Geriatric Weekend Warriors' Society (80+)

[Bob Armstrong]

The 2025 Canadian Inter-Generational Chess Challenge

GWWS(80+) is the team organizer. Besides its own members playing, it can conscript non-member seniors (65+) to its team, Old Pharts, if needed to complete its team.




We are building Our Team - one player at a time!

1. "Senior Wannabe", Don Parakin (64 years and 9 months old on Aug 10), is now "legal", thanks to the flexibility of our 2 partners in crime, Chess for Connection, and Chess4Win! [See Post # 45 above]. So he is now # 1 in our "Back-up Pool" (To be on site at the match at the start, to play as a substitute for a team member, if, at the last minute, they cannot play).

2. Eli Teram has now joined our team. Eli (77 y.o.) plays at Annex CC, and in the past, at Scarborough CC. Welcome aboard Eli!!

A. Team (25/7/12)

1. Armstrong, Robert (Bob) J (Member).....80 y.o. (By match date) ...Toronto, Ont........CFC No.: 100034.......CFC: 1534.......FQE: 1517 ......FIDE:1475
2. Dixon, Javier............................................70 y.o................................Toronto, Ont........CFC No.: 162862.......CFC: 1581.......FQE: ------ ......FIDE: 1705
3. Jung, Hans (FM) ….................................67 y.o.................................Kitchener, Ont.....CFC No.: 100182.......CFC: 2047.......FQE: 2255 .....FIDE: 1933
4. Kurkowski, Ken...................................tba (70+)...............................Toronto, Ont.........CFC No.: 104537.......CFC: 1523.......FQE: ------ .....FIDE: 1580
5. Monné, John (Member)...........................94 y.o................................Brantford, Ont.......CFC No.: 193130.......CFC: (1184).....FQE: ------ .....FIDE: ------
6. Selbie, Andrew.....................................tba (70+)..............................Toronto, Ont..........CFC No.: 190659......CFC: 1378........FQE: ------ ......FIDE: ------
7. Teram, Eli.................................................77 y,o,...............................Toronto, Ont.........CFC No.: 107314......CFC: 1331.........FQE: ------ .....FIDE: ------
8. Verde, Pino..............................................77 y.o................................Toronto, Ont..........CFC No.: 108688......CFC: 1605.........FQE: ------ ....FIDE: 1587
   
   B. Back-up Pool
   
   # 1. Parakin, Don..............................65 y.o. (Almost)...................Richmond Hill, Ont....CFC No.: 106488......CFC: 1701........FQE: 1173 ....FIDE: 1540

Bob A (GWWS(80+) Partner Rep.)

[Bob Armstrong]

GWWS(80+) - Info Sharing



1. A good Seniors Website for world information on seniors is the one of Tim Harding: https://www.chessmail.com/seniors/Seniors-calendar.html.

2. World Senior Teams ( 50+=Veterans and 65+=Seniors):

Location: Durres, Albania - The Durres resort hosted the European Club Cup successfully a couple of years ago.
FM Mike Dougherty advised our group, and others:
"Durres is on the coast and, as noted by Harding, hosted the World Club Championship in 2022 (and is very popular with Italian tourists - there is a ferry from Bari). Everyone spoke well of the accommodations, but (full disclosure) there were some food problems that impacted some of the teams at one of the resorts."
Date: April 18-27, 2026
Qualification: You can join the 50+ & 65+ teams so long as you turn 50 or 65 sometime during that year. So some will play in their groups, although a year short at the time of the tournament. Let us know if this is not the correct information.
No. of Teams: A country can send more than 1 team; in Canada, the CFC stamp of approval on the team is needed, however, to play as one of the national teams.

It may be too soon for full details of these events to be available yet, but you can now put the dates in your diary for next year. National organizers can start thinking of arranging provisional teams.

3. Mike Dougherty: he noted in his email re the team event: "I am interested and would like to hear from people if we can ensure a Canadian presence at the tournament. I will be back in Toronto at the end of August and can chat with people then as required, but would like to confirm participation sooner rather than later so as to fit it into my current academic obligations."

4. World Senior (individual) Tournament

Location: Banja (Assumed to bethe spa town of Vrnjacka Banja, where many international chess tournaments were played in the 20th century), Serbia.
Date: November 9-22, 2026.

Bob A (Non-member Interim Communications Coordinator)

[Bob Armstrong]

The 2025 Canadian Inter-Generational Chess Challenge

GWWS(80+) is the team organizer. Besides its own members playing, it can conscript non-member seniors (65+) to its team, Old Pharts, if needed to complete its team.




We are building Our Team - one player at a time!

Rob Gashgarian of Brantford has now joined our team. He is one of the admin's at the Brantford CC. Welcome aboard Rob!!

A. Team (25/7/12)

1. Armstrong, Robert (Bob) J (Member).....80 y.o. (By match date) ...Toronto, Ont........CFC No.: 100034.......CFC: 1534.......FQE: 1517 ......FIDE:1475
2. Dixon, Javier............................................70 y.o................................Toronto, Ont........CFC No.: 162862.......CFC: 1581.......FQE: ------ ......FIDE: 1705
3. Gashgarian, Rob.......................................tba(70+)................................Brantford, Ont........CFC No.: 112426..........CFC: 1800.........FQE: ----...........FIDE: 1769
4. Jung, Hans (FM) ….................................67 y.o.................................Kitchener, Ont.....CFC No.: 100182.......CFC: 2047.......FQE: 2255 .....FIDE: 1933
5. Kurkowski, Ken...................................tba (70+)...............................Toronto, Ont.........CFC No.: 104537.......CFC: 1523.......FQE: ------ .....FIDE: 1580
6. Monné, John (Member)...........................94 y.o................................Brantford, Ont.......CFC No.: 193130.......CFC: (1184).....FQE: ------ .....FIDE: ------
7. Selbie, Andrew.....................................tba (70+)..............................Toronto, Ont..........CFC No.: 190659......CFC: 1378........FQE: ------ ......FIDE: ------
8. Teram, Eli.................................................77 y,o,...............................Toronto, Ont.........CFC No.: 107314......CFC: 1331.........FQE: ------ .....FIDE: ------
9. Verde, Pino..............................................77 y.o................................Toronto, Ont..........CFC No.: 108688......CFC: 1605.........FQE: ------ ....FIDE: 1587
   
   B. Back-up Pool
   
   # 1. Parakin, Don..............................65 y.o. (Almost)...................Richmond Hill, Ont....CFC No.: 106488......CFC: 1701........FQE: 1173 ....FIDE: 1540

Bob A (GWWS(80+) Partner Rep.)