European Senior Chess Championship 2022 concluded yesterday in Lublin, Poland. The event took place from 4th-14th July, 2022, being played in two age categories 50+ and 65+, with separate prizes for female players.
The Closing Ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening, with Chief Arbiter Tomasz Delega announcing the Winners. Paweł Zaskalski – Vice President of the Polish Chess Federation joined the awarding ceremony.
After 9 played rounds, GM Martin Mrva (SVK, 2385) clinched the title of European Senior Chess Champion 50+. He scored 7 points to be the sole winner of the event, while two players tied for silver with 6.5 points each: CM Dariusz Klimaszewski (POL, 2096) and FM Povilas Lasinskas (LTU, 2096). Klimaszewski Dariusz had better tiebreaks and claimed silver medal and Lasinskas Povilas came third.
The best ranked female player of 50+ section WIM Sopiko Teraladze (GEO, 2141) scored 5.5 points and became European Women Senior 50+ Champion. WIM Liliana Leszner (POL, 1872) was second with 5 points and Margarita Baliuniene (LTU, 1935) won bronze with 4.5 points.
IM Nils-Gustaf Renman (SWE, 2311) triumphed in the 65+ category with a convincing score of 7.5 points. FM Terry Chapman P D (ENG, 2207) won silver with 6.5 points, while four players tied for the third place with 6 points each. FM Anthony Stebbings J (ENG, 2283) had best tiebreak criteria to win bronze medal.
WIM Annett Wagner-Michel (GER, 2056) became European Women Senior 65+ Champion as she scored 4.5 points to be the best female player in the 65+ category. WFM Irena Kasprzyk (POL, 2017) was second with 4 points, and WFM Elzbieta Sosnowska (POL, 1726) clinched bronze with 3.5 points.
Final rankings European Senior Chess Championship 50+:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Mrva Martin
SVK
2385
7
0
43
48
2
CM
Klimaszewski Dariusz
POL
2096
6.5
0
42
43
3
FM
Lasinskas Povilas
LTU
2096
6
0
44
48
4
WIM
Tereladze Sopiko
GEO
2141
5.5
0
45
48
5
Garabetyan Arno
TUR
2056
5.5
0
44
48
6
Lilja Richard
DEN
2131
5.5
0
41
45
7
Wielosz Jaroslaw
POL
1891
5.5
0
39
42
8
Zielinski Olgierd
POL
1816
5.5
0
36
37
9
FM
Druckenthaner Andreas
AUT
2272
5
0
45
49
10
WIM
Leszner Liliana
POL
1872
5
0
41
42
11
Padrak Rafal
POL
2125
4.5
0
39
43
12
CM
Kirszenberg Marc
FRA
2056
4.5
0
39
42
13
Puroila Sippo
FIN
1803
4.5
0
38
41
14
Baliuniene Margarita
LTU
1935
4.5
0
37
39
15
Chwalewski Marek
POL
1774
4.5
0
37
38
16
Warnk Torsten
GER
1763
4.5
0
34
36
17
Krzyzanowska-Zadlo Lidia
POL
1732
4
0.5
38
39
18
Pietinen Pekka
FIN
1937
4
0.5
36
37
19
Krzyzanowski Wojciech
POL
1878
3.5
0.5
31
32
20
Babijczuk Wojciech
POL
1436
3.5
0.5
30
31
21
Sielicki Tomasz
POL
1967
2.5
0
38
40
22
Chlewinski Artur
POL
1417
2
0
32
33
23
Sawiniec Jaroslaw
POL
0
1.5
0
34
36
.
Final rankings European Senior Chess Championship 65+:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
IM
Renman Nils-Gustaf
SWE
2311
7.5
0
46
50
2
FM
Chapman Terry P D
ENG
2207
6.5
0
44
47
3
FM
Stebbings Anthony J
ENG
2283
6
0
45
49
4
IM
Petran Peter
SVK
2234
6
0
44
48
5
Sokolowski Ryszard
POL
2050
6
0
41
44
6
Praszak Michal
POL
2048
6
0
40
42
7
IM
Lederman Leon
ISR
2209
5.5
0
47
51
8
IM
Bogdanov Valentin
UKR
2333
5.5
0
46
50
9
FM
Schulz Michael
GER
2217
5.5
0
41
44
10
FM
Syre Christian
GER
2243
5.5
0
39
42
11
FM
Malesevic Nedeljko
SWE
2228
5
0
45
48
12
IM
Dobosz Henryk
POL
2354
5
0
44
48
13
Neumann Joachim
GER
2082
5
0
36
39
14
Hewson Brian W R
ENG
2049
5
0
35
37
15
Rak Tomasz
POL
1887
4.5
0
43
47
16
IM
Biro Sandor
ROU
2116
4.5
0
43
44
17
Olszowski Andrzej
POL
1600
4.5
0
36
37
18
WIM
Wagner-Michel Annett
GER
2056
4.5
0
34
36
19
Severcan Sedat Sabri
TUR
1849
4
0
40
41
20
Sciupokas Arunas
LTU
1960
4
0
39
42
21
Krupa Jerzy
POL
1771
4
0
38
42
22
Stokes Michael
ENG
2024
4
0
35
39
23
Gasik Piotr
POL
1990
4
0
35
38
24
Scowen Roger S
ENG
1864
4
0
33
34
25
Gromowski Stanislaw
POL
1613
4
0
32
33
26
Plesiuk Jan
POL
1573
4
0
32
33
27
Patola Eero
FIN
1810
4
0
31
33
28
WFM
Kasprzyk Irena
POL
2017
4
0
30
31
29
IM
Chubar Vladimir
UKR
1809
3.5
0
36
37
30
WFM
Sosnowska Elzbieta
POL
1726
3.5
0
36
37
31
Berkley Stephen W
ENG
1525
3.5
0
35
36
32
Borowik Ryszard
POL
0
2
0
34
35
33
Virtanen Esko
FIN
1709
1.5
0
29
30
.