The ECU and Slovenian Chess Federation organize the 11th European Senior Teams Championship, from March 26th to April 5th, 2012, in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia.
The teams may represent a national federation or any regional structure of a national federation. Each team consists of four players; in addition one reserve player may be nominated.
Russia is defending the trophy from the last year’s Championship in Dion Palace, Greece. They didn’t make any changes in the team, following the rule “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
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| Rogaska Slatina playing hall |
Russia is also lining the 2nd team, composed of female players and headed by the reigning World Senior Champion WGM Galina Strutinskaya.
Viktor Korchnoi is on the top board for Switzerland, while Wolfgang Uhlmann is leading Germany. Finland is weakened as GM Yrjo A. Rantanen is not playing this time.
Entitled to participate are men from the ECU Chess Federations who shall have reached the age of 60 and women who shall have reached the age of 50 years, by December 31st of the year in which the tournament will commence.
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| Viktor Korchnoi and team of Switzerland |
The Championship will be played in 9 rounds following the Swiss System. Time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game. The player will additionally receive 30 seconds for each move.
The ranking depends on the number of team points (win = 2 team points, draw = 1 team point, lose = 0 team points). If the number of team points are equal as well, the points scored at the individual boards are added up. If further differentiation is needed the “Buchholz-Wertung” is decisive.
Photos by IA Nebojsa Baralic and FA Huseyin Yeten.
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1 comment:
i love korchnoi!
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