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Starts tomorrow. Main website is
http://www.scaccomattissimo.it/seniores2015/
Indication is there will be live games as there is a link on 'the Tournament' page.
Chess Results page:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr174982.a...turdet=YES
Roddy playing in +50. Craig, Douglas M, Jim Webster playing in +65.
Am getting organised to follow some live action from tomorrow 2pm UK time and most days at 2pm UK time. Italy is +1hr ahead, published schedule below in Italy time.
10.11 h. 15.00 1° round
11.11 h. 15.00 2° round
12.11 h. 15.00 3° round
13.11 h. 15.00 4° round
14.11 h. 15.00 5° round
15.11 h. 15.00 6° round
16.11 rest day
17.11 h. 15.00 7° round
18.11 h. 15.00 8° round
19.11 h. 15.00 9° round
20.11 h. 15.00 10° round
21.11 h. 14.00 11° round
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I'll be following that closely - currently laid up with a broken leg so just as well I didn't enter.
Some fairly brutal games in the fist round with tp paired against bottom. None of the Scots online today. Of the top seeds only Rosentalis having any difficulty that I can see but he may find a way to win it.
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Cherubs removed from the top. Seniors given their rightful place. (For now). If you send me some nice pics from Iceland I'll post on the front page when I get back to civilisation.
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After two rounds all four of our players areoff the mark.
Roddy and Craig both have 2/2 and should be on the live boards tomorrow. But Roddy has a particularly tough task against English GM Keith Arkell. Jim had a good draw yesterday against a 2100+ player, while Douglas lost to an IM. Today Jim lost and Douglas drew. Thankfully they are not playing each other tomorrow.
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@Alastair have you not looked at the natural thermal waters and spa treatments on the tourney website? You could have came back with your leg like new.
Alan Tate Wrote:Most of the wee cherubs will either quit or be adults in a few years. What happens then?
@Alan didn't you quit the game for some time when younger? I don't know, but I heard that somewhere. I quit too for the record when a junior. I posted about this on here in the past but no one took any interest on the junior retention issue.
Craig sneaked onto the live boards today no.12 board in the +65 -
http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/commo...s_2015_p1/ Should be available until a hour or so before tomorrows play starts.
Wonder if Keith Arkell got some ECF forum crowdfunding for this tourney trip, like he did when he won last years Euro Seniors title. I find that interesting
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From the registration info..
"Special conditions
Free boarding for the top 3 finishers of last edition and the top 3 of every Senior Continental Championship 2015. "
Keith finished 3rd in the 2015 Euro Seniors.
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And there was me sitting here in sunny Acqui Terme thinking that the adage was "age before beauty".
Blitz tournament is on this morning (Thursday) but none of us decided to take part.
Good luck to the team in Iceland from us oldies in Italy.
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Thanks Robin, I stand corrected! I hadn't realised one had took place for this year. It was the year before Keith Arkell won the Euro seniors +50 (2014), think it was in Porto. He beat Craig in that which is why I remember it, and it was that event which he got the crowdfunding support via ECF forum for the usual overheads.
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Thanks David. I see the Euro Team is at its rightful place above the seniors.. Just kidding