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The Polish Chess Federation and the Malopolska Chess Federation are organising the World Senior Team Championships from 1 to 12 July. The tournament will be played in the two age groups 50+ plus and 65+. The venue is the Galaxy Hotel in Krakow.

The Old Town of Krakow | Photo: Tournament site

A total of 32 teams have registered for the 50+ tournament. Top seed is team USA, which starts with five grandmasters: Jaan Ehlveest, Igor Novikov, Alexander Shabalov, Alex Yermolinsky and Melikset Kachiyan. But the teams England 1, Iceland and Italy are not much worse. England 1 has five grandmasters in Michael Adams, John Emms, Glenn Fear, Keith Arkell and Nigel Davies. The Icelandic team also has five grandmasters, led by Helgi Olafsson and Johann Hjartarson. Grandmasters David Alberto and Michele Godena play on the first two boards for Italy.

There are 33 teams in the 65+ group. Top seed is England 1, with John Nunn on board one. Second seed is Israel 1, third seed is the team from France Cercle d'Echecs de Strasbourg, which is almost a family team: IM Mehrshad Sharif plays on board one, IM Daniel Roos follows on board two, GM Nikolay Legky on board three, while IMs Louis Roos and Jean-Luc Roos, the brothers of Daniel Roos, play on board four and five.

In addition to the titles of Senior World Team Champion over 50 and over 65, there is also a World Championship title for women's teams. When there are ten teams from at least two continents, FIDE organises a separate tournament. If there are fewer teams, they play in the open tournament. The best teams will be awarded the World Championship title. For the 2024 Senior World Team Championships in Krakow, six women's teams in the 50+ age group and three women's teams in the 65+ age group have registered.

Both tournaments will are 9-round-swiss-tournaments. Round 1 will be played on 2 July. All rounds start daily at 15:00, except for the final round which starts at 10:00. After the sixth round, there will be a rest day on 8 July.

Starting list 50+

Starting list 65+

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