Tabatabaei wins 3rd Elllobregat Open in Playoffs, Aditya Mittal third

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/12/2022

Singapore no.1 GM Jingyao Tin and India's latest GM Aditya Mittal both drew their final round games against GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE) and GM Rasmus Svane (GER) respectively. Iran no.2 GM M Amin Tabatabaei defeated Germany no.2 GM Matthias Bluebabum. Thus, Jingyao, Tabatabaei and Aditya ended up having 7/9 each and Playoff was enforced. Tabatabaei defeated Mittal 1.5-0.5 first and then Jingyao 2-0 in the Finals to win 3rd Elllobregat Open 2022. Jingyao finished second and Aditya was placed third. They won €10000, €5000 and €2000 cash each respectively. IM Aditya S Samant secured his second GM-norm. 12-year-old Arush Chitre won the Group B with an unbeaten 7.5/9, gained a whopping 254.8 Elo rating points and finished a full point ahead. He won €500 as his first prize. Photo: Lourdes Porta

The Encore of the Adityas

India's 77th and Mumbai's second GM Aditya Mittal and IM Aditya S Samant had a fantastic tournament for the second consecutive year. Last year they both earned their second GM and IM-norms respectively. Whilte Aditya Mittal became a GM by crossing 2500 in the live ratings, Aditya S Samant still needs his final GM-norm and 13.3 Elo rating points more to become India's next Grandmaster which we might get before the year ends. His next event, Chessable Sunway Sitges Open starts on 12th December 2022.

Aditya Mittal is the latest Grandmaster of India | Photo: Lourdes Porta

Champion and Second Runner-up - GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) and GM Aditya Mittal | Photo: Lourdes Porta

Top five (L to R) - 5th GM Yu Yangyi (CHN) 6.5/9, 4th GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE) 6.5/9, 3rd GM Aditya Mittal 7/9, 2nd GM Jingyao Tin (SGP) 7/9 and 1st GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 7/9 | Photo: Lourdes Porta

We had already seen Aditya's fantastic win over Bulgaria no.2 GM Ivan Cheparinov (2694) in the fifth round. A tiny positional inaccuracy in the endgame cost Aryan the seventh round game.

Aditya Mittal - Aryan, Round 7

Position after 23...Kg7

23...Bxb5 followed by Rxc1 or first trade the rooks and then Bxb5, either way the position would have remained balanced. 23...Kg7 however loses control of the d6-square. 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Nd6 Kg8 26.Qc6 Qxh4 27.Qc7 and White is completely winning. Rest is just a matter of time for White to convert his advantage into a win which Aditya did without any trouble.

India's 77th GM Aditya Mittal | Photo: Lourdes Porta

IM Aditya Samant scored his second GM-norm | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

After Aditya Mittal, it was IM Aditya S Samant's turn to score a win against the Bulgaria no.2 GM Ivan Cheparinov.

IM Aditya S Samant scored 5.5/9, performed at 2601 to secure his second GM-norm

Winner of the Group B - Arush Chitre (left) 7.5/9 | Photo: Lourdes Porta

Arush Chitre scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 and gained a massive 254.8 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Can Massallera | Photo: Lourdes Porta

A total of 174 players including 48 GMs, 41 IMs. 11 WGM and a WIM participated in Group A from 43 countries and in Group B, 49 players took part from 17 countries across the world. The tournament took place at Can Massallera, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona in Spain from 30th November to 8th December 2022. Time control is 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes/end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1.

Replay Round 1-9 games

Round 9 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	2	50	IM	Aditya Mittal	2486	6½	½ - ½	6	GM	Svane Rasmus	2619	17
9	5	11	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	2649	5½	1 - 0	6	GM	Aryan Chopra	2629	13
9	11	58	IM	Wadsworth Matthew J	2470	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2623	15
9	18	59	IM	Samant Aditya S	2467	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	2538	30
9	19	34	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2526	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Samadov Read	2450	62
9	20	139	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	2226	5	+ - -	5	IM	Seo Jung Min	2507	40
9	27	76	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2408	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2515	37
9	30	48	GM	Sankalp Gupta	2488	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Hagner Bennet	2336	100
9	31	52	IM	Lubbe Nikolas	2486	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	2306	110
9	36	69	FM	Grieve Harry	2431	4½	½ - ½	4½		Jinan Jomon	2056	172

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Final standings of Group A

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	9	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin			IRI	2655	Iran	7	1	47	51	38,75	0	2749	10	10,2
2	25	GM	Tin Jingyao			SGP	2562	Singapore	7	2	48,5	51,5	38,25	0	2767	10	23,7
3	50	IM	Aditya Mittal			IND	2486	AICF	7	3	45,5	46,5	33,75	0	2739	10	31,3
4	18	GM	Safarli Eltaj			AZE	2616	Azerbaijan	6,5	0	48,5	51,5	35,25	0	2725	10	13,6
5	2	GM	Yu Yangyi			CHN	2716	China	6,5	0	47,5	52	36,75	0	2659	10	-2,9
6	17	GM	Svane Rasmus			GER	2619	Hamburger SK von 1830	6,5	0	44,5	49	35,00	0	2583	10	-2,4
7	20	GM	Sanal Vahap			TUR	2590	Turkey	6,5	0	44	48	34,25	0	2693	10	13,1
8	21	GM	Yuffa Daniil			ESP	2587	CAC Beniajan	6,5	0	43,5	47,5	33,00	0	2724	10	16,8
9	11	GM	Shevchenko Kirill			UKR	2649	Ucrania	6,5	0	43	47	33,00	0	2651	10	1,2
10	39	GM	Kulaots Kaido			EST	2511	Pühajärve Maleklubi	6,5	0	41,5	45	33,00	0	2642	10	16,3
11	38	GM	Dvirnyy Danyyil			ITA	2514	Italy	6,5	0	41,5	45	32,25	0	2662	10	17,8
12	15	GM	Karthikeyan Murali			IND	2623	AICF	6,5	0	41	45	31,50	0	2615	10	-0,3
13	26	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius			LTU	2561	Lithuania	6,5	0	40	44,5	31,75	0	2630	10	8,8
14	28	GM	Kaidanov Gregory	S50		USA	2549	USA	6,5	0	39,5	43	31,25	0	2605	10	7,5
15	1	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco			ESP	2716	Stadium Casablanca	6	0	50	55	35,25	0	2660	10	-5,7

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Final standings of Group B

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	43		Chitre Arush		IND	1646	AICF	7,5	43,5	47	38,75	0	1981	40	254,8
2	14		Celik Ali Alper		TUR	1949	Turkiye	6,5	46	49	32,50	0	1994	40	30,8
3	20		Vallbona Domingo Joan		ESP	1873	Tres Peons	6,5	45	49	33,50	0	2040	20	54
4	7		Asensio Linan Teodoro		ESP	1998	CE Sant Adria	6,5	42,5	45,5	30,75	0	1956	20	27
5	4	WIM	Fandino Reyes Roquelina	w	CUB	2039	Cuba	6	43	46,5	29,25	0	1965	20	-10
6	6		Khandhar Kaushal		MAS	2020	Malaysia	6	43	46,5	28,50	0	1965	20	-10,4
7	8		Diaz Carrasco Sergio		ESP	1996	CE El Prat	6	40,5	43,5	24,50	0	1885	20	-13,4
8	5	CM	Menac Comas Joan Ramon		ESP	2035	Catalonia-Joviat	6	39,5	42,5	28,75	0	1931	20	-15
9	1		Sort Sererols Josep		ESP	2083	CE Barad	5,5	45	49	26,50	0	1987	40	-52,8
10	23		Szczotka Klara	w	POL	1827	MUKS Stoczek 45 BIAŁYSTOK	5,5	45	48,5	27,75	0	1953	40	93,2

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