World Senior Chess Championship 14 – 27 November 2022 Assisi – Umbria Italy

[Mick Norris]

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Round 1 on the 15th through to round 11 on the 25th

50+ chess results top seed currently Sturua, good luck to Keith (seeded 11th) and the other English players

65+ top seed is John Nunn

[Kevin Thurlow]

Good luck also to Gordon Meyer (currently living in Austria), but was a Redhill team-mate for some years, and good luck to forumite, Tim Harding.

[John Moore]

Fourth round today. Updates on the Chess Results site shown above in Mick's post.

[LawrenceCooper]

Fourth round today. Updates on the Chess Results site shown above in Mick's post.

Live games on chess24:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2-65/4/1/1
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2-50/4/1/9

[Leonard Barden]

Nice pairing in this afternoon's fifth round, Nona Gaprindashvili v Terry Chapman, both on 3.5/4.

Meanwhile, Nunn continues on 100%, impressive games so far.

[John Saunders]

Forum readers might find this link useful, as it shows the status and progress of all the English-registered players in both sections, with the language set to English.

[Keith Arkell]

Today I will request from the organisers a designated board near a fresh air outlet

Because of my asthma related low oxygen/blood levels I get drowsy and my brain closes down when a room full of people isn't ventilated very well.

Organisers of Paignton, the Simon Bartlett Memorial and the South Wales International are aware of this and oblige me. I hope they do here too...

[Nick Ivell]

Every venue should be well ventilated as well as well lit. This should go without saying!

[LawrenceCooper]

Every venue should be well ventilated as well as well lit. This should go without saying!

It should but often needs saying.

[Keith Arkell]

Board 15, where I was playing today, was perfect. It is near a half open window and facing a small air vent. The chief arbiter has promised me board 15 for the remaining 6 rounds.

[Date "2022.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "WGM Marina Makropoulou"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. Bg5
g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Ne6 17. a4 a6 18. Nc3 Rc8 19. a5 Ng7 20. Rfb1 Rc7 21. Na4 g5
22. Nb6 g4 23. Ne1 Re6 24. Qb3 Rd6 25. Nd3 Nf5 26. Nf4 Bg5 27. Nfxd5 Rcc6 28.
Nb4 Rxb6 29. axb6 Nh4 30. Nd3 Qf6 31. Ne5 Qf5 32. Rc1 Kg7 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Qc8
Rxb6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Rc7+ 1-0

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Meanwhile, Nunn continues on 100%, impressive games so far."

Including today...

[John Moore]

Nunn has Black today against the very solid Jansa - much his toughest pairing so far.

[NickFaulks]

Nunn has Black today against the very solid Jansa

80 next Sunday and going strong.

[LawrenceCooper]

Nunn has Black today against the very solid Jansa - much his toughest pairing so far.

Game drawn in 17 moves.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Nunn has Black today against the very solid Jansa

80 next Sunday and going strong.

One of a handful of players with games in the original issue of Chess Informant who is still active (Balashov is another)