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- November,14-27
- 2:00 PM – 3:30PM
FIDE WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
JUNE 14-27, 2026 MONTESILVANO, ITALY
Invitation
The organizers, International Chess Federation FIDE and Italian Chess Federation together with UniChess are inviting all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2026. The dates are 14 June (arrivals) to 27 June 2026 (departures).
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Official players
Every National Federation can register one official player in each category (under 14, 16, and 18 years old, open and girls). This total of six (6) Official Players plus one Accompanying Official, hereafter referred to as Head of Delegation (captain/trainer with a valid FIDE ID) belonging to the national federation are invited by the Organizers. A player must not have reached his/her 14th, 16th or 18th birthday, respectively, before 1st January 2026.
Invited players
The following have a personal right and are entitled to participate provided they fulfil the condition of Rule 3 above: - The top 3 players of the previous edition. - The champions (gold medalists) of the previous edition may elect to play in the same age-category or a higher age category – for example, the U14 champion may play in the U14 Championship if he is still eligible by age or to play in the U16 or U18 Championship. - The Continental Youth Champions (gold medalists) of the year preceding this edition. Such players shall also be classified as Official Players and have to be registered by the national federation.
Additional Players
Players, other than Official Players, shall be classified as Additional Players. All other persons, other than players or the Accompanying Officials, shall be classified as Accompanying Persons. Each National Federation shall be responsible for all the costs of their Additional Players and Accompanying Persons.
Deadline
In order to provide appropriate tournament conditions, the Federations must carefully complete the official online registration form and submit it to the Organizers by Tuesday, 7 April 2026. After this deadline, the official players cannot be registered as invited players. Further participants may not be accepted, or an additional fee of 80 € (euros) may be requested according to the FIDE regulations.
Calendar
| Sun 14 Jun 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 22:00 |
Arrival Day |
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| Mon 15 Jun 2026 | |||
| 09:30 - 11:30 |
Technical meeting |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Opening ceremony |
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| 15:00 - |
1st round |
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| Tue 16 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
2nd round |
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| Wed 17 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
3rd round |
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| Thu 18 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
4th round |
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| 10:00 - |
Football Match |
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| Fri 19 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
5th round |
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| Sat 20 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
6th round |
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| 21:00 - |
Blitz Tournament 3+2 |
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| Sun 21 Jun 2026 | |||
| - |
Rest Day |
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| Mon 22 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
7th round |
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| Tue 23 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
8th round |
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| Wed 24 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
9th round |
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| Thu 25 Jun 2026 | |||
| 15:00 - |
10th round |
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| Fri 26 Jun 2026 | |||
| 13:30 - |
11th round |
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| 21:30 - |
Closing Ceremony |
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| Sat 27 Jun 2026 | |||
| - |
Departure Day |
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