IM\Vladimir Okhotnik (2427 Elo) And WIM\Galina Strutinskaya (2277 Elo) Are The New World Senior Champions

IM\Vladimir Okhotnik (2427 Elo) From France and WIM\Galina Strutinskaya (2277 Elo) From Russia deservedly won the 21st Individual World Senior Chess Championships that took place in Optija ;Croatia from 14-27 November .IM\Okhotnik scored 9 points out of 11 games with a performance of (2612 Elo) and was officially awarded the grandmaster title , GM\Davorin Komljenovic (2451 Elo) from Croatia came second with (8.5 points) while GM\Gennadij Timoscenko from Slovakia came third with (8.5 points) .
WIM\Galina Strutinskayan scored 8.5 points out of 11 games with a performance of (2375 Elo) ,WFM\Nino Melashvili (2106 Elo) from Geogia scored 8 points and came second while WGM\Ludmila Saunina (2274 Elo) from Russia came third with 8 points .
IM\Aly Yasseen (2342 Elo) represented Egypt and Africa in the tournament and scored 6.5 points and came in the 50th place among 201 players from 49 countries .
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IM\Aly Yasseen Will Represent Egypt And Africa In The 21st World Senior Chess Championship 2011 In Croatia

IM\Aly Yasseen will participate in the 21st World Senior Chess Championship that will take place in Opatija , Croatia from November 14 (arrival of the participants) until November 27,2011 (day of departure) .

The tournament is under the auspice of : Chess club "Rijeka", Blaza Polica 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia in agreement with Croatian Chess Federation, Trg Kresimira Cosica 11,  10000 Zagreb,the Mountain-litoral County, the City of Rijeka and the City of Opatija.

The 21st World senior chess championship for men and women is open to all players representing the FIDE Chess Federations, regardless of their title or rating, providing that the men are older than 60 and women 50 years of age .

241 players from 49 countries will participate in the tournament ;the Tournament director is Mr.Boris Golubovic ;Chief Arbiter is Mr.Vladimir Sakotic (IA) and the honorary president of the club Rijeka is Mr.Damir Vrhovnik . 

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and http://www.chess-results.com/tnr51860.aspx?lan=1&zeilen=99999