Senior World Chess Championship 1998

Ivkov (3rd), Uhlmann (2nd) and Bagirow (1st) award ceremony 1998 in Grieskirchen

The 1998 Senior World Chess Championship was an international chess tournament that took place from November 8th to 21st, 1998 in Grieskirchen , Austria .

overview

Fatalibekowa (2nd), Chmiadaschwili (1st) and Erenska-Radzewska (2nd), Grieskirchen 1998

Stubenvoll and Wagner

The Senior World Championship was organized by FIDE and the Austrian Chess Federation.

197 men and women took part in the open world championship won by Vladimir Bagirov . The separate championship for 22 women was won by Tamar Chmiadashvili , who became world champion before the last round.

The organization was in the hands of the Grieskirchen chess club.

Referees were Werner Stubenvoll for the open championship and Gertrude Wagner for the women's tournament.

Harald Grafenhofer from the organizing club conducted interesting interviews with Bagirow, Baumgartner, Braun, Erenska, Chmiadaschwili, Klovans, Kraidman, Lein, Taimanow and Uhlmann.

Final result of the open senior world championship

Wolfgang Uhlmann, second

Rg	Attendees	Elo	country	Points
1	Bagirov, Vladimir	2480	Latvia	8.5
2	Uhlmann, Wolfgang	2460	Germany	8.5
3	Ivkov, Borislav	2440	Yugoslavia	8.0
4th	Chernikov, Oleg	2405	Russia	8.0
5	Kraidman, Yair	2335	Israel	8.0
6th	Lein, Anatoli	2460	United States	8.0
7th	Klovans, Janis	2465	Latvia	8.0
8th	Taimanow, Mark	2455	Russia	8.0
9	Shestoperov, Alexei	2415	Russia	8.0
10	Zoltek, Tadeusz	2285	Poland	8.0
11	Suetin, Alexei	2400	Russia	8.0
12	Dornieden, Manfred	2270	Germany	8.0
13	Golyak, Isay	2290	United States	7.5
14th	Dear, Harald	2230	Germany	7.5
15th	Gruzmann, Boris	2260	Russia	7.5
16	Arkhangelsky, Boris	2400	Russia	7.5
17th	Lainburg, Victor	2230	Germany	7.5
18th	Kaminik, Aleksandar	2200	Ukraine	7.5

Hanna Erenska, second

Final result of the World Championship for Women Seniors

Rg	Attendees	Elo	country	Points
1	Kmiadashvili, Tamar	2170	Georgia	9.5
2	Erenska-Radzewska, Hanna	2225	Poland	9.0
3	Fatalibekova, Jelena	2215	Russia	8.5
4th	Satulovskaya, Tatiana	2170	Russia	8.5
5	Sorokina, Tamara	2180	Russia	7.0
6th	Blagonadejnaja, Ideja		Russia	6.5

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• 8th World Championship for Seniors , from November 8th to 21st, 1998 in Grieskirchen, TeleSchach .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Icklicki: FIDE Golden book from 1924 to 2002. Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 66
2. ↑ Interviews by Harald Grafenhofer (Part 1)
3. ↑ Interviews by Harald Grafenhofer (Part 2)

Web links

Commons : Pictures for the 8th Senior World Championship, Grieskirchen 1998  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wch Seniors - Grieskirchen 1998 273 games of the 8th World Seniors Championship on 365Chess (English)
• Wch Seniors (Women) - Grieskirchen 1998 52 games of the Senior Women World Championship on 365Chess