XXIX Festival Panamericano de la Juventud 2018 (the 2018 Panamerican Youth Chess Festival) is this year's edition of the traditional event organized under the auspices of the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA). It features all traditional FIDE age-based categories from U-08 through U-18 in both Girls and Open.
The Chilean Chess Federation hosts the PanAm Youth in the capital Santiago from July 21 through July 29, 2018.
The official tournament site.
Invitation, schedule and regulations.
Tournament on Chess-Results. (Please note that the crucial feature "Overview for team: CAN" doesn't work yet as of 7/19; hope it will be fixed before the start.)
The CFC Youth Coordinator Undriadi Benggawan and the CFC President Vald Drkulec announced clear and transparent selection criteria well in advance in April 2018, then supervised and facilitated selection and registration of a great team led by our amazing HoD.
Team Canada
Head of Delegation: Christina Tao
Official players
Girls U-08: Alina Yuexi Chen
Open U-08:Daniel Pugach
Girls U-10: Jinrong Zhuang
Open U-10: Alex Jikai Yan
Girls U-12: Dania Surya
Open U-12: Max Chen
Girls U-14: -
Open U-14: Callum Yoker
Girls U-16: Ellen Tao
Open U-16: Adam Gaisinsky
Girls U-18: -
Open U-18: James Li
Additional players
Girls U-12: Kate Yuhua Jiang
Open U-12: Aiden Zhou
Open U-12: Derek Chen
Open U-16: Benito Surya
Following the great tradition of World and Continental youth events, the Honourable Patricia Peña, Ambassador of Canada in Chile, has kindly granted the CFC's request for a meet-and-greet with the team. This exciting event is preliminarily scheduled for 16:00 on July 25 - before the beginning of Round 6.
All the best to our team! Safe travel, and good luck in the tournament!