Roman Shogdzhiev with first attempt at GM norm at Elllobregat Chess Open 2025
The youngest International Master Roman Shogdzhiev in the world will make his first attempt at a GM Norm at a Swiss tournament.This will happen during the 2025 Elllobregat Chess Open. As of this moment, the field of Elllobregat has 97 players, 87 of them titled, and 21 GMs.
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Shogdzhiev is 37th seeded and his main opponents are Kirill Alekseenko (Austria, 2679), Maksim Chigaev (Spain, 2634), Daniil Yuffa (Spain, 2621), Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (Chile, 2605), Anand Pranav (India, 2581), Subramaniyam H Bharath (India, 2573), Sankalp Gupta (India, 2557), Rithvik R Raja (India, 2541), Vahap Sanal (Turkey, 2538), Fidel Corrales Jimenez (USA, 2523), A R Ilamparthi (India, 2518), Momchil Petkov (Bulgaria, 2509), Evgeny Zanan (Israel, 2504), Mahdi Gholami Orimi (Iran, 2500), Jakub Seemann (Poland, 2500), Artem Uskov (FIDE, 2498), Michal Krasenkow (Poland, 2490), S Aswath (India, 2488), Marius Deuer (Germany, 2487), Vuppala Prraneeth (India, 2485), Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez (Spain, 2477), Javier Habans Aguerrea (Spain, 2475), Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez (Spain, 2473), Aldiyar Ansat (Kazakhstan, 2470), Khumoyun Begmuratov (Uzbekistan, 2448), Tsvetan Stoyanov (Bulgaria, 2446), etc. Scroll down for the fill participants list
Elllobregat Chess Open 2025 takes place November 28 – December 8 at Can Massallera, Carrer Mallorca 30 Sant Boi de Llobregat. This will be the sixth edition of the tournament, which is a major open in the European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
Elllobregat Chess Open 2025
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
| 1 | GM | Alekseenko, Kirill | AUT | 2679 |
| 2 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2634 |
| 3 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | ESP | 2621 |
| 4 | GM | Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal | CHI | 2605 |
| 5 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2581 |
| 6 | GM | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2573 |
| 7 | GM | Sankalp, Gupta | IND | 2557 |
| 8 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | IND | 2541 |
| 9 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | TUR | 2538 |
| 10 | GM | Corrales Jimenez, Fidel | USA | 2523 |
| 11 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2518 |
| 12 | GM | Petkov, Momchil | BUL | 2509 |
| 13 | GM | Zanan, Evgeny | ISR | 2504 |
| 14 | GM | Gholami Orimi, Mahdi | IRI | 2500 |
| 15 | IM | Seemann, Jakub | POL | 2500 |
| 16 | GM | Uskov, Artem | FID | 2498 |
| 17 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2490 |
| 18 | IM | Aswath, S | IND | 2488 |
| 19 | IM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2487 |
| 20 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2485 |
| 21 | GM | Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | ESP | 2477 |
| 22 | IM | Habans Aguerrea, Javier | ESP | 2475 |
| 23 | GM | Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis | ESP | 2473 |
| 24 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2470 |
| 25 | IM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | UZB | 2448 |
| 26 | IM | Stoyanov, Tsvetan | BUL | 2446 |
| 27 | IM | Sapenov, Daniyal | KAZ | 2445 |
| 28 | IM | Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt | MGL | 2437 |
| 29 | IM | Fiorito, Francisco | ARG | 2435 |
| 30 | IM | Fiorito, Joaquin | ARG | 2434 |
| 31 | IM | Tutisani, Noe | GEO | 2424 |
| 32 | IM | Amartuvshin, Ganzorig | MGL | 2415 |
| 33 | FM | Valiyev, Shahin | AZE | 2413 |
| 34 | IM | Bournel, Antoine | FRA | 2411 |
| 35 | IM | Kurmann, Oliver | SUI | 2409 |
| 36 | IM | Chinguun, Sumiya | MGL | 2407 |
| 37 | IM | Shogdzhiev, Roman | FID | 2403 |
| 38 | IM | Aradhya, Garg | IND | 2400 |
| 39 | FM | Chan, Kim Yew | MAS | 2400 |
| 40 | IM | Lohia, Sohum | ENG | 2391 |
| 41 | IM | Prado Lobo, Jonas | ESP | 2391 |
| 42 | FM | Villa Tornero, Alex | ESP | 2387 |
| 43 | GM | Narciso Dublan, Marc | ESP | 2386 |
| 44 | FM | Bogdanov, Artyom | KAZ | 2383 |
| 45 | FM | Zielonka, Adam | POL | 2374 |
| 46 | GM | Haznedaroglu, Kivanc | TUR | 2373 |
| 47 | IM | Aloma Vidal, Robert | ESP | 2370 |
| 48 | IM | Molenda, Marcin | POL | 2370 |
| 49 | IM | Jin, Yueheng | CHN | 2364 |
| 50 | IM | Leiva, Gianmarco | PER | 2358 |
| 51 | IM | Minero Pineda, Sergio | CRC | 2342 |
| 52 | CM | Kuandykuly, Danis | KAZ | 2325 |
| 53 | WGM | Rakshitta, Ravi | IND | 2323 |
| 54 | IM | Panelo, Marcelo | ARG | 2320 |
| 55 | GM | Munoz, Miguel | PER | 2319 |
| 56 | IM | Savitha, Shri B | IND | 2318 |
| 57 | FM | Uber Gracia, Hugo | ESP | 2309 |
| 58 | IM | Fiorito, Fabian | ARG | 2305 |
| 59 | CM | Vincenti, Leonardo | ITA | 2300 |
| 60 | FM | Jirasek, Pavel | CZE | 2294 |
| 61 | FM | Ribera Veganzones, Serni | AND | 2291 |
| 62 | FM | Vergara Jofre, Felipe | CHI | 2284 |
| 63 | IM | Gual Pascual, Antonio | ESP | 2280 |
| 64 | FM | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | MNE | 2279 |
| 65 | WGM | Alinasab, Mobina | IRI | 2277 |
| 66 | IM | Torrecillas Martinez, Antonio | ESP | 2254 |
| 67 | FM | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2237 |
| 68 | FM | Fuhrmann, Bahne | GER | 2221 |
| 69 | CM | Kukushkin, Ivan | BUL | 2210 |
| 70 | Coles, Robin | FRA | 2210 | |
| 71 | Coles, Ruben | FRA | 2210 | |
| 72 | Safarik, Jakub | CZE | 2198 | |
| 73 | WGM | Arribas Robaina, Maritza | CUB | 2195 |
| 74 | FM | Ordunez Echarte, Dennys | CUB | 2186 |
| 75 | IM | Mannion, Stephen R | SCO | 2178 |
| 76 | IM | Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel | ESP | 2167 |
| 77 | CM | Ribera Veganzones, Josep Maria | AND | 2163 |
| 78 | IM | Martin Gonzalez, Angel | ESP | 2159 |
| 79 | IM | Pomes Marcet, Joan | ESP | 2156 |
| 80 | FM | Giacomini, Hector | FRA | 2137 |
| 81 | FM | Cuadras Avellana, Jordi | ESP | 2136 |
| 82 | CM | Anakok, Deniz | TUR | 2129 |
| 83 | CM | Khandhadia, Nivaan Rathin | IND | 2112 |
| 84 | WFM | Azali, Tannaz | IRI | 2102 |
| 85 | WIM | Krasenkowa, Elena | POL | 2100 |
| 86 | Iglesias Leon, Francisco Javier | ESP | 2067 | |
| 87 | CM | Joel, Paul Ganta | IND | 2062 |
| 88 | Racis, Michal | POL | 2060 | |
| 89 | Sepliarsky, Mario | ARG | 2054 | |
| 90 | WFM | Badenhorst, Chloe | RSA | 2035 |
| 91 | CM | Harish, Neeraj | USA | 2028 |
| 92 | Wolanski, Michal | POL | 1990 | |
| 93 | Salamon, Julia | POL | 1976 | |
| 94 | WFM | Altynbek, Aiaru | KAZ | 1957 |
| 95 | WIM | Fandino Reyes, Roquelina | CUB | 1950 |
| 96 | Aryan, Mehta | IND | 1936 | |
| 97 | Wang, Lachlan | AUS | 1926 |