FIDE announces Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships

FIDE is pleased to announce a new online competition, aimed at the younger members of the chess community: the FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships. 

This event will comprise five different age groups (U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18), competing in two sections: open and girls. 

A selection stage will take place between November 27 and December 13, with the finals being played in December 19-23.

In the selection stage, every FIDE Continent will run a 7-round Swiss tournament for each one of the categories (U10 open, U10 girls, et cetera). Each Member Federation can register one player per each category and, besides, players ranked Continental top-10 in each one of the categories is also invited. 

The time control for the selection stage will be 10 minutes + 3 seconds increment starting from the first move. 

The first three winners per category for each FIDE continent will be qualified for the final stage. This will consist of ten separate knock-out tournaments of 16 players. The 12 players who qualified at the selection stage will be joined by 4 players invited by the organizer among the first four-ranked in the world for their age group. 

Please note that the time control for the finals will be slightly different than during the selection stage, being increased to 15 minutes + 10 seconds. 

The participants for each championship must not have reached their 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2020. 

This is the complete schedule: 

AllNovember 27thArbiter Meeting 
    
AfricaNovember 28thCET 16:00, CET 17:30Rounds 1-2
 November 29thCET 16:00, CET 17:30, CET 19:00Rounds 3-4-5
 November 30thCET 16:00, CET 17:30Rounds 6-7
    
AmericaDecember 2ndCET 00:00, CET 01:30Rounds 1-2
 December 3rdCET 00:00, CET 01:30, CET 03:00Rounds 3-4-5
 December 4thCET 00:00, CET 01:30Rounds 6-7
    
EuropeDecember 7thCET 16:00, CET 17:30Rounds 1-2
 December 8thCET 16:00, CET 17:30, CET 19:00Rounds 3-4-5
 December 9thCET 16:00, CET 17:30Rounds 6-7
    
AsiaDecember 11thCET 10:00, CET 11:30Rounds 1-2
 December 12thCET 10:00, CET 11:30, CET 13:00Rounds 3-4-5
 December 13thCET 10:00, CET 11:30Rounds 6-7
    
AllDecember 19thCET 16:00, CET 17:15 and ArmageddonFirst round
 December 20thCET 16:00, CET 17:15 and ArmageddonQuarterfinals
 December 21thCET 16:00, CET 17:15 and ArmageddonSemi-finals
 December 22thCET 16:00, CET 17:15 and ArmageddonMatches for third places
 December 22thCET 16:00, CET 17:15 and ArmageddonFinal
    
AllDecember 24thCET 15:00 Closing Ceremony 


Registrations will be handled by the National Chess Federations through the registration forms that you can find at the official website, www.world2020.ge

You can also find there the complete regulations for the FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championship

The registration deadline is November 15th, 22:00 CET, 2020.