3rd El Llobregat Open with Yu Yangyi, Vallejo Pons, and Hans Niemann as the top seeds – LIVE GAMES
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!
GM Yu Yangyi, GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, and GM Hans Niemann are headlining the field which includes GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, GM Kirill Alekseenko, GM Jaime Santos Latasa, GM Aryan Tari, GM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Matthias Bluebaum, GM Kirill Shevchenko etc. A complete starting rank list of players can be found here. / Round 1 pairings
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. Each round starts at 17:00 (local time) except for the last round which will begin at 10:00.
Chessdom will follow the event with daily news and videos. Live games: https://www.elllobregat.com/chess/