European Senior Chess 2023 sets participation record

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The European Senior Chess Championship 2023 will take place from May 25 to June 4 in Acqui Terme, Italy. The event will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, with separate open and women’s sections. The organizing committee of European Senior Chess Championship 2023, announced the first 125 participants, which is a participation record. Among them are the famous GMs as John, Nunn (ENG), Zurab, Sturua (GEO), Sam, Soffer (ISR), Jacob, Aagaard (DEN), Suat Atalik (SRB), Keith, Arkell (ENG), Eric, Prie (FRA), Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) and many more. Scroll down for the full participants list.

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The Championships will be played in 9 rounds of the Swiss System. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. According to the ECU regulations if there are less than 9 women participants in one age group the tournament merges with the respective open category, with separate prizes for the best-ranked women players.

The event is open to all players who have reached the age of 50 and 65 (by December 31st of the year in which the tournament commences) and represent National federations that are listed as ECU members. There is no limit of number of participants per federations, and players can register regardless on their title or rating. The registration deadline is 14th of May 2023.

The playing venue of the event will be Acqui Terme Conference Centre.

The total prize fund of the Championship is 10.000 EUR. The Winners of the event will become European Senior Chess Champions 2023 of the respective category. According to FIDE Handbook D.03.7, the top 3 players from each category of the European Senior Championship 2023 are qualified with personal rights (free board and lodging) to the World Senior Championship 2024. Any change of regulations is a FIDE matter.

European Senior Chess 2023 participants

1	GM	Nunn, John D M	ENG	2579
2	GM	Sturua, Zurab	GEO	2521
3	GM	Soffer, Ram	ISR	2475
4	GM	Aagaard, Jacob	DEN	2455
5	GM	Atalik, Suat	SRB	2441
6	IM	Van Der Werf, Mark	NED	2412
7	IM	Bellia, Fabrizio	ITA	2408
8	GM	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	2406
9	GM	Prie, Eric	FRA	2372
10	IM	Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio	ESP	2372
11	GM	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis	ESP	2368
12	FM	Dishman, Stephen	ENG	2305
13	GM	Gaprindashvili, Nona	GEO	2274
14	IM	Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel	ESP	2248
15		Koehler, Gerhard Dr.	GER	2241
16	IM	Pomes Marcet, Joan	ESP	2229
17		Polster, Wolfgang Dr.	GER	2228
18	FM	Schulz, Michael	GER	2215
19	FM	Chapman, Terry P D	ENG	2210
20	WGM	Fischdick, Gisela	GER	2205
21	CM	Katzir, Moshe	ISR	2198
22		Luciani, Carlo	ITA	2194
23	FM	Meessen, Rudolf	BEL	2178
24		Kierzek, Matthias Dr.	GER	2177
25		Wengholm, Anders	SWE	2167
26		Bujukliev, Nikola	MKD	2165
27	FM	Lasinskas, Povilas	LTU	2146
28	FM	Furman, Boris	FID	2142
29		Madebrink, Lars	SWE	2138
30	FM	De Santis, Alessio	ITA	2131
31		Roatta, Luca	ITA	2122
32		Nelis, Jean-Francois	MNC	2112
33		Ubezio, Marco	ITA	2101
34		Kortis, Wim	NED	2100
35		Mileto, Gabriele	ITA	2092
36	IM	Biro, Sandor	ROU	2089
37		Gal, Moshe	ISR	2087
38		Pfitzer, Norbert Prof. Dr.	GER	2087
39	FM	Hohler, Peter	SUI	2083
40		Iudicello, Giovanni	ITA	2081
41		Raynes, Paul	ENG	2077
42		Mordiglia, Riccardo	ITA	2073
43		Bub, Volker	GER	2068
44		Minnican, Alan	SCO	2049
45	CM	Zimmermann, Luc	NED	2047
46	CM	Kirszenberg, Marc	FRA	2039
47	FM	Vepkhvishvili, Varlam	GEO	2037
48		Balzer, Lars	GER	2027
49		Astengo, Corrado	ITA	2018
50	FM	Van Hoolandt, Patrick	MNC	2017
51	FM	Cmiel, Thorsten	GER	2011
52	CM	Llopis De Aysa, Manuel	ESP	2006
53		Battistella, Stefano	ITA	2006
54	CM	Hinteregger, Arthur	AUT	2005
55	FM	Verdier, Patrice	MNC	1996
56		Stokes, Michael	ENG	1995
57		Tunge, Christian	NOR	1991
58	WFM	Kierzek, Mira	GER	1989
59		Goli, Daniele	ITA	1971
60	WFM	Fink-Nunn, Petra	ENG	1970
61		Colombo, Alberto	ITA	1968
62		Sielicki, Tomasz	POL	1967
63		Cazzaniga, Walter	ITA	1963
64		Ventura, Sergio	ITA	1954
65		Strand, Kjetil	NOR	1953
66		Bosca, Valter Romano	ITA	1949
67		Myall, Ivan J	ENG	1948
68		Schmuki, Roman	SUI	1934
69		Genovese, Alberto	ITA	1921
70		Riekenbrauk, Joerg	GER	1909
71		Baliuniene, Margarita	LTU	1903
72		Thoux, Claudio	ITA	1896
73		Ranki, Martti	FIN	1890
74		Pagano, Sergio	ITA	1879
75		Taksrud, Vidar	NOR	1879
76		Giudici, Alberto	ITA	1877
77		Sibille, Ettore	ITA	1874
78		Rivola, Franco	ITA	1871
79		Sirletti, Sonia	ITA	1864
80		Puroila, Sippo	FIN	1858
81		Blasco, Domenico	ITA	1857
82		Hilarius, Sander	NED	1852
83		Segal, Yosef	ISR	1847
84		Melero Sanchez, Pere	ESP	1836
85		Idesis, Yaacov	ISR	1833
86		Erdogan, Hassan	ENG	1831
87		Thjomoe, Hans Richard	NOR	1831
88		Patola, Eero	FIN	1830
89		Both, Gert	NED	1817
90		Rusek, Walter	AUT	1814
91		Di Lazzaro, Gabriele	ITA	1810
92	WIM	Dubois, Martine	MNC	1776
93		Hellmann, Thomas	GER	1771
94		Adler, Doron	ISR	1770
95		Maiffret, Patrick	FRA	1770
96		Bjorgvik, Jan Arne	NOR	1764
97		Gunnarsson, Lennart	SWE	1762
98		Badano, Giancarlo	ITA	1747
99		Ronzano, Luca	ITA	1745
100		Cavatorta, Fosco	ITA	1709
101		Rapaire, Jean-Michel	MNC	1709
102		Reem, Meir	ISR	1708
103		Antoniacci, Riccardo	ITA	1706
104		Zangrando, Gianpietro	ITA	1696
105		D Aulisa, Francesco	ITA	1652
106		Benazzo, Angelo	ITA	1621
107		Mirza, Gabriel	IRL	1621
108		Menon, Michele	ITA	1610
109		Salati, Paolo	ITA	1605
110		Del Nevo, Claudio	ITA	1604
111		Mazza, Maurizio	ITA	1546
112		Mircoli, Filippo	ITA	1537
113		Rawcliffe, Peter	ENG	1535
114		Dordoni, Riccardo	ITA	1485
115		Coqueraut, Lodewyk	ITA	1455
116		Navarra, Stefano	ITA	1408
117		Loi, Francesco	ITA	1400
118		Centofante, Maria Rosa	ITA	1390
119		Vinciguerra, Riccardo	ITA	1356
120		Camera, Giampaolo	ITA	1313
121		De Joannon, Giulio	ITA	1277
122		Zimmer, Mireille	NED	1005
123		Poess, Frank	GER	1963
124		Gnirenko, Vitaliy	FID	0