November 13th 2022

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

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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

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