Calendar
The FIDE World Senior Individual Chess Championships 2025 will take place from 20th October to 2nd November 2025 at the Grand Hotel Costa Brada in Gallipoli (Lecce) Italy.
Click on each date to see the corresponding schedule:
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Arrival
9.30 pm: Opening concert
9.30 pm: Opening concert
10.00 am: Technical meeting
2.30 pm: Opening ceremony
3.00 pm: Round 1
2.30 pm: Opening ceremony
3.00 pm: Round 1
9.30 am: Guided tour to Gallipoli
3.00 pm: Round 2
3.00 pm: Round 2
3.00 pm: Round 3
9.30 pm: Blitz tournament #1 FIDE Rated
9.30 pm: Blitz tournament #1 FIDE Rated
9.30 am: Excursion to Santa Maria di Leuca and Grotte del Salento
3.00 pm: Round 4
3.00 pm: Round 4
3.00 pm: Round 5
9.30 pm: Training lecture with titled player
9.30 pm: Training lecture with titled player
9.30 am: Guided tour to Otranto
3.30 pm: Round 6
9.30 pm: Blitz tournament FIDE Rated #2
3.30 pm: Round 6
9.30 pm: Blitz tournament FIDE Rated #2
Rest day
9.30 am: Excursion to discover Polignano a Mare and Ostuni
9.30 am: Excursion to discover Polignano a Mare and Ostuni
9.30 am: Training lecture with titled player
3.00 pm: Round 7
3.00 pm: Round 7
3.00 pm: Round 8
9.30 pm: Hand & Brain tournament
9.30 pm: Hand & Brain tournament
9.30 am: Guided tour to Lecce
3.00 pm: Round 9
3.00 pm: Round 9
3.00 pm: Round 10
9.30 pm: Training lecture with titled player
9.30 pm: Training lecture with titled player
2.00 pm: Round 11
9.30 pm: Award ceremony
9.30 pm: Award ceremony
Departures
Prize fund
€ 43.000,00
Open Senior 50+
Open Senior 65+
Special prizes are not cumulative
Women 50+
Women 65+
Special prizes are not cumulative
Special Prize
The winner in each category will receive the free participation and free hotel in the open tournament 3rd Cap Negret Senior Open 50+ 65+ from 8th till 16th November 2025 in Altea – Alicante Spain
