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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.
| # | 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+) |