World Seniors C/Ship - Greece

[Jonathan Livingstone]

4 Scots in action, IM Pritchett, FM Giulian, David Findlay, Alan Borwell.

Follow the action live on the official homepage: http://worldseniors2014.fide.com/

Player data: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr144386.aspx?lan=1

Rnd 1 Starts on Friday, 2pm UK time.

Thursday 23 October Arrivals
Friday 24 October 11:00 Technical Meeting
Friday 24 October 15:30 Opening Ceremony
Friday 24 October 16:00 Round 1
Saturday 25 October 16:00 Round 2
Sunday 26 October 16:00 Round 3
Monday 27 October 16:00 Round 4
Tuesday 28 October 16:00 Round 5
Wednesday 29 October 16:00 Round 6
Thursday 30 October Day off (excursion)
Friday 31 October 16:00 Round 7
Saturday 1 November 16:00 Round 8
Sunday 2 November 16:00 Round 9
Monday 3 November 16:00 Round 10
Tuesday 4 November 15:00 Round 11
Tuesday 4 November 21:00 Closing Ceremony

[robin moore]

What a superb location! Hope everyone has a great time and enjoy what looks a wonderful event.

[StevieHilton]

I agree. this was the venue I played in the World Blind Championships earlier this year. It is a superb hotel.

[Alex Gillies]

Nice game from R4:

[pgn][Event "World Senior Championship S65"]
[Site "Katerini"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Kratschmer, Heinz"]
[Black "Pritchett, Craig W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:33:11"]
[BlackClock "0:34:49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 e5 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. f4 g6 14. Bf3 Bg7 15.
Rad1 c6 16. h3 Qb6 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. g3 h5 20. Bg2 Qb6 21. Bf3 h4
22. g4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Qf2+ 24. Bg2 Bxe6 25. Rf1 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 Bxg4 27. e5 Bxd1 28.
Qxd1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nh5 30. Rf3 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Qb6 32. Qe1 dxe5 33. fxe5 Rad8 34.
Re3 Bh6 35. Ne4 Qxe3 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Qxa5 Rd1 38. Qb4+ Re7 39. Nh7+ Kg7 40.
e6+ Kxh7 41. Bd4 Qxd4 0-1[/pgn]

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[Jonathan Livingstone]

Just looking at results so far.

+50
David 3/6
Philip 2.5/6

+65
Craig 4.5/6
Alan 3/6

David got to play GM John Nunn 2600 Rnd 1, Alan's only defeat so far is to a 2400 IM Brazilian. Craig is ranked 6 at moment and is a ½ point behind the leaders.

Rest day today, resumes tomorrow, Rnd 7 - 11 are daily 2pm UK time.

[Alastair White]

B-) I see Craig beat Vasiukov (again!) to finish 7th. David also beat a GM to finish well in the over-50s. Phil and Alan both finished on 50%.

Sorry I couldn't be there (I am in Arizona)... B-)