Martin Mrva (Slovakia) and Nils-Gustaf Renman (Sweden) emerged as the winners of the European Senior Chess Championship 2022. The competition held in two age categories, 50+ and 65+ (with separate prizes for female players), took place from 5-14 July in Lublin, Poland.

Two 9-round Swiss tournaments with classical time control attracted 61 players from 15 European countries.

The only GM in the 50+ section field, Martin Mrva, entered the competition as a clear favourite and did not disappoint. Despite losing to Povilas Lasinskas from Lithuania in Round 3, he finished clear first on 7/9, a half point ahead of Dariusz Klimaszewski of Poland, whom he beat in the direct encounter. Povilas Lasinskas, the only player to defeat the champion, came out third. 

The best-ranked female player in the 50+ section WIM SopikoTeraladze from Georgia scored 5½/9 and became European Women Senior 50+ Champion. WIM Liliana Leszner of Poland was second with 5 points, and Margarita Baliuniene from Lithuania took the last place on the podium, scoring 4½/9.

Final standings 50+

The complete results can be found here.

IM Nils-Gustaf Renman of Sweden even more convincingly won the title in the 65+ category, scoring 7½/9 points, finishing a full point ahead of FM Terry Chapman from England, who took silver. Four players tied for third place, netting 6 points each, with FM Anthony Stebbings (England) claiming bronze thanks to better tiebreaks. 

WIM Annett Wagner-Michel of Germany became European Women Senior 65+ Champion after notching up 4½ points. WFM Irena Kasprzyk from Poland was second with 4 points and her compatriot WFM Elzbieta Sosnowska took bronze.

Final standings 65+

The complete results can be found here.

The top 3 players from each category of the European Senior Championship 2022 qualified for the World Senior Championship 2023.

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