Triple gold for England at the European Senior Team Chess Championships

England, England and England again! The English teams dominate the European Senior Team Chess Championships as they won the titles in the Open 50+, Open 65+, and Women 50+ sections. The Open 65+ was especially impressive, as the team won the event with maximum score of 16 match points. Replay all games here

England Open 50+ team: GM Michael Adams (2661), GM John Emms (2411), GM Glenn Flear (2366), GM Nigel Davies (2309)

England Open 65+ team: GM John Nunn (2528), GM Anthony Kosten (2366), GM Jonathan Mestel (2449), IM Peter Large (2342), IM Chris Baker (2151)

England Women 50+ team: IM Susan Lalic (2227), WIM Ingrid Lauterbach (1998), WIM Natasha Regan (2056), WGM Sheila Jackson (2031), WFM Petra Fink-Nunn (1997)

Joining the English chess domination was the England Open 50+ second team, which won the bronze medal.

But England did not stop there! In Open 65+ England won four gold and one silver individual medals, in the Open 50+ (two participating teams) they won four gold, one silver, and four bronze medals, for a total of 14 individual board medals. Scroll down for the full list.

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European Senior Team Chess Championships 2025 final ranking

Medalists of the 50+ section:

🏆England 1, 17 match points
🥈Germany, 14 match points
🥉England 2, 13 match points

Medalists of the 65+ section:
🏆England 1, 16 match points (perfect score!)
🥈Poland’s Lower Silesia Team, 12 match points
🥉German Saxony Team, 11 match points

🏆England’s Women’s 50+ team emerged as the European Women’s Senior Team Chess Champions 2025.

England, England and England again! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The English teams dominate the European Senior Team Chess Championships, winning 3 team gold, 1 team bronze and adding 14 individual board medals #chess #englishchesshttps://t.co/NrqjIQKxXc @ecfchess @ecf_women @EngChessTrack

— Chessdom (@chessdom) April 13, 2025

European Senior Team Chess Championship 2025 concluded in Swidnica, Poland with England winning a triple gold! @ecfchess 🏆

Congratulations to the Winners! 👏

Medalists of the 50+ section:
🏆England 1, 17 match points
🥈Germany, 14 match points
🥉England 2, 13 match points… pic.twitter.com/yAbGvmtyPZ

— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) April 13, 2025

Here are the best players by board. As per the ECU rules, tiebreak 1 is Performance, tiebreak 2 is game points, tiebreak 3 is games ascending

Best board awards 50+

Board 1
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Adams, Michael	2661	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 1	2659	7	8
2	GM	Bischoff, Klaus	2425	GER	GER – Germany	2414	6	9
3		Zych, Marek	1942	POL	POL – Swidnica	2208	5	9
4	IM	Buckley, Graeme N	2268	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 2	2194	4.5	9
5	FM	Zeidler, Sven P.	2143	WLS	WLS – Wales Silures O50	2148	3.5	7
6	IM	Lalic, Susan K	2227	ENG	ENG – England 50+ Women	2122	4	9
7	FM	Rogowski, Jaroslaw	2050	POL	POL – Caissa Poland	2025	3	9
Board 2
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Emms, John M	2411	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 1	2442	6.5	8
2	GM	Holzke, Frank	2412	GER	GER – Germany	2345	6.5	9
3	FM	Dickenson, Neil F	2250	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 2	2199	3	6
4		Fletcher, John	1989	WLS	WLS – Wales Silures O50	2055	3.5	8
5		Laszewicz, Pawel	2011	POL	POL – UKS Giecek Radków	2046	2.5	9
6		Szmyd, Marek	1900	POL	POL – Swidnica	2015	3	8
7	CM	Ograbek, Grzegorz	2068	POL	POL – Caissa Poland	1994	3.5	9
8	WIM	Lauterbach, Ingrid	1998	ENG	ENG – England 50+ Women	1277	0	6
Board 3
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Flear, Glenn C	2366	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 1	2392	5	7
2	GM	Boensch, Uwe	2465	GER	GER – Germany	2385	6	8
3	FM	Duncan, Chris R	2178	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 2	2264	5.5	8
4		Machlowski, Slawomir	1963	POL	POL – UKS Giecek Radków	2101	4.5	9
5	WIM	Regan, Natasha K	2056	ENG	ENG – England 50+ Women	2091	4	7
6		Adams, Mark	1916	WLS	WLS – Wales Silures O50	1914	2	8
7		Czyz, Andrzej	1985	POL	POL – Caissa Poland	1889	3.5	9
8		Stec, Czeslaw	1820	POL	POL – Swidnica	1885	2.5	8
Board 4
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Tischbierek, Raj	2418	GER	GER – Germany	2335	6	8
2	GM	Davies, Nigel R	2309	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 1	2333	5	7
3		Crocker, Philip J	2137	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 2	2216	5	7
4	WGM	Jackson, Sheila	2031	ENG	ENG – England 50+ Women	2134	5	8
5		Zaremba, Artur	2133	POL	POL – Swidnica	2104	4.5	7
6	AGM	Van Kemenade, Rudy	1945	WLS	WLS – Wales Silures O50	1990	2.5	7
7	AIM	Wielosz, Jaroslaw	1939	POL	POL – Caissa Poland	1966	3	9
8		Kruczynski, Marek	1862	POL	POL – UKS Giecek Radków	1749	1	9
Board 5
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	FM	Dishman, Stephen	2279	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 1	2339	5.5	6
2	CM	Hughes, Anthony	1911	WLS	WLS – Wales Silures O50	2046	2.5	6
3		Noyce, Robert C	2065	ENG	ENG – England 50+ 2	1925	3.5	6
4	WFM	Fink-Nunn, Petra	1997	ENG	ENG – England 50+ Women	1923	2.5	6
5		Szydelko, Kazimierz	1798	POL	POL – UKS Giecek Radków	1824	2	9

Best board awards 65+

Board 1
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Nunn, John D M	2528	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 1	2404	5.5	7
2	FM	Janocha, Wieslaw	2186	POL	POL – Lower Silesia Team	2361	6	8
3		Beilfuss, Wilfried Dr.	2070	GER	GER – SV Osnabrück	2227	4	7
4	FM	Sandner, Gunter	2243	GER	GER – Saxony Team	2208	4	7
5	GM	Westerinen, Heikki M.J.	2209	FIN	FIN – Finland	2168	4	8
6	IM	Maier, Christian	2233	GER	GER – SK Zaehringen Reloaded	2144	3	6
7		Quinn, John M	2073	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 2	2129	3	7
8	IM	Rooze, Jan	2198	BEL	BEL – Belgium KBSB	2081	3	8
9		Vadlja, Stjepan	1697	CRO	CRO – Šahovski klub MURSKO SREDIŠĆE	1291	0	8
Board 2
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Kosten, Anthony C.	2366	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 1	2390	5	6
2	FM	Goormachtigh, Johan	2207	BEL	BEL – Belgium KBSB	2272	5.5	8
3	FM	Zyla, Janusz	2181	POL	POL – Lower Silesia Team	2264	5.5	8
4		Kyas, Juergen	2168	GER	GER – Saxony Team	2194	3.5	6
5		Woestmann, Hans-Joachim	2029	GER	GER – SV Osnabrück	2132	3	6
6	FM	Raupp, Thomas	2247	GER	GER – SK Zaehringen Reloaded	2122	3.5	7
7		Bowmer, Kevin	2126	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 2	2119	3.5	7
8		Joentausta, Hannu	2081	FIN	FIN – Finland	2107	3.5	8
9		Sobocanec, Alojz	1792	CRO	CRO – Šahovski klub MURSKO SREDIŠĆE	1348	0	8
Board 3
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Mestel, A Jonathan	2449	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 1	2324	4.5	6
2	FM	Jahnel, Guenther	2148	GER	GER – Saxony Team	2297	4	6
3		Stuer, Marc	2038	BEL	BEL – Belgium KBSB	2197	5.5	8
4		Mueller, Gerhard	2052	GER	GER – SV Osnabrück	2108	3	7
5		Hewson, Brian W R	2066	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 2	2029	3	7
6	FM	Miltner, Arndt	2232	GER	GER – SK Zaehringen Reloaded	2010	2.5	6
7	FM	Vinke, Dietmar	2078	FIN	FIN – Finland	1978	3	8
8		Czajkowski, Ryszard	1963	POL	POL – Lower Silesia Team	1960	3	8
9		Novak, Stjepan	1671	CRO	CRO – Šahovski klub MURSKO SREDIŠĆE	1240	0	8
Board 4
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Large, Peter G	2342	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 1	2361	6	7
2		Topchii, Gennadii	2012	GER	GER – Saxony Team	2194	5.5	7
3		Van Herck, Marcel	1962	BEL	BEL – Belgium KBSB	2115	5.5	8
4	CM	Krupa, Krzysztof	1919	POL	POL – Lower Silesia Team	2020	4.5	8
5	FM	Vatter, Hans-Joachim	2192	GER	GER – SK Zaehringen Reloaded	1994	2.5	6
6		Lange, Torsten	2025	GER	GER – SV Osnabrück	1871	2	6
7		Patola, Eero	1872	FIN	FIN – Finland	1798	2	8
8		Petanjek, Zvonko	1732	CRO	CRO – Šahovski klub MURSKO SREDIŠĆE	1553	0.5	8
Board 5
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	FM	Vogel, Robert	2145	GER	GER – SK Zaehringen Reloaded	2281	6	7
2	IM	Baker, Chris W	2151	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 1	2213	5	6
3		Becker, Norbert	2032	GER	GER – SV Osnabrück	1997	3.5	6
4		Dietze, Frank	2003	GER	GER – Saxony Team	1891	2	6
5		Reynolds, D Ian W	1926	ENG	ENG – England 65+ 2	1795	2	6