European Senior Chess Championship

The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60 +) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The corresponding, women's category had an age restriction of fifty years or over (50+).

In 2014 the competition was split into separate tournaments for the age categories of 65+ and 50+ and these age restrictions were unified across both genders. The format of each tournament is a 9-round Swiss, the overall winners being awarded the respective titles of "European Senior Chess Champion" and "European Senior Women's Chess Champion" in each age category. Similar titles are awarded for rapidplay and blitz, but these are not shown below.

List of winners

# Year Location Overall winner Women champion
1 2001 Italy St. Vincent  Jacob Murey (ISR)
2 2002 Italy St. Vincent  Vladimir Bukal (CRO)
3 2003 Italy St. Vincent  Sinisa Joksic (SCG)  Vlasta Maček (CRO)
4 2004 Italy Arvier  Mark Tseitlin (ISR)  Radmila Popivoda (ISR)
5 2005 Germany Bad Homburg  Mark Tseitlin (ISR)  Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (POL)
6 2006 Switzerland Davos  Borislav Ivkov (SRB)  Valeria Dotan (ISR)
7 2007 Germany Hockenheim  Nukhim Rashkovsky (RUS)  Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
8 2008 Switzerland Davos  Mark Tseitlin (ISR)  Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
9 2009 Slovenia Rogaška Slatina  Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS)  Ludmila Saunina (RUS)
10 2010 Greece Thessaloniki  Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS)  Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO)
11 2011 Italy Courmayeur  Mihai Suba (ROU)  Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO)
12 2012 Lithuania Kaunas  Nikolai Pushkov (RUS)  Tatyana Fomina (EST)
13 2013 Bulgaria Plovdiv  Mark Tseitlin (ISR)  Margarita Voiska (BUL)
14 2014 Portugal Porto  Nico Schouten (NED) (65+)
 Keith Arkell (ENG) (50+)
 Valentina Kozlovskaya (RUS) (65+)
 Tatyana Fomina (EST) (50+)
15 2015 Greece Eretria  Jan Rooze (BEL) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Svetlana Mednikova (RUS) (50+)
16 2016 Armenia Yerevan  Valentin Bogdanov (UKR) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Galina Strutinskaia (RUS) (50+)
17 2017 Spain Sabadell  Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE) (65+)
 Karen Movsziszian (ARM) (50+)
 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Galina Strutinskaia (RUS) (50+)
18 2018 Norway Drammen  Vladislav V Vorotnikov (RUS) (65+)
 Simen Agdestein (NOR) (50+)
 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Brigitte Burchardt (GER) (50+)
19 2019 Greece Rhodes  Jens Kristiansen (DEN) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
 Elena Fatalibekova (RUS) (65+)
 Tatiana Grabuzova (RUS) (50+)
20 2021 Italy Budoni  Nathan Birnboim (ISR) (65+)
 Fabrizio Bellia (ITA) (50+)
 Annett Wagner-Michel (GER) (65+)
 Elena Krasenkova (RUS) (50+)
21 2022 Poland Lublin  Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE) (65+)
 Martin Mrva (SVK) (50+)
 Annett Wagner-Michel (GER) (65+)
 Sopiko Teraladze (GEO) (50+)

See also

References

  • Crowther, Mark (4 September 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 359: European Senior Championships 2001, London Chess Center
  • Crowther, Mark (7 October 2002), THE WEEK IN CHESS 413: European Senior Championships 2002, London Chess Center
  • Crowther, Mark (29 September 2003), THE WEEK IN CHESS 464: European Senior Championships 2003, London Chess Center
  • Crowther, Mark (20 September 2004), THE WEEK IN CHESS 515: European Senior Championships 2004, London Chess Center
  • Crowther, Mark (21 August 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 615: European Senior Championships 2006, London Chess Center
  • Results 2002 from FIDE
  • Results 2003 from FIDE
  • Results 2004 from FIDE
  • Results 2005 from FIDE
  • Results 2006 from FIDE
  • Results 2007 from FIDE[permanent dead link]
  • Homepage of the 2007 edition
  • List of winners until 2006 in the Manual 2007 of the European Chess Union