FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 · Open 50+
FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 — Open 50+ Round 1
Best game of the round
Neil Farrell (2098) vs GM Pavel Kotsur (2484), 0-1, Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation — replay the game
Critical game
GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2532) vs FM Robert Veleski (2111), 1-0, King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System — replay the game
Biggest upset
GM Henrik Danielsen (2472) vs Philip J Crocker (2094), 1/2-1/2, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation — replay the game
Games
- GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2532) – FM Robert Veleski (2111) 1-0 game
- Srdjan Blagojevic (2105) – GM Kiril Georgiev (2512) 0-1 game
- GM Jean-Marc Degraeve (2485) – FM Giuseppe Edoardo Fabiano (2100) 1-0 game
- Neil Farrell (2098) – GM Pavel Kotsur (2484) 0-1 game
- GM Henrik Danielsen (2472) – Philip J Crocker (2094) 1/2-1/2 game
- FM Damian Markowski (2090) – GM Victor Mikhalevski (2466) 1/2-1/2 game
- IM Vladimir Magai (2465) – Jonathan I M Grant (2082) 1-0 game
- FM Konstantinos Nikolaidis (2079) – GM Michele Godena (2447) 0-1 game
- GM Ramil Hasangatin (2428) – CM Marc Kirszenberg (2079) 1-0 game
- CM David Torres Dominguez (2077) – GM Hannes Stefansson (2401) 0-1 game
- GM Suat Atalik (2400) – FM Vedant Goswami (2076) 1-0 game
- Dobrica Stikovic (2070) – GM Dragisa Blagojevic (2399) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Darcy Lima (2385) – FM Richard Stranz (2064) 1-0 game
- Sergei V. Ivanov (2062) – IM Arnd Lauber (2385) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2381) – IM Aziz Umarbekov (2057) 1-0 game
- Pridon Qalagashvili (2056) – GM Vladimir Burmakin (2379) 1/2-1/2 game
Standings after round 1
- Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
- Georgiev, Kiril
- Degraeve, Jean-Marc
- Kotsur, Pavel
- Magai, Vladimir
- Godena, Michele
- Hasangatin, Ramil
- Stefansson, Hannes
- Atalik, Suat
- Lima, Darcy