The European Senior Chess Championship is a

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tournament for senior chess players organised by the

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(ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60 +) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The corresponding, women's category had an age restriction of fifty years or over (50+). In 2014 the competition was split into separate tournaments for the age categories of 65+ and 50+ and these age restrictions were unified across both genders. The format of each tournament is a 9-round

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, the overall winners being awarded the respective titles of "European Senior Chess Champion" and "European Senior Women's Chess Champion" in each age category. Similar titles are awarded for rapidplay and blitz, but these are not shown below.

List of winners

References

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Results 2002 from FIDEResults 2003 from FIDEResults 2004 from FIDEResults 2005 from FIDEResults 2006 from FIDEResults 2007 from FIDEHomepage of the 2007 edition
*List of winners until 2006 in the Manual 2007 of the European Chess Union {{Chess international championships European championships in chess Women's chess competitions 2001 in chess Senior chess competitions

List of winners

See also

References