Change for 2016 World Youth Championship dates The 2016 World Youth Championship has changed its dates to 20 September – 4 October 2016. http://www.fide.com/calendar/fide-calendar.html World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 20-Sep-2016 4-Oct-2016
Great feedbacks from the World Youth
SPICE homegrown GMs Gergely Antal (left) and Gabor Papp (right) SPICE / Chess IQ nominated players to the World Youth for the first time (via SPF World Open and SPF National Open for Boys and Girls) this year in Greece. We sent fantastic coaches to help the players, two of SPICE homegrown Grandmasters (GMs Gergely […]
Top US performance in Greece in U18 section
Grabinsky brings home top US score in chess meet COQUILLE — Aaron Grabinsky finished the World Youth and Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece last week with the top score on the US team and a ranking of 26th out of 116 players in the under-18 division. Seven months ago, the 17-year-old Coquille High School […]
Indian Youth shine at World Youth Championships
The final round of the FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 was played today in Porto Carras, Halkidiki. The players from India dominated the event, winning as many as 11 medals, among them 5 gold. Russia and USA took 4 medals each, but none of them was gold. Iran, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Uzbekistan […]
Norms earned at World Youth Championship
The Organizing Committee of the 2015 FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship is pleased to announce that the following players have achieved title norms after the completion of the tournament: WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia POL – WIM norm WFM Harazinska Ewa POL – WIM norm Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI – IM norm FM Marek Matyas CZE – […]
World Youth Championship 2015 – Open U18
The FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2015 – Open U18 is taking place in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, from 24th October through 6th November 2015. The event is an 11-round Swiss open tournament U18. Indian player GM Suri Vaibhav (2561) heads the field of 117 participants from 72 different countries, including 2 GMs and 11 IMs. Official […]
World Youth Championship 2015 – Girls U18
The FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2015 – Girls U18 is taking place in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, from 24th October through 6th November 2015. The event is an 11-round Swiss open tournament for girls U18. Iranian player IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh(2402) heads the field of 80 participants from 54 different countries. Official website
World Youth Championship 2015 – Open U16
The FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2015 – Open U16 is taking place in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, from 24th October through 6th November 2015. The event is an 11-round Swiss open tournament U16. Italian player IM Francesco Rambaldi (2547) heads the field of 157 participants from 74 different countries, including 5 IMs and 33 FMs. Official website
FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 – Round 10
The penultimate round of the FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 was played today in Porto Carras, Halkidiki. Mosadeghpour Masoud made a quick draw to reach 9,0 points and maintain the lead in the Open U18 section half a point ahead of GM Alekseenko Kirill. In Girls U18 WFM Mahalakshmi M of India is […]
World Youth Chess interviews after Round 9
IM Cemil Can Ali Marandi (Open U18) The tournament so far: “Today I had a difficult game with black. I equalized easily the opening, but then we entered in tactical complications. After a hard struggle I managed to win. Now I am at -6 ELO for the event, but I will try to recover until […]