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This isn't quite within the scope of the question, but in some Bermuda Open our son William (b. 1991) was paired with the legendary US master Oscar Shapiro (b. 1909). We did wonder whether that was some kind of a record.David Robertson wrote: Does this create a new national record for an international event?
A Chessbase article (dated 11/7/2003) may point the way to a definitive answer Nick's speculation -NickFaulks wrote:This isn't quite within the scope of the question, but in some Bermuda Open our son William (b. 1991) was paired with the legendary US master Oscar Shapiro (b. 1909). We did wonder whether that was some kind of a record.David Robertson wrote: Does this create a new national record for an international event?
Presumably David's original question relates to international events played under the auspices of the ECF.A few hours after this article went online Adolivio Capece, editor of the Italien chess magazine L'Italia Scacchistica, wrote us: " I am really surprised that in the list there is not GM Enrico Paoli, born on January 13, 1908 (in two months he will be 96!!). He is still playing at Master level chess. In 2003 he played the internationale tournaments in Saint-Vincent and in Bratto. He will play in Milano in December and will receive a special prize by the ECU that will be awarded next February in Saint-Vincent. He lives in Reggio Emilia and is the main organizator of the famous international tournament there. Probably he is the oldest player at Master level in the world.
You might want to stipulate a minimum rating as well. Tournaments such as the Guernsey Holiday are popular with very senior citizens and are now FIDE rated.Michael Farthing wrote: To keep it manageable the game must be FIDE rated.
You had better restrict that to British players (or events). In the World Seniors last month one player celebrated his 86th birthday and another was 89 on the day of the last round. I haven't checked who they played but even if they didn't meet each other, they probably met other octogenarians so the combined years would have been in the 170s or very nearly that.Michael Farthing wrote:To broaden and enlarge the topic what about a parallel investigation into the biggest age total between two competitors? Sort of Bernard Cafferty v Leonard Barden 2016 (imaginary as far as I know). To keep it manageable the game must be FIDE rated.
What's the sequence here?David Williams wrote:Of far more importance, does the world have a new youngest Morphy Number 4?
Presumably Morphy-James Mortimer-Edward Sergeant (City of London championship c 1908)-Bernard Cafferty-Alex Golding. But it remains true that Morphy v Mortimer, assuming they happened, were all casual games and no game scores have survived.JustinHorton wrote:What's the sequence here?David Williams wrote:Of far more importance, does the world have a new youngest Morphy Number 4?
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... rs#p147616JustinHorton wrote:What's the sequence here?David Williams wrote:Of far more importance, does the world have a new youngest Morphy Number 4?