| 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship :: Port Erin 2004 |
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| 1st World Senior 60+ Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 5th - 12th October 2004 |
| City: | Port Erin, Isle of Man |
| Venue: | The Ocean Castle Hotel |
| Tournament Director: | Mr. Stewart Reuben (ENG) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA David Sedgwick (ENG) |
| Teams participating: | 12 from 9 countries |
| Players participating: | 53 from 9 countries (incl. 7 GMs, 3 IMs, 5 FMs and 3 CMs) Open to all male players born before 1 January 1944, all female players born before 1 January 1954 |
| Games played: | 192 |
| Competition format: | Four board eight round Swiss. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Game points; 3. Direct match result; 4. Buchholz Note! An agreement was reached prior to the last round between team captains of Israel and Germany. Had both teams been equal on match and game points, Buchholz would no longer be a tie-breaker. This actually took place and both teams were declared winners. |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Website: | Report by John Saunders |
| Downloadable game file: | 04senior60.zip |
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| bd | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Kortschnoj, Viktor | |
SUI | 3½ | 4 | 87.5 |
| 2. | GM Tseitlin, Mark | |
ISR | 7½ | 8 | 93.8 |
| 3. | IM Klundt, Klaus | |
GER | 7 | 8 | 87.5 |
| 4. | GM Malich, Burkhard | |
GER | 7 | 8 | 87.5 |
| res. | Illi, Hans-Jörg | |
SUI | 3 | 5 | 60.0 |