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FIDE age restriction and adding an official kids' chess tournament.

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CleverOak
CleverOak
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May 30, 2017
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#1
Currently, the FIDE does NOT have an age restriction for competition. I think it should to ensure fairness and development. Regular kid chess players, like me, should not be allowed to compete whatsoever in the FIDE unless you are a real chess prodigy, what I mean by that is that you are really really good. If you are not, maybe kids want to play in an official tournament, so I was thinking of adding an official kids' chess tournament too. What do you guys think?
Martin_Stahl
Martin_Stahl
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May 30, 2017
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#2

Organizers can create any tourney they want to. The problem for FIDE rated events is that you need a certain number of offically FIDE rated players to play in the to give a chance for other players to get their FIDE rating.