Team composition for the 2nd round and each round thereafter must be submitted by 10:00 am.

FIDE World Senior Teams Championships 2026 - Senior 50+

Organizer(s)FIDE, Albanian Chess Federation
FederationFIDE ( FID )
Tournament directorIO Kalesis, Nikolaos 4200438
Chief ArbiterIA Abdulrahim, Mahdi 9304207
Deputy Chief ArbiterIA Keramiotis, Michail 4285310
Arbiter(PO) IA Ballas, Kleon-Evangelos 4215311; IA Kaiyrb ... All arbiters
Time control (Standard)90m / 40 moves + 30m + 30s / move
LocationHotel Grand Blue Fafa | Durres, Albania
Number of rounds9
Tournament typeSwiss-System for teams
Rating calculationRating national, Rating international
Date2026/04/19 to 2026/04/28
Rating-Ø / Average age2069 / 61
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz HerzogSwiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 19.04.2026 20:21:26, Creator/Last Upload: thesschess

Tournament selectionSenior 50+, Senior 65+
LinksOfficial Homepage of the Organizer, chess.com, Lichess, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters No tournament details, no flags
ListsTeam-Starting rank
Team-Composition with round-results, Team-Composition without round-results, Ranking crosstable after Round 1
Starting rank list of players, Alphabetical list, Alphabetical list all groups
Team pairingsRd.1, Rd.2
Board PairingsRd.1
Ranking list afterRd.1
Statistics, Playing schedule
GamesThere are 20 games available for download
Excel and PrintExport to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes
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Rank after Round 1

Rk.SNoFED TeamGroupGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11USA
United States of America - 1Open S50110024000
3KAZ
KazakhstanOpen S50110024000
6MKD
Alkaloid Chess ClubOpen S50110024000
7HUN
HungaryOpen S50110024000
9CAN
Canada - QuebecOpen S50110024000
10ENG
England - 2Open S50110024000
18ENG
England - 4Open S50110024000
82ENG
England - 1Open S50110023,5000,5
4ITA
ItalyOpen S50110023,5000,5
5ISL
IcelandOpen S50110023,5000,5
14GER
Germany - BielefeldOpen S50110023,5000,5
17BRA
Brazil - 1Open S50110023,5000,5
138NOR
Norway - Oslo SchakselskapOpen S50110023001
12ENG
England - 3Open S50110023001
13SCO
Scotland - 1Open S50110023001
15ESP
Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaOpen S50110023001
16USA
United States of America (W)Women S50110023001
1811ISL
Iceland - VestfirdirOpen S50101012102
29ALB
AlbaniaOpen S50101012102
2026KAZ
Kazakhstan (W)Women S50100101003
30SCO
Scotland - 2Open S50100101003
31GCI
GuernseyOpen S50100101003
33WLS
Wales - SiluresOpen S50100101003
34ENG
England - 5Open S50100101003
2520CZE
Czech RepublicOpen S50100100,5003,5
22CZE
Czech Republic (W)Women S50100100,5003,5
23FIN
Finland - Northern LightsOpen S50100100,5003,5
32IRL
IrelandOpen S50100100,5003,5
35LIE
LiechtensteinOpen S50100100,5003,5
3019FRA
France - Philidor BrothersOpen S50100100004
21ENG
England (W)Women S50100100004
24NED
Netherlands - Zuid-LimburgOpen S50100100004
25USA
United States of Amerixa - Six BrothersOpen S50100100004
27CAN
Canada - TorontoOpen S50100100004
28RSA
South AfricaOpen S50100100004
36BRA
Brazil - 2Open S50100100004

Annotation:
Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: points (game-points)
Tie Break3: The results of the teams in then same point group according to Matchpoints
Tie Break4: Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints, Cut1)
Tie Break5: Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints)