IMPORTANT: At the Download Files section you can downlosd REGULATIONS and REGISTRATION FORMFIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 - Open 65+ | Organizer(s) | FIDE and Serbian Chess Federation |
| Federation | FIDE ( FID ) |
| Tournament director | IO Jevtic, Sasa 920452 |
| Chief Arbiter | TBA |
| Time control (Standard) | 90 min for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move one |
| Location | Hotel Zepter, Vrnjacka Banja |
| Number of rounds | 11 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System |
| Rating calculation | Rating international |
| Date | 2026/11/03 to 2026/11/14 |
| Rating-Ø / Average age | 2051 / 72 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 05.08.2026 18:13:56, Creator/Last Upload: SRB Chess Federation
| Tournament selection | Open 50+, Women 50+, Open 65+, Women 65+ |
| Links | Official Homepage of the Organizer, Link with tournament calendar |
| Parameters | No tournament details, no flags
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| Overview for team | AND, ARG, AUS, AUT, BRA, CAM, CAN, CHI, CRC, CRO, DEN, ENG, ESP, FID, FIN, FRA, GEO, GER, GRE, IND, IRL, ISL, ISR, ITA, KAZ, KGZ, LTU, MNC, NOR, NZL, PHI, POL, ROU, RUS, SCO, SGP, SVK, UKR, USA |
| Lists | Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule |
| , Total statistics |
| Download Files | Registration_form_WSCC2026.xlsx, Regulations_WSCC_2026.pdf |
| Excel and Print | Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes |
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Starting rank
| No. | | | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | Typ | age |
| 1 | | GM | Sturua, Zurab | 13600095 | GEO | 2488 | | S65 | 67 |
| 2 | | GM | Bischoff, Klaus | 4600045 | GER | 2419 | | S65 | 65 |
| 3 | | IM | Mikhalevski, Alexander | 2801728 | ISR | 2411 | | S65 | 68 |
| 4 | | GM | Ftacnik, Lubomir | 14900017 | SVK | 2407 | | S65 | 69 |
| 5 | | GM | Arkell, Keith C | 400270 | ENG | 2390 | | S65 | 65 |
| 6 | | GM | Knaak, Rainer | 4611250 | GER | 2389 | | S65 | 73 |
| 7 | | GM | Temirbayev, Serikbay | 13700022 | KAZ | 2367 | | S65 | 65 |
| 8 | | IM | Garcia Padron, Jose | 2200120 | ESP | 2338 | | S65 | 68 |
| 9 | | FM | Elguezabal Varela, Daniel | 101079 | ESP | 2313 | | S65 | 68 |
| 10 | | IM | Birnboim, Nathan | 2800209 | ISR | 2301 | | S65 | 76 |
| 11 | | IM | Bogdanov, Valentin | 14100304 | UKR | 2301 | | S65 | 79 |
| 12 | | | Guigonis, Dominique | 600717 | FRA | 2272 | | S65 | 65 |
| 13 | | | Boulard, Eric | 601195 | FRA | 2266 | | S65 | 67 |
| 14 | | IM | Reprintsev, Alexander | 14100541 | UKR | 2264 | | S65 | 68 |
| 15 | | IM | Cummings, David H. | 2603578 | CAN | 2244 | | S65 | 65 |
| 16 | | FM | Motuz, Karol | 14902621 | SVK | 2243 | | S65 | 65 |
| 17 | | IM | Van Riemsdijk, Herman C. | 2100053 | BRA | 2219 | | S65 | 78 |
| 18 | | IM | Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel | 2200228 | ESP | 2199 | | S65 | 66 |
| 19 | | IM | Pomes Marcet, Joan | 2200139 | ESP | 2189 | | S65 | 69 |
| 20 | | IM | Shirazi, Kamran | 2000733 | FRA | 2187 | | S65 | 74 |
| 21 | | FM | Fayard, Alain | 600857 | FRA | 2185 | | S65 | 67 |
| 22 | | IM | Petran, Peter | 14900114 | SVK | 2181 | | S65 | 72 |
| 23 | | FM | Henttinen, Markku I.O. | 500240 | FIN | 2176 | | S65 | 66 |
| 24 | | IM | Lederman, Leon | 2800403 | ISR | 2153 | | S65 | 79 |
| 25 | | IM | Medancic, Rikard | 14500531 | CRO | 2141 | | S65 | 76 |
| 26 | | IM | Primbetov, Marat | 13701401 | KAZ | 2135 | | S65 | 76 |
| 27 | | FM | Dougherty, Michael | 2601559 | CAN | 2135 | | S65 | 65 |
| 28 | | FM | Kolesar, Milan | 14900130 | SVK | 2118 | | S65 | 66 |
| 29 | | IM | Biro, Sandor | 1200178 | ROU | 2116 | | S65 | 69 |
| 30 | | | Molchanov, Mykola | 14120232 | UKR | 2102 | | S65 | 70 |
| 31 | | FM | Furman, Boris | 4107187 | FID | 2099 | | S65 | 75 |
| 32 | | FM | Frick, Christoph | 4607090 | GER | 2088 | | S65 | 75 |
| 33 | | CM | Rovira Mas, Jorge | 6500048 | CRC | 2083 | | S65 | 76 |
| 34 | | IM | Chan, Peng Kong | 5800129 | SGP | 2082 | | S65 | 70 |
| 35 | | | Theon, Pierre | 608106 | FRA | 2076 | | S65 | 68 |
| 36 | | FM | Garcia Paolicchi, Raul | 6900020 | AND | 2064 | | S65 | 74 |
| 37 | | | Gal, Moshe | 2815630 | ISR | 2043 | | S65 | 76 |
| 38 | | FM | Jimenez Molina, Juan Leon | 6500137 | CRC | 2033 | | S65 | 73 |
| 39 | | FM | Schain, Randolph | 2003139 | CAM | 2032 | | S65 | 68 |
| 40 | | | Mangubat, Mario | 5203040 | PHI | 2031 | | S65 | 68 |
| 41 | | FM | Markzon, Gregory | 2003694 | USA | 2021 | | S65 | 77 |
| 42 | | IM | Bagamasbad, Efren | 5203570 | PHI | 2016 | | S65 | 70 |
| 43 | | | Mayer, Roland | 16243250 | GER | 2009 | | S65 | 77 |
| 44 | | | Goldberg, Mikhail S | 540084094 | RUS | 2006 | | S65 | 70 |
| 45 | | | Tsynman, Boris | 24282073 | USA | 1995 | | S65 | 80 |
| 46 | | | Garcia Quesada, Matias | 2218127 | ESP | 1988 | | S65 | 83 |
| 47 | | | Rhine, Frederick | 2097737 | USA | 1983 | | S65 | 66 |
| 48 | | | Jhunjhnuwala, Naresh | 6000088 | USA | 1967 | | S65 | 68 |
| 49 | | | Zahilas, Loukas N. | 4200829 | GRE | 1967 | | S65 | 66 |
| 50 | | | Jurkiewicz, Krzysztof | 1103270 | POL | 1964 | | S65 | 69 |
| 51 | | | Bluvshtein, Ilia | 2605317 | CAN | 1947 | | S65 | 70 |
| 52 | | | Bakalar, Jan | 14901978 | SVK | 1943 | | S65 | 80 |
| 53 | | | Krstic, Slobodan | 3203379 | AUS | 1933 | | S65 | 85 |
| 54 | | | Kind, Michael | 30925525 | USA | 1929 | | S65 | 65 |
| 55 | | CM | Araya Umana, Carlos | 6500188 | CRC | 1924 | | S65 | 71 |
| 56 | | | Arias Formoso, Rodolfo | 6500269 | CRC | 1915 | | S65 | 70 |
| 57 | | | Goldberg, Leonid S. | 4123620 | RUS | 1914 | | S65 | 72 |
| 58 | | CM | Orpinas Konig, Claudio Javier | 3400328 | CHI | 1904 | | S65 | 76 |
| 59 | | | Yakimenko, Alexander A. | 24141917 | FID | 1891 | | S65 | 74 |
| 60 | | | Andreas, Guenter | 24625760 | GER | 1861 | | S65 | 82 |
| 61 | | | Vieira, Alexandre Letizio | 2151545 | BRA | 1860 | | S65 | 68 |
| 62 | | | Galvan Sarmiento, Jose Luis | 2212447 | ESP | 1858 | | S65 | 69 |
| 63 | | CM | Choong, Liong-On Mark | 5806410 | SGP | 1857 | | S65 | 79 |
| 64 | | | Marshall, Michael | 1409956 | ENG | 1851 | | S65 | 81 |
| 65 | | | Jhunjhnuwala, Suresh | 2062313 | USA | 1850 | | S65 | 69 |
| 66 | | | Erdogan, Hassan | 465917 | ENG | 1839 | | S65 | 69 |
| 67 | | | Fischer, Robert J | 2008653 | USA | 1837 | | S65 | 66 |
| 68 | | | Zarnescu, Marius | 1211331 | ROU | 1807 | | S65 | 74 |
| 69 | | | Segal, Yosef | 2817063 | ISR | 1796 | | S65 | 75 |
| 70 | | | Delaruelle, Christian | 633348 | FRA | 1760 | | S65 | 75 |
| 71 | | | Parvulescu, Nicu | 1257277 | ROU | 1728 | | S65 | 73 |
| 72 | | | Molina Alfaro, Ahias | 6523480 | CRC | 1726 | | S65 | 66 |
| 73 | | | Zharokov, Biket | 13706667 | KAZ | 1672 | | S65 | 81 |
| 74 | | | Whelan, Niall P. | 2500809 | IRL | 1606 | | S65 | 66 |
| 75 | | | Devlin, Brian | 3229300 | AUS | 1458 | | S65 | 80 |
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