Seniors World Chess Championship 1996

Alexei Suetin, world champion 1996

Anatoli Lein, second

Jānis Klovāns, third

The 1996 Seniors World Chess Championship was an international chess tournament that was held from November 10th to 24th, 1996 in the Kurhaus in Bad Liebenzell . The senior world championship in chess was organized by FIDE and, as in 1991 , 1992, 1993 , 1995 by Reinhold Hoffmann.

180 men and women took part in the open world championship won by Alexei Suetin . The separate championship for 26 women was won by Valentina Kozlovskaya .

Final result of the open senior world championship

Rg	Attendees	Elo	country	Points
1	Suetin, Alexei	2420	Russia	8.5
2	Lein, Anatoli	2450	United States	8.5
3	Klovans, Janis	2530	Latvia	8.5
4th	Uhlmann, Wolfgang	2460	Germany	8.0
5	Shestoperov, Alexei	2415	Russia	8.0
6th	Gruzmann, Boris	2260	Russia	8.0
7th	Baumgartner, Heinz	2300	Austria	8.0
8th	Taimanow, Mark	2470	Russia	8.0
9	Kudinov, Igor	2250	Russia	8.0
10	Wasyukov, Yevgeny	2505	Russia	7.5
11	Krogius, Nikolai	2470	Russia	7.5
12	Igney, Volkhard	2235	Germany	7.5
13	Ljuboshitz, Alexander	2140	Belarus	7.5
14th	Ásmundsson, Ingvar	2365	Iceland	7.5
15th	Arkhangelsky, Boris	2380	Russia	7.5
16	Jugow, Alexander	2083	Germany	7.5

Final result of the World Championship for Women Seniors

Valentina Koslowskaya, 1996 world champion

Three senior world champions on board, 1996 in Bad Liebenzell: Wasjukow, Klovans and Suetin

Rg	Attendees	Elo	country	Points
1	Kozlovskaya, Valentina	2230	Russia	9.5
2	Kmiadashvili, Tamar	2165	Georgia	9.0
3	Gumilevskaja, Galina	1950	Russia	8.0
4th	Schestoperowa, Alexandra Jakowlewna	2185	Russia	8.0
5	Ankerst, Milka	2195	Slovenia	7.5
6th	Satulovskaya, Tatiana	2200	Russia	7.0

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• Bulletins for the 6th World Seniors Championship 10.-24. November 1996 . ChessOrg, Bad Liebenzell 1996.
• Senior World Championship 1996 in Bad Liebenzell , report by Gerhard Hund on TeleSchach .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Icklicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 66

Web links

Commons : Pictures from the 6th World Seniors Championship, Bad Liebenzell 1996  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wch Seniors - Bad Liebenzell 1996 711 games of the 6th World Seniors Championship on 365Chess (English)
• Wch Seniors (Women) - Bad Liebenzell 1996 99 games of the Senior Women’s World Championship on 365Chess