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With a quick draw against GM Evgeni Vasiukov (RUS), the leader of the tournament “Open +65” GM Vladimir Okhotnik (RUS) won the World Senior Chess Championship for the second time, after 2011 in Rijeka/Croatia. His final score was 9,5 points out of 11 rounds (8 games won, 3 draw). After big fighting on the other boards the second place went to GM Anatoly Vaisser (FRA) and the third place to GM Viktor D. Kupreichik (BLR).

We saw great fights in the last round on the first four boards of the section “Open +50”: GM Predrag Nikolic (BIH) won his game against GM Keith C. Arkell (ENG) and with therefore he won the title “World Senior Chess Champion 2015” in this category. On board two GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU) won his game against IM Fabrizio Bellia (ITA) and so he took the silver medal, ahead of GM Georg Mohr (SLO). All these three players didn’t lose any game during the whole championship. GM Carlos Garcia Palermo became best Italian player with 8 points on the fourth place.

In section “Women +65” GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) had yet won the tournament with her yesterday’s result. In the last round she agreed to a quick draw and won tournament with 7 points out of 9 games (5 wins and 4 draws). WGM Tamar Kmiadashvili (GEO) won her last game and took the silver medal, while WIM Ludmila A. Tsifanskaya (ISR) drew quickly and took the bronze medal.

The women in section +50 had a strange tournament. WGM Galina Strutinskaia (RUS), WFM Petra Schulz (GER) and WFM Tatiana Bogumil (RUS) leaded after round 8 with 5,5 points each, but all three had not been able to win their last rounds game! Finally Strutinskaia with 6 points won the tournament, equally with three other players.

Final standings:

Open +50:
1. GM Predrag Nikolic (BIH) 9,5
2. GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU) 9
3. GM Georg Mohr (SLO) 8,5

Open +65:
1. GM Vladimir Okhotnik (FRA) 9,5
2. GM Anatoly Vaisser (FRA) 8,5
3. GM Viktor D. Kupreichik (BLR) 8

Women +50:
1. WGM Galina Strutinskaia (RUS) 6
2. WGM Marina Makropoulou (GRE) 6
3. WFM Petra Schulz (GER) 6

Women +65:
1. GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) 7
2. WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO) 6,5
3. WIM Ludmila A Tsifanskaya (ISR) 6

Next World Senior Championship will be organized in November 2016 in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic and in 2017 again in Italy with the same organizers.

Official Website:
www.scaccomattissimo.it
www.arcoworldchess.com

Results:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr174982.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=11&flag=30&wi=821

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