El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:35:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-chess-black-32x32.png El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/ 32 32 With only 14 years old, Àlex Villa is close to the title of International Master. Balance of a meteoric rise and the “factory” that drives him. https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/with-only-14-years-old-alex-villa-is-close-to-the-title-of-international-master-balance-of-a-meteoric-rise-and-the-factory-that-drives-him/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/with-only-14-years-old-alex-villa-is-close-to-the-title-of-international-master-balance-of-a-meteoric-rise-and-the-factory-that-drives-him/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:48:05 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/with-only-14-years-old-alex-villa-is-close-to-the-title-of-international-master-balance-of-a-meteoric-rise-and-the-factory-that-drives-him/ The canterano of Club d’Escacs Barberà has just added his second IM norm in the closed games of Club d’Escacs Barcelona and is just one step away from entering the elite. We review his milestones, the support of the Llobregat Open Chess and the challenges ahead. A second rule forged in the Club d’Escacs Barcelona’s […]

La entrada With only 14 years old, Àlex Villa is close to the title of International Master. Balance of a meteoric rise and the “factory” that drives him. se publicó primero en El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament.

]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/with-only-14-years-old-alex-villa-is-close-to-the-title-of-international-master-balance-of-a-meteoric-rise-and-the-factory-that-drives-him/feed/ 0 Premiere of “El petit peó”, a documentary about the life of GM Arturo Pomar, the child prodigy of Spanish chess. https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/premiere-of-el-petit-peo-a-documentary-about-the-life-of-gm-arturo-pomar-the-child-prodigy-of-spanish-chess/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/premiere-of-el-petit-peo-a-documentary-about-the-life-of-gm-arturo-pomar-the-child-prodigy-of-spanish-chess/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:41:48 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/premiere-of-el-petit-peo-a-documentary-about-the-life-of-gm-arturo-pomar-the-child-prodigy-of-spanish-chess/ The documentary El petit peó, an 81-minute production produced by MINIMAL FILMS I LA PERIFÈRICA, under the direction of Joan Gamero, based on a script by Carmen Rodríguez and Joan Gamero, will be screened next Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m. at the Can Castellet Cinemas in Sant Boi de Llobregat. Tickets are priced at […]

La entrada Premiere of “El petit peó”, a documentary about the life of GM Arturo Pomar, the child prodigy of Spanish chess. se publicó primero en El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament.

]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/premiere-of-el-petit-peo-a-documentary-about-the-life-of-gm-arturo-pomar-the-child-prodigy-of-spanish-chess/feed/ 0 Farewell, Julio Hernando https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/farewell-julio-hernando/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/farewell-julio-hernando/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 10:53:52 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/farewell-julio-hernando/ The news of the death of IM Julio Hernando, at the age of 45, has left us all with a heavy heart. Let this semblance serve to remember a creative player, who left samples of his talent in the Llobregat Open Chess Tournament. “May Caissa welcome you in its bosom, fellow chess player”. Who was […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/farewell-julio-hernando/feed/ 0 Yuffa comes close to European glory in nail-biting finale https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/yuffa-comes-close-to-european-glory-in-nail-biting-finale/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/yuffa-comes-close-to-european-glory-in-nail-biting-finale/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:43:29 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/yuffa-comes-close-to-european-glory-in-nail-biting-finale/ The Spanish Grandmaster Daniil Yuffa, current absolute champion of Spain, lived an agonizing outcome in the European Individual Chess Championship, held in Eforie Nord (Romania). Yuffa, who reached the last round with options of victory, was defeated by the German Frederik Svane, thus losing the opportunity to be crowned European champion. The loss to Svane […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/yuffa-comes-close-to-european-glory-in-nail-biting-finale/feed/ 0 Garri Kasparov optimistic about AI advances https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/garri-kasparov-optimistic-about-ai-advances/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/garri-kasparov-optimistic-about-ai-advances/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:48:40 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/garri-kasparov-optimistic-about-ai-advances/ Imagine, this past March 3, a space where the technological future ceases to be a vague promise and becomes something understandable for those of us who barely understand it. This is the premise with which I propose you to enter Talent Arena, a three-day event framed in the Mobile World Congress, where professionals from the […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/garri-kasparov-optimistic-about-ai-advances/feed/ 0 The champion of Spain 2024, Daniil Yuffa, will play the VI edition of EL LLOBREGAT https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-champion-of-spain-2024-daniil-yuffa-will-play-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-champion-of-spain-2024-daniil-yuffa-will-play-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:00:30 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/the-champion-of-spain-2024-daniil-yuffa-will-play-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat/ The Russian/Spanish GM, Daniil Yuffa, twenty-eight years old, with an ELO of 2,640, managed to win the eighty-ninth edition of the Spanish Chess Championship held in Marbella from December 11 to 19, 2024; he scored 7.5 points out of a possible 9. He had already finished second in the 2021 edition. Daniil is qualified to […]

La entrada The champion of Spain 2024, Daniil Yuffa, will play the VI edition of EL LLOBREGAT se publicó primero en El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament.

]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-champion-of-spain-2024-daniil-yuffa-will-play-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat/feed/ 0 The world champion played “El Llobregat”. https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-world-champion-played-el-llobregat/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-world-champion-played-el-llobregat/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:32:26 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/the-world-champion-played-el-llobregat/ On the left of the picture, Pepo Viñas, president of the Catalan Chess Federation; on the right, Javier Ochoa, president of the Spanish Chess Federation; in the center, the protagonist of the news, the Indian GM Gukesh, during his participation in the first edition of the Llobregat Open Chess Tournament. Yesterday, December 12, 2024, in […]

La entrada The world champion played “El Llobregat”. se publicó primero en El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament.

]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/the-world-champion-played-el-llobregat/feed/ 0 Master Michal Krasenkow wishes us a happy 2025 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/master-michal-krasenkow-wishes-us-a-happy-2025/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/master-michal-krasenkow-wishes-us-a-happy-2025/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:48 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/master-michal-krasenkow-wishes-us-a-happy-2025/ GM Michal Krasenkow has a long chess life: recognized as an author of reference publications, he has contributed to the study of openings (especially the King’s Indian Defense); in recent times he has stood out as a successful trainer with Olympic teams; as a player he was among the top ten players in the world, […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/master-michal-krasenkow-wishes-us-a-happy-2025/feed/ 0 Gukesh Dommaraju: to persevere is to succeed https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/gukesh-dommaraju-to-persevere-is-to-succeed/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/gukesh-dommaraju-to-persevere-is-to-succeed/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:00:50 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/gukesh-dommaraju-to-persevere-is-to-succeed/ The Indian Gukesh Dommaraju has been crowned world chess champion. He has achieved it with only 18 years old, entering with his own right among the legends of the science game. Singapore, December 12 of this year. The defending champion, the Chinese Ding Liren, and the challenger, the Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, went into the last […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/gukesh-dommaraju-to-persevere-is-to-succeed/feed/ 0 Chronicle of round 10 and tiebreakers of the 5th edition of El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/chronicle-of-round-10-and-tiebreakers-of-the-5th-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/chronicle-of-round-10-and-tiebreakers-of-the-5th-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:15:21 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/chronicle-of-round-10-and-tiebreakers-of-the-5th-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/ From left to right, the Deputy of the Sports and Physical Activity Area of the Diputació de Barcelona, Jesús Naharro; the mayoress of Sant Boi de Llobregat and president of the Diputació de Barcelona, Lluïsa Moret; the second classified of the tournament, GM Savva Vetokhin; the winner of the tournament, GM Yahli Sokolovsky; the winner […]

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