The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2025 concluded yesterday in Swidnica, Poland. The event was played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+ and England teams repeated the success from last year, defending three titles!
Nine teams competed in the 65+ category, with England 1 team scoring perfect 16 match points to clinch gold! England 1 showed dominance winning all the matches with a minimum result of 3-1!
Poland’s Lower Silesia Team won silver medal with the score of 12 match points.
And German Saxony Team claimed bronze with 11 match points.
Eight teams in the 50+ section played seven rounds, and then another two rounds in the final-four mini tournament. England 1 won the Championship with the final score of 17 match points, taking victories in 8 matches, and a draw in the final one against Germany.
Germany came second with 13 match points.
And England 2 claimed bronze scoring 12 match points.
England’s Women’s 50+ Team clinched the tile of the European Women’s Senior 50+ Team Chess Champions 2025 as the best-ranked women team in the competition.
The best players per boards were determined according to the performance, and received medals in both sections.
Board 1 (50+ section): 1.GM Michael Adams (England 1); 2.GM Klaus Bischoff (Germany); 3.Marek Zych (Poland Swidnica)
Board 2 (50+ section): 1.GM John Emms (England 1); 2.GM Frank Holzke (Germany); 3.FM Neil Dickenson (England 2)
Board 3 (50+ section): 1.GM Glenn Flear (England 1); 2.GM Uwe Boensch (Germany); 3.FM Chris Duncan (England 2)
Board 4 (50+ section): 1.GM Raj Tischbierek (Germany); 2.GM Nigel Davies (England 1); 3.Philip Crocker (England 2)
Board 5 (50+ section): 1.FM Stephen Dishman (England 1); 2.CM Anthony Hughes (Wales Silures); 3.Robert Noyce (England 2)
Board 1 (65+ section): 1.GM John Nunn (England 1); 2.FM Wieslaw Janocha (Poland Lower Silesia Team); 3.Wilfried Dr. Beilfuss (Germany SV Osnabruck)
Board 2 (65+ section): 1.GM Anthony Kosten (England 1); 2.FM Johan Goormachtigh (Belgium KBSB); 3.FM Janusz Zyla (Poland Lower Silesia Team)
Board 3 (65+ section): 1.GM Jonathan Mestel (England 1); 2.FM Guenther Jahnel (German Saxony Team); 3.Marc Stuer (Belgium KBSB)
Board 4 (65+ section): 1.IM Peter Large (England 1); 2.Gennadii Topchii (German Saxony Team); 3.Marcel Van Herck (Belgium KBSB)
Board 5 (65+ section): 1.FM Robert Vogel (German SK Zaehringen Reloaded); 2.IM Chris Baker (England 1); Norbert Becker (German SV Osnabruck)
Final rankings can be found here.
Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website.
Photos by Kamil Galuszka