FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - S50| Organizer(s) | FIDE, Albanian Chess Federation |
| Federation | FIDE ( FID ) |
| Tournament director | IO Kalesis, Nikolaos 4200438 |
| Chief Arbiter | IA Abdulrahim, Mahdi 9304207 |
| Time control (Standard) | 90m / 40 moves + 30m + 30s / move |
| Location | Hotel Grand Blue Fafa | Durres, Albania |
| Number of rounds | 9 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System for teams |
| Rating calculation | Rating national, Rating international |
| Date | 2026/04/19 to 2026/04/28 |
| Rating-Ø / Average age | 2068 / 61 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 19.04.2026 09:56:49, Creator/Last Upload: thesschess
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Team-Starting rank
| No. | | FED | Team | RtgAvg | Group | Captain |
| 1 | | USA | United States of America - 1 | 2487 | Open S50 | Shubalov, Alexander |
| 2 | | ENG | England - 1 | 2444 | Open S50 | Emms, John |
| 3 | | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 2426 | Open S50 | Zharokov, Biket |
| 4 | | ITA | Italy | 2410 | Open S50 | |
| 5 | | ISL | Iceland | 2375 | Open S50 | Jonsson, Jon |
| 6 | | MKD | North Macedonia - Alkaloid Chess Club | 2362 | Open S50 | Jacimovic, Dragoljub |
| 7 | | HUN | Hungary | 2329 | Open S50 | Varga, Zoltan |
| 8 | | NOR | Norway - Oslo Schakselskap | 2284 | Open S50 | Berg, Anders Hoyer |
| 9 | | CAN | Canada - Quebec | 2257 | Open S50 | Ghannoum, Marc |
| 10 | | ENG | England - 2 | 2209 | Open S50 | Dishman, Stephen |
| 11 | | ISL | Iceland - Vestfirdir | 2173 | Open S50 | Einarsson, Halldor Gretar |
| 12 | | ENG | England - 3 | 2169 | Open S50 | Ledger, Stephen |
| 13 | | SCO | Scotland - 1 | 2154 | Open S50 | Farrell, Neil |
| 14 | | GER | Germany - Bielefeld | 2117 | Open S50 | Foerchert, Martin |
| 15 | | ESP | Spain - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | 2110 | Open S50 | Tornay Gomez, Josu |
| 16 | | USA | United States of America (W) | 2109 | Women S50 | Tsodikova, Natalya |
| 17 | | BRA | Brazil - 1 | 2098 | Open S50 | Lima, Darcy |
| 18 | | ENG | England - 4 | 2079 | Open S50 | Rasalingam, Haran |
| 19 | | FRA | France - Philidor Brothers | 2064 | Open S50 | Kirszenberg, Marc |
| 20 | | CZE | Czech Republic | 2062 | Open S50 | Smid, Jaroslav |
| 21 | | ENG | England (W) | 2058 | Women S50 | Frostick, Helen |
| 22 | | CZE | Czech Republic (W) | 2056 | Women S50 | Sirokova, Olga |
| 23 | | FIN | Finland - Northern Lights | 2035 | Open S50 | Kinnunen, Kari |
| 24 | | NED | Netherlands - Zuid-Limburg | 2034 | Open S50 | Zimmermann, Luc |
| 25 | | USA | United States of Amerixa - Six Brothers | 2012 | Open S50 | Jhunjhnuwala, Krishan |
| 26 | | KAZ | Kazakhstan (W) | 2011 | Women S50 | |
| 27 | | CAN | Canada - Toronto | 1963 | Open S50 | Barron, Michael |
| 28 | | RSA | South Africa | 1958 | Open S50 | Bouah, Lyndon |
| 29 | | ALB | Albania | 1938 | Open S50 | |
| 30 | | SCO | Scotland - 2 | 1893 | Open S50 | Pimentil, Stephen |
| 31 | | GCI | Guernsey | 1867 | Open S50 | Holland, Christopher |
| 32 | | IRL | Ireland | 1837 | Open S50 | Murray, Jim |
| 33 | | WLS | Wales - Silures | 1829 | Open S50 | Zeidler, Sven |
| 34 | | ENG | England - 5 | 1746 | Open S50 | Winter, Kevin |
| 35 | | LIE | Liechtenstein | 1680 | Open S50 | Frick, Renato |
| 36 | | BRA | Brazil - 2 | 1662 | Open S50 | Peixoto, Rudson Marinho |
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