25 June 2016

World Senior Team Championship Begins In Dresden

Russia is represented by three teams.

The World Senior Team Championship takes place on June 26-July 4 in Dresden. The competition is divided into two groups – over 50 and over 65. Both are 9-round Swiss. There are 58 teams in the 50+ group and 50 teams in 65+ group.

The highest rated team in the 50+ group is Iceland – 2522. Our country is represented by women's team – Galina Strutinskaya, Svetlana Mednikova, Elena Fatalibekova, Valentina Kozlovskaya, and Elena Sazonova.

The men's team from Moscow is the rating favorite of the 65+ group and consists of Evgeny Sveshnikov, Evgeny Vasiukov, Yury Balashov, Vladimir Zhelnin, and Nikolay Pushkov, rated 2444 on average. St. Petersburg is represented by Vadim Faibisovich, Nikolay Mishuchkov, Vladimir Karasev, and Igor Blekhtsin, average rating – 2338. 

The first round is played on June 26.