Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union is organizing the 13th European Senior Chess Championship.
The event will be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 10 (day of arrival) until 20 March (day of departure) 2013. The tournament will be held at Paris and Moscow halls at hotel Novotel Plovdiv.
The European Senior Rapid Chess Championship will be organized in the same venue from 20 March (day of arrival and registration) until 22 March (day of departure) 2013.
Entitled to participate are men from the ECU Chess Federations who shall have reached the age of 60 and women who shall have reached the age of 50 years by December 31st of the year in which the tournament will commence.
The European Senior Chess Championship shall be played in 9 rounds following the Swiss System. Time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game. The player will additionally receive 30 seconds for each move.
Women tournament will be played separately. If there are less than 9 ladies, they will play in the Open tournament.
The prize fund will amount to 11.650 Euros. 1st place – 1.500 Euros; 2nd place – 1.200 Euros; 3rd place – 1.000 Euros, etc.
Living legends Evgeny Sveshnikov and Nona Gaprindashvili are the first seeds in the Open and Women’s section, respectively.
Registered players – Open:
| 1 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | LAT | 2534 |
| 2 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2481 |
| 3 | GM | Abramovic Bosko | SRB | 2471 |
| 4 | GM | Vasiukov Evgeni | RUS | 2460 |
| 5 | GM | Ermenkov Evgenij | BUL | 2423 |
| 6 | GM | Rajkovic Dusan | SRB | 2420 |
| 7 | GM | Velikov Petar | BUL | 2417 |
| 8 | GM | Okhotnik Vladimir | FRA | 2411 |
| 9 | IM | Cvetkovic Srdjan | SRB | 2399 |
| 10 | GM | Butnorius Algimantas | LTU | 2398 |
| 11 | IM | Bogdanov Valentin | UKR | 2388 |
| 12 | GM | Tseitlin Mark D | ISR | 2380 |
| 13 | FM | Raicevic Momcilo | MNE | 2370 |
| 14 | FM | Rooze Jan | BEL | 2369 |
| 15 | IM | Shvedchikov Anatoli I. | RUS | 2359 |
| 16 | IM | Berkovich Mark A | ISR | 2354 |
| 17 | IM | Karasev Vladimir I | RUS | 2354 |
| 18 | GM | Pushkov Nikolai | RUS | 2352 |
| 19 | IM | Pritchett Craig W | SCO | 2352 |
| 20 | Bojarinov Victor A | RUS | 2343 | |
| 21 | IM | Maryasin Boris | ISR | 2336 |
| 22 | FM | Iliushkin Evgeny | RUS | 2304 |
| 23 | FM | Vujacic Borivoje | SRB | 2293 |
| 24 | GM | Radulov Ivan | BUL | 2291 |
| 25 | FM | Gruzmann Boris | RUS | 2284 |
| 26 | FM | Dragasevic Srdja | MNE | 2279 |
| 27 | FM | Peretz Malkiel | ISR | 2277 |
| 28 | Golcman Evgeny | RUS | 2264 | |
| 29 | FM | Giulian Philip M | SCO | 2251 |
| 30 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2243 |
| 31 | Gundersen Helge | NOR | 2214 | |
| 32 | FM | Hohler Peter | SUI | 2213 |
| 33 | IM | Nevednichy Boris M | MDA | 2209 |
| 34 | FM | Harestad Thor Geir | NOR | 2207 |
| 35 | IM | Angelov Kosta | BUL | 2206 |
| 36 | Yakimenko Alexander A. | RUS | 2196 | |
| 37 | IM | Archangelsky Mikhail | RUS | 2180 |
| 38 | IM | Orev Petar | BUL | 2179 |
| 39 | Grinberg Iosif P. | RUS | 2165 | |
| 40 | Kaminik Aleksandar | ISR | 2164 | |
| 41 | Angelov Angel | BUL | 2163 | |
| 42 | Arnaudov Petar | BUL | 2154 | |
| 43 | FM | Zhelesny Stanislav | RUS | 2145 |
| 44 | Grabow Pouelsten Holm | DEN | 2145 | |
| 45 | IM | Romcovici Victor | MDA | 2144 |
| 46 | Batakovs Olegs | LAT | 2123 | |
| 47 | Gasik Piotr | POL | 2120 | |
| 48 | Ilchev Plamen | BUL | 2112 | |
| 49 | White Alastair F | SCO | 2107 | |
| 50 | Popov Georgi | BUL | 2099 | |
| 51 | Dumitrascu Cornel | ROU | 2095 | |
| 52 | Bebchuk Leonid | ISR | 2089 | |
| 53 | Taksrud Vidar | NOR | 2089 | |
| 54 | FM | Vagner Grigorij | RUS | 2088 |
| 55 | Hjertenes Oystein | NOR | 2087 | |
| 56 | Khazankin Moisei | UKR | 2086 | |
| 57 | Yuksel Mustafa | TUR | 2080 | |
| 58 | Kurka Dieter | GER | 2079 | |
| 59 | Ciuro Munoz Ricardo | ESP | 2070 | |
| 60 | Blaushtain Boris | ISR | 2067 | |
| 61 | Mayer Schwartz Rene | ESP | 2066 | |
| 62 | Zhukov Viktor I. | RUS | 2064 | |
| 63 | Egorov Valentin | RUS | 2060 | |
| 64 | Ljangov Petar | BUL | 2059 | |
| 65 | Bauner Jan | DEN | 2054 | |
| 66 | Mortensen Steen Juul | DEN | 2049 | |
| 67 | Sollid Stein | NOR | 2039 | |
| 68 | Gerchikov Pavel | ISR | 2035 | |
| 69 | Mckerracher Douglas | SCO | 2033 | |
| 70 | Borwell Alan P | SCO | 2027 | |
| 71 | Levinsky Gregory | ISR | 2018 | |
| 72 | Ozbilen Mehdi Hayri | TUR | 2007 | |
| 73 | Cernea Radu-Gheorghe | ROU | 2001 | |
| 74 | Jorgensen Arne Bjorn | DEN | 1993 | |
| 75 | Wahlstedt Mats | SWE | 1984 | |
| 76 | Ben-Zeev Moshe | ISR | 1979 | |
| 77 | Theting Helge E. | NOR | 1978 | |
| 78 | Auvinen Esa | FIN | 1962 | |
| 79 | Belokopyt Boris | RUS | 1959 | |
| 80 | Rubinstein Mark | ISR | 1959 | |
| 81 | Maman Emanuel | ISR | 1942 | |
| 82 | Sokolov Yury | RUS | 1940 | |
| 83 | Henrichsen Erland | NOR | 1937 | |
| 84 | Patola Eero | FIN | 1929 | |
| 85 | Masich Vladimir | RUS | 1928 | |
| 86 | Yakovlev Yuri S. | RUS | 1924 | |
| 87 | Urbanc Vinko | SLO | 1922 | |
| 88 | Zachariassen John | DEN | 1911 | |
| 89 | Sevenyuk Alexey | BLR | 1883 | |
| 90 | Andersson Finn | DEN | 1879 | |
| 91 | Thjomoe Hans Richard | NOR | 1862 | |
| 92 | Strand Oyvin | NOR | 1861 | |
| 93 | Degtiarev Viktor | RUS | 1836 | |
| 94 | Birkestrand Odd | NOR | 1797 | |
| 95 | Reutimann Hans Peter | SUI | 1796 | |
| 96 | Zilbershtein Victor | ISR | 1793 | |
| 97 | Keze Arnis | RUS | 1768 | |
| 98 | Nikolov Zdravko | BUL | 1753 | |
| 99 | Raondi Yan-Martin | RUS | 1705 | |
| 100 | Hansen Anders | SWE | 1699 | |
| 101 | Fystro Odd Ivar | NOR | 1673 | |
| 102 | Kovachev Radoslav | BUL | 1592 | |
| 103 | Pavlov Igor | RUS | 0 | |
| 104 | Socolov Victor | MDA | 0 | |
Registered players – Women:
| 1 | GM | Gaprindashvili Nona | GEO | 2329 |
| 2 | WGM | Strutinskaya Galina N | RUS | 2313 |
| 3 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | BUL | 2289 |
| 4 | WIM | Fomina Tatyana | EST | 2219 |
| 5 | WGM | Khmiadashvili Tamar | GEO | 2148 |
| 6 | WIM | Miednikova Swietlana | RUS | 2142 |
| 7 | WIM | Gocheva Rumiana | BUL | 2129 |
| 8 | WIM | Sorokina Tamara | RUS | 2116 |
| 9 | WIM | Tsifanskaya Ludmila A | ISR | 2095 |
| 10 | WFM | Bogumil Tatiana | RUS | 2084 |
| 11 | WFM | Kuznetsova Luba | RUS | 2045 |
| 12 | Tandashvili Margalita | GEO | 2025 | |
| 13 | WFM | Khropova Larisa | RUS | 2007 |
| 14 | Sinchurina Tatiana | RUS | 2003 | |
| 15 | Draganova Petranka | BUL | 1999 | |
| 16 | Abramjan Larisa | RUS | 1853 | |
| 17 | Milashevskaja Valentina | RUS | 1800 | |
| 18 | Sapareva Magdalena | BUL | 1651 | |
| 19 | Churakhina Lidiya | RUS | 1430 | |
| 20 | Baliuniene Margarita | LTU | 0 |
