The European Senior Chess Championship 2022 commenced in Lublin, Poland, taking place from 5-14 July in Arche Hotel Lublin.
The event is played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, with separate prizes for female players. The total prize fund of the event is 6.000 EUR. 56 players from 15 European countries registered for the events which are played over 9 swiss rounds, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
The top seeds of the European Senior Chess Championship 50+ are: GM Martin Mrva (SVK, 2385), FM Andreas Druckenthaner (AUT, 2272) and Sopiko Treladze (GEO, 2141), and the 65+ section battlefield is led by IM Henryk Dobosz (POL, 2354), IM Valentin Bogdanov (UKR, 2333), and IM Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE, 2311). See the starting rank lists below.
European Senior Chess Championships 2022 – LIVE games
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Starting rank list of players – 2022 European Senior Chess Championship 50+:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Mrva Martin | SVK | 2385 |
| 2 | FM | Druckenthaner Andreas | AUT | 2272 |
| 3 | WIM | Tereladze Sopiko | GEO | 2141 |
| 4 | Lilja Richard | DEN | 2131 | |
| 5 | Padrak Rafal | POL | 2125 | |
| 6 | FM | Lasinskas Povilas | LTU | 2096 |
| 7 | CM | Klimaszewski Dariusz | POL | 2096 |
| 8 | CM | Kirszenberg Marc | FRA | 2056 |
| 9 | Garabetyan Arno | TUR | 2056 | |
| 10 | Sielicki Tomasz | POL | 1967 | |
| 11 | Pietinen Pekka | FIN | 1937 | |
| 12 | Baliuniene Margarita | LTU | 1935 | |
| 13 | Wielosz Jaroslaw | POL | 1891 | |
| 14 | Krzyzanowski Wojciech | POL | 1878 | |
| 15 | WIM | Leszner Liliana | POL | 1872 |
| 16 | Zielinski Olgierd | POL | 1816 | |
| 17 | Puroila Sippo | FIN | 1803 | |
| 18 | Chwalewski Marek | POL | 1774 | |
| 19 | Warnk Torsten | GER | 1763 | |
| 20 | Krzyzanowska-Zadlo Lidia | POL | 1732 | |
| 21 | Babijczuk Wojciech | POL | 1436 | |
| 22 | Chlewinski Artur | POL | 1417 | |
| 23 | Sawiniec Jaroslaw | POL | 0 |
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Starting rank list of players – 2022 European Senior Chess Championship 65+
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Dobosz Henryk | POL | 2354 |
| 2 | IM | Bogdanov Valentin | UKR | 2333 |
| 3 | IM | Renman Nils-Gustaf | SWE | 2311 |
| 4 | FM | Stebbings Anthony J | ENG | 2283 |
| 5 | FM | Syre Christian | GER | 2243 |
| 6 | IM | Petran Peter | SVK | 2234 |
| 7 | FM | Malesevic Nedeljko | SWE | 2228 |
| 8 | FM | Schulz Michael | GER | 2217 |
| 9 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2209 |
| 10 | FM | Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2207 |
| 11 | IM | Biro Sandor | ROU | 2116 |
| 12 | Neumann Joachim | GER | 2082 | |
| 13 | WIM | Wagner-Michel Annett | GER | 2056 |
| 14 | Sokolowski Ryszard | POL | 2050 | |
| 15 | Hewson Brian W R | ENG | 2049 | |
| 16 | Praszak Michal | POL | 2048 | |
| 17 | Stokes Michael | ENG | 2024 | |
| 18 | WFM | Kasprzyk Irena | POL | 2017 |
| 19 | Gasik Piotr | POL | 1990 | |
| 20 | Sciupokas Arunas | LTU | 1960 | |
| 21 | Rak Tomasz | POL | 1887 | |
| 22 | Scowen Roger S | ENG | 1864 | |
| 23 | Severcan Sedat Sabri | TUR | 1849 | |
| 24 | Patola Eero | FIN | 1810 | |
| 25 | IM | Chubar Vladimir | UKR | 1809 |
| 26 | Krupa Jerzy | POL | 1771 | |
| 27 | WFM | Sosnowska Elzbieta | POL | 1726 |
| 28 | Virtanen Esko | FIN | 1709 | |
| 29 | Gromowski Stanislaw | POL | 1613 | |
| 30 | Olszowski Andrzej | POL | 1600 | |
| 31 | Plesiuk Jan | POL | 1573 | |
| 32 | Berkley Stephen W | ENG | 1525 | |
| 33 | Borowik Ryszard | POL | 0 |
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