New record for U12: with 1.158 players and 94 teams, this was the largest U12 tournament in Worldwide Junior Chess League history! Club Ferlonichess wins again.
Month: January 2021
Worldwide Junior Chess Festival – February 27, 2021
Delighted to announce the first-ever Worldwide Junior Chess Festival to be played on February 27, 2021. Following the success of the Worldwide League, with over 2.000 regular participants, this Festival will be a great opportunity for young players to compete in Swiss tournaments. Update: Festival will take place on Lichess. Players will be playing on … Continue reading Worldwide Junior Chess Festival – February 27, 2021
February 2021 Worldwide League Schedule
Worldwide Chess Festival to be held on the last Saturday. Changes in the League's group system announced.
U8: wins for Etud, Kstovo and Fox Valley
Incredible finish in Division East: Этюд (Etud, Ekaterinburg, Russia) and SHARP KIDS Under 8 (Philippines) ended up tied for the first place!! Only three points behind them were players of Eminent Chess Academy (New Delhi, India). In Division Center A, a very convincing win for СШ 2 Кстово (Sport School №2 Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod), strong team … Continue reading U8: wins for Etud, Kstovo and Fox Valley
1st Worldwide Junior Rapid
January 24, 2021. For kids born 2005 onwardshttps://lichess.org/swiss/bhYDrS5T - 7 rounds of G/7+3: rounds are done consecutively, with a one minute break.- paired based on swiss tournament rules: pairing done by lichess based on the players' online rapid rating.- tournament's result will be official 2-3 days after the end, to allow all games to be … Continue reading 1st Worldwide Junior Rapid
Jacob Aagaard’s Simul
We are happy to announce the next simul with Jacob Aagaard. Grandmaster, publisher, author, trainer - he has worked with elite chess players like GM Shankland and GM Gelfand - and FIDE Trainers Commission Chairman. Among his most recent projects is Killer Chess Training, daily chess training with the best trainers in the world.All of … Continue reading Jacob Aagaard’s Simul
Club Ferlonichess U12 team – winners
Winners of the first U12 tournament in 2021, held on January 13th, are players of Club Ferlonichess, a multiethnic and multicultural team from Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay. It was the first win for them in this competition. Second place for Sport School №2 Kstovo (Russia) and third for Boca Junior (Denmark). Worldwide U12 event Incredible finish … Continue reading Club Ferlonichess U12 team – winners
