World Senior Team Championships 50+ & 65+ - Rhodes, Greece - Apr 15-25, 2019
World Team Championships Categories 50+ and 65+
15 - 25 April 2019
Olympic Palace (*****), Rhodes, Greece
FIDE rated Swiss system in 9 rounds. Each team shall consist of 4 players in fixed order. Additionally, 1 reserve player can be nominated who is only allowed to play on board 4.
Teams from every eligible member federation of FIDE can participate. The teams may represent a national federation or any regional structure of a national federation. All players must be members of the same federation (same FIDE identification, i.e.: GER, NED, GRE, RUS, etc.).
Entitled to participate in the category 50+ are players who were born in the year 1969 or earlier.
Entitled to participate in the category 65+ are players who were born in the year 1954 or earlier.
There will be two separate team championships for categories 50+ and 65+.
In each category, a separate championship for women teams shall be organized only if there are at least 10 women teams in each category. Otherwise the women's event will be merged with men (open), establishing separate rankings for the women teams within the final standings of the combined event.
Invitation document.
