May 19, 2021: Chess Profi (St. Petersburg, Russia) achieved their third consecutive win in the top U12 League. Moksleivių šachmatų klubas (Lithuania) were their closest opponents, while Latvia Junior Chess came third. Worldwide U12 Center A final standings: 1 Chess_Profi - Russia 1362 Moksleivių šachmatų klubas - Lithuania 1233 Latvia Junior Chess -Latvia 1014 Surbiton … Continue reading Wins for Chess Profi, Sharp Kids and Ajedrez Armagedón
League Schedule for U8, U12, U16 and U14w Team Battle tournaments. Groups and links for all events.
Worldwide Junior Chess got an honor to be featured on Chessdom site! In an interview for this prestigious chess website, Maurizio Matteoli and Goran Banovac share their story on Worldwide League, events, history, and talk about chess during the pandemic. https://www.chessdom.com/worldwide-junior-chess-interview-with-goran-banovac-and-maurizio-matteoli/ Chessdom recently received a brand new design. Keep up the good work!
Girls from Latvia Junior Chess team are winners of Worldwide Girls U14w League that was played on Saturday, May 8, 2021. It is their second triumph in this League. Germany U14w team was second and Moksleivių šachmatų klubas (Lithuania) came third. Worldwide Girls U14w final standings: 1 Latvia Junior Chess - Latvia2 GER_U14w - Germany3 … Continue reading Latvia Junior Chess wins U14w
May 5, 2021: Chess Profi (St. Petersburg, Russia) achieved their second win in the top U12 League. This time they had a close following by Oslo sjakkrets ungdom (Norway). Two teams tied for third place: Boca Junior (Denmark) and Сборная Шахты (Russia). And three teams tied for fifth. As usual, Center A always offers intense … Continue reading Repeated success of Chess Profi
UPDATE: On May 19th 2021, Chess Profi achieved their third consecutive victory in U12. Report. Winning lineup: Arseniy Makarchik, Aleksander Kiselev, İlyas Timushev, Igor Kuznetsov, Dmitrii Vasilkin, Ekaterina Afanasyeva, Artem Vegera, Georgiy Smirnov, Ivan Chervinskiy, Zlata Elonova, Tikhon Mishkorudnyi, Denis Tyurin, Roman Rachikhin, Julia Lavrukhova, Daniel Balashov, Aaron Firstov, Viacheslav Mikhalev, Vladislav Golota, Yury Puchkov, … Continue reading Chess Profi – U12 winners
League Schedule for U8, U12, U16 and U14w Team Battle tournaments. Groups and links for all events.
3rd Worldwide Junior Chess Festival was played on April 24, 2021, open to U12 players (children born in the year 2009 and later). Tournaments were Swiss Rapid, 7 rounds of 10'+2'', plus a Puzzle Storm competition, held the day before the tournaments. The Festival was held on Lichess platform, where children are playing in Worldwide League, … Continue reading Wins for Maksym Kryshtafor and Karolis Kapickis
April 21, 2021: Chess Profi (St. Petersburg, Russia) achieved their first win in the top U12 League. Another great tournament was played today, with many strong and numerous teams. As much as it was intense at the top, it was even tenser in a struggle to stay in Center A. In the previous edition, Russian … Continue reading U12 winners from St.Petersburg
Groups and links for April 21 League.
Worldwide Junior Chess has organized various events for children, and is preparing new tournaments, and trying to make the existing ones even better. And we need your opinion 🙂 What we have so far:Worldwide Junior U16 League - Team Battle - Rapid 10+2Worldwide U12 and U8 League - Team Battle - Rapid 10+2Worldwide Girls U14w … Continue reading Please vote!
Worldwide Junior Chess introduces new competition for young champions. After very successful Worldwide U12 League and Worldwide Festival events, organizers decided to give more opportunities for children to play in Swiss tournaments. The new competition is Worldwide Shield Swiss and will be played on Wednesdays every two weeks. This way children can enjoy chess every … Continue reading Worldwide Shield Swiss
April 7, 2021: Moksleivių šachmatų klubas (Lithuania) repeated their success from the previous edition, winning in the top U12 League. Today's group Center A was one of the most numerous and with all teams being very competitive, and many exchanges in the leaderboard throughout the tournament. Near the end, Chess Profi (St.Peterburg, Russia) was close … Continue reading Double triumph for Lithuanians!
Third Edition of Worldwide Junior Chess Festival will be played on April 24, 2021, open to all U12 players (born in 2009 and later). The Festival will have two Swiss tournaments and Puzzle Storm competition, to be held on Lichess. The system of play for the main events, the two Rapid tournaments, will be Swiss … Continue reading 3rd Worldwide Festival
Worldwide U12 is for children born in 2009 and younger.Tournaments are played on Wednesday 11:00 UTC, 16:00 UTC and 22:00 UTC. Time control is 10+2. Tournament duration is 90 minutes. Team battles are played every two weeks. Platform: lichess.org As was announced before, from April on, Worldwide U8 League will not be played as a stand-alone event, … Continue reading Worldwide U12 and U8 League
