European Senior Chess Championship 2022 concluded yesterday in Lublin, Poland. The event took place from 4th-14th July, 2022, being played in two age categories 50+ and 65+, with separate prizes for female players.
The Closing Ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening, with Chief Arbiter Tomasz Delega announcing the Winners. Paweł Zaskalski – Vice President of the Polish Chess Federation joined the awarding ceremony.

After 9 played rounds, GM Martin Mrva (SVK, 2385) clinched the title of European Senior Chess Champion 50+. He scored 7 points to be the sole winner of the event, while two players tied for silver with 6.5 points each: CM Dariusz Klimaszewski (POL, 2096) and FM Povilas Lasinskas (LTU, 2096). Klimaszewski Dariusz had better tiebreaks and claimed silver medal and Lasinskas Povilas came third.

The best ranked female player of 50+ section WIM Sopiko Teraladze (GEO, 2141) scored 5.5 points and became European Women Senior 50+ Champion. WIM Liliana Leszner (POL, 1872) was second with 5 points and Margarita Baliuniene (LTU, 1935) won bronze with 4.5 points.

IM Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE, 2311) triumphed in the 65+ category with a convincing score of 7.5 points. FM Terry Chapman P D (ENG, 2207) won silver with 6.5 points, while four players tied for the third place with 6 points each. FM Anthony Stebbings J (ENG, 2283) had best tiebreak criteria to win bronze medal.

WIM Annett Wagner-Michel (GER, 2056) became European Women Senior 65+ Champion as she scored 4.5 points to be the best female player in the 65+ category. WFM Irena Kasprzyk (POL, 2017) was second with 4 points, and WFM Elzbieta Sosnowska (POL, 1726) clinched bronze with 3.5 points.

Final rankings European Senior Chess Championship 50+:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Mrva Martin | SVK | 2385 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 48 |
2 | CM | Klimaszewski Dariusz | POL | 2096 | 6.5 | 0 | 42 | 43 |
3 | FM | Lasinskas Povilas | LTU | 2096 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
4 | WIM | Tereladze Sopiko | GEO | 2141 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 48 |
5 | Garabetyan Arno | TUR | 2056 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 48 | |
6 | Lilja Richard | DEN | 2131 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 45 | |
7 | Wielosz Jaroslaw | POL | 1891 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
8 | Zielinski Olgierd | POL | 1816 | 5.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 | |
9 | FM | Druckenthaner Andreas | AUT | 2272 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
10 | WIM | Leszner Liliana | POL | 1872 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 42 |
11 | Padrak Rafal | POL | 2125 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 43 | |
12 | CM | Kirszenberg Marc | FRA | 2056 | 4.5 | 0 | 39 | 42 |
13 | Puroila Sippo | FIN | 1803 | 4.5 | 0 | 38 | 41 | |
14 | Baliuniene Margarita | LTU | 1935 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 39 | |
15 | Chwalewski Marek | POL | 1774 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 38 | |
16 | Warnk Torsten | GER | 1763 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 36 | |
17 | Krzyzanowska-Zadlo Lidia | POL | 1732 | 4 | 0.5 | 38 | 39 | |
18 | Pietinen Pekka | FIN | 1937 | 4 | 0.5 | 36 | 37 | |
19 | Krzyzanowski Wojciech | POL | 1878 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 31 | 32 | |
20 | Babijczuk Wojciech | POL | 1436 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 30 | 31 | |
21 | Sielicki Tomasz | POL | 1967 | 2.5 | 0 | 38 | 40 | |
22 | Chlewinski Artur | POL | 1417 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
23 | Sawiniec Jaroslaw | POL | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
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Final rankings European Senior Chess Championship 65+:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | IM | Renman Nils-Gustaf | SWE | 2311 | 7.5 | 0 | 46 | 50 |
2 | FM | Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2207 | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | 47 |
3 | FM | Stebbings Anthony J | ENG | 2283 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 49 |
4 | IM | Petran Peter | SVK | 2234 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
5 | Sokolowski Ryszard | POL | 2050 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 44 | |
6 | Praszak Michal | POL | 2048 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 42 | |
7 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2209 | 5.5 | 0 | 47 | 51 |
8 | IM | Bogdanov Valentin | UKR | 2333 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 50 |
9 | FM | Schulz Michael | GER | 2217 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
10 | FM | Syre Christian | GER | 2243 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 42 |
11 | FM | Malesevic Nedeljko | SWE | 2228 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 48 |
12 | IM | Dobosz Henryk | POL | 2354 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
13 | Neumann Joachim | GER | 2082 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 39 | |
14 | Hewson Brian W R | ENG | 2049 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 37 | |
15 | Rak Tomasz | POL | 1887 | 4.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 | |
16 | IM | Biro Sandor | ROU | 2116 | 4.5 | 0 | 43 | 44 |
17 | Olszowski Andrzej | POL | 1600 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 | |
18 | WIM | Wagner-Michel Annett | GER | 2056 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 36 |
19 | Severcan Sedat Sabri | TUR | 1849 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 41 | |
20 | Sciupokas Arunas | LTU | 1960 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 42 | |
21 | Krupa Jerzy | POL | 1771 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 42 | |
22 | Stokes Michael | ENG | 2024 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 39 | |
23 | Gasik Piotr | POL | 1990 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 38 | |
24 | Scowen Roger S | ENG | 1864 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 34 | |
25 | Gromowski Stanislaw | POL | 1613 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
26 | Plesiuk Jan | POL | 1573 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
27 | Patola Eero | FIN | 1810 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 33 | |
28 | WFM | Kasprzyk Irena | POL | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 31 |
29 | IM | Chubar Vladimir | UKR | 1809 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 |
30 | WFM | Sosnowska Elzbieta | POL | 1726 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 |
31 | Berkley Stephen W | ENG | 1525 | 3.5 | 0 | 35 | 36 | |
32 | Borowik Ryszard | POL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 35 | |
33 | Virtanen Esko | FIN | 1709 | 1.5 | 0 | 29 | 30 |
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