European Senior Chess Championship

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The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Men can participate if they are 60 or over by January 1st of the year the tournament starts. For women the age requirement is 50 or over. The format of the tournament is 9 round Swiss system. The competition is mixed, but they are two titles: the overall winner gets the title "Euro­pean Senior Chess Champion" and the highest ranked women the title "European Senior Women Chess Champion"

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# Year Location Overall winner Women champion
1 2001 St. Vincent Flag of Israel Jacob Murey (Israel)
2 2002 St. Vincent Flag of Croatia Vladimir Bukal (Croatia)
3 2003 St. Vincent Flag of Serbia Sinisa Joksic (Serbia) Flag of Croatia Vlasta Macek (Croatia)
4 2004 Arvier Flag of Israel Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Flag of Israel Radmila Popivoda (Israel)
5 2005 Bad Homburg Flag of Israel Mark Tseitlin (Israel) Flag of Poland Hanna Ereńska-Barlo (Poland)
6 2006 Davos Flag of Serbia Borislav Ivkov (Serbia) Flag of Israel Valeria Dotan (Israel)
7 2007 Hockenheim Flag of Russia Nukhim Rashkovsky (Russia) Flag of Russia Elena Fatalibekova (Russia)

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