The World Senior Chess Championships 2012 will be held in the 5-star Galini Wellness Spa & Resort Hotel in Kamena Vourla, Greece from 12 November (arrivals) to 25 November (departures).
The games will take place in the Congress Center of Galini Wellness Spa & Resort Hotel, the largest and most complete spa resort in Greece!
Galini Wellness Spa is internationally renowned for its thermal springs and their therapeutic qualities, combining the freshness of the mountain and the breeze of the sea.
Close to Athens (190 km to the north), it nestles in a valley of eucalyptus trees, an ideal starting point for extensive walking and tours, for trips to the nearby ski center of Parnassos mountain or for excursions to the Meteora monasteries, Delphi, Thermopiles and many other points of archeological interest.
The total prize fund of the World Senior Championship is 15.000 euros and the event is open to all players representing FIDE national chess federations, regardless of their title or rating, provided that the men participants are born in 1952 or before and that the women participants are born in 1962 or before.
Two months before the start of the games, the number of participants is already rising. Among the players will be the following names:
OPEN SECTION:
1. GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2540
2. GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2520
3. GM Rashkovsky Nukhim N RUS 2515
4. GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2490
5. GM Vasiukov Evgeni RUS 2469
6. IM Sharif Mehrshad FRA 2462
7. GM Balashov Yuri S RUS 2455
8. GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2451
9. GM Kupreichik Viktor BLR 2443
10. GM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2433
11. IM Fradkin Boris RUS 2426
12. GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2416
13. IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I. RUS 2407
14. GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2404
15. IM Van Riemsdijk Herman C. BRA 2388
16. IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad TKM 2375
17. GM Rantanen Yrjo A. FIN 2356
18. IM Pritchett Craig SCO 2348
19. IM Stepovoj Vladimir RUS 2346
20. FM Sorensen Bent DEN 2310
Beautiful resort.