The headline states that the 2012 US Junior Closed Championships Set for July in Saint Louis.
My question is, When & where are the 2012 Senior Closed Championships Set for?
There is a new article on the chessbase.com website: European Seniors Championship in Rogaška Slatina
From the article, “Why are seniors’ championships so important? Old players love chess tremendously – they analyse the games massively, hours after the rounds, often until midnight. They don’t use computers for preparation and enjoy chess in fantastic old-fashioned way.”
“Chess is also very important for seniors for social reasons, and very useful to fight Alzheimer, as recent medical research has shown. It seems that the chess community has not fully succeeded in explaining to government agencies the importance of chess not just for the youth, but for seniors first and foremost.”
When & where will the American Seniors Team Championships be held?
Are you offering to fund it and organize it?
There is no closed Senior Championship event in the USA. Whether there should be one is certainly a matter that could be discussed.
The only national senior event is the U.S. Senior Open, scheduled this year for July 9-14 in Houston, TX.
– Hal Terrie
I think nocab is well aware there is no such event, Hal. He is attempting to “discuss it”. It is certainly true that we do a whole lot more for the juniors (aka the mass market) than we do for the seniors, many of who have been playing for decades.