24th World Senior Chess Championships

The 2014 FIDE World Senior Chess Championships will be held from 23 October to 5 November in the conference center of “Mediterranean Village” in Katerini, Olympus Riviera, Greece

In accordance with the FIDE tournament rules, the Championship will be played in two categories: one for those who shall have reached the age of 50 (category SENIOR 50+), and one for those who shall have reached the age of 65 (category SENIOR 65+) by December 31st of the year in which the tournament will commence.

In each age category an Open and a Women’s competition is organized.

The FIDE World Senior Chess Championships shall be played in 11 rounds following the Swiss System. Time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game. Each player will also receive 30 seconds for each move played. Default time at the start of all rounds is 30 minutes.

Total prize fund is 20.000 euros. Money prizes will be equally shared among players tied with the same score.

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All players (top players):

1. GM Nunn John D M ENG 2602 S50
2. GM Hebden Mark L ENG 2540 S50
3. GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2531 S65
4. GM Sturua Zurab GEO 2523 S50
5. GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2517 S50
6. GM Bischoff Klaus GER 2504 S50
7. GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2487 S50
8. IM Kalegin Evgenij RUS 2474 S50
9. IM Zhelnin Vladimir V RUS 2471 S65
10. GM Arkell Keith C ENG 2450 S50
11. GM Vasiukov Evgeni RUS 2448 S65
12. GM Balashov Yuri S RUS 2429 S65
13. IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2422 S50
14. GM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2405 S50
15. GM Kupreichik Viktor D BLR 2405 S65
16. GM Suba Mihai ROU 2341 S65
17. IM Rooze Jan BEL 2341 S65
18. IM Van Riemsdijk Herman C. BRA 2339 S65
19. IM Barle Janez SLO 2338 S50
20. IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I. RUS 2331 S65
21. IM Zakharov Alexander RUS 2331 S65
22. IM Klundt Klaus GER 2325 S65
23. IM Stepovoj Vladimir RUS 2323 S50
24. GM Bouaziz Slim TUN 2321 S50
25. IM Pritchett Craig W SCO 2315 S65
26. GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2306 S65
27. FM Chapman Terry P D ENG 2304 S50
28. GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2299 w S65
29. FM Heinig Wolfram Dr. GER 2296 S50
30. IM Shevelev Arkady ISR 2295 S50
31. IM Polajzer Danilo SLO 2294 S50
32. IM Filipenko Alexander V RUS 2292 S65
33. WGM Strutinskaia Galina RUS 2287 w S50
34. Wahlbom Magnus SWE 2283 S65
35. GM Malinin Vasily B. RUS 2280 S50