22
5
149
WFM
Guadamuro Torrente Anabel
w
ESP
2086
2
20
22
4
150
FM
Montero Martinez Cristhian
S65
CHI
2007
2
20
22
5.5
151
FM
Mahitosh Dey
IND
2134
2
20
22
5.5
152
CM
Ribera Veganzones Josep Maria
AND
2167
2
19
21
5.5
153
Fanninger Leon
AUT
2152
2
19
21
5.25
154
Lever Erwan
FRA
2250
2
19
21
4.25
155
CM
Dahale Atul
IND
2222
2
19
21
4
156
FM
Ventura Bolet Maxim
ESP
2238
2
18
19
4.25
157
De La Puerta Cresis Javier
ESP
2161
2
18
19
4
158
WGM
Lubbe Melanie
w
GER
2314
2
17
19
4
159
CM
Ribera Veganzones Serni
AND
2199
2
17
19
4
160
FM
Arvelo Leo Gian Carlo
DOM
2120
2
16
17
3.5
161
IM
Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A.
S65
COL
2246
1.5
21
23
5
162
FM
Ayza Ballester Jordi
S65
ESP
2116
1.5
19
22
4.5
163
IM
Moksh Amit Doshi
IND
2420
1.5
19
21
4.25
164
WFM
Pipiras Filipa Fortuna
w
POR
2149
1.5
19
20
4
165
FM
Alvarez Albiol Victor
ESP
2240
1.5
19
20
2.25
166
GM
Puranik Abhimanyu
IND
2620
1.5
18
20
3.75
167
FM
Ruiz Buendia Miguel
ESP
2260
1.5
17
19
3.5
168
Iglesias Leon Francisco Javier
S50
ESP
2109
1.5
17
19
2.75
169
AIM
Villa Tornero Alex
ESP
2050
1.5
16
16
1.25
170
Safarian Alek
S50
AUS
1991
1
22
24
3
171
WIM
Llaneza Vega Patricia
w
ESP
2174
1
17
18
2.5
172
IM
Srinath Rao S.V.
IND
2296
0.5
16
18
1
173
GM
Yankelevich Lev
GER
2481
0
17
18
0
174
WGM
Priyanka Nutakki
w
IND
2320
0
17
18
0
175
GM
Bernadskiy Vitaliy
UKR
2615
0
17
18
0
