The World Senior Chess Championship 2024 is taking place from November 17 to November 28 in Porto Santo, Portugal. The event features 80 players who will compete in 11 rounds Swiss. The top players at the tournament include Kiril Georgiev, Gregory Kaidanov, Michal Krasenkow, Eduardas Rosentalis and Victor Mikhalevski. The full list of participants is available below.
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Participants World Senior Chess Championship 2024
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
GEORGIEV, Kiril
BUL
2553
2
GM
KAIDANOV, Gregory
USA
2534
3
GM
KRASENKOW, Michal
POL
2503
4
GM
ROZENTALIS, Eduardas
LTU
2489
5
GM
MIKHALEVSKI, Victor
ISR
2488
6
GM
OVECHKIN, Roman
FID
2483
7
GM
CHATALBASHEV, Boris
DEN
2476
8
GM
SHABALOV, Alexander
USA
2447
9
GM
BISCHOFF, Klaus
GER
2445
10
GM
PISKOV, Yuri
FID
2442
11
GM
HOLZKE, Frank
GER
2439
12
GM
GLEK, Igor
BEL
2417
13
GM
NOVIK, Maxim
LTU
2411
14
GM
MAKSIMENKO, Andrei
UKR
2403
15
GM
KEKELIDZE, Mikheil
GEO
2353
16
IM
SEUL, Georg
GER
2347
17
IM
LACASA DIAZ, Josep Anton
ESP
2339
18
FM
DISHMAN, Steven
ENG
2322
19
IM
PASCHALL, William
USA
2318
20
IM
VINTER-SCHOU, Uffe
DEN
2317
21
IM
ROCHA, Sérgio
POR
2314
22
IM
ALONSO GARCIA, Rene Marcial
CUB
2289
23
IM
BAJARANI, Ilgar
AZE
2286
24
FM
GIEMSA, Stephan
GER
2282
25
IM
CUMMINGS, David
CAN
2269
26
FM
WALLNER, Joachim
AUT
2257
27
IM
BEREND, Fred
LUX
2246
28
FM
VEDDER, Richard
NED
2241
29
FM
MEESSEN, Rudolf
BEL
2234
30
FM
PLOTKIN, Victor
CAN
2234
31
GEORGIEV, Biser
BUL
2228
32
IM
EXTREMERA PAÑOS, Sérgio
ESP
2226
33
FM
FREY PEREZ, Carlos Hugo
CHI
2219
34
IM
GARMA, Chito Danilo
PHI
2217
35
FM
RUIZ AGUILAR, Pablo Alexander
COL
2212
36
IM
MANTOVANI, Renzo
ITA
2207
37
IM
PRASAD, D V
IND
2185
38
FM
BURNETT, Andrew
SCO
2174
39
MORIN, Yves
CAN
2167
40
FM
ECKERT, Douglas
USA
2154
41
FM
DIMITRIJESKI, Boris
GER
2152
42
FM
RIBEIRO, Fernando
POR
2125
43
FM
PITSCHKA, Claus
GER
2124
44
FARRELL, Neil
SCO
2114
45
FM
MELIKHOV, Evgenii
GRE
2102
46
FOLK, Petr
CZE
2092
47
BUGAYEV, Vladimir
USA
2085
48
VAN DEN BERSSELAAR, Jeroen
NED
2082
49
MINNICAN, Alan
SCO
2071
50
MATZAT, Andre
GER
2065
51
LUKÁČ, Roman
SVK
2063
52
FM
KOLESAR, Milan
SVK
2059
53
DIJKSTRA, Matthijs
NED
2034
54
LOPEZ DE TURISO, Jose Angel
ESP
2016
55
ROSÁRIO, José Nobre
POR
2002
56
HARTMANN, Wolfgang
GER
1984
57
IBRAYEV, Galymzhan
KAZ
1983
58
SIELICKI, Tomasz
POL
1976
59
CM
FLIS, Paweł
POL
1975
60
HOFFMANN, Michael
GER
1974
61
MENDEZ, Alejandro Ariel
ARG
1973
62
MALINOVKSÝ, Petr
CZE
1972
63
PORSCHBERG, Thomas
GER
1966
64
FERNÁNDEZ MUIXI, Francesc
ESP
1956
65
WFM
FINK-NUNN, Petra
ENG
1952
66
FM
HUGUET MAINAR, Sergio
HON
1948
67
SCHMIDMEIER, Arno
GER
1940
68
CM
JOSEPH, Ebenezer
IND
1918
69
FILIPOVICH, David
CAN
1898
70
GUERRA, José
POR
1891
71
ANTONY, Joy Vattappatambil
IND
1886
72
FIGUEIREDO, Mário
POR
1874
73
CM
BUCIU, Aurel-John
AUS
1850
74
OBIAMIWE, Paul
NGR
1848
75
COELHO, José Pedro
POR
1845
76
SCHNEIDER, Waldemar
GER
1775
77
NAIMANOV, Rinat
KAZ
1749
78
CARVALHO, Vítor
POR
1625
79
KUTREV, Rosen
POR
1615
80
BONDAR, Serge
USA
0