The 15th European Senior Chess Championship for Men and Women will be held in Eretria, Greece, from 28th April to 8th May, 2015.
The tournament venue is the conference center of the 4-star “Eretria Village” Hotel, near the legendary ancient city of Eretria.
The Championship is open to all players representing ECU Chess Federations who have been born in the year 1965 or earlier. There is also no limit in the number of participants per federation.
At the present there are registrations from 23 countries with 9 Grandmasters in the field.
The Championship will be played in two categories: category SENIOR 50+ and category SENIOR 65+, Men and Women separately.
The European Senior Chess Championship will be played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds, with the time control 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game+ 30 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.
Total prize fund of the Championship is 8.000 Euros, and the first 3 places will be awarded with cups and medals. Prizes will be equally shared among the players with the same score.
The top 3 players from each category of the European Senior Championship 2015 are qualified with personal rights (free board and lodging in single rooms) to the World Senior Championship 2016.
Contact the Tournament Director: FIDE IO Nikos Kalesis
tel.: (+30) 6938326161, fax: (+30) 2641500112
e-mail: euroseniors2015@gmail.com
Regulations for download (PDF)
Participants (top seeds):
1. GM Nunn John D M ENG 2601 O50
2. GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2536 O50
3. GM Arkell Keith C ENG 2493 O50
4. IM Kalegin Evgenij RUS 2457 O50
5. IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2433 O50
6. GM Raetsky Alexander RUS 2419 O50
7. IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2418 O50
8. GM Vasiukov Evgeni RUS 2416 O65
9. GM Kupreichik Viktor D BLR 2373 O65
10. GM Fernandes Antonio POR 2369 O50
11. IM Berkovich Mark A ISR 2362 O50
12. IM Petran Peter SVK 2362 O50
13. IM Barle Janez SLO 2347 O50
14. IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I. RUS 2314 O65
15. GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2313 O65
16. GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2302 W65
17. IM Rooze Jan BEL 2281 O65
18. IM Smolin Sergey UKR 2272 O50
19. FM Chapman Terry P D ENG 2258 O50
20. FM Furman Boris RUS 2217 O50