The Iranian has been forced to withdraw from the game and not play after being pitted against Israel’s Netanel Levi.

The strongest open in the history of Spain “El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament”, third edition, has been very disputed until the last round. Followed with interest by thousands of Internet users and the public in the civic center of Can Massallera, in Sant Boi.

The clashes of the seventh round have left two unexpected leaders at this point with 6 points, International Master Aditya Mittal who defeated his compatriot Aryan Chopra, and the representative of Singapore, Grandmaster Jingyao Tin who played his best game and defeated the controversial American Grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann in a rook endgame.

Nístal Mayorga, a painter based in Bilbao, has just published the book “Miradas de Campeones”, in which she reproduces the images of the oils and watercolors she has dedicated to the twenty world chess champions, who have succeeded each other since the title of world champion was made official: in 1886, Wilhelm Steinitz, the first; the twentieth, Magnus Carlsen, the first chess champion; and the twentieth, Magnus Carlsen, the first chess champion.

The strongest Open in the history of Spain “The Llobregat Open Chess Tournament” does not stop giving us surprises, this Sunday in the fifth round of this event followed by many spectators who follow it live or through social networks did not want to miss the results.

The awards ceremony was led by the mayoress of Sant Boi de Llobregat Mrs. Lluisa Moret and the former Bulgarian women’s world champion Antoaneta Stefanova.