FIDE World Cup Under 8, 10, 12: Personal right players
According to 3. 4. A of WC regulations, top 3 players from each age category (6 X 3 = 18 players) by FIDE standard rating (1st April 2024) have personal rights to participate. The above mentioned personal right players will be provided with free full board accommodation (in twin share rooms) from 22 of June (lunch) to 3 of July (breakfast). The personal right players will also get compensation for air-tickets – 600 Euros for players from Europe and 1200 for players from other continents. The list of top players by FIDE standard rating (1st April 2024): Open 8 Name FED ELO 1 Protopopescu, Luca FRA 1929 2 McCallum, Elliot CRO 1850 3 Stanisic, Lukas CAN 1840 Girls 8 Name FED ELO 1 Xin, Stella USA 1807 2 Balakanova, Azaliya KAZ 1728 3 Zhou, Abigail USA 1702 Open 10 Name FED ELO 1 Llari, Marc FRA 2182 2 Chakrabarty, Reyaansh AUS 2085 3 Ivanovic, Leonid SRB 2082 Girls 10 Name FED ELO 1 Sivanandan, Bodhana ENG 2065 2 Charvi A IND 1956 3 Amr Abid, Nourseen EGY 1893 Open 12 Name FED ELO 1 Oro, Faustino ARG 2330 2 Mendes Aaron Reeve CAN 2288 3 Filindash, Nikita CZE 2282 Girls 12 Name FED ELO 1 Li, Iris USA 2136 2 Sivanandan, Bodhana ENG 2065 3 Quickpen, Deborah NGR 1984 The two categories below also have personal rights (only free full board in twin share rooms) to participate in World Cup in Batumi: 6 nominations (one in each age category) shall be sent by the Continental President’s offices: 6 nominations X 4 continents = totally 24 players. Specific registrations are national federations responsibility. Top 3 winners of the corresponding age – category or a higher age category of the 2023 World Cadets Championships (Egypt), if the age stipulation designated in the regulations is met.https://chess-results.com/tnr832523.aspx?lan=1&art=28&flag=30 DEADLINES: The registration deadline is April 22th 2024. If any player or any continent does not accept the invitation by April 22th 2024, the places will become additional organizer’ wildcards. In order to ensure proper tournament standards, FIDE member federations must fully complete the excel registration form and send it back to the contact person before the registration deadline April 22th 2024. Incomplete registrations will not be accepted. WC will be played with two stages. Stage 1 will be a 7-round Swiss system tournament. In Stage 2, players who finish in the same position in each group will play against each other. PRIZES: 6 Playing categories X 3 Players each category = 18 players (Open 8, 10, 12 + Girls 8, 10, 12) I Cup, Medal, Diploma, MacBook Air 2022 II Cup, Medal, Diploma, iPhone 15 III Cup, Medal, Diploma, IPAD The three top finishers in each age category/any gender will get free FB (in twin share rooms with bath and/or shower) for the World Cadets championship of the same year. Each participant will receive an appropriate certificate. Contact Information E-mail: wcc@fide.com Official website: wcc2024.fide.com/ World Cup U8-10-12 players with personal rights (pdf) Photo: Mark Livshitz
World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2024 to take place in August
FIDE is proud to announce the second edition of the World Team Championship, which will this time also include a World Blitz Team Championship Following the success of the inaugural tournament held in Dusseldorf (Germany) in August 2023, the second event aims to bring more excitement and drama with the inclusion of the Blitz competition. “We are very excited that this event is going into its second season and that we have also added another competition to the format, making it even more exciting. Alongside the World Corporate Championship we are organizing this year, the World Rapid and Blitz Team events are another example of FIDE’s continued investment in promoting chess to different audiences,” said FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich. The tournament will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, between August 1 and 6, and is expected to bring together a number of top world professionals and chess lovers, as was the case in the first edition in Dusseldorf in 2023. Each team must have at least six but no more than nine players. Among them, they have to have at least one woman player as well as a player who has never achieved a 2000 Elo Rating, in either Rapid or Blitz, up to and including on the July 2024 FIDE rating list. In a significant promotional boost for the event, former world champion Magnus Carlsen – who is also the world’s top-rated chess player (and holder of the world titles in Rapid and Blitz) – will also be playing in the Championships. World #1 will strengthen WR Team, which won the inaugural edition, and is ready to defend their title and try to take the first team crown in the Blitz. Photo: Anna Shtourman The event will be broadcast live online with star commentators and special guests. Prizes The World Rapid and Blitz Championship features a total prize fund of 350,000 Euros (380,000 US dollars), with 250,000 allocated for the Rapid and 100,000 for the Blitz. Apart from the financial rewards, every member of the top three placed teams (players and captains) will receive a medal. Format and Time Control The Rapid and Blitz tournaments will be played under different pairing regulations. The Rapid tournament will consist of 12 rounds played under the Swiss system, with a time control of 15 minutes and a 10-second increment per move. The Blitz tournament will have two stages: in the first stage, teams will be grouped into pools based on their strength. Each pool shall play a round-robin tournament with no more than seven rounds. From this stage, 16 teams will qualify for the second phase – the knockout tournament. The time control for the Blitz will be three minutes for the whole game with an increment of two seconds per move, starting from move one. The scoring system in both competitions will be based on matchpoints: a win scores two points, a draw scores one point, and a loss scores zero points. The full regulations of the event can be found here. Registration Registration will start soon and will be open until July 1, 2024, 12 PM Lausanne time. A maximum of 80 teams can take part (10 teams with the highest average ratings and the remaining 70 teams will be selected based on the earliest registrations). Continued support from Freedom Holding The main partner of the event will be Freedom Holding, which has in recent years sponsored several top chess events and brought them to Kazakhstan in an effort to develop the country’s chess potential. “We are delighted to partner with FIDE in making this event possible. Our commitment to chess continues in 2024 with our ambition to promote the game globally but also in Kazakhstan, where we have helped organize and sponsor a number of events in recent years,” said Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding and the head of Kazakhstan Chess Federation. About Freedom Holding Corp. Freedom Holding Corp. is a US-based financial services holding company. Through its operating subsidiaries, Freedom Holding provides services like retail securities brokerage, research, investment counselling, securities trading, market-making, retail banking, corporate investment banking and underwriting services in Eurasia. The Company has retail locations in the USA, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, UAE, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain and Poland. In Kazakhstan, the company is developing a digital ecosystem under the Freedom brand. The ecosystem already provides services in the field of investment banking and stock market brokerage, digital banking, online insurance, telecommunications, air and event ticket sales, digital car service, smartphone sales and other areas. Freedom Holding Corp. shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York under the ticker symbol FRHC. The activities of the company are regulated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Official website: freedomholdingcorp.comWebsite of the digital ecosystem: ecosystem.ffin.kz/en