European Senior Team Chess Championship 2024

[Kevin Thurlow]

This seems to have been overlooked...

https://chess-results.com/tnr879983.asp ... =0&flag=30

England I doing very well in the 65+; England II and III in mid-table.
England I doing very well in the 50+, with England II and III in medal contention. England Women trailing at present, but are generally outrated by the opposition.

Good luck all (and to Scotland).

[Tim Harding]

I have been doing daily reports at
https://www.chessmail.com/seniors/EUR-S ... s2024.html

Apparently there was a hosting issue with my site over the weekend, that I only became aware of yesterday morning, but everything should be working correctly now. If anyone comes across a case of a missing image or other file, please PM me.

Play starts daily at 3pm local time (2pm BST) and the top matches in both tournaments are being broadcast on Lichess with a few minutes delay.

In the 50+ England-1 v Iceland and England-2 v Italy are both at
https://lichess.org/broadcast/european- ... 7/rUFE2LCb

On a second page the women's match should be on. Hopefully the broadcast will soon start.

Though there seems to be a longer delay or some transmission issue with the 50+ today.

In the 65+, which started transmitting at 2.15, England-1 v Finland is at
https://lichess.org/broadcast/european- ... 7/hGnjXiVd

From there you can go to a second page showing the England-2 match where 1965 British Champion Peter N. Lee is in action. He has +2 =4 so far in what I believe is his first chess tournament (FIDE-rated anyway) this century as he has chiefly been playing bridge, I gather,.

I have to go out now but will report on round 7 tonight, probably around 9-10pm when the round 8 pairings are available.

The tournament ends on Wednesday.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Peter Lee returned to chess for the Basman Memorial, where we had a friendly chat outside, then found we were playing in the next round. He has been playing for Epsom in Surrey, but this may well be his first FIDE-rated action for a while.

[Mick Norris]

Round 8 currently in progress lichess 50+

Hungary (10) v England 1 (12); Emms & Arkell have drawn with black, Flear & Conquest are still playing, presumably a drawn match is ok
Scotland 1 (8) v Italy (10)

65+

Hungary 1 (10)v England 1 (13); Baker & Povah have drawn, Kosten & Large still playing, again presumably a drawn match is ok
Slovakia 1 (11) v Germany (10)

[IM Jack Rudd]

Conquest has just castled on move 30, always fun to see stuff like that. (Lichess says his game is level and Emms's is slightly worse, but there's still a lot of play to be had.)

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 8 currently in progress lichess 50+

Hungary (10) v England 1 (12); Emms & Arkell have drawn with black

Sadly the former hadn't finished and eventually lost his ending.

[LawrenceCooper]

England 1 ahead on tie-break in the 50+ and play England 2 in round 9.

[LawrenceCooper]

England 65+ won 3-1 and win their event. In the 50+ England 1 also won 3-1 against England 2 but with the chess-results link not working I'm not totally sure what they needed.

[LawrenceCooper]

England 1 finish first in both events:

https://chess-results.com/tnr879994.asp ... =9&flag=30
https://chess-results.com/tnr879983.asp ... NG&flag=30

[Mick Norris]

That's great news, well done to all

Board lists 65+ silver for Nunn, Large and Povah, gold for Baker

50+ bronze for Flear, silver for Davies, gold for Arkell (well done Keith) and Conquest

[Ian Thompson]

England 1 finish first in both events:

... and England Women win the Women's O50 title by dint of ... turning up.

[Kevin Thurlow]

You could take the view that everybody else was too scared to turn up!

Well done all.

[John Saunders]

A member of the England 3rd team also did particularly well, achieving +278 points over his published rating. Not bad for an 85-year-old...

Screenshot 2024-05-16 113123.png (19.73 KiB) Viewed 8106 times

[Kevin Thurlow]

That is good - no wonder the last opponent got on his skis before the game.

[Mick Norris]

Leonard's piece in the FT includes a photo which is also on the ECF article