The FIDE Online Rapid World Cup (Cadets & Youth 10-18) is a two-stage tournament that will be played in 5 different age groups – under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 2 sections - open and girls (totally 10 tournaments). The participants must not have reached their 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2021.
Qualifying Stage (August 1 – 20, 2021)
Every Chess Federation can register 3 (three) players per category in the qualifying stage (30 players in total) which is held in the format of 10-round Swiss tournament. In some cases, the federations are entitled to replace players from various age categories, boys and girls, within 30 players.
According to the “medal statistics” of 2017 – 2020, some federations can register additional players.
Federations are entitled to apply to the organizer for the wild cards during the registration process.
Final stage (August 26 – 31, 2021)
The finals will consist of ten separate 16-player KO tournaments (Girls under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and Open under 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18) with 6 players who have personal right to participated and 10 qualifiers in each, 160 participants in total.
Three top-finishers per category will qualify for the FIDE Online Rapid Super Final 2021. The prize fund of Super Final amounts to €30,000.
The players placed 4-8 (5 players) and one highest-rated player (by 01.08.2021 Fide Standard rating) among 9-16th places in the World Cup 2021 per category in each qualifying tournament will advance to the FIDE Online Rapid Grand Prix Series 2021.
Registration deadline is July 10th, 22:00 CET, 2021. World Cup will be played on Tornelo platform.
You can find all the information related to World Cup information on the tournament official website https://youth-worldcup.fide.com/
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email address: youth@fide.com
Additional Quota for Federations based on World Cadets & Youth Medal Statistics (2017 – 2020)
|
|
FEDERATION |
|
Points Silver |
Points Bronze |
Number of Players |
|
1 |
USA |
99 |
36 |
21 |
156 |
|
2 |
RUS |
72 |
54 |
27 |
153 |
|
3 |
IND |
72 |
30 |
18 |
120 |
|
4 |
CHN |
45 |
42 |
12 |
99 |
|
5 |
KAZ |
9 |
24 |
9 |
42 |
|
6 |
ARM |
9 |
12 |
3 |
24 |
|
7 |
UZB |
0 |
18 |
6 |
24 |
|
8 |
POL |
0 |
12 |
9 |
21 |
|
9 |
GER |
18 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
|
10 |
IRAN |
9 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
|
11 |
AZE |
9 |
6 |
0 |
15 |
|
12 |
MGL |
9 |
0 |
6 |
15 |
|
13 |
UKR |
0 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
14 |
INA |
9 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
|
15 |
HUN |
0 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
16 |
NED |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
17 |
UAE |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
18 |
ESP |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
19 |
GEO |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
|
20 |
PER |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
21 |
SVK |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
22 |
SLO |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
23 |
CZE |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
24 |
PUR |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
25 |
SRB |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
26 |
ECU |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
27 |
VIE |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
28 |
COL |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
29 |
ITA |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
414 |
276 |
138 |
828 |
1 Gold = 9 points
1 Silver = 6 points
1 Bronze = 3 points
