El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:24:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 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 Round 1: The VI El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament begins! https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/round-1-the-vi-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament-begins/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/round-1-the-vi-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament-begins/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:24:19 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/round-1-the-vi-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament-begins/ The very strong open tournament, already a classic on the international calendar, faces its sixth edition with the aim of continuing to grow. By Jorge Aguadero Casado. Catalonia is a land of contrasts: the cold of the winter of 2025 arrives at the same time that our hearts are warmed by the start of the […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/round-1-the-vi-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament-begins/feed/ 0 Everything ready for the start of the VI edition of El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/everything-ready-for-the-start-of-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/everything-ready-for-the-start-of-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:48:44 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/everything-ready-for-the-start-of-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/ The game room is already set up and ready: tables prepared, boards lined up and clocks ready to start a new edition of the tournament. We accompany this news with a picture of the room, as the participants will find it when they arrive this afternoon. The first round of Group A will begin today […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/everything-ready-for-the-start-of-the-vi-edition-of-el-llobregat-open-chess-tournament/feed/ 0 Chess tournament ‘El Llobregat Open Chess’ awarded as the Best Event of the year in Spain https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/chess-tournament-el-llobregat-open-chess-awarded-as-the-best-event-of-the-year-in-spain/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/chess-tournament-el-llobregat-open-chess-awarded-as-the-best-event-of-the-year-in-spain/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:48:50 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/chess-tournament-el-llobregat-open-chess-awarded-as-the-best-event-of-the-year-in-spain/ The Llobregat Open Chess, the chess tournament that is about to start its sixth edition, not only gets the chess pieces to move on the 64 squares of the board by the hand of the world’s grandmasters: it is also changing the rules of the game in the world of communication. That is why this […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/chess-tournament-el-llobregat-open-chess-awarded-as-the-best-event-of-the-year-in-spain/feed/ 0 The sharpness of Álex Villa https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/alex-villas-brilliant-career-since-he-was-a-child-was-consolidated-in-august-with-the-bronze-medal-at-the-u-18-spanish-championship/ https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/alex-villas-brilliant-career-since-he-was-a-child-was-consolidated-in-august-with-the-bronze-medal-at-the-u-18-spanish-championship/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:09:07 +0000 https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/alex-villas-brilliant-career-since-he-was-a-child-was-consolidated-in-august-with-the-bronze-medal-at-the-u-18-spanish-championship/ By Leontxo García, journalist specialized in chess for EL PAÍS. The promising Catalan junior exploits the strength of his bishops with tactical virtuosity, by means of two brilliant strokes. The brilliant trajectory of Álex Villa since he was a child was consolidated in August with the bronze in the U18 Spanish Championship and this brilliant […]

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]]> https://www.elllobregat.com/openchess/en/alex-villas-brilliant-career-since-he-was-a-child-was-consolidated-in-august-with-the-bronze-medal-at-the-u-18-spanish-championship/feed/ 0 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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]]> 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 […]

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