The European Senior Chess Championship 2024 is going to take place from October 24 to November 3 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. The official hotel and the venue of the event is Bella Italia EFA Village.
The European Senior Chess Championship 2024 will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, open and women’s sections separately. Each Championship will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with the time control of 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.
Top participants in the over 50 group are IM Edwin Van Haastert, IM Mark Van Der Werf, IM Christof Sielecki, and GM Paul Motwani. In the over 65 group top players include GM John Nunn, GM Zurab Sturua, GM Rainer Knaak, GM Lubomir Ftacnik, and GM Jose Luis Garcia Fernandez.
Live games from the European Senior Chess will be daily on Chessdom.com
More ECU events: European Chess Club Cup 2024 / European Individual Chess Championship 2024
European Senior Chess Championship 2024 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
Gr
1
GM
Nunn, John D M
ENG
2546
O65
2
GM
Sturua, Zurab
GEO
2502
O65
3
GM
Knaak, Rainer
GER
2458
O65
4
GM
Ftacnik, Lubomir
SVK
2444
O65
5
IM
Van Haastert, Edwin
NED
2415
O50
6
IM
Van Der Werf, Mark
NED
2411
O50
7
IM
Sielecki, Christof
GER
2405
O50
8
GM
Motwani, Paul
SCO
2399
O50
9
GM
Mrva, Martin
SVK
2384
O50
10
GM
Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis
ESP
2376
O65
11
FM
Dishman, Stephen
ENG
2358
O50
12
GM
Kekelidze, Mikheil
GEO
2348
O50
13
IM
Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton
ESP
2328
O50
14
IM
Vinter-Schou, Uffe
DEN
2318
O50
15
IM
Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr.
GER
2312
O65
16
IM
Roos, Louis
FRA
2301
O65
17
FM
Svenn, Gosta
SWE
2290
O50
18
GM
Pogorelov, Ruslan
ESP
2283
O65
19
FM
Chapman, Terry P D
ENG
2273
O65
20
FM
Rewitz, Poul
DEN
2262
O50
21
GM
Gaprindashvili, Nona
GEO
2243
W65
22
FM
Wacker, Peter
GER
2228
O50
23
Boulard, Eric
FRA
2203
O65
24
FM
Rasmussen, Casper
DEN
2202
O50
25
IM
Pomes Marcet, Joan
ESP
2201
O65
26
IM
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel
ESP
2191
O50
27
IM
Pritchett, Craig W
SCO
2187
O65
28
FM
Moen, Ole Christian
NOR
2184
O65
29
Cantero Navarro, Antonio
ESP
2174
O50
30
WGM
Grabuzova, Tatiana
ESP
2169
W50
31
IM
Petran, Peter
SVK
2166
O65
32
IM
Roos, Jean-Luc
FRA
2164
O65
33
FM
Nikolaidis, Konstantinos
GRE
2164
O50
34
FM
Goormachtigh, Johan
BEL
2163
O65
35
Jaderberg, Bjorn
SWE
2161
O50
36
FM
Fayard, Alain
FRA
2153
O65
37
CM
Katzir, Moshe
ISR
2149
O50
38
IM
Giffard, Nicolas
FRA
2142
O65
39
IM
Mannion, Stephen R
SCO
2142
O50
40
CM
Wengholm, Anders
SWE
2140
O65
41
Crocker, Philip J
ENG
2136
O50
42
FM
Meulders, Richard
BEL
2126
O65
43
Issakainen, Ari
FIN
2126
O50
44
FM
Frick, Christoph
GER
2112
O65
45
FM
Lasinskas, Povilas
LTU
2112
O50
46
FM
Cmiel, Thorsten
GER
2108
O50
47
FM
Melikhov, Evgeny V.
GRE
2102
O50
48
WIM
Burchardt, Brigitte
GER
2101
W65
49
Kierzek, Matthias Dr.
GER
2101
O65
50
FM
Naslund, Mikael
SWE
2097
O50
51
IM
Levacic, Damir
MNC
2095
O65
52
WGM
Makropoulou, Marina
GRE
2082
W50
53
Van Den Bersselaar, Jeroen
NED
2082
O50
54
CM
Zimmermann, Luc
NED
2076
O65
55
Celaya Tapiz, Jose Maria
ESP
2074
O65
56
Stoychev, Ognian
BUL
2071
O65
57
CM
Kirszenberg, Marc
FRA
2070
O50
58
CM
Ernst, Michael
AUT
2068
O50
59
FM
Serra Olives, Tomas
ESP
2067
O65
60
IM
Schouten, Nico
NED
2065
O65
61
FM
Haubt, Georg
GER
2065
O65
62
IM
Karason, Askell O
ISL
2057
O65
63
Zoernpfenning, Siegfried
AUT
2053
O65
64
Kindt, Manfred
NED
2052
O50
65
Logar, Metod
SLO
2052
O50
66
FM
Mojzis, Jaroslav
CZE
2049
O65
67
Sigeman, Johan
SWE
2038
O65
68
CM
Lebel, Patrick
MNC
2033
O65
69
Schaefer, Bernd
GER
2030
O65
70
Hewson, Brian W R
ENG
2026
O65
71
Tsyn, Igor
ISR
2025
O50
72
Gnirenko, Vitaliy
ITA
2015
O65
73
Iosif-Hoellenriegel, Daniela
GER
2010
W50
74
FM
Verdier, Patrice
MNC
2006
O50
75
Mayer, Roland
GER
2002
O65
76
Paleologu, Vladimir
SUI
1996
O50
77
Green, Per
SWE
1992
O65
78
FM
Waddington, Mike P
ENG
1988
O50
79
CM
Llopis De Aysa, Manuel
ESP
1987
O50
80
Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr.
GER
1984
O50
81
Lopez De Turiso Sanchez, Jose Angel
ESP
1981
O50
82
Ottavi, Marco
ITA
1979
O50
83
FM
Jensen, Stein
NOR
1977
O65
84
Huber, Guenther
AUT
1977
O50
85
WFM
Birkholz, Olga
GER
1975
W50
86
Genovese, Alberto
ITA
1973
O50
87
Toefferl, Heimo
AUT
1973
O65
88
Privitera, Franco
ITA
1972
O65
89
Nordby, Bernt
NOR
1970
O65
90
Cristiani, Cesare
ITA
1969
O50
91
Mordiglia, Riccardo
ITA
1969
O50
92
WFM
Kierzek, Mira
GER
1967
W65
93
Schmuki, Roman
SUI
1966
O65
94
WFM
Fink-Nunn, Petra
ENG
1952
O50
95
CM
Krupa, Krzysztof
POL
1950
O65
96
Melero Sanchez, Pere
ESP
1946
O50
97
CM
Paronen, Petteri
FIN
1941
O50
98
Braun, Klaus
GER
1939
O50
99
Kowalczuk, Wojciech
POL
1937
O50
100
Van Den Bersselaar, Henri
NED
1937
O50
101
Zimmermann, Curt
AUT
1935
O50
102
Riekenbrauk, Joerg
GER
1934
O50
103
Gregg, Alan M
ENG
1933
O65
104
WFM
Baliuniene, Margarita
LTU
1930
W50
105
De Napoli, Giuseppe
ITA
1927
O50
106
Fox, Anthony
IRL
1916
O50
107
Guglielmi, Giuseppe
ITA
1915
O65
108
Mottonen, Ari
FIN
1912
O50
109
Bohlin, Jan
SWE
1908
O65
110
Krupa, Jerzy
POL
1906
O65
111
Koskinen, Veikko
FIN
1901
O65
112
Patrucco, Carlo
ITA
1897
O65
113
Pagano, Sergio
ITA
1892
O50
114
Fruehauf, Norbert
AUT
1888
O50
115
Taksrud, Vidar
NOR
1887
O65
116
Gawle, Ireneusz
POL
1886
O65
117
Gibellato, Francesco
ITA
1880
O65
118
Tortora, Franco
ITA
1874
O65
119
Erdogan, Hassan
ENG
1873
O65
120
Meth, Andreas
GER
1872
O50
121
Badano, Giancarlo
ITA
1869
O50
122
Cafolla, Peter
IRL
1867
O65
123
Thjomoe, Hans Richard
NOR
1867
O65
124
Loibl, Johann
AUT
1861
O65
125
Giuriato, Sergio
ITA
1858
O65
126
Warnk, Torsten
GER
1857
O50
127
Ni, Polina
LAT
1856
W50
128
Reem, Meir
ISR
1856
O65
129
Buriene, Regina
LTU
1852
W65
130
Aird, Ian
SCO
1851
O65
131
Maiffret, Patrick
MNC
1844
O65
132
Beuger, Ronald
GER
1843
O50
133
Hammari, Per Age
NOR
1840
O65
134
Patola, Eero
FIN
1839
O65
135
Boer, Stefan
ITA
1834
O50
136
Onem, Cem
TUR
1825
O50
137
Novak, Simona
SLO
1821
W50
138
Storkebaum, Ulrike
GER
1821
W50
139
Nikolenko, Larysa
UKR
1815
W50
140
Wacker, Manfred
GER
1815
O65
141
Bjorgvik, Jan Arne
NOR
1812
O65
142
WIM
Dubois, Martine
MNC
1807
W65
143
Ring, Rudolf
AUT
1789
O65
144
De Maria, Isaia
ITA
1777
O50
145
Lihosith, Peter
SVK
1774
O65
146
Nicholson, David
ITA
1774
O65
147
Cattaneo, Ugo
ITA
1761
O65
148
Carisio, Enrico
ITA
1760
O65
149
Mattavelli, Italo
ITA
1753
O65
150
Zangrando, Gianpietro
ITA
1753
O65
151
Panada, Valter
ITA
1743
O65
152
Parvulescu, Nicu
ROU
1742
O65
153
Fogassi, Primo
ITA
1720
O65
154
Kopelevitch, Eli
ISR
1687
O50
155
Sponnich, Atle
NOR
1682
O65
156
Mirza, Gabriel
IRL
1669
O50
157
Canel, Paolo
ITA
1665
O50
158
Predomi, Cesare
ITA
1665
O65
159
Ademi, Rexhe
SUI
1610
O50
160
Navarra, Stefano
ITA
1578
O50
161
Lisak, Jerzy
POL
1535
O65
162
Haustein, Heike
GER
0
W50
163
Leimlehner, Alois
AUT
0
O50
