Asian Youth Chess Championships 2014 u6, u8, u10, u12 in Tashkent June 20-29

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Hello everyone,

The Uzbekistan Chess Federation will host the 2014 Asian Youth Standard and Blitz Chess Championships for under-6, under-8, under- 10, and under-12 from June 20th (arrival) to June 29th (departure) 2013 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Each National Federation can enter one invited (1) player in each of under: 8, 10, 12 (Open & Girls) categories. This total of six (6) Official Players plus one accompanying trainer belonging to the national federation are invited by the Organizers. A player must not have reached his 8th, 10th, or 12th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2014.

According to FIDE Rules, the players placed 1-3 in the previous Asian Youth Championships under 8,10,12 shall have the right to participate in the Asian Youth Championships of the corresponding age-category or a higher age-category if the age stipulation of Art. 2.1 above is met.

Such players shall also be classified as Official Players and have to be registered by the national federation. Other than Official Players, other players shall be classified as Additional Players. Under 6 participants shall also be considered as additional (extra) players. A player under 6 must not have reached his 6th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2014. All other persons other than players or the Accompanying Trainer shall be classified as Accompanying Persons. A Federation may register any number of Additional Players and Accompanying Persons but they shall be responsible for their costs.

The Organizing Committee shall have an additional player per category and shall hold a player in reserve to make an even number of participants if necessary.

Federations should inform the Organizing Committee by 1st May 2014 about the number of participants in order to ascertain number of hotel rooms required. Entry forms must be filled by the National Federations not later than 15th May 2014 which is the registration deadline. After this date, organizers reserve the right to refuse or decline late registrations. Late registration shall bear a $100 fine.

Federations should register online for official players by the above deadline of 15th May 2014. After this date no official players will be accepted and their application will be treated as if they were an additional player.

Federations of FIDE are entitled to submit registration forms. Individual applications will not be accepted. 

Every player (invited, extra or by personal right) and every accompanying person has to pay to the organizers the amount of US $100 Participation Fee at the moment of their registration (before 15th May 2014). This payment is compulsory and represents a confirmation of participation. This payment includes accreditation and bus transport from the Tashkent airport to the official hotel and back to the airport (on 20th and 29th June 2014). If a person pays a deposit and does not participate, then the amount is not refundable.

The Championships will be played according to the Swiss System of 7 or 9 Rounds, depending on the number of participants in the category: for 16 or less 7 rounds and for more 9 round Swiss system.

Time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 second increments per move from move 1. In the last round, players from the same country who have more than 50% shall not be paired together.

Blitz Chess
The tournament shall be a 7 round Swiss System of 7 or 9 Rounds, depending on the number of participants in the category: for 16 or less 7 rounds and for more 9 round Swiss system. Time control is 3 minutes per player with increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1. In the last round, players from the same country who have more than 50% shall not be paired together.

Schedule 20th June after 14:00 Arrival
20th June 19:00 Technical Meeting
19:30 Opening Ceremony
21th June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 1
22nd June 09:00 Standard Chess Round 2
14:00 Standard Chess Round 3
23rd June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 4
24th June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 5
25th June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 6
26st June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 7
27th June 10:00 Standard Chess Round 8
28th June 09:00 Standard Chess Round 9
14:00 Blitz Chess Championships
19:00 Closing Ceremony
29th June before 12:00 Departure.

Medals Medals will be awarded to the top three positions in each event and category (Standard chess and Blitz chess tournaments). For the Standard Chess events, FM and WFM titles are awarded to the winners of the U12 categories (first after tiebreak). CM and WCM titles are awarded to silver and bronze medal winners (first after tiebreak) – not more than one title will be awarded for each (2nd/3rd) position. In U8 and U10 categories players tied for the first place (best 3 players after tiebreak) and silver and bronze medal winners (first after tiebreak) will be awarded with CM and WCM titles.

For more information, please visit the official website http://uzchess.uz/

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Iran as Upcoming Chess Powerhouse?

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012


Hi everyone,

This very interesting chess analysis just caught our eye: Iran set to become a chess powerhouse. Indian journalist Hari Hara Nandanan writes: Iran has witnessed some interesting revolutions in its history, but the most fascinating of them has been the recent one in chess. The Iranian child prodigies matched their counterparts from India in Sri Lanka on Sunday in the Asian Youth Chess Championship, carrying home five gold medals in different sections.

Asian powerhouse India had only seven gold, a far cry from their 10-odd from the previous championship. Surely, Iran has made a dent on India's dominance in the sport which has its roots in Persia (Iran), according to history.

Interestingly, chess was banned from public places after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran as the clergy was not in favour of the game and the players went underground with their boards and pieces. After almost 10 years Iran's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini rehabilitated the game but it was Mohammed Khatami's time in the late 1990s that the nation really welcomed the sport whole-heartedly.

Just as any fatwa would lead to an unprecedented upheaval, chess also witnessed a boom in Iran in the last 10 years. Their federation has one of the most professional coaching centres in Tehran and their children have won three world titles in the under-10 and under-12 sections. Iran's Asia charge last week in Sri Lanka could probably be a presage to another big stage drama.


We are delighted for the children of Iran as another country joins the ranks of chess players.

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Asian Youth Chess Championship Begins in Sri Lanka

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Hi everyone,

Latest chess news from Asia is that the Youth Chess Championship has begun in Sri Lanka. Young chess players from 19 countries are taking part in the Asian Youth Chess Championship being held in the beach resort of Hikkaduwa.

The chess tournament has entries from 308 boys and girls for categories of under-8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 for Open and girls. A kindergarten championship is being held for the under-6.

 

In photo above, Bandula Gunawardane, Minister of Education, makes the ceremonial move with Harshana Thilakaratne who tied for first place in the World Youth Championship 2011 in Brazil.

Looking on are Sri Lanka Chess Federation president Upali Gunasekera and Secretary Luxman Wijesuriya, Zone President and Organizing Committee chairman and Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Casto Abundo.

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