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European Senior Chess Championship 2024

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