2023 FIDE World Schools Team Championship@Kazakhstan, Aug 3-8

[Christina Tao]

Kazakhstan to host inaugural FIDE World Schools Team Championship on August 3-8, 2023 ♟️


FIDE Website Link: https://www.fide.com/news/2382
WSTC Regulation file: https://www.fide.com/docs/regulation...egulations.pdf

The new flagship scholastic event will consist of two stages. The first stage is national championships among general educational institutions.
The strongest teams will advance to the second stage, the Final, which will determine the best teams in the world.


The first 50 National Federations to enter can nominate one of their teams for "invited team" status. The teams with this status are entitled to:
Free accommodation (2 twin rooms and 1 single room for children plus 1 single room for the captain)
Travel grant (from the Americas up to $10,000) to cover the cost of economy class flights and some internal travel expenses


World Schools Team Championship (WSTC) consists of 2 (two) stages:
1.4.1 Stage 1 (National Championship)
1.4.2 Stage 2 (World Final)


Team composition
Each team shall consist of four main players, one reserve, and one non-playing captain.
All players must be in the same education institute. School report cards are required to validate all players are attending the same schools.

Two Categories
Players who shall not have reached the age of 12 before January 1st of 2023.
Players who shall not have reached the age of 18 before January 1st of 2023.

CFC will conduct eligibility checks that the players are educated at the school that is entering the tournament. A team that is found to have an ineligible player will be subject to the following sanctions:

• The team and its individual players will be disqualified from the competition and forfeit all prizes they have won.

• The school will be banned from participation in the next edition of the competition. This ban may be extended by FIDE Council.

• The National Federation will be banned from entering teams into the next edition of the competition. This ban may be extended by FIDE Council.

Teams of chess academies, chess clubs, chess departments of junior physical training clubs, specialized sports schools, Olympic reserve schools, or those that combine players from more than one general educational institution are NOT allowed to participate.


CFC School Team Registration Form.
This form is for players (school team) to express their interests for the Nation Team Championship.
National School Team Hybrid Tournament will be hosted on Jun 11. More details will come.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...Bhyjg/viewform


Team Registration Deadline: Jun 7, 2023
The deadline date is extended to Jun 7.
The official team will be the Champion team from the National School Term tournament.


At this point, we are collecting all teams across Canada interested on this event. We will announce later about the National Teams Championship. The winning team will be invited to the final stage of the World Schools Team Championship.


Christina
CFC Youth Coordinator