A comforting hug before starting the game. Alanna Berikkyzy of KAZ, is the reigning U-10 world champion (last year she also won the world championship

David Llada, official photographer of the VI El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament (Photo by Alina L’Ami in Wijk aan Zee, 2019). The renowned photojournalist David

Indian grandmaster Pranesh Munirethinam (2630) provisionally leads the VI El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament (PHOTO: David Llada) The Indian Pranesh Munirethinam arrived at the Llobregat

The VI El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament is a mosaic of cultures (Photo: David Llada) With the strongest players in the tournament tightly packed at

In the center of the photo, Roman Shogdziev, the Russian boy who at the age of ten has already achieved the title of international master;

The second round of play in the VI El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament is preceded by a double activity, the traditional school tournament and a