Author name: elllobregat

One of the charms of chess is the subtle and powerful silver thread with which it mirrors us in different disciplines. The game-science is present in the plans of Ridley Scott, in the notes of Philidor’s operas and in the lines of Stefan Zweig, as well as in so many other samples of the divine […]

The Spanish Chess Federation and the Superior Council of Sports of Spain have issued a circular where they certify that The Llobregat Open Chess Tnmt. has been the strongest chess open of all those held in Spain in the year 2023 (direct link to the FEDA website: https://feda.org/feda2k16/wp-content/uploads/C09_2024-Clasificacion_Torneos_Abiertos_2023.pdf).

When the chess fan crosses the threshold of the Llobregat Open Chess Tournament, he/she knows that he/she will meet the main present minds of the game-science, grandmasters coming from all over the world with the aim of putting their name in gold letters with a great victory. Now, as you look around the playing hall

When Marc Narciso sits in front of the board, the fan enjoys an epicurean experience. Marc’s devotion to chess is comparable to the love for knowledge that was breathed in the famous Greek garden, because reason guides his movements and pleasure moves the gears of the calculation that justifies them. Marc, like a modern Epicurus,

The name of Alexei Shirov should be said as if we were in the hall of the Fisher King’s castle. The Hispano-lettón symbolizes the Grail that all chess fans aspire to, both in the Llobregat Open Chess Tournament and in any other place in the world where chess is played.

The chess tournament El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament held at Can Massallera, in Sant Boi, attracts 210 players from group A and another 77 players from group B. The Indian GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan wins the fourth edition of the open.

The new issue of PDR has on its cover an excellent panoramic view of the Llobregat (photo by Lourdes Porta). After only 4 editions, the tournament organized by Xavier Pérez Llorca has become one of the strongest in the world: 41 grandmasters and 188 titled players are quite eloquent figures.

Siberian chess player Daniil Yuffa (1997) has participated in the 2021 and 2023 editions of the Llobregat Open Chess Tournament, being a regular at the first tables in both events. Daniil, who has been playing under the Spanish flag for the past two years, is a personality whose artistic and sporting talent has also been