Christina Tao
01-16-2019, 11:00 PM
Dear chess communities across Canada:
First a belated Happy New Year to everyone and hope you all have a wonderful, joyous and prosperous 2019.
It is a beginning of the year and this is the time to make plans for 2019 Chess tournaments. If anyone is interested in any of these tournaments, please contact Youth Coordinator (cfcyouthchess@gmail.com) ASAP. Once you expressed your interested, I will put you into my folder for future communication. Don't wait until the deadline date. Once the deadline is passed, you will not be considered as official even you are the rightful one.
Travel Advisory (https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories) : Before you make a travel plan, it is always a good exercise to check the travel advisory from government website.
Canadian Youth Chess Championship (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc),
Regina, Saskatchewan, Jul 6-10
Register directly with CYCC/CO organizer.
Before March 1, $225
Before June 1, $250
After June 1, $275
Registration (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc) is open already.
Canadian Open (https://saskchess.org/2019-canadian-open)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Jul 12-18
Register directly with CYCC/CO organizer
Registration (https://saskchess.org/2019-canadian-open) is open already.
2019 U16 Olympiad in Turkey
CFC will send team(s) to Turkey, Oct 28 - Nov 6, 2019
Deadline is June 1st, waiting for detail information from FIDE. Tournament date is around Nov/Dec time frame.
Official Team selection process is straightly by highest CFC rating at the time of deadline date.
Other Team can be formed by players.
Funding and coaching will be depended upon Youth Fund balance after WCCC/WYCC funding.
2019 Panamerican Junior U20 Chess Championship (http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?5002-Location-date-changes-for-the-FIDE-Calendar-events) (rescheduled)
Cochabamba, Bolivia : Aug 01-06, 2019
Official player selection deadline date : May 01, 2019
Waiting for detail information from FIDE
2019 North American Junior U20 Championships (https://www.charlottechesscenter.org/najunior)
Charlotte NC., USA. Jun 26-30, 2019
details : NA Junior U20 Invitation File (https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7c12d5_877b136049794e78a34a64a4b4418ef9.pdf)
Official player selection deadline date : March 15, 2019 (by final standing of 2018 Canadian Junior)
A completely open tournament for juniors 19 and younger as of 1/1/19
All registration is done online by the player directly with the organizer.
2019 Panamerican Youth Chess Championship (https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/ecuador/11897-festival-panamericano-de-la-juventud-2019)
Guayaquil, Ecuador : Jul 20-27, 2019
Official player selection deadline date : March 01, 2019 (by the final standing of 2018 CYCC) -- DONE
Information from FIDE America website : https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/ecuador/11897-festival-panamericano-de-la-juventud-2019
HoD of PanAm Team : Anabelle Kovatcheva
email contact : panam2019.canada@gmail.com
2019 North American Youth Chess Championship (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships)
Kingston ON., Canada. Aug 15-20 2019
Official player selection deadline date : March 15, 2019 (by the final standing of 2018 CYCC) -- DONE
All registration is done online by the player directly to the NAYCC organizer.
Registration (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships) is open now.
2019 World School Individual Championships (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/World_Schools_Chess_Championship_2019_Regulations_ 3_OS.pdf) -- DONE
Lara, Antalya, Turkey, April 17-27, 2019
6 age category : Under 07, Under 09, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 for Boys/Open and Girls.
This tournament is in the same level as World Cadet and World Youth but in off year age category.
Anyone interest on this tournament, please contact me ASAP.
2019 World Cadet U8, 10, 12 Chess Championship (http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?5012-2019-World-Cadet-Youth-Chess-Championship-at-Weifang-China)
Weifang, China, Aug 20-Sept 2, 2019
WCCC official deadline date : June 30, 2019
WCCC Invitiation file : here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tD8Rt8hG7mB5f07WhepMkrPverQ98nx/view?usp=sharing)
Canadian Team deadline: June 01, 2019
Canadian passport holders must obtain a visa before entering China
Official players for WCCC will be selected from 2019 CYCC (the Champion of the age category)
** Due to the timing of WCCC, anyone interested to go to WCCC will plan ahead and do all registration in advance.
I will have another post about the advance WCCC registration process.
2019 World Youth U14, U16, U18 Chess Championship (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/FIDE_World_Youth_2019_Regulations.pdf)
Mumbai, India Oct 1-13,2019
WYCC Invitation file : https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/FIDE_World_Youth_2019_Regulations.pdf
WYCC deadline date is Aug 1st, 2019
Canadian Team deadline: Jul 10, 2019
Canadian citizens holding a Canadian passport will require a visa to visit India.
Official players will be selected from 2019 CYCC.
** Due to the timing of WYCC, anyone interested to go to WYCC will plan ahead and do all registration in advance.
I will have another post about the advance WYCC registration process.
2019 Canadian Junior Chess Championship (http://www.miltonchess.ca/images/cfc/2019_canadian_junior_ch.pdf)
Toronto, ON Aug 8-11, 2019
Organizer : ElevateMyChess
The champion of Open and Girl sections will represent Canada to play in World Junior in India
The 2nd and 3rd winners will be in the official selection list for PanAm/NAYCC 2020
2019 World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championship (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/World_Junior_2019_Regulations.pdf)
New Delhi, India, Oct 14-26, 2019
Waiting for detail information from FIDE website
Official player will be determined thru Canadian Junior Chess Championship (http://www.miltonchess.ca/images/cfc/2019_canadian_junior_ch.pdf).
CYCC and NAYCC are all registered by players themselves.
CYCC (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc) registration is already open
NAYCC (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships) registration is already open
If you are interested in other Panamerican / North American / U16 Chess Olympiad, please contact Youth Coordinator (cfcyouthchess@gmail.com) ASAP to express your interested.
I will have another post for the 2019 WCCC and WYCC registration procedures soon. All registration are done thru CFC Federation.
Cheers,
Christina Tao
CFC Youth Coordinator
cfcyouthchess@gmail.com
First a belated Happy New Year to everyone and hope you all have a wonderful, joyous and prosperous 2019.
It is a beginning of the year and this is the time to make plans for 2019 Chess tournaments. If anyone is interested in any of these tournaments, please contact Youth Coordinator (cfcyouthchess@gmail.com) ASAP. Once you expressed your interested, I will put you into my folder for future communication. Don't wait until the deadline date. Once the deadline is passed, you will not be considered as official even you are the rightful one.
Travel Advisory (https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories) : Before you make a travel plan, it is always a good exercise to check the travel advisory from government website.
Canadian Youth Chess Championship (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc),
Regina, Saskatchewan, Jul 6-10
Register directly with CYCC/CO organizer.
Before March 1, $225
Before June 1, $250
After June 1, $275
Registration (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc) is open already.
Canadian Open (https://saskchess.org/2019-canadian-open)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Jul 12-18
Register directly with CYCC/CO organizer
Registration (https://saskchess.org/2019-canadian-open) is open already.
2019 U16 Olympiad in Turkey
CFC will send team(s) to Turkey, Oct 28 - Nov 6, 2019
Deadline is June 1st, waiting for detail information from FIDE. Tournament date is around Nov/Dec time frame.
Official Team selection process is straightly by highest CFC rating at the time of deadline date.
Other Team can be formed by players.
Funding and coaching will be depended upon Youth Fund balance after WCCC/WYCC funding.
2019 Panamerican Junior U20 Chess Championship (http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?5002-Location-date-changes-for-the-FIDE-Calendar-events) (rescheduled)
Cochabamba, Bolivia : Aug 01-06, 2019
Official player selection deadline date : May 01, 2019
Waiting for detail information from FIDE
2019 North American Junior U20 Championships (https://www.charlottechesscenter.org/najunior)
Charlotte NC., USA. Jun 26-30, 2019
details : NA Junior U20 Invitation File (https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7c12d5_877b136049794e78a34a64a4b4418ef9.pdf)
Official player selection deadline date : March 15, 2019 (by final standing of 2018 Canadian Junior)
A completely open tournament for juniors 19 and younger as of 1/1/19
All registration is done online by the player directly with the organizer.
2019 Panamerican Youth Chess Championship (https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/ecuador/11897-festival-panamericano-de-la-juventud-2019)
Guayaquil, Ecuador : Jul 20-27, 2019
Official player selection deadline date : March 01, 2019 (by the final standing of 2018 CYCC) -- DONE
Information from FIDE America website : https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/ecuador/11897-festival-panamericano-de-la-juventud-2019
HoD of PanAm Team : Anabelle Kovatcheva
email contact : panam2019.canada@gmail.com
2019 North American Youth Chess Championship (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships)
Kingston ON., Canada. Aug 15-20 2019
Official player selection deadline date : March 15, 2019 (by the final standing of 2018 CYCC) -- DONE
All registration is done online by the player directly to the NAYCC organizer.
Registration (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships) is open now.
2019 World School Individual Championships (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/World_Schools_Chess_Championship_2019_Regulations_ 3_OS.pdf) -- DONE
Lara, Antalya, Turkey, April 17-27, 2019
6 age category : Under 07, Under 09, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 for Boys/Open and Girls.
This tournament is in the same level as World Cadet and World Youth but in off year age category.
Anyone interest on this tournament, please contact me ASAP.
2019 World Cadet U8, 10, 12 Chess Championship (http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?5012-2019-World-Cadet-Youth-Chess-Championship-at-Weifang-China)
Weifang, China, Aug 20-Sept 2, 2019
WCCC official deadline date : June 30, 2019
WCCC Invitiation file : here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tD8Rt8hG7mB5f07WhepMkrPverQ98nx/view?usp=sharing)
Canadian Team deadline: June 01, 2019
Canadian passport holders must obtain a visa before entering China
Official players for WCCC will be selected from 2019 CYCC (the Champion of the age category)
** Due to the timing of WCCC, anyone interested to go to WCCC will plan ahead and do all registration in advance.
I will have another post about the advance WCCC registration process.
2019 World Youth U14, U16, U18 Chess Championship (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/FIDE_World_Youth_2019_Regulations.pdf)
Mumbai, India Oct 1-13,2019
WYCC Invitation file : https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/FIDE_World_Youth_2019_Regulations.pdf
WYCC deadline date is Aug 1st, 2019
Canadian Team deadline: Jul 10, 2019
Canadian citizens holding a Canadian passport will require a visa to visit India.
Official players will be selected from 2019 CYCC.
** Due to the timing of WYCC, anyone interested to go to WYCC will plan ahead and do all registration in advance.
I will have another post about the advance WYCC registration process.
2019 Canadian Junior Chess Championship (http://www.miltonchess.ca/images/cfc/2019_canadian_junior_ch.pdf)
Toronto, ON Aug 8-11, 2019
Organizer : ElevateMyChess
The champion of Open and Girl sections will represent Canada to play in World Junior in India
The 2nd and 3rd winners will be in the official selection list for PanAm/NAYCC 2020
2019 World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championship (https://www.fide.com/images/stories/FIDE_Calendar_2019/World_Junior_2019_Regulations.pdf)
New Delhi, India, Oct 14-26, 2019
Waiting for detail information from FIDE website
Official player will be determined thru Canadian Junior Chess Championship (http://www.miltonchess.ca/images/cfc/2019_canadian_junior_ch.pdf).
CYCC and NAYCC are all registered by players themselves.
CYCC (https://saskchess.org/2019-cycc) registration is already open
NAYCC (https://chess-math.org/2019-north-american-youth-chess-championships) registration is already open
If you are interested in other Panamerican / North American / U16 Chess Olympiad, please contact Youth Coordinator (cfcyouthchess@gmail.com) ASAP to express your interested.
I will have another post for the 2019 WCCC and WYCC registration procedures soon. All registration are done thru CFC Federation.
Cheers,
Christina Tao
CFC Youth Coordinator
cfcyouthchess@gmail.com