The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60 +) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The corresponding, women's category had an age restriction of fifty years or over (50+).

In 2014 the competition was split into separate tournaments for the age categories of 65+ and 50+ and these age restrictions were unified across both genders. The format of each tournament is a 9-round Swiss, the overall winners being awarded the respective titles of "European Senior Chess Champion" and "European Senior Women's Chess Champion" in each age category. Similar titles are awarded for rapidplay and blitz, but these are not shown below.

List of winners

#	Year	Location	Overall winner	Women champion
1	2001	St. Vincent	Jacob Murey ( ISR)
2	2002	St. Vincent	Vladimir Bukal ( CRO)
3	2003	St. Vincent	Sinisa Joksic ( SCG)	Vlasta Maček ( CRO)
4	2004	Arvier	Mark Tseitlin ( ISR)	Radmila Popivoda ( ISR)
5	2005	Bad Homburg	Mark Tseitlin ( ISR)	Hanna Ereńska-Barlo ( POL)
6	2006	Davos	Borislav Ivkov ( SRB)	Valeria Dotan ( ISR)
7	2007	Hockenheim	Nukhim Rashkovsky ( RUS)	Elena Fatalibekova ( RUS)
8	2008	Davos	Mark Tseitlin ( ISR)	Elena Fatalibekova ( RUS)
9	2009	Rogaška Slatina	Vitaly Tseshkovsky ( RUS)	Ludmila Saunina ( RUS)
10	2010	Thessaloniki	Vitaly Tseshkovsky ( RUS)	Tamar Khmiadashvili ( GEO)
11	2011	Courmayeur	Mihai Suba ( ROU)	Nona Gaprindashvili ( GEO)
12	2012	Kaunas	Nikolai Pushkov ( RUS)	Tatyana Fomina ( EST)
13	2013	Plovdiv	Mark Tseitlin ( ISR)	Margarita Voiska ( BUL)
14	2014	Porto	Nico Schouten ( NED) (65+)   Keith Arkell ( ENG) (50+)	Valentina Kozlovskaya ( RUS) (65+)   Tatyana Fomina ( EST) (50+)
15	2015	Eretria	Jan Rooze ( BEL) (65+)   Zurab Sturua ( GEO) (50+)	Nona Gaprindashvili ( GEO) (65+)   Svetlana Mednikova ( RUS) (50+)
16	2016	Yerevan	Valentin Bogdanov ( UKR) (65+)   Zurab Sturua ( GEO) (50+)	Nona Gaprindashvili ( GEO) (65+)   Galina Strutinskaia ( RUS) (50+)
17	2017	Sabadell	Nils-Gustaf Renman ( SWE) (65+)   Karen Movsziszian ( ARM) (50+)	Nona Gaprindashvili ( GEO) (65+)   Galina Strutinskaia ( RUS) (50+)
18	2018	Drammen	Vladislav V Vorotnikov ( RUS) (65+)   Simen Agdestein ( NOR) (50+)	Nona Gaprindashvili ( GEO) (65+)   Brigitte Burchardt ( GER) (50+)
19	2019	Rhodes	Jens Kristiansen ( DEN) (65+)   Zurab Sturua ( GEO) (50+)	Elena Fatalibekova ( RUS) (65+)   Tatiana Grabuzova ( RUS) (50+)
20	2021	Budoni	Nathan Birnboim ( ISR) (65+)   Fabrizio Bellia ( ITA) (50+)	Annett Wagner-Michel ( GER) (65+)   Elena Krasenkova ( RUS) (50+)
21	2022	Lublin	Nils-Gustaf Renman ( SWE) (65+)   Martin Mrva ( SVK) (50+)	Annett Wagner-Michel ( GER) (65+)   Sopiko Teraladze ( GEO) (50+)

See also

• World Senior Chess Championship
• European Individual Chess Championship
• European Junior Chess Championship
• European Youth Chess Championship
• Asian Senior Chess Championship

References

• Crowther, Mark (4 September 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 359: European Senior Championships 2001, London Chess Center
• Crowther, Mark (7 October 2002), THE WEEK IN CHESS 413: European Senior Championships 2002, London Chess Center
• Crowther, Mark (29 September 2003), THE WEEK IN CHESS 464: European Senior Championships 2003, London Chess Center
• Crowther, Mark (20 September 2004), THE WEEK IN CHESS 515: European Senior Championships 2004, London Chess Center
• Crowther, Mark (21 August 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 615: European Senior Championships 2006, London Chess Center
• Results 2002 from FIDE
• Results 2003 from FIDE
• Results 2004 from FIDE
• Results 2005 from FIDE
• Results 2006 from FIDE
• Results 2007 from FIDE^{[ permanent dead link]}
• Homepage of the 2007 edition
• List of winners until 2006 in the Manual 2007 of the European Chess Union