The European Chess Union, Greek Chess Federation and AMO Galaxias Sports’ Club organize the European Senior Team Chess Championship, from May 3rd to May 11th , 2011 in Thessaloniki. It is an official event of the ECU and will have massive participation. A total of 200 players in 40 teams have already signed up, with players coming from more than 20 countries.

So far top player is GM Viktor Korchnoi, followed by GM Slobodan Martinovic, GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky, GM Evgeny Vasyukov, IM Georg Danner, GM Mark Tseitlin, and GM Borislav Ivkov. All teams and the confirmed participants can be found at the official website.