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European Senior Chess Championship

The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (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 Swiss, 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

# Year Location Overall winner Women champion
1 2001 St. Vincent Jacob Murey (Israel)
2 2002 St. Vincent Vladimir Bukal (Croatia)
3 2003 St. Vincent Sinisa Joksic (Serbia) Vlasta Macek (Croatia)
4 2004 Arvier Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Radmila Popivoda (Israel)
5 2005 Bad Homburg Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (Poland)
6 2006 Davos Borislav Ivkov (Serbia) Valeria Dotan (Israel)
7 2007 Hockenheim Nukhim Rashkovsky (Russia) Elena Fatalibekova (Russia)
8 2008 Davos Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Elena Fatalibekova (Russia)
9 2009 Rogaska Slatina Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia) Ludmila Saunina (Russia)
10 2010 Thessaloniki Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia) Tamar Khmiadashvili (Georgia)
11 2011 Courmayeur Mihai Suba (Romania) Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia)
12 2012 Kaunas Nikolai Pushkov (Russia) Tatyana Fomina (Estonia)
13 2013 Plovdiv Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Margarita Voiska (Bulgaria)
14 2014 Porto Nico Schouten (NED) (65+)
Keith Arkell (ENG) (50+)
Valentina Kozlovskaya (RUS) (65+)
Tatyana Fomina (EST) (50+)
15 2015 Eretria Jan Rooze (BEL) (65+)
Zurab Sturua (GEO) (50+)
Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO) (65+)
Svetlana Mednikova (RUS) (50+)

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