Well, Viktor Korchnoi is competing in the World Senior Championship right now in Italy. Some of the other big name seniors are:
GM Cebalo, Miso 2505 CRO
GM Vasiukov, Evgeni 2505 RUS
GM Jansa, Vlastimil 2482 CZE
GM Klovans, Janis 2433 LAT
GM Ivkov, Borislav 2428 SCG
GM Plachetka, Jan 2427 SVK
GM Chernikov, Oleg L 2422 RUS
GM Spassov, Liuben 2387 BUL (Reigning Champion)
GM Westerinen, Heikki M.J. 2378 FIN
After 3 rounds, here are the top players:
1 GM Korchnoi, Viktor 2600 SUI 3
2 GM Cebalo, Miso 2505 CRO 3
3 GM Klovans, Janis 2433 LAT 3
4 GM Plachetka, Jan 2427 SVK 3
5 GM Spassov, Liuben 2387 BUL 3
6 IM Klundt, Klaus 2380 GER 3
Here is the official website.
Go, Korchnoi! I still think he was robbed by the Soviets and their toady, Campomanes.
It’s amazing that, at his age, he’s still rated 2600+!
In the European Senior Championship (august 2006), he lost the “young” Jansa (64) and finished at the 5th rank. I was present : he hates defeat more than any other player of these senior tournaments.
I still think he was robbed by the Soviets and their toady, Campomanes.
These bizarre conspiracy theories are starting to get old.