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The 24th FIDE World Senior Championships are taking place at the Olympus Riviera of Katerini in Greece, with the participation of 163 players from 40 countries and a prize fund of €20.000 for the winners. The first round was on October 24, the final (eleventh) round is on November 4th.
The event is being held under excellent playing conditions in the conference center of the five-star "Mediterranean Village" resort hotel.
Top names playing include famous GMs such as John Nunn (ENG), Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO), Mark Hebden (ENG), Anatoly Vaisser (FRA), Zurab Sturua (GEO), Klaus Bischoff (GER), Karen Movsziszian (ARM), Keith Arkell (ENG), Evgeny Vasiukov (RUS), Yuri Balashov (RUS), Viktor Kupreichik (BLR), Mihai Suba (ROU), Jens Kristiansen (DEN) and many others.
The World Senior Chess Championship is open to all players, regardless of rating and title, who have reached the age of 50 and represent National Chess Federations which are members of FIDE. The Championship is being played in two categories: one for those who shall have reached the age of 50 (category SENIOR 50+), and one for those who have reached the age of 65 (category SENIOR 65+) by December 31st of this year. A separate Women's tournament is being held with 25 players. There are separate prizes for participants who are over 65 and for those over 50. Full technical details can be found here (PDF).
The leader after seven rounds: Georgian GM Zurab Sturua
Testing his brain: GM John Nunn, who lost a game to Sturua but caught him after
seven rounds and is only slightly behind on tiebreak points.
| Rk. | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Sturua Zurab | GEO | 2523 | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.5 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Nunn John D M | ENG | 2602 | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Hebden Mark L | ENG | 2540 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 |
| 4 | 8 | GM | Arkell Keith C | ENG | 2450 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 |
| 5 | 4 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | LAT | 2517 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.5 |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Kristiansen Jens | DEN | 2405 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 |
| 7 | 9 | IM | Bruno Fabio | ITA | 2422 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 |
| 8 | 11 | IM | Barle Janez | SLO | 2338 | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Bischoff Klaus | GER | 2504 | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 |
| 10 | 13 | GM | Bouaziz Slim | TUN | 2321 | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 |
| 11 | 6 | GM | Movsziszian Karen | ARM | 2487 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 |
| 12 | 20 | Alexakis Dimitrios | GRE | 2224 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | |
| 13 | 27 | Yasin Hur | TUR | 2138 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | |
| 14 | 7 | IM | Kalegin Evgenij | RUS | 2474 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 |
| 15 | 26 | FM | Furman Boris | RUS | 2152 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 |
| 16 | 16 | IM | Shevelev Arkady | ISR | 2295 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 |
| 17 | 14 | FM | Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2304 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 |
| 18 | 22 | FM | Nikolaidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2178 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 |
| 19 | 24 | Findlay David John | SCO | 2162 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 |
Full results and standings of all 47 players here
Some readers will recognize this player. Hint: a major opening variation is named after him.
| Rk. | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2531 | 6.0 | 29.5 | 33.5 |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Zhelnin Vladimir V | RUS | 2471 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 |
| 4 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2429 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 | |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Suba Mihai | ROU | 2341 | 5.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 |
| 5 | 9 | IM | Zakharov Alexander | RUS | 2331 | 5.5 | 25.0 | 28.5 |
| 6 | 5 | GM | Kupreichik Viktor D | BLR | 2405 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 |
| 7 | 17 | FM | Peretz Malkiel | ISR | 2240 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 28.0 |
| 8 | 20 | Kolbak Jens | DEN | 2232 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | |
| 55 | Morriss Pete | IRL | 2032 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | ||
| 10 | 23 | FM | Gergel Vladimir P | UKR | 2202 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 |
| 11 | 11 | IM | Pritchett Craig W | SCO | 2315 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 |
| 12 | 22 | FM | Singer Hans | AUT | 2207 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 |
| 13 | 13 | IM | Filipenko Alexander V | RUS | 2292 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 |
| 14 | 8 | IM | Van Riemsdijk Herman C. | BRA | 2339 | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.5 |
| 15 | 19 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2233 | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 |
| 16 | 26 | FM | Frumson Yury | RUS | 2179 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 |
| 17 | 29 | FM | Serra Olives Tomas | ESP | 2156 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 |
| 18 | 10 | IM | Klundt Klaus | GER | 2325 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 27.0 |
| 19 | 15 | Malisov Boris | ISR | 2250 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | |
| 20 | 7 | IM | Rooze Jan | BEL | 2341 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 |
| 21 | 12 | GM | Pushkov Nikolai | RUS | 2306 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 |
| 22 | 30 | IM | Skalkotas Nikolaos | GRE | 2150 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 |
| 23 | 37 | Batakovs Olegs | LAT | 2098 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | |
| 24 | 27 | Bibilashvili Giorgi | GEO | 2169 | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 |
Full results and standings of all 92 players here
| Rk. | SNo | Title | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 11 | WGM | Ankudinova Yelena | S50 | KAZ | 2121 | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.5 |
| 2 | 12 | WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | S50 | ENG | 2095 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 25.5 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Gaprindashvili Nona | S65 | GEO | 2299 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 |
| 4 | 5 | WGM | Saunina Ludmila | S50 | RUS | 2190 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 |
| 5 | 7 | WIM | Mednikova Svetlana | S50 | RUS | 2154 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 |
| 6 | 4 | WGM | Fatalibekova Elena | S65 | RUS | 2215 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 |
| 7 | 6 | WIM | Kasoshvili Tsiala | S50 | GEO | 2161 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 |
| 8 | 9 | WIM | Melashvili Nino | S50 | GEO | 2135 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 |
| 9 | 8 | WFM | Bogumil Tatiana | S50 | RUS | 2149 | 4.5 | 21.0 | 24.0 |
| 10 | 19 | Baliuniene Margarita | S50 | DEN | 1961 | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | |
| 11 | 10 | WIM | Titorenko Natalia I | S50 | RUS | 2123 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 |
| 12 | 3 | Priedite Ingrida | S50 | LAT | 2225 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | |
| 13 | 2 | WGM | Strutinskaia Galina | S50 | RUS | 2287 | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 |
| 14 | 15 | WFM | Khropova Larisa | S50 | RUS | 2026 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 |
| 15 | 14 | WFM | Birkholz Olga | S50 | GER | 2067 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 |
| 16 | 20 | Kabanova Irina | S65 | RUS | 1933 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | |
| 17 | 18 | Abdikasova Panu | S65 | KAZ | 1981 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.0 | |
| 18 | 16 | WFM | Ungure Liga | S50 | LAT | 1997 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 |
| 19 | 13 | WGM | Khmiadashvili Tamar | S65 | GEO | 2090 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 |
| 20 | 22 | Sand Rosemarie | S50 | GER | 1651 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | |
| 21 | 17 | Sinchurina Tatiana | S50 | RUS | 1985 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | |
| 22 | 25 | Yagunova Zinaida | S65 | KAZ | 0 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | |
| 23 | 23 | Pelias Marilyn | S50 | USA | 1613 | 2.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | |
| 24 | 21 | Hoose Hannelore | S65 | GER | 1757 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | |
| 25 | 24 | Berezovskaya Vera | S65 | RUS | 0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 |
Full results and standings of all 25 players here
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