The FIDE World Senior Workforce Chess Championships concluded on July 11 in Krakow, Poland with the U.S. ending on the prime of the 50+ part and England claiming the 65+ match. In complete, 65 groups and 307 gamers, together with 32 grandmasters, participated.
The FIDE World Senior Workforce Chess Championships 2024 has formally concluded!
Congratulations to the winners 🏆🥇 50+ : USA 🇺🇸
🥇 50+ Ladies: Estonia 🇪🇪
🥇 65+ : England 1 🏴
🥇 65+ Ladies: Latvia 🇱🇻ℹ️ The FIDE World Senior Workforce Chess Championships (50+ & 65+) occurred in… pic.twitter.com/nwXNAM2Csv
— Worldwide Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 12, 2024
Groups consisted of 4 gamers, and Ladies’s groups competed along with the Open tournaments. Every occasion was a nine-round Swiss, with 90 minutes for 40 strikes, with half-hour to the tip of the sport, plus a 30-second increment per transfer.
Seniors 50+
The U.S. workforce consisted of GMs Jaan Ehlvest, Alexander Shabalov, Melikset Khachiyan, Igor Novikov, and Alex Yermolinsky. The identical gamers, aside from Khachiyan changing GM Gregory Kaidanov, have been repeat winners from final yr’s match in North Macedonia.
Prime 10 Groups | 50+ Seniors
(See full standings right here.)
The U.S. suffered its solely loss towards Iceland however in the end received each different spherical. They took the only lead after spherical seven and held onto it.
Spherical eight was their most dominant, with a 4-0 clear sweep towards Israel. On the highest board, Ehlvest demolished GM Michael Oratovsky‘s Sicilian Protection in 20 strikes with a fairly end:
There have been six Ladies’s groups, and Estonia outpaced the U.S. workforce by a half-point. The gamers have been WIM Monika Tsiganova, WFM Regina Narva, WGM Tatyana Fomina, and Kersti Korge. Board-one Tsiganova scored a good 6/9, being the underdog in each particular person matchup; with a ranking of 1999, she had a efficiency of 2347 and gained 78 ranking factors.
Her greatest upset was within the final spherical towards FM Karsten Schuster. She unleashed an awesome assault towards the Caro-Kann in that recreation:
Seniors 65+
England received gold within the 65+ part, led by GMs John Nunn, Anthony Kosten, Jonathan Mestel, IM Paul Littlewood, and FM Terry Chapman.
Prime 10 Groups | 65+ Seniors
(See full standings right here.)
It was greater than a workforce victory for England, as legendary GMs Michael Adams and Nunn—who’re the reigning particular person senior world champions for 50+ and 65+— received particular person gold of their respective classes.
Congratulations to England’s John Nunn and Michael Adams on profitable particular person gold within the 65+ and 50+ World Senior Championships in Krakow — Nunn additionally claimed workforce gold! https://t.co/qG0y1qLDHR pic.twitter.com/PmjrFWiVWz
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England went undefeated, scoring seven victories and two attracts. Excluding spherical six, when France momentarily took the only lead, England was at all times at the very least tied for first.
Nunn put up a 15-move miniature within the last spherical towards Finland’s IM Timothy Binham, with a chic “sacrifice” on the ultimate transfer.
Talking of miniatures, Adams’ 19-move win towards GM Johan Hjartarson ought to be talked about, though it was within the +50 group—one other advantageous exhibiting for England.
Latvia received Ladies’s gold out of three competing groups (Poland and the U.S.), with +2 -3 =4. The gamers have been WGM Tamara Vilerte, Astra Goldmane, WFM Liga Ungure, WFM Ingrida Priedite, and Vija Rozlapa.
The World Senior Chess Championships, for people, will happen in November in Porto Santo, Portugal. And much more presently, the U.S. Senior Championship begins in St. Louis subsequent week, on July 16 by means of 26.
Highlights from the closing ceremony of the FIDE World Senior Workforce Chess Championships 2024! #SeniorChess #WSTCC pic.twitter.com/MclxOJOKG8
— Worldwide Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 12, 2024
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The 2024 FIDE World Senior Workforce Chess Championships occurred in Krakow, Poland on July 2-11. There have been 50+ and 65+ classes, with Ladies’s groups competing along with the Open groups. Every occasion was a nine-round Swiss, with groups of 4 gamers. The time management is 90 minutes for 40 strikes, with half-hour to the tip of the sport, plus a 30-second increment per transfer.
