FIDE, the Confederation of Chess for Americas and the Brazilian Chess Federation invite all national chess federations to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships U14, U16, and U18. The competitions will take place in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil, from October 28 (date of arrival) to November 10, 2024 (day of departure).

Every national federation can register one official player in each category (under 14, 16, 18 years old, Open and Girls). This total of six official players plus one accompanying person (captain or head of delegation with FIDE ID) are invited by the organizers.

The players placed 1-3 in the previous U14, U16, U18 World Youth Championships 2023, and the respective Champions (gold medalists) of the last Continental Youth Championships have the personal right to participate in their category or a higher age group.

Registration deadline is September 2, 2024.

The first World Youth Chess Solving Championship will be held during WYCC on November 4th, mirroring the age and gender categories of the main event.

FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2024 official website will be launched by July 1: worldyouth2024.fide.com

E-mail: worldyouth@fide.com

Invitation letter with all the details (PDF)

Photo: Oscar Fava