With the New Year coming, Worldwide age categories will receive adjustments in age limits: U8 is for children born in 2013 and younger,U12 is for children born in 2009 and younger,U16 is for children born in 2005 and younger,U14w is for girls born in 2007 and younger.All teams should update their lineups, review memberships, or … Continue reading 2021: updated Age categories and Leagues
Month: December 2020
U8: Chess Profi victorious
A young team from St. Petersburg, Russia, formed under the name of Chess_Profi, is the winner of the Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 23, 2020. Very successful Russian team is always very competitive and brings many players, today came with 18 youngsters born in 2012 or younger. And the rest … Continue reading U8: Chess Profi victorious
Botvinnik School – Winners of U8
Worldwide U8 Center A - December 9, 2020 Winners of Worldwide U8 top level group Center A team tournament that was held on December 9, 2020 are players of the famous Botvinnik Chess School (Moscow, Russia). Numerous team from Moscow outplayed all their opponents and won by a large margin. Second place went to KSz “HETMAN” Katowice … Continue reading Botvinnik School – Winners of U8
1.063 players: all-time high for U12, Win for UEC Coronel Pringles
Worldwide U12 – Wednesday, December 17, 2020 The last U12 tournament this year was a record one, with as much as 1.063 players, competing for 82 teams in 9 divisions. And it was a second win for UEC Coronel Pringles (Argentina). Two Russian teams achieved their best results ever: Derzhava Chess Club placing second, and Сборная … Continue reading 1.063 players: all-time high for U12, Win for UEC Coronel Pringles
KSz “HETMAN” Katowice
The Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 9, 2020 saw an excellent result by a very engaging and motivated young team from Poland: KSz “HETMAN” Katowice was the first team in quite a long time that managed to put a fight against Russian teams that dominate U8 category. First place went to Botvinnik Chess … Continue reading KSz “HETMAN” Katowice
5th Worldwide Junior Blitz Arena with IM Francesco Sonis!
Francesco Sonis has just won the European Selection of the FIDE ONLINE WORLD CADETS & YOUTH RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS and has therefore qualified for the final phase, which will be played from 19 to 23 December. This will consist of a knock-out tournament of 16 players among which will be the strongest young players in … Continue reading 5th Worldwide Junior Blitz Arena with IM Francesco Sonis!
U14w: Win for girls from Riga
The girls team of ThinkB4UMove (Riga Chess School, Latvia) emerged victorious in the latest edition of the Worldwide Girls U14w team tournament that was held on December 12, 2020. And once again, they brought just enough players, and all of them played as good as it gets, to secure another win. This time, girls from … Continue reading U14w: Win for girls from Riga
January 2021 Tournament Schedule
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun12345678U16101112U121415U14w171819U82122U16242526U122829U14w31 Worldwide U8 The youngest have the biggest smiles!! Kids born in year 2013 and later are welcome to join this tournament.Wednesday is their match day. Worldwide U12 Worldwide U12 is for kids born from 2009 onwards.Tournaments are played on Wednesdays, at 11 am, 4 pm and 10 pm UTC. Time control is 10+2, duration … Continue reading January 2021 Tournament Schedule
U8: Win for Botvinnik School
Worldwide U8 Center A - December 9, 2020 The team of Botvinnik Chess School is winner of the Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 9, 2020. Numerous team from Moscow that consisted of 16 students, outplayed all their opponents and won by a large margin. Second place for the young team … Continue reading U8: Win for Botvinnik School
Sport School №2 Kstovo wins U12
Record broken again, and this time it was a four-digit number: a total of 1.034 players competed in U12. Sharp Kids continue domination on the East, two Peruan teams tied for first on the West!
Sharp Kids won U12 East
Worldwide U12 Division East - December 2, 2020 Worldwide U12 Division East saw as many as 353 players in two groups, playing for 20 teams, and continues to bring the most numerous teams. Sharp Kids from Philippines continued their streak of wins, with another top result. Behind them, two teams ended up tied for second … Continue reading Sharp Kids won U12 East
Riga Chess School – U14w Champions
Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn 🙂 The Magician from Riga would be proud.