The FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championships 2022 start today in Acqui Terme. The event is played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, taking place from 20-29 June.
Both Championships will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 second increments from move 1. A total of 43 teams coming from around 20 countries take part in the competition, with teams England 1 (2563 average rating), USA (2532 average rating) and Georgia Winery Khareba (Georgia Winery Khareba average rating) headlining the 50+ section, and Israel 1 (2382 average rating), England 1 (2352 average rating) and Germany 1 (2321 average rating) are top seeds of the 65+ section.
Among the players representing their federations are: GM Michael Adams (England 1, 2690, 50+ section), GM Nigel Short (England 1, 2617, 50+ section), GM Giorgi Giorgadze (Georgia Winery Khareba, 2584, 50+ section), GM Igor Novikov (USA, 2558, 50+ section), GM Gregory Kaidanov (USA, 2557, 50+ section), GM John Nunn (England 1, 2568, 65+ section), GM Raine Knaak (Germany 1, 2479, 65+section), GM Anatoly Vaisser (France, 2477, 65+ section), GM Yehuda Gruenfeld (Israel 1, 2423, 65+ section).
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