Final Results of the World Senior Team Chess Championship 2015 in Dresden
Team Slovakia wins in Group 50+, Team Russia in Group 65+, Germany Women 1 secures first place in the women’s tournament. The team from Slovakia retained the upper hand in the final round. They were able to prevail against the team “Schachgemeinschaft Leipzig” with 4 – 0 and secured 17 points to win the tournament in the 50+ section. But they did not only remain unbeaten as a team; the Slovak players won every single game during the World Championship! The team “Germany” was able to achieve two points against “SV Lok Engelsdorf”, thus securing 15 points and winning the silver medal. The bronze medal goes to “England 1”, which is due to the better Buchholz system putting them just ahead of “Thüringen” – both having 13 team points.
In the 65+ – Tournament Team “Russia” was already facing the last round as the winners. But the Russians showed a strong performance again and achieved 4 – 0 against the team “Berliner Schachverband”. Behind them, “KAISSA Germany” and team “Germany 65+” played against each other in the final round, both having 12 team points. The match ended in a draw, “KAISSA Germany” placed second due to the better Buchholz system and won the silver medal ahead of the team “Germany 65+”.
In the women’s section the team “Germany Women 1” was able to surprisingly decide the tournament for themselves. For the women from Germany a draw against the team “SK Bad Harzburg” was enough to leave the Russian women’s team behind, with 10 points. The Russian delegation was indeed able to move past the Latvian women, but it was not enough for the overall victory. The second German women’s team reached as many points as Latvia, but became fourth because of the better Buchholz system of the Latvian women.
We congratulate the winners and look forward to seeing everybody at the 4th World Senior Team Championship 2016 in Radebeul!
Team Slovakia World Chess Champion 50+
Team Russia, World Chess Champion 65+
Gold Women Team Germany, Bronce Women Team Latvia