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Yu Yangyi and Francisco Vallejo Pons are the top seeds at the 3rd El Llobregat Open

30 Nov, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 will be played from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move, starting from the move one.

A prize pool of 29.500 euros attracted 179 entries coming from 43 countries with some of world’s top grandmasters headlining the field. GM Francisco Vallejo Pons and GM Yu Yangyi are the top seeds, followed by GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, GM Kirill Alekseenko, GM Jaime Santos Latasa, GM Aryan Tari, GM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Matthias Bluebaum and GM Kirill Shevchenko on the starting rank. Scroll down to see the complete starting rank list of players

The Winner of the 3rd El Llobregat Open A will pocket the money prize of 10.000 euros, and besides 10 regular money prizes (for the best-ranked 10 players of the event) the organizers provided 3.000eur prize fund for the best-ranked female players, 1.500eur prize fund for the best Seniors 50+ and 1500eur prize fund for the best Seniors 65+.

Along with the main Open A tournament, the festival features Open B (for players rated U2100) with the prize fund of 3.150eur, Blitz Masters tournament which will take place on Friday, 2nd December, and Women’s Blitz Masters event which will be played on Saturday with 3.100eur prize fund.

El Llobregat Chess Open 2021; Photo from official website

Starting rank list of players – El Llobregat Chess Open A:


No.   Name FideID FED Rtg sex Typ
1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2205530 ESP 2716    
2 GM Yu Yangyi 8603820 CHN 2716    
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2905540 BUL 2694    
4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 24130737 FID 2688    
5 GM Alekseenko Kirill 4135539 FID 2687    
6 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2293307 ESP 2665    
7 GM Tari Aryan 1510045 NOR 2660    
8 GM Tabatabaei M. Amin 12521213 IRI 2655    
9 GM Bluebaum Matthias 24651516 GER 2651    
10 GM Shevchenko Kirill 14129574 UKR 2649    
11 GM Donchenko Alexander 24603295 GER 2645    
12 GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 358878 CZE 2645    
13 GM Aryan Chopra 5084423 IND 2629    
14 GM Bartel Mateusz 1112635 POL 2627    
15 GM Karthikeyan Murali 5074452 IND 2623    
16 GM Puranik Abhimanyu 5061245 IND 2620    
17 GM Svane Rasmus 4657101 GER 2619    
18 GM Safarli Eltaj 13402129 AZE 2616    
19 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy 14100371 UKR 2615    
20 GM Sanal Vahap 6300545 TUR 2590    
21 GM Yuffa Daniil 24131423 ESP 2587    
22 GM Lagarde Maxime 662399 FRA 2573    
23 GM Svane Frederik 12923044 GER 2568    
24 GM Meshkovs Nikita 11602740 LAT 2563    
25 GM Tin Jingyao 5804418 SGP 2562    
26 GM Pultinevicius Paulius 12809390 LTU 2561    
27 GM Dragnev Valentin 1634852 AUT 2551    
28 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2008564 USA 2549   S50
29 IM Sosa Tomas 121576 ARG 2548    
30 GM Krzyzanowski Marcin 1132199 POL 2538    
31 IM Kacharava Nikolozi 13611860 GEO 2532    
32 GM Petkov Momchil 2921642 BUL 2531    
33 GM Alsina Leal Daniel 2252627 ESP 2527    
34 GM Arjun Kalyan 35018701 IND 2526    
35 GM Maurizzi Marc`andria 36083534 FRA 2526    
36 IM Beerdsen Thomas 1030108 NED 2520    
37 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 3400042 CHI 2515   S50
38 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 817570 ITA 2514    
39 GM Kulaots Kaido 4500261 EST 2511    
40 IM Seo Jung Min 1734687 SWE 2507    
41 GM Basso Pier Luigi 866970 ITA 2503    
42 IM Ioannidis Evgenios 4229274 GRE 2496    
43 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2212943 ESP 2493    
44 IM Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio 32080190 ESP 2492    
45 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis 2205092 ESP 2491    
46 IM Clarke Brandon G I 400319 ENG 2489    
47 IM Dudin Gleb 34184934 FID 2489    
48 GM Sankalp Gupta 5097010 IND 2488    
49 IM Samunenkov Ihor 14187086 UKR 2488    
50 IM Aditya Mittal 35042025 IND 2486    
51 IM Can Isik 6383742 TUR 2486    
52 IM Lubbe Nikolas 4694031 GER 2486    
53 GM Yankelevich Lev 24684074 GER 2481    
54 GM Movsziszian Karen 13301152 ARM 2477   S50
55 IM Zwirs Nico 1036432 NED 2476    
56 GM Velten Paul 681091 FRA 2471    
57 IM Gokerkan Cem Kaan 6336760 TUR 2470    
58 IM Wadsworth Matthew J 415804 ENG 2470    
59 IM Ghazarian Kirk 30908604 USA 2469    
60 IM Samant Aditya S 35080580 IND 2467    
61 GM Sochacki Christophe 662569 FRA 2459    
62 GM Nijboer Friso 1000063 NED 2452   S50
63 FM Samadov Read 13417444 AZE 2450    
64 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2201500 ESP 2448    
65 FM Woodward Andy 30953499 USA 2447    
66 IM Kaasen Tor Fredrik 1516647 NOR 2444    
67 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2902257 BUL 2442 w  
68 IM Poormosavi Seyed Kian 12585807 IRI 2442    
69 IM Garcia Ramos Daniel 32010311 ESP 2439    
70 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G. 2203138 ESP 2436    
71 FM Royal Shreyas 448869 ENG 2435    
72 FM Grieve Harry 426520 ENG 2431    
73 FM Bilych Olexiy 14156504 UKR 2429    
74 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2290847 ESP 2425    
75 IM Minzer Claudio Javier 103055 ARG 2423   S50
76 IM Moksh Amit Doshi 25064967 IND 2420    
77 FM Vitier Vazquez Cristian 3513157 CUB 2419    
78 IM Ceres Dragos 13905864 MDA 2412    
79 IM Anuj Shrivatri 35070924 IND 2411    
80 IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete 5073421 IND 2408    
81 GM De Vreugt Dennis 1003909 NED 2407    
82 FM Bournel Antoine 26093553 FRA 2404    
83 IM Maltsevskaya Aleksandra 24174041 POL 2402 w  
84 FM Leisch Lukas 1632094 AUT 2395    
85 IM Mullick Raahil 35080350 IND 2388    
86 WGM Injac Teodora 932400 SRB 2385 w  
87 IM Suarez Uriel Adrian 22230874 ESP 2384    
88 IM Vassallo Barroche Mauricio 101648 ESP 2384   S50
89 IM Hernandez Cristian Andres 4402308 COL 2384    
90 FM Celik Hasan Huseyin 44506759 TUR 2376    
91 FM Seemann Jakub 21874697 POL 2375    
92 IM Ootes Lars 1019708 NED 2370    
93 IM Fitzsimons David 2501961 IRL 2368    
94 IM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando 3409392 CHI 2368    
95 FM Adarsh Tripathi 35061984 IND 2361    
96 IM Valmana Canto Jaime 2268990 ESP 2358    
97 FM Aarav Dengla 45059756 IND 2357    
98 IM Gungl Theo 24695653 GER 2352    
99 IM Peelen Piet 1000403 NED 2350   S50
100 FM Cesar Maestre Bernardo 24542547 ESP 2344    
101 IM Jerez Perez Alfonso 2204100 ESP 2343   S50
102 IM Nyysti Sampsa 502138 FIN 2338    
103 WGM Divya Deshmukh 35006916 IND 2338 w  
104 FM Giannoulakis Lampros 4247019 GRE 2338    
105 FM Hagner Bennet 16224477 GER 2336    
106 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 12502014 USA 2322 w  
107 FM Habans Aguerrea Javier 24524689 ESP 2321    
108 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 22200789 ESP 2321    
109 WGM Priyanka Nutakki 25049615 IND 2320 w  
110 WGM Heinemann Josefine 12900460 GER 2316 w  
111 WGM Klek Hanna Marie 24670057 GER 2315 w  
112 WGM Lubbe Melanie 4690745 GER 2314 w  
113 FM Dedebas Emre Emin 6349005 TUR 2312    
114 FM Tarhan Adar 34544712 TUR 2312    
115 FM Bhambure Shantanu 5025931 IND 2306    
116 FM Dixit Nikhil 5059534 IND 2306    
117 FM Kristoferitsch Daniel 1642650 AUT 2303    
118 WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii 4901444 MGL 2302 w  
119 FM Jain Kashish Manoj 35081098 IND 2300    
120 IM Srinath Rao S.V. 5028876 IND 2296    
121 FM Lim Zhuo Ren 5702488 MAS 2296    
122 WGM Navrotescu Andreea 675946 FRA 2294 w  
123 WGM Doluhanova Evgeniya 14112035 UKR 2294 w  
124 FM Yordanov Lachezar 2918927 BUL 2294    
125 FM Becerra Juan David 4404998 COL 2292    
126 FM Jirasek Pavel 319848 CZE 2291    
127 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 14100363 UKR 2288   S50
128 FM Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros 4234049 GRE 2279    
129   Hilverda Alexander 4695437 GER 2275    
130 FM Domene Mulyukov Alexander 24589802 ESP 2271    
131 FM Durak Can 44552971 TUR 2266    
132 FM Ruiz Buendia Miguel 24537675 ESP 2260    
133 FM Gombocz Ferenc Jr. 775029 HUN 2260    
134 FM Lye Lik Zang 5712181 MAS 2258    
135 FM Ronka Erik 505080 FIN 2258    
136   Lever Erwan 20640099 FRA 2250    
137 CM Ince Taylan Ruzgar 44513089 TUR 2247    
138 CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut 5089034 IND 2247    
139 IM Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A. 4400240 COL 2246   S65
140   Joshua A P 5089646 IND 2246    
141 FM Alvarez Albiol Victor 32065930 ESP 2240    
142 FM Ventura Bolet Maxim 22238824 ESP 2238    
143 WGM Arribas Robaina Maritza 3501418 CUB 2232 w  
144 IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 5070147 IND 2226    
145 IM Martin Gonzalez Angel 2200104 ESP 2225   S65
146 FM Jimenez Ruano Adrian 22276050 ESP 2223    
147 CM Dahale Atul 5037794 IND 2222    
148 FM Ochedzan Tymon 21810389 POL 2209    
149 FM Webb Laurence E 402389 ENG 2201   S50
150 CM Ribera Veganzones Serni 6900860 AND 2199    
151 WFM Cosman Andreea-Marioara 1217968 ROU 2199 w  
152   Castro Quijano Eduardo 24507407 ESP 2195    
153   Gasic Merino Franco 3414370 CHI 2190    
154 CM Lacroix Romain 642592 FRA 2189    
155   De Boer Bas 1050729 NED 2183    
156 CM Wong Zhenyong Jayden 5821975 SGP 2181    
157 FM Martin Barcelo Carles 24561444 ESP 2176    
158 WIM Llaneza Vega Patricia 2212676 ESP 2174 w  
159 CM Ribera Veganzones Josep Maria 6900763 AND 2167    
160   Perez Ordonez Jose Ramon 24504580 ESP 2164    
161   De La Puerta Cresis Javier 2227401 ESP 2161    
162 FM Weeks Manuel 3202500 AUS 2160   S50
163 WFM Pipiras Filipa Fortuna 1944894 POR 2149 w  
164   Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil 4268130 GRE 2149    
165   Perea Fruet Lorenzo 24595870 ESP 2141    
166 FM Jeet Jain 5073022 IND 2139    
167 FM Mahitosh Dey 25091468 IND 2134    
168   Nunez Miranda Adrian 22235728 ESP 2122    
169 FM Arvelo Leo Gian Carlo 6402720 DOM 2120    
170 CM Bauer Thomas 1639293 AUT 2118    
171 FM Ayza Ballester Jordi 2200554 ESP 2116   S65
172   Iglesias Leon Francisco Javier 2212544 ESP 2109   S50
173 AIM Gomez Aguirre Juan Alberto 54587867 ESP 2108    
174 WFM Guadamuro Torrente Anabel 2266296 ESP 2086 w  
175   Giacomini Hector 605352 FRA 2082   S65
176   Jinan Jomon 35002511 IND 2056    
177 AIM Villa Tornero Alex 54501091 ESP 2050    
178 FM Montero Martinez Cristhian 3400204 CHI 2007   S65
179   Safarian Alek 3202135 AUS 1991   S50