The European Senior Chess Championship 2023 will take place from May 25 to June 4 in Acqui Terme, Italy. The event will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, with separate open and women’s sections. The organizing committee of European Senior Chess Championship 2023, announced the first 125 participants, which is a participation record. Among them are the famous GMs as John, Nunn (ENG), Zurab, Sturua (GEO), Sam, Soffer (ISR), Jacob, Aagaard (DEN), Suat Atalik (SRB), Keith, Arkell (ENG), Eric, Prie (FRA), Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) and many more. Scroll down for the full participants list.
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The Championships will be played in 9 rounds of the Swiss System. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. According to the ECU regulations if there are less than 9 women participants in one age group the tournament merges with the respective open category, with separate prizes for the best-ranked women players.
The event is open to all players who have reached the age of 50 and 65 (by December 31st of the year in which the tournament commences) and represent National federations that are listed as ECU members. There is no limit of number of participants per federations, and players can register regardless on their title or rating. The registration deadline is 14th of May 2023.
The playing venue of the event will be Acqui Terme Conference Centre.
The total prize fund of the Championship is 10.000 EUR. The Winners of the event will become European Senior Chess Champions 2023 of the respective category. According to FIDE Handbook D.03.7, the top 3 players from each category of the European Senior Championship 2023 are qualified with personal rights (free board and lodging) to the World Senior Championship 2024. Any change of regulations is a FIDE matter.
European Senior Chess 2023 participants
1
GM
Nunn, John D M
ENG
2579
2
GM
Sturua, Zurab
GEO
2521
3
GM
Soffer, Ram
ISR
2475
4
GM
Aagaard, Jacob
DEN
2455
5
GM
Atalik, Suat
SRB
2441
6
IM
Van Der Werf, Mark
NED
2412
7
IM
Bellia, Fabrizio
ITA
2408
8
GM
Arkell, Keith C
ENG
2406
9
GM
Prie, Eric
FRA
2372
10
IM
Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio
ESP
2372
11
GM
Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis
ESP
2368
12
FM
Dishman, Stephen
ENG
2305
13
GM
Gaprindashvili, Nona
GEO
2274
14
IM
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel
ESP
2248
15
Koehler, Gerhard Dr.
GER
2241
16
IM
Pomes Marcet, Joan
ESP
2229
17
Polster, Wolfgang Dr.
GER
2228
18
FM
Schulz, Michael
GER
2215
19
FM
Chapman, Terry P D
ENG
2210
20
WGM
Fischdick, Gisela
GER
2205
21
CM
Katzir, Moshe
ISR
2198
22
Luciani, Carlo
ITA
2194
23
FM
Meessen, Rudolf
BEL
2178
24
Kierzek, Matthias Dr.
GER
2177
25
Wengholm, Anders
SWE
2167
26
Bujukliev, Nikola
MKD
2165
27
FM
Lasinskas, Povilas
LTU
2146
28
FM
Furman, Boris
FID
2142
29
Madebrink, Lars
SWE
2138
30
FM
De Santis, Alessio
ITA
2131
31
Roatta, Luca
ITA
2122
32
Nelis, Jean-Francois
MNC
2112
33
Ubezio, Marco
ITA
2101
34
Kortis, Wim
NED
2100
35
Mileto, Gabriele
ITA
2092
36
IM
Biro, Sandor
ROU
2089
37
Gal, Moshe
ISR
2087
38
Pfitzer, Norbert Prof. Dr.
GER
2087
39
FM
Hohler, Peter
SUI
2083
40
Iudicello, Giovanni
ITA
2081
41
Raynes, Paul
ENG
2077
42
Mordiglia, Riccardo
ITA
2073
43
Bub, Volker
GER
2068
44
Minnican, Alan
SCO
2049
45
CM
Zimmermann, Luc
NED
2047
46
CM
Kirszenberg, Marc
FRA
2039
47
FM
Vepkhvishvili, Varlam
GEO
2037
48
Balzer, Lars
GER
2027
49
Astengo, Corrado
ITA
2018
50
FM
Van Hoolandt, Patrick
MNC
2017
51
FM
Cmiel, Thorsten
GER
2011
52
CM
Llopis De Aysa, Manuel
ESP
2006
53
Battistella, Stefano
ITA
2006
54
CM
Hinteregger, Arthur
AUT
2005
55
FM
Verdier, Patrice
MNC
1996
56
Stokes, Michael
ENG
1995
57
Tunge, Christian
NOR
1991
58
WFM
Kierzek, Mira
GER
1989
59
Goli, Daniele
ITA
1971
60
WFM
Fink-Nunn, Petra
ENG
1970
61
Colombo, Alberto
ITA
1968
62
Sielicki, Tomasz
POL
1967
63
Cazzaniga, Walter
ITA
1963
64
Ventura, Sergio
ITA
1954
65
Strand, Kjetil
NOR
1953
66
Bosca, Valter Romano
ITA
1949
67
Myall, Ivan J
ENG
1948
68
Schmuki, Roman
SUI
1934
69
Genovese, Alberto
ITA
1921
70
Riekenbrauk, Joerg
GER
1909
71
Baliuniene, Margarita
LTU
1903
72
Thoux, Claudio
ITA
1896
73
Ranki, Martti
FIN
1890
74
Pagano, Sergio
ITA
1879
75
Taksrud, Vidar
NOR
1879
76
Giudici, Alberto
ITA
1877
77
Sibille, Ettore
ITA
1874
78
Rivola, Franco
ITA
1871
79
Sirletti, Sonia
ITA
1864
80
Puroila, Sippo
FIN
1858
81
Blasco, Domenico
ITA
1857
82
Hilarius, Sander
NED
1852
83
Segal, Yosef
ISR
1847
84
Melero Sanchez, Pere
ESP
1836
85
Idesis, Yaacov
ISR
1833
86
Erdogan, Hassan
ENG
1831
87
Thjomoe, Hans Richard
NOR
1831
88
Patola, Eero
FIN
1830
89
Both, Gert
NED
1817
90
Rusek, Walter
AUT
1814
91
Di Lazzaro, Gabriele
ITA
1810
92
WIM
Dubois, Martine
MNC
1776
93
Hellmann, Thomas
GER
1771
94
Adler, Doron
ISR
1770
95
Maiffret, Patrick
FRA
1770
96
Bjorgvik, Jan Arne
NOR
1764
97
Gunnarsson, Lennart
SWE
1762
98
Badano, Giancarlo
ITA
1747
99
Ronzano, Luca
ITA
1745
100
Cavatorta, Fosco
ITA
1709
101
Rapaire, Jean-Michel
MNC
1709
102
Reem, Meir
ISR
1708
103
Antoniacci, Riccardo
ITA
1706
104
Zangrando, Gianpietro
ITA
1696
105
D Aulisa, Francesco
ITA
1652
106
Benazzo, Angelo
ITA
1621
107
Mirza, Gabriel
IRL
1621
108
Menon, Michele
ITA
1610
109
Salati, Paolo
ITA
1605
110
Del Nevo, Claudio
ITA
1604
111
Mazza, Maurizio
ITA
1546
112
Mircoli, Filippo
ITA
1537
113
Rawcliffe, Peter
ENG
1535
114
Dordoni, Riccardo
ITA
1485
115
Coqueraut, Lodewyk
ITA
1455
116
Navarra, Stefano
ITA
1408
117
Loi, Francesco
ITA
1400
118
Centofante, Maria Rosa
ITA
1390
119
Vinciguerra, Riccardo
ITA
1356
120
Camera, Giampaolo
ITA
1313
121
De Joannon, Giulio
ITA
1277
122
Zimmer, Mireille
NED
1005
123
Poess, Frank
GER
1963
124
Gnirenko, Vitaliy
FID
0