European Senior Open Chess Championship 2010 had an exciting finish as top-seeded GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky and earlier winner of the European Seniors’ Individual Rapid Championship, GM Viktor Kupreichik, entered the final round with equal points. But Kupreichik only drew against FM Turikov, while Tseshkovsky took a full point from FM Zhelesny to claim the title [...]

European Senior Women Chess Championship 2010 was concluded this Sunday in Thessaloniki, Greece. WGM Elena Fatalibekova of Russia and WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili of Georgia were running head to head into the final round, but then Khmiadashvili scored a win with black pieces and took the clear first place with 7.0 points, becoming the 2010 European [...]

The top-seed GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky defeated the fellow GM Algimantas Butnorius in round seven of the European Senior Open Chess Championship 2010 and singled out on the top as sole leader with 5.5 points. His next challenge will be FM Viktor Turikov who broke through to the shared 2nd place. Other top games concluded in [...]