World Senior Teams 2023, September 18 to 29

[Mick Norris]

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The World Senior Teams Championships for players above 50 and above 65 years of age, will take place from 18th – 29th September 2023 in Struga, Ohrid Lake, North Macedonia.

The championships will be held in 9 rounds, played in the Swiss system following the FIDE Regulations. According to FIDE rules, the time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

England 50+ will be lead by Mickey Adams and 65+ by John Nunn according to the June edition of Chess Moves

[Kevin Thurlow]

England I vs England III (50+), board 1, Michael Adams draw Russell Granat, according to chessresults.com

[LawrenceCooper]

England I vs England III (50+), board 1, Michael Adams draw Russell Granat, according to chessresults.com

Backed up by the games on chess24: https://chess24.com/de/watch/live-tourn ... 3-50/1/2/1

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Great result for Russell (congratulations!). Black was better at some points as well.

Wonder when Vitiugov will become eligible for the 50+ team?

(In 14 years, in case anyone really wanted to know.)

[Mick Norris]

65+ round 1 results and round 2 pairings

50+ round 1 results and round 2 pairings

[Mick Norris]

In the 50+, top seeds USA drew with North Macedonia in round 3

Round 4 has Iceland (6) v England 1 (6), USA (5) v England 2 (4)

round 4 pairings

In the 65+, England 1 beat 3rd seeded Slovakia in round 3

Round 4 has a meeting of the top seeds with Germany Lasker (6) v England 1 (6), and Germany (5) v Israel (5)

round 4 pairings

Good luck to the England players

[NickFaulks]

A critical day. Is it me or has the live feed collapsed?

[NickFaulks]

A critical day. Is it me or has the live feed collapsed?

Back now but not confident that what I see on my screen can be believed. Not the clocks, for sure.

[Nick Burrows]

It seems Adams had his draw offer accepted in the game that offered our best winning chances

[Mick Norris]

50+ round 6 results

Round 7 has Italy (10) v USA (11); Iceland (9) v N Macedonia (8); England 1 (8) v England 2 (7)

65+ round 6 results

Round 7 has Lasker (12) v France (8); England 1 (10) v Israel (9)

[Mick Norris]

Nigel Povah report

[Tim Spanton]

Nigel Povah report

The reports are dated September 22 at the top of the post but in fact are up to date.

[NickFaulks]

Today looks like the last good opportunity for the leaders, USA, to slip up.

[LawrenceCooper]

Today looks like the last good opportunity for the leaders, USA, to slip up.

Which they duly did.

[Brian Valentine]

Today looks like the last good opportunity for the leaders, USA, to slip up.

Which they duly did.

This result makes the silver medal spot more problematic.