The 2006 World Senior Chess Championship was held in Arvier (Valle d’Aosta, Italia) between September 11 and 23, 2006. This was an 11-round Swiss tournament with 126 participants. After scoring 7.5 in the first 8 games, Korchnoi took 3 draws in the last 3 rounds to secure the title.
Here are some of the top finishers:
1 Korchnoi, Viktor 2600 9.0/11
2 Jansa, Vlastimil 2482 8.5/11
3-5 Spassov, Liuben 2387 8.0/11
3-5 Bukal, Vladimir 2414 8.0/11
3-5 Donchenko, Anatoly G 2405 8.0/11
6-15 Plachetka, Jan 2090 7.5/11
6-15 Klovans, Janis 2433 7.5/11
6-15 Vasiukov, Evgeni 2505 7.5/11
Here is the official website.
Wow. Both for winning with such a score and for being rated 2600 at his age.
he may yet be world champion. 😉
jb: Why i´m not surprised?
well I guess we must be hgappy for old Korchnoi, he deserves it.
do u know Jansa? Can u give the best game of that tournament,
bye.
Is this the first time Korchnoi be World Champ?