The 2016 World Team Championship 50+ & 65+ was held from 26th June to 4th July at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Radebeul, Germany. Germany 1 is World Champion in Section 50+, Russia Women wins the Women’s Section and Russia...
McCutcheon High School Students Bring Chess To Nursing Home
89-Year-Old Chess Fanatic Faces Off Against High School Students After Plea for Opponents By NICOLE PELLETIERE May 16, 2016, 12:15 PM ET An 89-year-old chess fanatic desperate for opponents is now taking on student volunteers at the nursing home...
Israel and Russia win European Senior Team Championships 2016
Team of Israel, in category 50+ and Russia, in category 65+ are the new European Senior Team Champions for 2016! Both teams finished the tournament undefeated, with maximum score. In category 50+ Isreal was leading from the very beggining,...
Chess benefits for seniors?
Shelby Lyman on Chess: A Help for Seniors? The notion that games such as chess can be at least a partial antidote to the mental ravages of aging is a common one, and it may be true. The argument...
Seniors 65 & Seniors 50 at ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships
Seniors 65 & Seniors 50 at ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships Jun 12, 2015 While there has long been a category for Seniors in the ASEAN+ Age-Group Championships, this year it has been aligned to FIDE competition and is now played...
EICC 2015 with special prize fund for seniors
EICC 2015 with special prize fund for seniors Jerusalem continues the preparation for the 2015 European Individual Championship. The top European competition, open to all members of European Federations, will be staged in hotel Ramada on February 23rd –...
Asian Seniors and Amateur Chess Championships 2014
The Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation, is organizing the 5th Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships from 5-12th December 2014 in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The tournaments will be played in 9 rounds according...
Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships 2013
The Royal Jordanian Chess Federation, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation, invites your players to participate in the Asian Seniors and Amateur Championships 2013. The Championships will be held from 24th January to 2nd February 2014 in Amman,...
Huge turn-up at the International Senior Tournament in Stockholm
The International Senior Tournament 2013, put forth by the Scandinavian Chess Tournaments organization, is being played on 9th-12th May at the Täby Park Hotel in Kemistvägen 30, Täby, Sweden. 120 participants signed up to participate in this strong and...
European Senior Chess Championship 2012
European Senior Chess Championship 2012 The European Chess Union and Kaunas Chess Federation organize the 12th European Senior Chess Championship and Women Senior Chess Championship in the Palace of Army Officers, Kaunas, Lithuania, from 18th to 26th August, 2012....