European Senior Chess Championship 2024
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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 |