World Senior Team Championship 2020

WORLD SENIOR TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Categories 50+ and 65+

Prague, the Czech Republic

5^th – 15^th March 2020

 USA winner of the World Senior Team Championship 2020 ..{50+ Division}

 The tournament was cancelled after the seventh round due to the fear of the Wuhan Flu..aka Corona Virus..

It was to be a  9-round Swiss system.  4 chessboards with 1 allowed reserve player (teams can consist of 4 or 5 members).
The time rate is 2x 1,5 h/40 + 30 min + 30 s / move.

[Event “FIDE World Senior Team Championship 2020”]
[Site “Olympik hotel, Sokolovska 138, Prague”]
[Date “2020.03.10”]
[Round “5.1.1”]
[White “Kaidanov, Gregory”]
[Black “Hracek, Zbynek”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “2546”]
[BlackElo “2572”]
[PlyCount “123”]
[WhiteTeam “USA1”]
[BlackTeam “CZE1”]
[EventDate “2020.03.06”]

 Rd5  Kaidanov  – Hracek   1-0

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. e5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Red1 Qe8 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Nb5 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nb5 Kg8 27. Rxd5 a6 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Kf8 30. Be3 b5 31. f4 Ke8 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 g6 34. h3 Be7 35. Rb6 Bd8 36. Rc6 Be7 37. Bb6 Kd7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Ke3 a5 40. Ke4 f5+ 41. Ke3 h4 42. gxh4 Rh8 43. Rc6+ Kd5 44. Rxg6 Rxh4 45. Rg3 a4 46. Kf3 Bb4 47. Bd8 Rh8 48. Bf6 Rc8 49. h4 Rc1 50. Rg2 Rf1+ 51. Rf2 Rg1 52. Re2 Be1 53. Re3 Ke6 54. h5 Bb4 55. h6 Rh1 56. Bg7 Rh3+ 57. Ke2 Rh4 58. Rd3 Be7 59. Rd1 b4 60. b3 a3 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Rd7 1-0

[Event “FIDE World Senior Team Championship 2020”]
[Site “Olympik hotel, Sokolovska 138, Prague”]
[Date “2020.03.08”]
[Round “3.2.1”]
[White “Shabalov, Alexander”]
[Black “Priehoda, Vitezslav”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “2524”]
[BlackElo “2337”]
[PlyCount “65”]
[WhiteTeam “USA1”]
[BlackTeam “CZE2”]
[EventDate “2020.03.06”]

Rd3 Shabalov – Priehoda  1-0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2 a6 9. a3 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 g6 13. g4 Be6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. Be1 Nc4 16. g5 Ne4 17. Bxc4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 dxc4 19. e4 c6 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. gxh6 Rxe4 22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Bg4 24. Ne5 Bxd1 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Rxd1 Bg7 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qe6 30. Rd6 Qf5 31. e6+ Kxh7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event “FIDE World Senior Team Championship 2020”]
[Site “Olympik hotel, Sokolovska 138, Prague”]
[Date “2020.03.07”]
[Round “2.1.3”]
[White “Fatalibekova, Elena”]
[Black “Benjamin, Joel”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “2158”]
[BlackElo “2508”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[WhiteTeam “RUSW”]
[BlackTeam “USA1”]
[EventDate “2020.03.06”]

Rd2 Fatalibekova- Benjamin 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. h3 Nc6 10. g4 h6 11. Nde2 Rb8 12. f4 Na5 13. Qd3 b5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc4 Rb6 17. b5 d5 18. exd5 Bxg4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 a6 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 Nh5 24. Bb2 Qh4 25. Be5 Rxe5 26. Ra7 Rc5 27. Qd3 Nxf4 28. Qf3 Bd6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ f5 31. Qe8 Re5 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Rg8 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event “FIDE World Senior Team Championship 2020”]
[Site “Olympik hotel, Sokolovska 138, Prague”]
[Date “2020.03.08”]
[Round “3.3.1”]
[White “Sokolin, Leonid”]
[Black “-, Keith C”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “2496”]
[BlackElo “2447”]
[PlyCount “71”]
[WhiteTeam “USA2”]
[BlackTeam “ENG1”]
[EventDate “2020.03.06”]

Rd 3  Sokolin- Arkell 1-0 

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. a3 Nb6 13. Ne2 Nbd5 14. Bc1 b5 15. Ng3 a5 16. c3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. h4 Nf6 21. Bc2 Qd5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Re5 Bd6 25. Rde1 Ng4 26. Bg5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rd5 28. f3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 h6 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Bf6 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Kf8 34. Qd6+ Kg8 35. Qf4 b4 36. Bf6 1-0

There were 55 teams that competed..You can find  photos and Games at the  Official site