European Senior Chess Championship 2024

The European Senior Chess Championship 2024 is going to take place from October 24 to November 3 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. The official hotel and the venue of the event is Bella Italia EFA Village.

The European Senior Chess Championship 2024 will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, open and women’s sections separately. Each Championship will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

Top participants in the over 50 group are IM Edwin Van Haastert, IM Mark Van Der Werf, IM Christof Sielecki, and GM Paul Motwani. In the over 65 group top players include GM John Nunn, GM Zurab Sturua, GM Rainer Knaak, GM Lubomir Ftacnik, and GM Jose Luis Garcia Fernandez.

Live games from the European Senior Chess will be daily on Chessdom.com

More ECU events: European Chess Club Cup 2024 / European Individual Chess Championship 2024

European Senior Chess Championship 2024 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Gr
1	GM	Nunn, John D M	ENG	2546	O65
2	GM	Sturua, Zurab	GEO	2502	O65
3	GM	Knaak, Rainer	GER	2458	O65
4	GM	Ftacnik, Lubomir	SVK	2444	O65
5	IM	Van Haastert, Edwin	NED	2415	O50
6	IM	Van Der Werf, Mark	NED	2411	O50
7	IM	Sielecki, Christof	GER	2405	O50
8	GM	Motwani, Paul	SCO	2399	O50
9	GM	Mrva, Martin	SVK	2384	O50
10	GM	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis	ESP	2376	O65
11	FM	Dishman, Stephen	ENG	2358	O50
12	GM	Kekelidze, Mikheil	GEO	2348	O50
13	IM	Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton	ESP	2328	O50
14	IM	Vinter-Schou, Uffe	DEN	2318	O50
15	IM	Chevelevitch, Evgueni Dr.	GER	2312	O65
16	IM	Roos, Louis	FRA	2301	O65
17	FM	Svenn, Gosta	SWE	2290	O50
18	GM	Pogorelov, Ruslan	ESP	2283	O65
19	FM	Chapman, Terry P D	ENG	2273	O65
20	FM	Rewitz, Poul	DEN	2262	O50
21	GM	Gaprindashvili, Nona	GEO	2243	W65
22	FM	Wacker, Peter	GER	2228	O50
23		Boulard, Eric	FRA	2203	O65
24	FM	Rasmussen, Casper	DEN	2202	O50
25	IM	Pomes Marcet, Joan	ESP	2201	O65
26	IM	Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel	ESP	2191	O50
27	IM	Pritchett, Craig W	SCO	2187	O65
28	FM	Moen, Ole Christian	NOR	2184	O65
29		Cantero Navarro, Antonio	ESP	2174	O50
30	WGM	Grabuzova, Tatiana	ESP	2169	W50
31	IM	Petran, Peter	SVK	2166	O65
32	IM	Roos, Jean-Luc	FRA	2164	O65
33	FM	Nikolaidis, Konstantinos	GRE	2164	O50
34	FM	Goormachtigh, Johan	BEL	2163	O65
35		Jaderberg, Bjorn	SWE	2161	O50
36	FM	Fayard, Alain	FRA	2153	O65
37	CM	Katzir, Moshe	ISR	2149	O50
38	IM	Giffard, Nicolas	FRA	2142	O65
39	IM	Mannion, Stephen R	SCO	2142	O50
40	CM	Wengholm, Anders	SWE	2140	O65
41		Crocker, Philip J	ENG	2136	O50
42	FM	Meulders, Richard	BEL	2126	O65
43		Issakainen, Ari	FIN	2126	O50
44	FM	Frick, Christoph	GER	2112	O65
45	FM	Lasinskas, Povilas	LTU	2112	O50
46	FM	Cmiel, Thorsten	GER	2108	O50
47	FM	Melikhov, Evgeny V.	GRE	2102	O50
48	WIM	Burchardt, Brigitte	GER	2101	W65
49		Kierzek, Matthias Dr.	GER	2101	O65
50	FM	Naslund, Mikael	SWE	2097	O50
51	IM	Levacic, Damir	MNC	2095	O65
52	WGM	Makropoulou, Marina	GRE	2082	W50
53		Van Den Bersselaar, Jeroen	NED	2082	O50
54	CM	Zimmermann, Luc	NED	2076	O65
55		Celaya Tapiz, Jose Maria	ESP	2074	O65
56		Stoychev, Ognian	BUL	2071	O65
57	CM	Kirszenberg, Marc	FRA	2070	O50
58	CM	Ernst, Michael	AUT	2068	O50
59	FM	Serra Olives, Tomas	ESP	2067	O65
60	IM	Schouten, Nico	NED	2065	O65
61	FM	Haubt, Georg	GER	2065	O65
62	IM	Karason, Askell O	ISL	2057	O65
63		Zoernpfenning, Siegfried	AUT	2053	O65
64		Kindt, Manfred	NED	2052	O50
65		Logar, Metod	SLO	2052	O50
66	FM	Mojzis, Jaroslav	CZE	2049	O65
67		Sigeman, Johan	SWE	2038	O65
68	CM	Lebel, Patrick	MNC	2033	O65
69		Schaefer, Bernd	GER	2030	O65
70		Hewson, Brian W R	ENG	2026	O65
71		Tsyn, Igor	ISR	2025	O50
72		Gnirenko, Vitaliy	ITA	2015	O65
73		Iosif-Hoellenriegel, Daniela	GER	2010	W50
74	FM	Verdier, Patrice	MNC	2006	O50
75		Mayer, Roland	GER	2002	O65
76		Paleologu, Vladimir	SUI	1996	O50
77		Green, Per	SWE	1992	O65
78	FM	Waddington, Mike P	ENG	1988	O50
79	CM	Llopis De Aysa, Manuel	ESP	1987	O50
80		Hartmann, Wolfgang Dr.	GER	1984	O50
81		Lopez De Turiso Sanchez, Jose Angel	ESP	1981	O50
82		Ottavi, Marco	ITA	1979	O50
83	FM	Jensen, Stein	NOR	1977	O65
84		Huber, Guenther	AUT	1977	O50
85	WFM	Birkholz, Olga	GER	1975	W50
86		Genovese, Alberto	ITA	1973	O50
87		Toefferl, Heimo	AUT	1973	O65
88		Privitera, Franco	ITA	1972	O65
89		Nordby, Bernt	NOR	1970	O65
90		Cristiani, Cesare	ITA	1969	O50
91		Mordiglia, Riccardo	ITA	1969	O50
92	WFM	Kierzek, Mira	GER	1967	W65
93		Schmuki, Roman	SUI	1966	O65
94	WFM	Fink-Nunn, Petra	ENG	1952	O50
95	CM	Krupa, Krzysztof	POL	1950	O65
96		Melero Sanchez, Pere	ESP	1946	O50
97	CM	Paronen, Petteri	FIN	1941	O50
98		Braun, Klaus	GER	1939	O50
99		Kowalczuk, Wojciech	POL	1937	O50
100		Van Den Bersselaar, Henri	NED	1937	O50
101		Zimmermann, Curt	AUT	1935	O50
102		Riekenbrauk, Joerg	GER	1934	O50
103		Gregg, Alan M	ENG	1933	O65
104	WFM	Baliuniene, Margarita	LTU	1930	W50
105		De Napoli, Giuseppe	ITA	1927	O50
106		Fox, Anthony	IRL	1916	O50
107		Guglielmi, Giuseppe	ITA	1915	O65
108		Mottonen, Ari	FIN	1912	O50
109		Bohlin, Jan	SWE	1908	O65
110		Krupa, Jerzy	POL	1906	O65
111		Koskinen, Veikko	FIN	1901	O65
112		Patrucco, Carlo	ITA	1897	O65
113		Pagano, Sergio	ITA	1892	O50
114		Fruehauf, Norbert	AUT	1888	O50
115		Taksrud, Vidar	NOR	1887	O65
116		Gawle, Ireneusz	POL	1886	O65
117		Gibellato, Francesco	ITA	1880	O65
118		Tortora, Franco	ITA	1874	O65
119		Erdogan, Hassan	ENG	1873	O65
120		Meth, Andreas	GER	1872	O50
121		Badano, Giancarlo	ITA	1869	O50
122		Cafolla, Peter	IRL	1867	O65
123		Thjomoe, Hans Richard	NOR	1867	O65
124		Loibl, Johann	AUT	1861	O65
125		Giuriato, Sergio	ITA	1858	O65
126		Warnk, Torsten	GER	1857	O50
127		Ni, Polina	LAT	1856	W50
128		Reem, Meir	ISR	1856	O65
129		Buriene, Regina	LTU	1852	W65
130		Aird, Ian	SCO	1851	O65
131		Maiffret, Patrick	MNC	1844	O65
132		Beuger, Ronald	GER	1843	O50
133		Hammari, Per Age	NOR	1840	O65
134		Patola, Eero	FIN	1839	O65
135		Boer, Stefan	ITA	1834	O50
136		Onem, Cem	TUR	1825	O50
137		Novak, Simona	SLO	1821	W50
138		Storkebaum, Ulrike	GER	1821	W50
139		Nikolenko, Larysa	UKR	1815	W50
140		Wacker, Manfred	GER	1815	O65
141		Bjorgvik, Jan Arne	NOR	1812	O65
142	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1807	W65
143		Ring, Rudolf	AUT	1789	O65
144		De Maria, Isaia	ITA	1777	O50
145		Lihosith, Peter	SVK	1774	O65
146		Nicholson, David	ITA	1774	O65
147		Cattaneo, Ugo	ITA	1761	O65
148		Carisio, Enrico	ITA	1760	O65
149		Mattavelli, Italo	ITA	1753	O65
150		Zangrando, Gianpietro	ITA	1753	O65
151		Panada, Valter	ITA	1743	O65
152		Parvulescu, Nicu	ROU	1742	O65
153		Fogassi, Primo	ITA	1720	O65
154		Kopelevitch, Eli	ISR	1687	O50
155		Sponnich, Atle	NOR	1682	O65
156		Mirza, Gabriel	IRL	1669	O50
157		Canel, Paolo	ITA	1665	O50
158		Predomi, Cesare	ITA	1665	O65
159		Ademi, Rexhe	SUI	1610	O50
160		Navarra, Stefano	ITA	1578	O50
161		Lisak, Jerzy	POL	1535	O65
162		Haustein, Heike	GER	0	W50
163		Leimlehner, Alois	AUT	0	O50