The 2022 FIDE World Senior Chess Championship will be held from 14-27 November in Assisi – Umbria Italy. The Championship will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, 11 rounds, swiss system, with time control 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.
Around 350 players from 52 countries registered for the event and the top seeds of the 50+ section are: GM Zurab Sturua, GM Henrik Danielsen, GM Vladislav Nevednichy, GM Ivan Morovic Fernandez, GM Klaus Bischoff, while GM John Nunn, GM Anatoly Vaisser, GM Rainer Knaak, IM Fikret Sideifzade and GM Vlastimil Jansa headline the 65+ tournament. The total prize fund of the Championship is 20.000 euros, with 1.200e reserved for the Winners of each section. Scroll down for starting rank lists
The Opening ceremony and the first round will kick off on November 15, 14:30 CET. FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2022 – LIVE

Starting rank list – FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2022 (50+ category):
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | sex | |
1 | GM | Sturua Zurab | GEO | 2522 | |
2 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2514 | |
3 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2499 | |
4 | GM | Morovic Fernandez Ivan | CHI | 2480 | |
5 | GM | Bischoff Klaus | GER | 2479 | |
6 | GM | Holzke Frank | GER | 2476 | |
7 | GM | Pavlovic Milos | SRB | 2447 | |
8 | GM | Lima Darcy | BRA | 2415 | |
9 | GM | Antic Dejan | SRB | 2412 | |
10 | GM | Novik Maxim | LTU | 2412 | |
11 | GM | Arkell Keith C | ENG | 2408 | |
12 | IM | Bellia Fabrizio | ITA | 2398 | |
13 | GM | Antonio Rogelio Jr | PHI | 2397 | |
14 | IM | Vinter-Schou Uffe | DEN | 2375 | |
15 | IM | Krizsany Laszlo | HUN | 2371 | |
16 | IM | Zeller Frank | GER | 2359 | |
17 | GM | Prie Eric | FRA | 2356 | |
18 | IM | Paschall William | USA | 2343 | |
19 | GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | SCO | 2327 | w |
20 | FM | Jhunjhnuwala Krishan | USA | 2326 | |
21 | IM | Cummings David H. | CAN | 2318 | |
22 | IM | Rocha Sergio | POR | 2316 | |
23 | IM | Young Angelo | PHI | 2309 | |
24 | IM | Berend Fred | LUX | 2294 | |
25 | FM | Plotkin Victor | CAN | 2290 | |
26 | FM | Imanaliev Taalaibek | KGZ | 2283 | |
27 | WGM | Berend Elvira | LUX | 2280 | w |
28 | FM | Terentiev Sergei | LAT | 2274 | |
29 | IM | Loeffler Markus | GER | 2260 | |
30 | IM | Estremera Panos Sergio | ESP | 2259 | |
31 | IM | Welling Gerard | NED | 2255 | |
32 | FM | Dishman Stephen | ENG | 2255 | |
33 | IM | Michalek Jan | CZE | 2251 | |
34 | IM | Mantovani Renzo | ITA | 2246 | |
35 | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz Monica | ESP | 2244 | w |
36 | FM | Fiore Mario Angelo | ITA | 2213 | |
37 | FM | Fayard Alain | FRA | 2210 | |
38 | Meyer Gordon | AUT | 2204 | ||
39 | WGM | Bogumil Tatiana | FID | 2198 | w |
40 | FM | Al-Sahlanee Hayder A. Jaafar | IRQ | 2194 | |
41 | FM | Paglietti Nicola | ITA | 2194 | |
42 | Teuffer Michael | GER | 2189 | ||
43 | Boulard Eric | FRA | 2185 | ||
44 | Wempe Juergen | GER | 2177 | ||
45 | FM | Rewitz Poul | DEN | 2172 | |
46 | IM | Kantorik Marian | SVK | 2171 | |
47 | FM | De Francesco Klaus | GER | 2171 | |
48 | Morin Yves | CAN | 2170 | ||
49 | CM | Albadri Abd Al Sattar | IRQ | 2167 | |
50 | FM | Meessen Rudolf | BEL | 2158 | |
51 | Koganov Mikhail | USA | 2158 | ||
52 | WIM | Tereladze Sopio | GEO | 2154 | w |
53 | Grant Jonathan I M | SCO | 2154 | ||
54 | WGM | Makropoulou Marina | GRE | 2153 | w |
55 | CM | Nannelli Paolo | ITA | 2147 | |
56 | FM | Teo Kok Siong | SGP | 2142 | |
57 | Farrand Tom | JCI | 2137 | ||
58 | FM | Kolesar Milan | SVK | 2136 | |
59 | FM | De Santis Alessio | ITA | 2135 | |
60 | FM | Gazic Josip | GER | 2131 | |
61 | Mueller Max | AUT | 2126 | ||
62 | FM | Lasinskas Povilas | LTU | 2125 | |
63 | WIM | Krasenkova Elena | FID | 2124 | w |
64 | Van Den Bersselaar Jeroen | NED | 2114 | ||
65 | CM | Klimaszewski Dariusz | POL | 2112 | |
66 | Farrell Neil | SCO | 2112 | ||
67 | Mordiglia Riccardo | ITA | 2110 | ||
68 | Decozar Ulises | USA | 2102 | ||
69 | FM | Dougherty Michael | CAN | 2096 | |
70 | Mileto Gabriele | ITA | 2074 | ||
71 | FM | Caceres Vasquez Sergio | CHI | 2067 | |
72 | CM | Zimmermann Luc | NED | 2067 | |
73 | FM | Haessel Dale R. | CAN | 2066 | |
74 | WIM | Lauterbach Ingrid | ENG | 2058 | w |
75 | IM | Borsuk Angela | ISR | 2057 | w |
76 | Jhunjhnuwala Naresh | USA | 2057 | ||
77 | Verrascina Roberto | ITA | 2057 | ||
78 | FM | Fabiano Giuseppe | ITA | 2055 | |
79 | Battistella Stefano | ITA | 2046 | ||
80 | Mazzamuto Nicola | ITA | 2046 | ||
81 | CM | Kirszenberg Marc | FRA | 2043 | |
82 | Faraoni Enrico | ITA | 2043 | ||
83 | Cardili Mariano | ITA | 2038 | ||
84 | Wollenweber Carsten | GER | 2033 | ||
85 | FM | Cmiel Thorsten | GER | 2027 | |
86 | Tunge Christian | NOR | 2022 | ||
87 | Balzer Lars | GER | 2020 | ||
88 | Ceccarini Marco | ITA | 2014 | ||
89 | Tsyn Igor | ISR | 2014 | ||
90 | White Nigel | ENG | 2012 | ||
91 | Lescano Ramon | ARG | 2000 | ||
92 | Yeliseyev Igor | USA | 1995 | ||
93 | Mojzis Martin | CZE | 1987 | ||
94 | Rocher Olivier | FRA | 1987 | ||
95 | Stern Geoffrey | LUX | 1985 | ||
96 | Astengo Corrado | ITA | 1983 | ||
97 | Favier Alain | FRA | 1972 | ||
98 | Malinovsky Petr | CZE | 1971 | ||
99 | Ruiz Bellon Manuel | ESP | 1968 | ||
100 | WFM | Fink-Nunn Petra | ENG | 1965 | w |
101 | Suppa Ercole | ITA | 1958 | ||
102 | Filipovich David | CAN | 1954 | ||
103 | Hartmann Dr. Wolfgang | GER | 1950 | ||
104 | Hoffmann Michael | GER | 1950 | ||
105 | Genovese Alberto | ITA | 1941 | ||
106 | Baliuniene Margarita | LTU | 1933 | w | |
107 | Pietinen Pekka | FIN | 1927 | ||
108 | Zimmermann Curt | AUT | 1926 | ||
109 | Thoux Claudio | ITA | 1913 | ||
110 | Bosca Valter Romano | ITA | 1910 | ||
111 | CM | Lopez Ramirez Jorge Hernan | COL | 1889 | |
112 | Santanna Paulo | BRA | 1888 | ||
113 | CM | Ebenezer Joseph | IND | 1885 | |
114 | Occhipinti Massimo | ITA | 1859 | ||
115 | Phillips Owen S | ENG | 1851 | ||
116 | Minerva Enzo | ITA | 1847 | ||
117 | Di Paolo Marco | ITA | 1833 | ||
118 | Steyn Hans | RSA | 1824 | ||
119 | Puroila Sippo | FIN | 1822 | ||
120 | Hafenstein Andrea | GER | 1813 | w | |
121 | Sirletti Sonia | ITA | 1810 | w | |
122 | Di Lascio Savino | ITA | 1809 | ||
123 | Rusek Walter | AUT | 1787 | ||
124 | Wolf Eran | ISR | 1787 | ||
125 | Pivi Mauro | ITA | 1763 | ||
126 | Badano Giancarlo | ITA | 1751 | ||
127 | Leor Ephraim | ISR | 1687 | ||
128 | Mittermaier Christian | AUT | 1683 | ||
129 | Rossi Cassani Gianni | ITA | 1668 | ||
130 | CM | Buciu Aurel-John | AUS | 1665 | |
131 | Chaney Ari | USA | 1659 | ||
132 | De Maria Isaia | ITA | 1658 | ||
133 | Iatrino Vincenzo | ITA | 1656 | ||
134 | Gerlach Dr. Andreas | GER | 1632 | ||
135 | Bassini Massimo | ITA | 1597 | ||
136 | Cremonini Stefano | ITA | 1574 | ||
137 | Mirza Gabriel | IRL | 1566 | ||
138 | Kern Beat | SUI | 1521 | ||
139 | Capossela Fabio | ITA | 1518 | ||
140 | Schembri Roberto | ITA | 1508 | ||
141 | Iovannone Cristiano | ITA | 1465 | ||
142 | Saccone Giovanni | ITA | 1428 | ||
143 | Mazzuco Junior Adir | BRA | 1423 | ||
144 | Wempe Anke | GER | 1389 | w | |
145 | Navarra Stefano | ITA | 1387 | ||
146 | Crispino Anna | ITA | 1255 | w | |
147 | Malevanaia Oxana | USA | 0 | w | |
148 | Nikolenko Larysa | UKR | 0 | w | |
149 | Soskic Milan | CAN | 0 | ||
150 | Zohar Zeev | ISR | 0 |
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Starting rank list – FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2022 (65+ category):
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | sex | Gr | |
1 | GM | Nunn John D M | ENG | 2580 | ||
2 | GM | Vaisser Anatoly | FRA | 2463 | ||
3 | GM | Knaak Rainer | GER | 2457 | ||
4 | IM | Sideifzade Fikret | AZE | 2391 | ||
5 | GM | Jansa Vlastimil | CZE | 2390 | S75 | |
6 | IM | Birnboim Nathan | ISR | 2361 | ||
7 | GM | Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis | ESP | 2358 | ||
8 | GM | Kristiansen Jens | DEN | 2353 | ||
9 | GM | Legky Nikolay A | FRA | 2350 | ||
10 | IM | Hebert Jean | CAN | 2333 | ||
11 | IM | Bogdanov Valentin | UKR | 2323 | S75 | |
12 | IM | Renman Nils-Gustaf | SWE | 2320 | ||
13 | FM | Cocozza Mario | ITA | 2298 | ||
14 | IM | Roos Louis | FRA | 2293 | ||
15 | IM | Binham Timothy F. | FIN | 2284 | ||
16 | GM | Gaprindashvili Nona | GEO | 2268 | w | S75 |
17 | IM | Lanc Alois | SVK | 2268 | ||
18 | FM | Kiefer Gerhard | GER | 2260 | ||
19 | IM | Maryasin Boris | ISR | 2258 | ||
20 | FM | Buchal Stephan | GER | 2247 | ||
21 | Kierzek Dr. Matthias | GER | 2237 | |||
22 | FM | Werner Clemens | GER | 2236 | S75 | |
23 | Shnaider David | FID | 2225 | S75 | ||
24 | FM | Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2216 | ||
25 | FM | De Jong Tom | NED | 2216 | ||
26 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2215 | S75 | |
27 | IM | Petran Peter | SVK | 2213 | ||
28 | IM | Jurek Josef | CZE | 2211 | ||
29 | Raynes Paul | HKG | 2205 | |||
30 | Koehler Dr. Gerhard | GER | 2198 | |||
31 | IM | Pomes Marcet Joan | ESP | 2197 | ||
32 | IM | Roos Jean-Luc | FRA | 2195 | ||
33 | Luciani Carlo | ITA | 2187 | |||
34 | FM | Bergstrom Rolf | SWE | 2166 | ||
35 | FM | Furman Boris | FID | 2166 | ||
36 | FM | Gruzmann Boris | GER | 2156 | S75 | |
37 | IM | Chan Peng Kong | SGP | 2149 | ||
38 | Hutchinson Paul A | ENG | 2148 | |||
39 | FM | Peretz Malkiel | ISR | 2142 | S75 | |
40 | WGM | Strutinskaia Galina | FID | 2137 | w | |
41 | IM | Martorelli Antonio | ITA | 2134 | ||
42 | Ponce Navalon Jose | ESP | 2134 | |||
43 | FM | Vogel Jaap | NED | 2119 | ||
44 | IM | Taylor Timothy | USA | 2118 | ||
45 | FM | Frick Christoph | GER | 2118 | ||
46 | FM | Harestad Thor Geir | NOR | 2115 | ||
47 | Thuesen Mogens | DEN | 2115 | |||
48 | Molchanov Mykola | UKR | 2113 | |||
49 | Blomstrom Lars | SWE | 2111 | |||
50 | Iudicello Giovanni | ITA | 2108 | |||
51 | IM | Smolin Sergey | UKR | 2106 | ||
52 | Nickel Arno | GER | 2104 | |||
53 | FM | Mojzis Jaroslav | CZE | 2094 | S75 | |
54 | Gundersen Helge | NOR | 2092 | S75 | ||
55 | FM | Carvalho Herbert Abreu | BRA | 2087 | ||
56 | IM | Biro Sandor | ROU | 2084 | ||
57 | Madebrink Lars | SWE | 2084 | |||
58 | IM | Schouten Nico | NED | 2080 | S75 | |
59 | Privara Igor | SVK | 2078 | |||
60 | Gal Moshe | ISR | 2076 | |||
61 | Mayer Roland | GER | 2074 | |||
62 | Ubezio Marco | ITA | 2070 | |||
63 | Gueci Riccardo | ITA | 2068 | |||
64 | Fulvi Fulvio | ITA | 2065 | |||
65 | Kratschmer Heinz | AUT | 2058 | S75 | ||
66 | FM | Bagamasbad Efren | PHI | 2051 | ||
67 | Colombo Alberto | ITA | 2051 | |||
68 | Ricter Jean-Paul | FRA | 2050 | S75 | ||
69 | Tsynman Boris | FID | 2045 | S75 | ||
70 | FM | Markzon Gregory | USA | 2042 | ||
71 | Brongers Henk | FRA | 2035 | |||
72 | Peter Steven | CAN | 2035 | |||
73 | Tocco Paolo | ITA | 2033 | |||
74 | Jablonicky Frantisek | SVK | 2030 | |||
75 | WFM | Khropova Larisa | FID | 2029 | w | |
76 | Hewson Brian W R | ENG | 2028 | |||
77 | Pastor Alonso De Prado Alberto | ESP | 2026 | |||
78 | FM | Serra Olives Tomas | ESP | 2025 | S75 | |
79 | Olesen Poul Erik Norgaard | DEN | 2025 | S75 | ||
80 | Jensen Stein | NOR | 2024 | |||
81 | Sokolowski Ryszard | POL | 2024 | |||
82 | Kutschenko Roland | GER | 2022 | |||
83 | Mosca Leonildo | ITA | 2022 | |||
84 | Lochte Thomas | GER | 2014 | |||
85 | Pitzl Konstantinos | AUT | 2009 | |||
86 | Bray David | ENG | 2008 | |||
87 | FM | Montero Martinez Cristhian | CHI | 2007 | ||
88 | Braathen Tom | SWE | 2005 | |||
89 | WIM | Wagner-Michel Annett | GER | 2004 | w | |
90 | Goli Daniele | ITA | 1996 | |||
91 | Higatsberger Michael | AUT | 1995 | |||
92 | Hutchinson Norman A | ENG | 1992 | S75 | ||
93 | Toefferl Heimo | AUT | 1990 | S75 | ||
94 | Stokes Michael | ENG | 1989 | S75 | ||
95 | Houweling Bert | NED | 1986 | |||
96 | Prueske Wolfgang | GER | 1977 | |||
97 | FM | Sursock Sameer | LBN | 1976 | ||
98 | Korning Peter | SWE | 1974 | |||
99 | Melkeraen Terje | NOR | 1971 | |||
100 | CM | Orpinas Konig Claudio Javier | CHI | 1966 | ||
101 | Carlsten Peter | SWE | 1959 | S75 | ||
102 | CM | Harding Tim D | IRL | 1955 | ||
103 | WFM | Kierzek Mira | GER | 1955 | w | |
104 | Strand Kjetil | NOR | 1953 | |||
105 | Hjertenes Oystein | NOR | 1950 | S75 | ||
106 | Sciupokas Arunas | LTU | 1948 | |||
107 | Guglielmi Giuseppe | ITA | 1933 | |||
108 | Sibille Ettore | ITA | 1927 | |||
109 | Carvalho Jr Celestino | BRA | 1924 | |||
110 | WIM | Tsifanskaya Ludmila A | ISR | 1919 | w | |
111 | Catracchia Mauro | ITA | 1908 | |||
112 | Ramusch Arnulf | AUT | 1907 | S75 | ||
113 | CM | Choong Liong-On Mark | SGP | 1905 | S75 | |
114 | Gallitto Salvatore | ITA | 1899 | |||
115 | Taksrud Vidar | NOR | 1890 | S75 | ||
116 | Davis Lee | WLS | 1889 | |||
117 | Scacco Mauro | ITA | 1886 | |||
118 | Schaberg Wolfgang | ITA | 1885 | |||
119 | Bondar Leonid | USA | 1884 | S75 | ||
120 | Takyrbashev Tilek | KGZ | 1881 | |||
121 | Andreas Guenter | GER | 1880 | S75 | ||
122 | Thoresen Olav | NOR | 1874 | |||
123 | Jhunjhnuwala Suresh | USA | 1873 | |||
124 | Ciuro Munoz Ricardo | ESP | 1870 | S75 | ||
125 | Gibellato Francesco | ITA | 1868 | |||
126 | Thjomoe Hans Richard | NOR | 1854 | |||
127 | Canonne Antoine | FRA | 1853 | |||
128 | Hilarius Sander | NED | 1848 | |||
129 | Abel Hans-Peter | GER | 1845 | S75 | ||
130 | Bakalar Jan | SVK | 1845 | S75 | ||
131 | Gilbert Michael A | USA | 1845 | |||
132 | Blasco Domenico | ITA | 1841 | S75 | ||
133 | Patola Eero | FIN | 1830 | |||
134 | Marshall Michael | DEN | 1829 | S75 | ||
135 | Both Gert | NED | 1828 | S75 | ||
136 | Segal Yosef | ISR | 1828 | |||
137 | Erdogan Hassan | ENG | 1823 | |||
138 | Kaldis Georgios | GRE | 1820 | |||
139 | Steigum Erling | NOR | 1816 | |||
140 | Kassymov Timur | KAZ | 1808 | |||
141 | Bjorgvik Jan Arne | NOR | 1793 | S75 | ||
142 | Klein Dr. Gernot | GER | 1793 | |||
143 | Idesis Yaacov | ISR | 1792 | S75 | ||
144 | Perri Marco | ITA | 1789 | |||
145 | Di Lazzaro Gabriele | ITA | 1785 | S75 | ||
146 | Papale Carmelo | ITA | 1785 | |||
147 | Bobbia Mario | SUI | 1784 | |||
148 | Pierangeli Andrea | ITA | 1779 | |||
149 | Rigo Gianfrancesco | ITA | 1771 | |||
150 | Turegano Moratalla Santiago | ESP | 1765 | |||
151 | Barocelli Pier Carlo | ITA | 1763 | |||
152 | Balducci Alessandro | ITA | 1755 | |||
153 | Briffaut Philippe | ITA | 1755 | |||
154 | Adler Doron | ISR | 1753 | |||
155 | Santos Julio | POR | 1748 | S75 | ||
156 | Gunnarsson Lennart | SWE | 1745 | |||
157 | Kerr Grant | NZL | 1741 | |||
158 | Rubinstein Mark | ISR | 1740 | S75 | ||
159 | Fernandez Garcia Ignacio | ESP | 1739 | S75 | ||
160 | De Bennassuti Roberto | ITA | 1732 | |||
161 | Gamboa Ricardo | ARG | 1727 | |||
162 | Cavatorta Fosco | ITA | 1725 | S75 | ||
163 | Schestak Herbert | AUT | 1724 | |||
164 | Ring Rudolf | AUT | 1720 | |||
165 | Gaoni Vincenzo | ITA | 1709 | |||
166 | Antoniacci Riccardo | ITA | 1706 | |||
167 | Gonzalez Pabollet Jesus Maria S | ESP | 1705 | |||
168 | Hernandez Gutierrez Jose | ESP | 1702 | |||
169 | Colombrini Adolfo | ITA | 1689 | |||
170 | Zangrando Gianpietro | ITA | 1685 | |||
171 | Quagliarella Sabino Remo | ITA | 1681 | S75 | ||
172 | Marras Giuseppe | ITA | 1678 | |||
173 | Zharokov Biket | KAZ | 1671 | S75 | ||
174 | El Gheiadi I. | LBA | 1669 | S75 | ||
175 | Florea Dorina | ROU | 1659 | w | S75 | |
176 | Bisignano Giuseppe | ITA | 1658 | |||
177 | Oleinic Viktor | ITA | 1633 | |||
178 | Urzi Silvio | ITA | 1627 | |||
179 | Paletta Giuseppe | ITA | 1619 | |||
180 | Schramek Kurt | AUT | 1609 | |||
181 | Podlovna Stella | ISR | 1591 | w | S75 | |
182 | D Aulisa Francesco | ITA | 1573 | S75 | ||
183 | Mazza Maurizio | ITA | 1550 | |||
184 | Degaudenz Fabio | ITA | 1516 | |||
185 | Hansen Ola | NOR | 1480 | |||
186 | Cucoch Marisa | ITA | 1476 | w | S75 | |
187 | Nipote Mario | ITA | 1462 | S75 | ||
188 | Jirillo Antonio | ITA | 1449 | |||
189 | Morling Aase | DEN | 1396 | w | S75 | |
190 | Centofante Maria Rosa | ITA | 1394 | w | ||
191 | Testa Alessandro | ITA | 1387 | |||
192 | Denozza Mauro | ITA | 1351 | |||
193 | Beitz Joanne | GER | 1255 | w | S75 | |
194 | Mirkin Dmitry | USA | 0 | |||
195 | Spito Bruno | ITA | 0 |
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