World Senior Chess Championship 2010
26th October to 6th November 2010 in Arco – Trentino, Italy
http://previews.chessdom.com/2010/world-senior-chess-championship
The 20th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship is set to take 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 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).
Winner and Senior World Championship 2010 will be the person who has scored the highest number of points at the end of the tournament. If two or more players are tied the following tiebreak rules shall be applied:1. Result of direct encounters between tied players (applies only if all tied players have played each other)2. The sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If still tied, deduct the first round score, and if necessary the second round score and so on3. If still tied, the number of games played with black by each player in the tie (the highest number wins)4. If still tied, the average rating of the 7 top rated opponents of each player (the highest number wins)
The title of “Grandmaster” will be conferred to the winner of the 20th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2010 who will receive the Gold medal. The second place will receive a Silver medal, the third place is awarded a Bronze medal. The same rules for the medals award are applied to the participating women players, who play separately within their own tournament.
The reigning European Senior Chess Champions WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili and GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky, and 2009 World Senior Champions GM Nona Gaprindashvili and GM Miso Cebalo, also compete.
Photo gallery from the 2010 European Senior Chess Championships.
Seniors World Championship 2010 Open :
Top 15 seeds
1 GM Tseshkovsky Vitaly RUS 2564
2 GM Dydyshko Viacheslav BLR 2547
3 GM Tukmakov Vladimir B UKR 2547
4 GM Rashkovsky Nukhim N RUS 2519
5 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2507
6 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2499
7 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2499
8 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2493
9 GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2466
10 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2464
11 IM Fradkin Boris RUS 2454
12 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2443
13 GM Ermenkov Evgenij PLE 2442
14 GM Butnorius Algimantas LTU 2439
15 GM Chernikov Oleg L RUS 2425
Women’s section top 10
1 GM Gaprindashvili Nona GEO 2363
2 WGM Kozlovskaya Valentina RUS 2278
3 WGM Fatalibekova Elena RUS 2270
4 WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2256
5 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2162
6 WIM Titorenko Natalia I RUS 2158
7 WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2146
8 WIM Mira Helene AUT 2133
9 WIM Borisova Borislava SWE 2096
10 WFM Bogumil Tatiana RUS 2096
Art Bisguier should play in this.