The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Men can participate if they are 60 or over by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. For women the age requirement is 50 or over. The format of the tournament is 9 round Swiss system. The competition is mixed, but they are two titles: the overall winner gets the title "European Senior Chess Champion" and the highest ranked women the title "European Senior Women Chess Champion"
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