Senior World Chess Championship 1994

Mark Taimanow, world champion

The 1994 Seniors World Chess Championship was an international chess tournament that took place in Biel from July 23 to August 5, 1994 .

overview

The senior world chess championship was organized by FIDE and held during the international chess festival in Switzerland in the second half of July .

The open world championship was won by Mark Taimanow . 62 men and women took part, but there was no separate tournament for the women, but the best woman in the championship received the title of world champion. This was Éva Karakas from Hungary (place 24), the best German was Irene Winter (place 42). Erich Krüger was the best German (14th place).

Yevgeny Wasjukov, second

Alexei Suetin, third

Final result of the open senior world championship

Rg	Attendees	TWZ	country	Points
1	Taimanow, Mark	2500	Russia	8.5
2	Wasyukov, Yevgeny	2500	Russia	8.0
3	Suetin, Alexei	2395	Russia	8.0
4th	Lein, Anatoli	2470	United States	8.0
5	Gurgenidze, Buchuti	2390	Georgia	7.5
6th	Arkhangelsky, Boris	2360	Russia	7.5
7th	Bhend, Edwin	2310	Switzerland	7.5
8th	Semasev, Kim	2330	Latvia	7.5
9	Zhukhovitsky, Samuil	2395	Russia	7.0
10	Usachyi, Mark	2315	Ukraine	7.0
11	Golyak, Isay	2345	United States	7.0
12	Bertok, Mario	2310	Yugoslavia	7.0
13	Wade, Robert	2290	England	6.5
14th	Kruger, Erich	2090	Germany	6.5

Final score of the best senior women

Irene Winter, best German

Rg	Attendees	TWZ	country	Points
24	Karakas, Éva	2055	Hungary	6.0
35	Ritova, Merike	2040	Estonia	5.0
41	Olsson, Greta	2050	United States	5.0
42	Winter, Irene	2010	Germany	5.0

swell

• DSB: DWZ evaluation of the 4th World Seniors Championship - 1994 Biel

Individual evidence

1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 66

Web links

• Wch Seniors - Biel 1994 198 games of the 4th World Seniors Championship on 365Chess (English)