World Senior Chess Championship 2010
26th October to 6th November in Arco – Trentino, Italy
The 20th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship is taking place from 26th October to 6th November 2010 in Arco – Trentino, Italy, under management of FIDE, Fsi, Cristina Pernici Rigo and the town of Arco. All male players must have reached their 60th Birthday by 1.1.2010 and all female players must have reached their 50th Birthday by 1.1.2010.
The Championship will be played over 11 rounds (9 rounds in Women ch) of the Swiss System. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one (FIDE rules 2006).
The defending champion GM Nona Gaprindashvili defeated her compatriot and reigning European champion WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili in round six, catching up on the shared first place. WGM Elena Fatalibekova is also there after a victory against WIM Tatyana Fomina.
The earlier sole leader of the World Senior Chess Championship Open, GM Anatoly Vaisser, drew in round eight, and allowed a large group of players to join him on the top position with 6.5 points each.
World Senior Chess Championship 2010 Women, round six standings:
1 GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2363 4.5
2 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2162 4.5
3 WGM Fatalibekova Elena RUS 2270 4.5
4 WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2256 4
5 WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2146 4
6 WFM Khropova Larisa RUS 2037 4
World Senior Chess Championship 2010 Open, round eight standings:
1 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2507 6.5
2 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2443 6.5
3 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2499 6.5
4 GM Tseshkovsky Vitaly RUS 2564 6.5
5 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2464 6.5
6 IM Shvedchikov Anatoli I RUS 2421 6.5
7 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav BLR 2547 6
8 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2499 6
9 IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2423 6
10 IM Filipenko Alexander V RUS 2327 6
11 GM Farago Ivan HUN 2420 6
12 Gutkin Boris ISR 2275 6
More here: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/world-senior-chess-championship
Where are American players?
“Where are American players?”
Too busy with their jobs, I guess… Kind of sad how few of the surviving North American chess stars of the 70’s and 80’s are still playing!