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Last modified:
19 April 2026
This page for British senior chess news was created in order to leave the main Seniors news page free for international chess news for the over-50s. For more information about chess for over-50s, please see our Seniors calendar and our Seniors introduction page. We also now have an Irish seniors page separate from other Irish news.
The World Senior Team Championships begin today, Sunday 19th April, in Durres, Albania, with a large entry of British teams as usual.
You will be able to follow our reports daily on our dedicated news page for this event which we launched with a preview this evening.
England are defending champions in the 65+ tournament but last year's 50+ team (who have won that event at least once in the past) only finished fourth in 2025 so will certainly be hoping to return to the podium this time.
England have sent six teams each to the 65+ and 50+ tournaments, including a women's team in the 50+ event who should be in contention for the female medals. It should also be noted that the English second teams in both sections are well capable of causing upsets.
There are also several teams entered from Scotland, Wales and Ireland and one from Guernsey and we wish them all well.
Perennial British Champion GM Michael Adams will again play top board for the England 50+ first team and he is once more the only individual competitor still rated over 2600 by FIDE.
GM John Nunn will again play top board for the first 50+ team and we are delighted to see that GM Jonathan Mestel is back.
(We should point out that Last year England did win both sections of the 2025 European Senior Team Championships. The 2026 edition of that event will be played in Crete in late August/early September and entries close mid-June.)
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