April 18-19: FIDE Candidates Countries Youth Online Chess Tournament
The FIDE Candidates Countries Youth Online Chess Tournament is a team match for youth players representing China, France, Netherlands, Russia, USA, and FIDE. It will be played on Chess.com on April 18 and 19.
Since all over-the-board tournaments have been canceled due to COVID-19, the Chinese Chess Association made a plan to organize a series of online chess tournaments in order to evoke social positivity across the world and strengthen online chess communication.
All games can be followed by clicking here.
Together with FIDE and Chess.com, the CCA is organizing the first FIDE Candidates Countries Youth Online Chess Tournament from April 18-19, 2020 on Chess.com under the motto, "Go world! Be chess smart against COVID-19!"
The FIDE Candidates Tournament inspired the event to invite players from the five represented countries: China, USA, France, Russia, and the Netherlands. With the support of FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE also submitted a united team to join.
The event is organized by the International Chess Federation, the Board and Card Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, the Chinese Chess Association, and the Henan Sports Bureau. Co-organizers are the Henan Provincial Social Sports Center and Chess.com.
FIDE, China, France, Netherlands, Russia, and the USA have each entered a team of five top youth players (three boys and two girls) under 16 years old.
Teams & Coaches
| # | Fed | Name | Handle | Rtg | Born |
| - | Ramesh RB (IND) | (Coach) | - | - | |
| 1 | GM Nihal Sarin (IND) | @nihalsarin | 2620 | 2004 | |
| 2 | GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | @ChessWarrior7197 | 2627 | 2004 | |
| 3 | GM Vincent Keymer (GER) | @VincentKeymer | 2558 | 2004 | |
| 4 | FM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) | @SaraBlackPanther | 2364 | 2004 | |
| 5 | WFM Ineymig Hernandez Gil (CUB) | @ineymig2004 | 2348 | 2004 | |
| - | Yu Shaoteng/Wen Yang | (Coach) | - | - | |
| 1 | Huang Renjie | @renjiehuang | 2422 | 2004 | |
| 2 | Zhu Hengyi | @1982lf | 2202 | 2004 | |
| 3 | Zhang Di | @zzdxer | 2108 | 2007 | |
| 4 | WIM Ning Kaiyu | @KateLLL | 2327 | 2004 | |
| 5 | WIM Song Yuxin | @eternallymind | 2290 | 2005 | |
| - | Christopher Bird | (Coach) | - | - | |
| 1 | IM Andrew Hong | @SpeedofLight0 | 2444 | 2004 | |
| 2 | IM Christopher Yoo | @ChristopherYoo | 2455 | 2006 | |
| 3 | FM Robert Shlyakhtenko | @Robert_Shlyakhtenko | 2342 | 2005 | |
| 4 | WFM Martha Samadashvili | @marthachess | 2215 | 2004 | |
| 5 | WIM Rochelle Wu | @tanki97 | 2028 | 2006 | |
| - | Zhaoqin Peng | (Coach) | - | - | |
| 1 | FM Yichen Han | @hanthaman | 2307 | 2007 | |
| 2 | FM Onno Elgersma | @onnoelgersma | 2298 | 2004 | |
| 3 | FM Siem van Dael | @Siemba | 2293 | 2004 | |
| 4 | Eline Roebers | @Eline2006 | 2066 | 2007 | |
| 5 | Wendy Huang | @WendyHuang08 | 1860 | 2006 | |
| - | Mikhail Kobalia | (Coach) | - | - | |
| 1 | IM Volodar Murzin | @Volodar_Murzin | 2465 | 2006 | |
| 2 | IM Stefan Pogosyan | @RussianChessFighter | 2442 | 2004 | |
| 3 | IM Rudik Makarian | @Rud_Makarian | 2442 | 2004 | |
| 4 | WGM Leya Garifullina | @Earthen_Deer | 2357 | 2004 | |
| 5 | Alisa Nur-Mukhametova | @Alisa_Nur_2005 | 2262 | 2005 | |
| - | Mathilde Choisy | (Coach) | - | x | |
| 1 | IM Marc Andria Maurizzi | @Marcan2b | 2433 | 2007 | |
| 2 | FM Timothé Razafindratsima | @TimAina | 2336 | 2006 | |
| 3 | FM Mahel Boyer | @Misterlose0 | 2294 | 2004 | |
| 4 | Elise Tomasi | @Nutella13 | 2030 | 2004 | |
| 5 | WFM Laura Sumarriva Paulin | @Laurasum | 2023 | 2005 |
The tournament is a single round-robin consisting of five rounds with a time control of 10 minutes with a two-second increment. The first three rounds will be played on April 18; the final two rounds on April 19.
Each match will be conducted over five boards. The board order is fixed starting from round one, with boards 1-3 for the boys and boards 4-5 for the girls.
Chess.com will monitor each game for fair play, and players will need to have an open camera while playing.
Schedule
- April 18, 7 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Eastern, 16:00 CEST, 22:00 Beijing):
China-FIDE, Russia-USA, France-Netherlands - April 18, 8 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Eastern, 17:00 CEST, 23:00 Beijing):
FIDE-Netherlands, USA-France, China-Russia - April 18, 9 a.m. Pacific (12 p.m. Eastern, 18:00 CEST, April 19, 0:00 Beijing):
Russia-FIDE, France-China, Netherlands-USA - April 19, 7 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Eastern, 16:00 CEST, 22:00 Beijing):
FIDE-USA, China-Netherlands, Russia-France - April 19, 8 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Eastern, 17:00 CEST, 23:00 Beijing):
France-FIDE, Netherlands-Russia, USA-China
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