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We would like to announce that the Sants Open is now underway. The XXVII Sants Chess Open will take place between August 21 and 30, 2026. #santschess #chess #fide #barcelona #chessopen

#santschess #chess #fide #Barcelona #catalonia #escacs #chessevent #echecs #schach #scacchi #xadrez #ajedrez #schaken #skak #szachy #chesstournament #chessevent #fidetournament #chessplayer

Sants Chess Open is over! Now until next summer😉 GM Valery Kazakouski (Lithuania) was impeccable and was proclaimed champion of the 2025 Sants Chess Open. Runner-up was IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (Georgia) and also achieved the GM norm. In third place was IM Yannay Ben Ari (Israel)

GM Valery Kazakouski (Lithuania) is the winner of Sants Chess Open - Ciutat de Barcelona 2025! #santschess #chess #barcelona #Lithuania #chessplayer

Catalan IM Carles Díaz Camallonga draws with GM Tornike Sanikidze (Georgia) in the ninth round with black pieces playing the English Opening. Díaz scores 7 points, winning six games. #santschess #chess #barcelona #catalonia #chessplayer #englishopen #internationalchessplayer

Sunday, August 31, tenth round of the Sants Chess Open 2025, in Barcelona. . . #santschess #chess #fide #Barcelona #catalonia #escacs #chessevent #echecs #schach #scacchi #xadrez #ajedrez #schaken #skak #szachy #chesstournament #chessevent #fidetournament

The Italian IM Andrea Favarolo played a very good game in this ninth round with three great moves. But, he was unable to achieve victory against the FM Daviti Nemsadze (Armenia). The game ended in a draw. #santschess #chess #barcelona #italia #chessplayer #goodmove

FM Filipa Fortuna Pipiras (Portugal) draws with FM Hayk Yeritsyan (Armenia) in the ninth round with the black pieces playing the Sicilian Defense French Variation. Pipiras scores 6,5 points without having lost a game yet. #santschess #chess #portugal #chessplayer #chesswoman

Indian Adak Bivor surprises defeating IM Gianmarco Leiva (Peru) in the ninth round with the black pieces making the Ruy López Opening. Bivor scores 6,5 points without having lost a game yet,and reaching 2300 elo FIDE for FM title. #santschess #chess #india #chessplayer #goodmove

Saturday, August 30, ninth round of the Sants Chess Open 2025, in Barcelona. Chess is for all ages! #santschess #chess #veteranschess #oldplayers #Barcelona #escacs #chessevent #echecs #schach #scacchi #xadrez #ajedrez #schaken #skak #szachy

The fifteen-year-old French Nils Martin surprises by defeating GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) in the eighth round of Sants Chess Open 2025 with black pieces. Before, in sixth round, Martin defeated GM Pere Garriga (Catalonia). #santschess #chess #barcelona #france #chessplayer

Catalan Roger Bernadó surprises defeating IM Lars Ootes (Netherlands) in the eighth round with the black pieces. Bernadó scores six points without having lost a game yet. #santschess #chess #barcelona #catalonia #chessplayer #youngplayer

Leaving my dream. 95, looks relatively fit and healthy for a 95 year old, playing a game he loves. He won in life

Meet my supercool clubmate Fausto and send him some love! 😍 #chessisforeveryone

French FM Julian Garrigue defeats IM Steven Rojas (Peru) in the eighth round relatively quick with the black pieces making the Sicilian Defense Taimanov Variation. Garrigue scores six points without having lost a game yet. #santschess #chess #france #chessplayer #siciliandefense

Friday, August 29, eighth round of the Sants Chess Open 2025, in Barcelona. #santschess #chess #chesswoman #Barcelona #escacs #chessevent #echecs #schach #scacchi #xadrez #ajedrez #schaken #skak #szachy

Catalan Fausto Núñez is the oldest player in the tournament: he is 95 years old! This is the eighth time he has participated in the Sants Chess Open. #santschess #chess #barcelona #catalonia #chessplayer #veteranschess #oldperson

The Armenian FM Sargis A. Manukyan after defeating two IMs, Michel Alejandro Díaz (Cuba) and Teimur Toktomushev (Switzerland), is in the front group of the classification with 6 points. #santschess #chess #barcelona #armenia #chessplayer #fidemaster

Three great moves in a single game and by the same player!!! English IM Brandon Clargke has excellently concluded the seventh round game against Lithuanian MF Aras Vardanyan with 25 move in a closed sicilian defense. #santschess #chess #England #chessplayer #siciliandefence

Thursday, August 28, seventh round of the Sants Chess Open 2025, in Barcelona. #escacssants #escacs #Barcelona #chess #chessevent #echecs #schach #scacchi #xadrez #ajedrez #schaken #skak #szachy