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The 31st World Senior Chess Championship took place in Cittaa del Mare a holiday village in the town of Terrasini in Sicily. There were 3 sections, over 50, over 65 and women's. Top seed Michael Adams won the over 50 section by the narrowest of tie-break margins over Suat Atalik after both finished on 8.5/11. John Nunn won the over 65s on tie-break from Lubomir Ftacnik after both scored 8.5/11. In the final round Fracnik beat the leader Daniel Campora who had earlier beaten Nunn. Monica Calzetta Ruiz won the women's event, alone on 8.5/11.

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31st World Senior 50+ Citta del Mare ITA Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Sun 5th Nov 2023 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	ADAMS, Michael	GM	ENG	2670	8.5	0.5	72	77
2	13	ATALIK, Suat	GM	SRB	2427	8.5	0.5	72	76.5
3	16	NOVIK, Maxim	GM	LTU	2375	8	0	74	79
4	11	GODENA, Michele	GM	ITA	2441	8	0	63	67
5	5	MOROVIC FERNANDEZ, Ivan	GM	CHI	2488	7.5	0	73	78
6	2	STEFANSSON, Hannes	GM	ISL	2529	7.5	0	70	74.5
7	3	DLUGY, Maxim	GM	USA	2520	7.5	0	68.5	73.5
8	20	CUMMINGS, David H.	IM	CAN	2325	7.5	0	65.5	70.5
9	52	NIKOLAIDIS, Konstantinos	FM	GRE	2096	7.5	0	63	68
10	8	HOLZKE, Frank	GM	GER	2473	7.5	0	62.5	67
11	32	PRASAD, Devaki V	IM	IND	2200	7	0	69.5	74
12	4	STURUA, Zurab	GM	GEO	2514	7	0	69	73.5
13	7	BISCHOFF, Klaus	GM	GER	2473	7	0	68	73
14	9	MINASIAN, Artashes	GM	ARM	2462	7	0	66.5	72
15	17	MRVA, Martin	GM	SVK	2366	7	0	66.5	71
16	22	VLASSOV, Nikolai	IM	FID	2283	7	0	65.5	70
17	10	MATAMOROS FRANCO, Carlos S.	GM	ECU	2455	7	0	63.5	68.5
18	18	VINTER-SCHOU, Uffe	IM	DEN	2345	7	0	63	67.5
19	19	PASCHALL, William	IM	USA	2329	7	0	61	65.5
20	34	MUSSANTI, Diego	FM	ARG	2183	7	0	59.5	63
21	23	NADANIAN, Ashot	IM	ARM	2279	6.5	0	66	70.5
22	66	PAPADIMITRIOU, Loukas		GRE	1987	6.5	0	61.5	65
23	21	CABE, Arlan	FM	PHI	2303	6.5	0	61	65
24	58	GOLOVCHUK, Oleg		KAZ	2067	6.5	0	57	61
25	50	GRATZ, Glen	CM	USA	2100	6.5	0	50	53.5
26	14	LIMA, Darcy	GM	BRA	2416	6	0	68.5	73.5
27	6	DEGRAEVE, Jean-Marc	GM	FRA	2479	6	0	64.5	69
28	12	MOHR, Georg	GM	SLO	2430	6	0	64	69
29	35	BOULARD, Eric		FRA	2181	6	0	63.5	67.5
30	29	PLOTKIN, Victor	FM	CAN	2229	6	0	63.5	67
31	27	MANTOVANI, Renzo	IM	ITA	2236	6	0	61	65.5
32	49	BECKER, Rogerio Sperb		BRA	2102	6	0	59.5	64
33	33	MELIKHOV, Evgeny V.	FM	GRE	2189	6	0	59	65
34	61	HAESSEL, Dale R.	FM	CAN	2023	6	0	58	61.5
35	40	STETS, Vasyl	IM	UKR	2169	6	0	58	61.5
36	36	CHINCHILLA MIRANDA, Eugenio	FM	CRC	2179	6	0	55.5	59
37	90	NAIMANOV, Rinat		KAZ	1377	6	0	53	57
38	53	FARRELL, Neil		SCO	2096	6	0	50.5	54.5
39	41	KALISKY, Vladimir		SVK	2169	5.5	0	62.5	66.5
40	39	KOGANOV, Mikhail		USA	2170	5.5	0	61	66.5
41	45	GRANT, Jonathan I M		SCO	2150	5.5	0	61	65.5
42	38	SCHNELZER, Reinhold Dr.	FM	GER	2174	5.5	0	60	63
43	26	JHUNJHNUWALA, Krishan	FM	USA	2268	5.5	0	59	62.5
44	42	MORIN, Yves		CAN	2169	5.5	0	57.5	63
45	64	QUIJADA CARVAJAL, Leonardo Gustavo		CHI	2005	5.5	0	55.5	59
46	60	FABIANO, Giuseppe	FM	ITA	2030	5.5	0	53.5	56
47	55	DUONG, Thanh Nha	IM	CAN	2081	5.5	0	52.5	55.5
48	30	DIEU, Bruno	FM	FRA	2221	5	0	61.5	65.5
49	54	LUCIANI, Valerio	FM	ITA	2090	5	0	59.5	63.5
50	57	MINNICAN, Alan		SCO	2071	5	0	58	61
91 players

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31st World Senior 65+ Citta del Mare ITA Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Sun 5th Nov 2023 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	NUNN, John D M	GM	ENG	2560	8.5	0	70.5	76
2	3	FTACNIK, Lubomir	GM	SVK	2451	8.5	0	69.5	75
3	9	LEGKY, Nikolay A	GM	FRA	2348	8	0	74.5	80
4	4	KNAAK, Rainer	GM	GER	2451	8	0	72.5	78
5	10	CAMPORA, Daniel H.	GM	ARG	2343	8	0	71.5	77
6	2	VAGANIAN, Rafael A	GM	ARM	2493	8	0	68.5	73.5
7	21	REPRINTSEV, Alexander	IM	UKR	2227	8	0	64.5	69.5
8	81	MADEIRA, Wagner Martins	FM	BRA	2012	7.5	0	70.5	74.5
9	13	RENMAN, Nils-Gustaf	IM	SWE	2324	7.5	0	69.5	75
10	18	ROOZE, Jan	IM	BEL	2245	7.5	0	68	72.5
11	16	ROOS, Louis	IM	FRA	2257	7.5	0	67.5	72.5
12	6	FERNANDEZ GARCIA, Jose Luis	GM	ESP	2379	7.5	0	67.5	72.5
13	28	PETRAN, Peter	IM	SVK	2192	7.5	0	67.5	72
14	5	BALASHOV, Yuri S	GM	FID	2390	7.5	0	66	70
15	11	BIRNBOIM, Nathan	IM	ISR	2342	7.5	0	64.5	69.5
16	17	VAN RIEMSDIJK, Herman C.	IM	BRA	2257	7.5	0	62	66.5
17	50	FRICK, Christoph	FM	GER	2113	7.5	0	61.5	66
18	53	MOLCHANOV, Mykola		UKR	2108	7.5	0	59	62.5
19	37	MOEN, Ole Christian	FM	NOR	2157	7	0	71.5	76
20	14	CHAPMAN, Terry P D	FM	ENG	2284	7	0	69	74
21	7	JANSA, Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2358	7	0	65	70
22	29	KOEHLER, Gerhard Dr.		GER	2183	7	0	64.5	69
23	43	FURMAN, Boris	FM	FID	2134	7	0	63.5	67.5
24	12	PIGOTT, John C	IM	ENG	2337	7	0	62.5	66.5
25	63	PEREIRA, Silvio Cunha	IM	BRA	2071	7	0	61.5	66
26	32	GRUZMANN, Boris	FM	GER	2170	7	0	61	65
27	47	GIACOMINI, Hector		FRA	2127	6.5	0	67.5	71.5
28	55	CARVALHO, Herbert Abreu	FM	BRA	2091	6.5	0	66.5	70
29	39	BERGSTROM, Rolf	FM	SWE	2152	6.5	0	65	69
30	25	VATTER, Hans-Joachim	FM	GER	2209	6.5	0	64.5	71
31	58	KLIMASZEWSKI, Dariusz	FM	POL	2081	6.5	0	64	69
32	42	HAMMAR, Bengt	FM	SWE	2136	6.5	0	63.5	68
33	80	BAGAMASBAD, Efren	IM	PHI	2016	6.5	0	63.5	67.5
34	20	WERNER, Clemens	FM	GER	2230	6.5	0	63	68
35	23	DJURIC, Stefan	GM	SRB	2223	6.5	0	62.5	69
36	24	DONCEVIC, Dario	IM	CRO	2219	6.5	0	62.5	69
37	22	SHNAIDER, David		ISR	2224	6.5	0	62	67
38	40	WAHLBOM, Magnus		SWE	2150	6.5	0	62	66
39	110	YAKIMENKO, Alexander A.		FID	1860	6.5	0	60.5	63.5
40	71	SERRA OLIVES, Tomas	FM	ESP	2044	6.5	0	59.5	63
41	27	HARTUNG-NIELSEN, Jens		DEN	2196	6.5	0	58.5	63
42	49	IUDICELLO, Giovanni		ITA	2118	6.5	0	58	61
43	69	SEPLIARSKY, Mario		ARG	2056	6.5	0	57.5	61
44	46	CHAN, Peng Kong	IM	SGP	2127	6.5	0	57	61.5
45	19	POVAH, Nigel E	IM	ENG	2235	6.5	0	57	61
46	76	DOVZHENKO, Viktor	IM	UKR	2029	6.5	0	53.5	57
47	38	ROOS, Jean-Luc	IM	FRA	2156	6	0	67	71
48	15	STEBBINGS, Anthony J	FM	ENG	2263	6	0	66.5	71
49	44	MEULDERS, Richard	FM	BEL	2134	6	0	65	68.5
50	61	MARTORELLI, Antonio	IM	ITA	2073	6	0	64.5	70.5
155 players

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31st World Senior Women Citta del Mare ITA Wed 25th Oct 2023 - Sun 5th Nov 2023 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	CALZETTA RUIZ, Monica	WGM	ESP	2239	8.5	0	65	69.5
2	7	STRUTINSKAIA, Galina	WGM	FID	2114	8	0	67	72
3	2	KLINOVA, Masha	IM	ISR	2249	7	0	69	75
4	9	MAKROPOULOU, Marina	WGM	GRE	2081	7	0	65.5	70
5	5	TERELADZE, Sopio	WIM	GEO	2215	7	0	65	70
6	8	KRASENKOWA, Elena	WIM	POL	2089	7	0	63	68
7	14	FOLKOVA, Martina	WFM	CZE	2022	6.5	0	68	72.5
8	6	BURCHARDT, Brigitte	WIM	GER	2124	6.5	0	65	70
9	10	BOGUMIL, Tatiana	WGM	FID	2080	6.5	0	62.5	67
10	13	LAUTERBACH, Ingrid	WIM	ENG	2026	6.5	0	54.5	56
11	4	MIKHAYLOVA, Irina	WGM	FID	2216	6	0	65.5	70.5
12	11	KHROPOVA, Larisa	WIM	FID	2054	6	0	65	68
13	1	GAPRINDASHVILI, Nona	GM	GEO	2267	6	0	61.5	66.5
14	18	LESZNER, Liliana	WIM	POL	1891	6	0	61	64
15	12	WAGNER-MICHEL, Annett	WIM	GER	2033	6	0	57	61
16	17	KIERZEK, Mira	WFM	GER	1941	5.5	0	60.5	65.5
17	23	DUBOIS, Martine	WIM	MNC	1788	5.5	0	57	58.5
18	24	SOSNOWSKA, Elzbieta	WFM	POL	1711	5.5	0	52	53.5
19	19	NI, Polina		LAT	1866	5	0	63	66
20	20	BALIUNIENE, Margarita		LTU	1865	5	0	57.5	59.5
21	16	MILLIGAN, Helen	CM	NZL	1947	5	0	56.5	59.5
22	22	ALEKSANDROVA, Aleksandra	WFM	ISR	1793	5	0	53.5	55
23	21	PANCU, Aureliana-Eugenia		ROU	1865	5	0	50.5	52
24	15	SEIDEMANN, Ulricke	WFM	GER	1973	5	0	48	50
25	26	GOTTSCHALL, Ina		GER	1664	5	0	48	49.5
26	25	YAGUNOVA, Zinaida		KAZ	1684	4.5	0	53	55
27	32	MOLCHANOVA, Olena		UKR	0	4.5	0	50.5	52
28	30	ILANBEKOVA, Nurgul		KAZ	1318	4.5	0	45.5	47
29	28	HEID, Magdalene		GER	1530	4	0	45	46.5
30	27	SMITH, Vivian J	WFM	NZL	1587	3	0	47	48.5
31	31	BELASH, Lyudmila		KAZ	1228	2	0	46	47.5
32	29	LOURENCO, Eva	WCM	NZL	1356	1.5	0	48.5	50.5
32 players

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