The tournament director, Xavier Pérez Llorca, inaugurated the championship together with the mayor of El Prat, Lluís Mijoler, who was in charge of the kick-off. They have been accompanied by the presidents of the Spanish and Catalan chess federations, Javier Ochoa and Pepo Viñas.

The mayor of El Prat performs the official kick-off of the tournament and the players are already playing the first round.

  The program “Més que esport” of Radio 4 (RNE) interviews the organizer of elllobregatOpen Chess, Xavier Pérez Llorca. Here you can listen to the

We already have the trophy for the winner of elllobregat Open Chess. Who will take it? We already have the trophy for the winner of

The tournament will take place from December 3 to 11 at the Estruch pavilion in El Prat. The list of registered players is around two hundred, including some of the world’s top players. The competition has the collaboration of the City Council of El Prat and the Provincial Council.

El Prat City Council installs two tables to play chess in the street months before the big international tournament organized by El Llobregat