World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad Begins in Istanbul

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Hi everyone,

The World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad is also taking place in Istanbul from August 28-Sept 6 parallel to the 40th World Chess Olympiad and in the same venue. Each team is composed of 4 players, 1 reserve and 1 captain (or Manager, Trainer). TCF provides free board and lodging for the teams for nine days. 

The tournament will be run as a 10 Round Swiss. Each match between teams will be conducted over 4 boards. The pairings, scoring and tiebreak regulations are in accordance with the Pairing Rules for the Chess Olympiad. The time control is 90 minutes with 30 seconds increments per move starting from first move. Keep track via the official website.

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