The CFC Regular Chess Post – November 7/12 – World Youth Chess Championships.

Here are the relevant Websites:

WYCC Team Canada Website: http://www.canada2wycc.ca/
WYCC Official website: http://www.wycc2012.com/
Team Canada Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/TeamCanadaAtWYCC2012

Rd. 1 is TOMORROW at 15:00 local time in Maribor, Slovenia. Slovenia is six hours ahead of EST, so the first round will be 9.00 am EST.

Andrew Giblon is the head of the Canadian delegation. The two coaches are Andrew Peredun and Edward Porper.

The team has 28 members, playing in 12 different categories ( there is an open set of 6 age groups, and a parallel set of 6 age groups for girls only).

The Canadian Team includes 3 former Youth World Championship medal winners:
• Jason Cao, World Champion, U10 Open, 2010
• Qiyu Zhou, Silver Medal, U8 girls, 2008
• Richard Wang, Bronze Medal, U12 Open, 2009

Good Luck!!

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
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