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European Senior Teams starts in Crete on Thursday

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The European Senior Teams Championships will be played over nine rounds in Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete, starting on Thursday afternoon, 27 August. Some players are already travelling there but the main arrival date is Wednesday.

We look forward to meeting many old friends at this event again. This is a special page for the event which, we hope, will be updated from time to time while we are in Crete.

Here is the link to the provisional lists of teams and players but declarations may change until the technical meeting on Thursday morning. We expect that some games will be broadcast live on Lichess.

The championships are, as usual, for teams of four with an optional reserve; all players on a team must be from the same federation. There are two age groups: 50+ and 65+.

Fourteen teams (including a English Women's team) have entered the 50+ tournament and 18 teams are in the 65+ section. The lists are now sorted by starting rank with the two categories on separate tabs.

The first teams of England and Italy (all titled players) will almost certainly contest the top positions on the 50+ podium with teams from Slovakia and the Netherlands also having a rating average above 2200.

In the 65+, England-1, Slovenia and Italy are the highest ranked teams. Of the total of 32 teams entered, eight are from England, four from Israel (including two club teams) and three from Sweden. Ireland have a team in each section but Scotland and Wales are not going.

The regulations and invitation document (PDF in English) is available for download from this site. Further announcements may appear on the European Chess Union website when the event begins.

 

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