GM Amin Tabatabaei clinches El Llobregat Open 2022 after exciting playoffs

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GM Amin Tabatabaei won the third edition of the El Llobregat Open after winning the three-player playoffs between the tiers for first place.

GM Amin Tabatabaei, GM Tin Jingyao, and IM Mittal Aditya scored 7/9 points to be in a three-way tie for the top after nine played rounds. The players went for Blitz playoffs where Tabatabaei won both two-game matches to clinch the Winner title and pocket the money prize of 10.000 euros. Singapore’s GM Jingyao Tin came second and Indian IM Mittal Aditya finished third.

All the eyes were on GM Hans Niemann who joined the tournament in the last minute, shortly before the start of the first round. Niemann had a good start with 4/4 points, but suffered a loss to Jingyao Tin in the 7th round. With two draws in the last two games, Niemann had 6/9 points and finished 16th on the final rankings list.

WGM Teodora Injac was the best-ranked female player of the event with 5 points and better tiebreaks than WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova who had the same score. Injac earned 8.8 rating points and won her third IM norm thus completing all the requirements for the International master title.

The third edition of the El Llobregat Open took place from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona. The festival featured four events: Open A, Open B, Blitz Masters, and Blitz Women’s Masters with a prize pool of 43.450 euros. The Open A tournament was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment for each move. 175 players from 43 countries fought for the total prize fund of 29.500 euros.

Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	IRI	2655	7	1	47	51
2	GM	Tin Jingyao	SGP	2562	7	2	49	52
3	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2486	7	3	46	47
4	GM	Safarli Eltaj	AZE	2616	6.5	0	49	52
5	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2716	6.5	0	48	52
6	GM	Svane Rasmus	GER	2619	6.5	0	45	49
7	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2590	6.5	0	44	48
8	GM	Yuffa Daniil	ESP	2587	6.5	0	44	48
9	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	UKR	2649	6.5	0	43	47
10	GM	Kulaots Kaido	EST	2511	6.5	0	42	45
11	GM	Dvirnyy Danyyil	ITA	2514	6.5	0	42	45
12	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2623	6.5	0	41	45
13	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2561	6.5	0	40	45
14	GM	Kaidanov Gregory	USA	2549	6.5	0	40	43
15	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2716	6	0	50	55
16	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2699	6	0	49	54
17	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	GER	2651	6	0	48	52
18	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2629	6	0	45	49
19	GM	Svane Frederik	GER	2568	6	0	45	48
20	GM	Meshkovs Nikita	LAT	2563	6	0	44	49
21	GM	Lagarde Maxime	FRA	2573	6	0	42	46
22	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2688	6	0	42	46
23	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	IND	2226	6	0	41	45
24	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	FID	2687	5.5	0	48	53
25	IM	Kacharava Nikolozi	GEO	2532	5.5	0	46	51
26	GM	Donchenko Alexander	GER	2645	5.5	0	46	50
27	GM	Dragnev Valentin	AUT	2551	5.5	0	45	49
28	IM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2467	5.5	0	45	48
29	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	ESP	2665	5.5	0	44	47
30	GM	Movsziszian Karen	ARM	2477	5.5	0	44	47
31	IM	Kaasen Tor Fredrik	NOR	2444	5.5	0	44	48
32	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	2694	5.5	0	44	48
33	GM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2526	5.5	0	44	47
34	GM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	2488	5.5	0	44	46
35	GM	Basso Pier Luigi	ITA	2503	5.5	0	44	46
36	GM	Bartel Mateusz	POL	2627	5.5	0	42	46
37	GM	Tari Aryan	NOR	2660	5.5	0	42	46
38	IM	Gokerkan Cem Kaan	TUR	2470	5.5	0	42	45
39	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	POL	2538	5.5	0	41	45
40	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	IND	2408	5.5	0	41	44
41	FM	Samadov Read	AZE	2450	5.5	0	40	44
42	GM	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	ESP	2491	5.5	0	40	43
43	IM	Sosa Tomas	ARG	2548	5.5	0	40	43
44	IM	Samunenkov Ihor	UKR	2488	5.5	0	40	43
45	IM	Wadsworth Matthew J	ENG	2470	5.5	0	39	42
46	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	ESP	2448	5.5	0	38	41
47	IM	Ceres Dragos	MDA	2412	5.5	0	38	41
48	IM	Seo Jung Min	SWE	2507	5	0	46	50
49	FM	Celik Hasan Huseyin	TUR	2376	5	0	46	48
50	GM	Velten Paul	FRA	2471	5	0	45	47
51	IM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	ESP	2492	5	0	43	47
52	IM	Ootes Lars	NED	2370	5	0	42	46
53	IM	Lubbe Nikolas	GER	2486	5	0	42	46
54	FM	Grieve Harry	ENG	2431	5	0	42	45
55	GM	Nijboer Friso	NED	2452	5	0	41	45
56	FM	Royal Shreyas	ENG	2435	5	0	41	44
57	IM	Can Isik	TUR	2486	5	0	41	44
58	FM	Yordanov Lachezar	BUL	2294	5	0	41	44
59	FM	Seemann Jakub	POL	2375	5	0	40	43
60	IM	Beerdsen Thomas	NED	2520	5	0	40	44
61	GM	Maurizzi Marc`andria	FRA	2526	5	0	40	43
62	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2385	5	0	39	41
63	IM	Clarke Brandon G I	ENG	2489	5	0	38	42
64	IM	Valenzuela Gomez Fernando	CHI	2368	5	0	38	40
65	IM	Zwirs Nico	NED	2476	5	0	37	40
66	WGM	Doluhanova Evgeniya	UKR	2294	5	0	37	39
67	IM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	ESP	2439	5	0	36	39
68		Jinan Jomon	IND	2056	5	0	36	39
69	FM	Tarhan Adar	TUR	2312	5	0	36	38
70	FM	Durak Can	TUR	2266	5	0	35	38
71	IM	Fitzsimons David	IRL	2368	5	0	34	36
72	CM	Vaibhav Jayant Raut	IND	2247	5	0	34	36
73	FM	Jeet Jain	IND	2139	5	0	34	36
74	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	IND	2306	5	0	34	36
75	FM	Hagner Bennet	GER	2336	4.5	0	44	48
76	GM	Petkov Momchil	BUL	2531	4.5	0	43	47
77	FM	Bilych Olexiy	UKR	2429	4.5	0	42	45
78	FM	Lye Lik Zang	MAS	2258	4.5	0	40	44
79	IM	Woodward Andy	USA	2447	4.5	0	40	44
80	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	CHI	2515	4.5	0	40	44
81	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	ESP	2527	4.5	0	40	43
82	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	IND	2300	4.5	0	39	42
83	IM	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo	ESP	2425	4.5	0	39	42
84	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	ESP	2493	4.5	0	39	42
85	FM	Ronka Erik	FIN	2258	4.5	0	39	42
86	FM	Esplugas Esteve Vicenc	ESP	2321	4.5	0	39	42
87	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2442	4.5	0	38	42
88	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	MGL	2302	4.5	0	38	41
89		Hilverda Alexander	GER	2275	4.5	0	38	41
90	FM	Dedebas Emre Emin	TUR	2312	4.5	0	38	40
91	IM	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	POL	2402	4.5	0	38	40
92	FM	Giannoulakis Lampros	GRE	2338	4.5	0	37	40
93	FM	Kristoferitsch Daniel	AUT	2303	4.5	0	37	40
94	FM	Leisch Lukas	AUT	2395	4.5	0	36	39
95	FM	Adarsh Tripathi	IND	2361	4.5	0	36	38
96	IM	Valmana Canto Jaime	ESP	2358	4.5	0	36	37
97	IM	Nyysti Sampsa	FIN	2338	4.5	0	35	38
98	WGM	Navrotescu Andreea	FRA	2294	4.5	0	35	37
99	WGM	Heinemann Josefine	GER	2316	4.5	0	34	37
100	FM	Vitier Vazquez Cristian	CUB	2419	4.5	0	34	36
101	CM	Wong Zhenyong Jayden	SGP	2181	4.5	0	34	35
102	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	UKR	2288	4.5	0	33	34
103	FM	Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros	GRE	2279	4.5	0	33	36
104	FM	Domene Mulyukov Alexander	ESP	2271	4	0	42	46
105	IM	Peelen Piet	NED	2350	4	0	40	42
106	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2338	4	0	39	42
107	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	USA	2322	4	0	39	42
108	IM	Dudin Gleb	FID	2489	4	0	38	42
109	FM	Becerra Juan David	COL	2292	4	0	38	41
110	FM	Ochedzan Tymon	POL	2209	4	0	38	41
111	IM	Jerez Perez Alfonso	ESP	2343	4	0	37	40
112	FM	Gombocz Ferenc Jr.	HUN	2260	4	0	37	40
113	FM	Aarav Dengla	IND	2357	4	0	37	39
114	WGM	Klek Hanna Marie	GER	2315	4	0	37	39
115	FM	Habans Aguerrea Javier	ESP	2321	4	0	36	39
116	FM	Jirasek Pavel	CZE	2291	4	0	35	38
117	FM	Cesar Maestre Bernardo	ESP	2344	4	0	35	38
118	CM	Ince Taylan Ruzgar	TUR	2247	4	0	35	37
119	FM	Dixit Nikhil	IND	2306	4	0	33	36
120	FM	Webb Laurence E	ENG	2201	4	0	32	35
121		Nunez Miranda Adrian	ESP	2122	4	0	32	34
122	WGM	Lubbe Melanie	GER	2314	4	0	31	34
123	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	MAS	2296	3.5	0	40	42
124	IM	Bournel Antoine	FRA	2404	3.5	0	37	40
125		Joshua A P	IND	2246	3.5	0	37	40
126	IM	Suarez Uriel Adrian	ESP	2384	3.5	0	36	39
127	FM	Martin Barcelo Carles	ESP	2176	3.5	0	36	38
128	AIM	Gomez Aguirre Juan Alberto	ESP	2108	3.5	0	35	37
129	CM	Bauer Thomas	AUT	2118	3.5	0	35	37
130	WGM	Arribas Robaina Maritza	CUB	2232	3.5	0	33	35
131		Gasic Merino Franco	CHI	2190	3.5	0	32	34
132		De Boer Bas	NED	2183	3.5	0	31	33
133	WFM	Pipiras Filipa Fortuna	POR	2149	3.5	0	30	32
134	FM	Arvelo Leo Gian Carlo	DOM	2120	3.5	0	27	29
135	FM	Weeks Manuel	AUS	2160	3.5	0	27	29
136	IM	Vassallo Barroche Mauricio	ESP	2384	3	0	39	42
137	IM	Minzer Claudio Javier	ARG	2423	3	0	38	41
138		Giacomini Hector	FRA	2082	3	0	37	40
139		Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil	GRE	2149	3	0	35	38
140		Perea Fruet Lorenzo	ESP	2141	3	0	34	36
141	IM	Martin Gonzalez Angel	ESP	2225	3	0	33	36
142		Castro Quijano Eduardo	ESP	2195	3	0	32	35
143	CM	Ribera Veganzones Josep Maria	AND	2167	3	0	32	34
144	FM	Montero Martinez Cristhian	CHI	2007	3	0	32	33
145		Fanninger Leon	AUT	2152	3	0	31	34
146	WFM	Guadamuro Torrente Anabel	ESP	2086	3	0	31	33
147	FM	Jimenez Ruano Adrian	ESP	2223	3	0	31	32
148		De La Puerta Cresis Javier	ESP	2161	3	0	31	33
149		Perez Ordonez Jose Ramon	ESP	2164	3	0	31	33
150	FM	Ventura Bolet Maxim	ESP	2238	3	0	30	32
151	CM	Ribera Veganzones Serni	AND	2199	3	0	29	32
152		Iglesias Leon Francisco Javier	ESP	2109	3	0	29	31
153	IM	Hernandez Cristian Andres	COL	2384	2.5	0	39	42
154	IM	Gungl Theo	GER	2352	2.5	0	39	42
155	GM	Sochacki Christophe	FRA	2459	2.5	0	36	39
156	FM	Mahitosh Dey	IND	2134	2.5	0	35	38
157	IM	Ioannidis Evgenios	GRE	2496	2.5	0	33	36
158	CM	Lacroix Romain	FRA	2189	2.5	0	32	34
159	CM	Dahale Atul	IND	2222	2.5	0	31	34
160	GM	De Vreugt Dennis	NED	2407	2	0	33	36
161	FM	Alvarez Albiol Victor	ESP	2240	2	0	32	34
162	WFM	Cosman Andreea-Marioara	ROU	2199	2	0	31	34
163		Lever Erwan	FRA	2250	2	0	31	34
164	FM	Ayza Ballester Jordi	ESP	2116	2	0	30	31
165	AIM	Villa Tornero Alex	ESP	2050	2	0	27	28
166		Safarian Alek	AUS	1991	1.5	0	35	37
167	IM	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A.	COL	2246	1.5	0	32	35
168	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2420	1.5	0	31	33
169	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2620	1.5	0	30	32
170	FM	Ruiz Buendia Miguel	ESP	2260	1.5	0	28	30
171	WIM	Llaneza Vega Patricia	ESP	2174	1	0	29	31
172	IM	Srinath Rao S.V.	IND	2296	0.5	0	28	29
173	GM	Yankelevich Lev	GER	2481	0	0	27	28
174	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	UKR	2615	0	0	26	27
175	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2320	0	0	26	27