European Senior Chess Championship
The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60+) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The corresponding, women's category had an age restriction of fifty years or over (50+).
In 2014 the competition was split into separate tournaments for the age categories of 65+ and 50+ and these age restrictions were unified across both genders. The format of each tournament is a 9-round Swiss, the overall winners being awarded the respective titles of "European Senior Chess Champion" and "European Senior Women's Chess Champion" in each age category. Similar titles are awarded for rapidplay and blitz, but these are not shown below.
List of winners
#
Year
Location
Overall winner
Women champion
1
2001
St. Vincent
Jacob Murey (ISR)
2
2002
St. Vincent
Vladimir Bukal (CRO)
3
2003
St. Vincent
Sinisa Joksic (SCG)
Vlasta Macek (CRO)
4
2004
Arvier
Mark Tseitlin (ISR)
Radmila Popivoda (ISR)
5
2005
Bad Homburg
Mark Tseitlin (ISR)
Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (POL)
6
2006
Davos
Borislav Ivkov (SRB)
Valeria Dotan (ISR)
7
2007
Hockenheim
Nukhim Rashkovsky (RUS)
Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
8
2008
Davos
Mark Tseitlin (ISR)
Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
9
2009
Rogaška Slatina
Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS)
Ludmila Saunina (RUS)
10
2010
Thessaloniki
Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS)
Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO)
11
2011
Courmayeur
Mihai Suba (ROU)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO)
12
2012
Kaunas
Nikolai Pushkov (RUS)
Tatyana Fomina (EST)
13
2013
Plovdiv
Mark Tseitlin (ISR)
Margarita Voiska (BUL)
14
2014
Porto
Nico Schouten (NED) (65+)
Keith Arkell (ENG) (50+)
Valentina Kozlovskaya (RUS) (65+) Tatyana Fomina (EST) (50+)
15
2015
Eretria
Jan Rooze (BEL) (65+) Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+) Svetlana Mednikova (RUS) (50+)
16
2016
Yerevan
Valentin Bogdanov (UKR) (65+) Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+) Galina Strutinskaia (RUS) (50+)
17
2017
Sabadell
Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE) (65+) Karen Movsziszian (ARM) (50+)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+) Galina Strutinskaia (RUS) (50+)
18
2018
Drammen
Vladislav V Vorotnikov (RUS) (65+) Simen Agdestein (NOR) (50+)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+) Brigitte Burchardt (GER) (50+)
See also
- World Senior Chess Championship
- European Individual Chess Championship
- European Junior Chess Championship
- European Youth Chess Championship
- Asian Senior Chess Championship
References
Crowther, Mark (4 September 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 359: European Senior Championships 2001, London Chess Center.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Crowther, Mark (7 October 2002), THE WEEK IN CHESS 413: European Senior Championships 2002, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (29 September 2003), THE WEEK IN CHESS 464: European Senior Championships 2003, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (20 September 2004), THE WEEK IN CHESS 515: European Senior Championships 2004, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (21 August 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 615: European Senior Championships 2006, London Chess Center
- Results 2002 from FIDE
- Results 2003 from FIDE
- Results 2004 from FIDE
- Results 2005 from FIDE
- Results 2006 from FIDE
- Results 2007 from FIDE
- Homepage of the 2007 edition
- List of winners until 2006 in the Manual 2007 of the European Chess Union
