International Senior Tournament in Sweden

International Senior Tournament in Sweden
1-6th June at the Venue Täby Park Hotel, in Stockholm, Sweden

The Scandinavian Chess Tournament (SCT) is announcing the International Senior Tournament, which will take place on 1-6th June at the Venue Täby Park Hotel, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The tournament is open for men of the age 60 or older and ladies of the age 50 or older. Tournament format is seven-round FIDE Swiss system, and the time limit is two hours per player per game to finish. The results will be rated with FIDE.

Besides the regular prize fund of 5000 EUR, there will be gift prizes in the value of 3000 EUR. Money prizes: 1st prize € 1000, 2nd prize € 800, 3rd € 600, and so on in descending order 500 €, 400 €, 300 €, 250 €, 150 €. Prizes are not shared.

Playing schedule:
Round 1 starts June 1 at. 16:30
Round 2 starts June 2 at. 11:00
Round 3 starts June 2 at. 16:30
Round 4 starts June 3 at. 11:00
Round 5 starts June 4 at. 11:00
Round 6 starts June 5 at. 11:00
Round 7 starts June 6 at. 11:00

More information from the Chief Arbiter IA Jonas Sandbom, phone: +46 73-6131973 (mobile), or on the official website

Suba wins European Senior Championship

Final top 15 standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	GM	Suba Mihai	ROU	2465	7.5	40.5	51.5	6	2566
2	IM	Okhotnik Vladimir	FRA	2458	7.0	42.0	54.0	6	2503
3	GM	Timoscenko Gennadij	SVK	2502	7.0	39.0	51.0	6	2489
4	FM	Peretz Malkiel	ISR	2255	7.0	36.5	48.0	6	2420
5	GM	Butnorius Algimantas	LTU	2388	6.5	42.5	53.5	5	2480
6	GM	Kupreichik Viktor D	BLR	2431	6.5	42.0	53.5	5	2423
7	GM	Tseitlin Mark D	ISR	2420	6.5	37.5	48.0	6	2380
8	FM	Rosino Antonio	ITA	2233	6.5	35.5	45.5	5	2299
9	GM	Plachetka Jan	SVK	2355	6.0	42.0	51.5	4	2425
10	GM	Cebalo Miso	CRO	2486	6.0	39.5	51.5	4	2384
11	FM	Vikulov Alexander	RUS	2316	6.0	38.0	49.5	6	2333
12	FM	Werner Clemens	GER	2353	6.0	37.5	49.0	5	2324
	FM	Rooze Jan	BEL	2315	6.0	37.5	49.0	5	2321
14	GM	Chernikov Oleg L	RUS	2438	6.0	37.5	47.5	4	2351
15	IM	Lederman Leon	ISR	2266	6.0	37.0	48.0	6	2304
16	FM	Mishuchkov Nikolai M	RUS	2408	6.0	37.0	47.5	4	2344
17		Kierzek Matthias Dr	GER	2135	6.0	36.0	45.5	4	2231

Full standings here: http://scacchivda.com/escc_2011/escc_paarings.html

Greetings from Italy!

The European Senior Champ in Courmayeur (Aosta Valley) ended with the win of GM Mihai Suba from Romania.

The female title was won by GM Nona Gaprindashvili (on tiebreaks) in spite of her defeat in the last round against the Italian Antonio Rosino. Mr Rosino won the national senior title for the 5th time.

Complete final standing on www.scacchivda.com

Best regards

Adolivio Capece

Suba leads European Senior Championship

Official website: http://scacchivda.com

Leaders after 8 rounds

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	GM	Suba Mihai		ROU	2465	7.0	30.5	40.0	6	2603
2	GM	Timoscenko Gennadij		SVK	2502	6.5	30.5	40.5	6	2495
3	GM	Kupreichik Viktor D		BLR	2431	6.5	30.5	40.0	5	2509
4	IM	Okhotnik Vladimir		FRA	2458	6.0	32.5	43.5	5	2472
5	FM	Vikulov Alexander		RUS	2316	6.0	29.0	38.5	6	2370
6	FM	Peretz Malkiel		ISR	2255	6.0	28.0	37.5	5	2364
7	GM	Butnorius Algimantas		LTU	2388	5.5	33.5	44.0	4	2461
8	GM	Plachetka Jan		SVK	2355	5.5	31.5	40.0	4	2417
9	GM	Gaprindashvili Nona	W	GEO	2362	5.5	31.0	42.0	4	2392
10	WIM	Strutinskaya Galina N	W	RUS	2269	5.5	31.0	40.0	4	2432
11	GM	Cebalo Miso		CRO	2486	5.5	29.0	39.5	4	2389
12	GM	Chernikov Oleg L		RUS	2438	5.5	29.0	38.5	4	2351
13	GM	Tseitlin Mark D		ISR	2420	5.5	28.5	39.0	5	2347
14	FM	Werner Clemens		GER	2353	5.5	27.5	38.0	5	2311
15	FM	Gruzmann Boris		RUS	2281	5.5	27.0	37.0	3	2285
16	FM	Rosino Antonio		ITA	2233	5.5	26.0	35.5	4	2245

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr47481.aspx