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

#YearLocationOverall winnerWomen champion
12001Italy St. Vincent  Jacob Murey (ISR) Valeria Dotan (ISR)
22002Italy St. Vincent  Vladimir Bukal (CRO) Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (POL)
32003Italy St. Vincent  Sinisa Joksic (SCG) Vlasta Maček (CRO)
42004Italy Arvier  Mark Tseitlin (ISR) Radmila Popivoda (ISR)
52005Germany Bad Homburg  Mark Tseitlin (ISR) Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (POL)
62006Switzerland Davos  Borislav Ivkov (SRB) Valeria Dotan (ISR)
72007Germany Hockenheim  Nukhim Rashkovsky (RUS) Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
82008Switzerland Davos  Mark Tseitlin (ISR) Elena Fatalibekova (RUS)
92009Slovenia Rogaška Slatina  Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS) Ludmila Saunina (RUS)
102010Greece Thessaloniki  Vitaly Tseshkovsky (RUS) Tamar Khmiadashvili (GEO)
112011Italy Courmayeur  Mihai Șubă (ROU) Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO)
122012Lithuania Kaunas  Nikolai Pushkov (RUS) Tatyana Fomina (EST)
132013Bulgaria Plovdiv  Mark Tseitlin (ISR) Margarita Voiska (BUL)
142014Portugal Porto  Nico Schouten (NED) (65+)
 Keith Arkell (ENG) (50+)		 Valentina Kozlovskaya (RUS) (65+)
 Tatyana Fomina (EST) (50+)
152015Greece Eretria  Jan Rooze (BEL) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)		 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Svetlana Mednikova (RUS) (50+)
162016Armenia Yerevan  Valentin Bogdanov (UKR) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)		 Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Galina Strutinskaya (RUS) (50+)
172017Spain Sabadell  Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE) (65+)
 Karen Movsziszian (ARM) (50+)		  Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Galina Strutinskaya (RUS) (50+)
182018Norway Drammen  Vladislav Vorotnikov (RUS) (65+)
 Simen Agdestein (NOR) (50+)		  Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
 Brigitte Burchardt (GER) (50+)
192019Greece Rhodes  Jens Kristiansen (DEN) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)		  Elena Fatalibekova (RUS) (65+)
 Tatiana Grabuzova (RUS) (50+)
202021Italy Budoni  Nathan Birnboim (ISR) (65+)
 Fabrizio Bellia (ITA) (50+)		  Annett Wagner-Michel (GER) (65+)
 Elena Krasenkova (RUS) (50+)
212022Poland Lublin  Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE) (65+)
 Martin Mrva (SVK) (50+)		  Annett Wagner-Michel (GER) (65+)
 Sopiko Teraladze (GEO) (50+)
222023Italy Acqui Terme  John Nunn (ENG) (65+)
 Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)		  Gisela Fischdick (GER) (65+)
 Silvia Alexieva (FRA) (50+)
232024Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro  Zurab Sturua (GEO) (65+)
 Mikheil Kekelidze (GEO) (50+)		  Brigitte Burchardt (GER) (65+)
 Marina Makropoulou (GRE) (50+)
242025Croatia Rabac  Zurab Sturua (GEO) (65+)
 Jean-Marc Degraeve (FRA) (50+)		  Ligia-Letitia Jicman (ROU) (65+)
 Gundula Heinatz (SUI) (50+)
252026Italy Acqui Terme  Zurab Sturua (GEO) (65+)
 Jean-Marc Degraeve (FRA) (50+)		  Elena Krasenkowa (POL) (65+)
 Silvia Alexieva (FRA) (50+)

See also

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