The 20th FIDE World Senior Chess Championship was held from 26th October to 6th November 2010 in Arco - Trentino, Italy, under management of FIDE, Fsi, Cristina Pernici Rigo and the town of Arco. All male players must have reached their 60th Birthday by 1.1.2010 and all female players must have reached their 50th Birthday by 1.1.2010.

The Championship was played over 11 rounds (9 rounds in Women ch) of the Swiss System. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one (FIDE rules 2006).

WGM Tamar Khmiadashvili from Georgia (also 2010 European Senior Champion) and GM Anatoly Vaisser from France have won the Women and Open sections respectively and are crowned as new World Senior Chess Champions.



More information on the official website