WR Chess supports the World Youth Chess Championship 2024 in Brazil, where the best young talents in the world have been competing for the titles from October 28 to November 10. 527 players from 62 nations, including 150 titleholders, participated. With 97 players, host Brazil provided the largest delegation.
“Supporting the World Youth Chess Championship is perfectly aligned with our goals,” explains Wadim Rosenstein. WR Chess is passionate about promoting chess as a sport and giving talented young players opportunities to develop. Rosenstein: “We see chess as a social tool that builds bridges, strengthens communities and helps develop young personalities.” A competition that brings together the best young chess players in the world is in line with the mission of WR Chess.
Since 2015, the World Youth Chess Championships have been divided into the World Cadet Chess Championship (U8, U10, U12) and the World Youth Chess Championship (U14, U16, U18). Between games, the young players in Florianopolis had the opportunity to get to know an extraordinary place. The majority of the city, with more than 400,000 inhabitants, is located on the island of Ilha de Santa Catarina, off the Atlantic coast. Beach volleyball and surfing in the sand dunes were also on the program for supervisors, coaches, and parents.
The World Chess Federation FIDE organized the title fights in the three age groups and the open as well as the girls' category together with the Brazilian Chess Federation. Participants played eleven rounds of Swiss system with classic time control.
Those who wanted to could also enjoy a chess competition on the rest day. The first World Youth Championships in problem solving were on the program, a discipline that is becoming increasingly popular among the younger age groups. In addition, there was an open blitz tournament, which was primarily intended to be fun. There was no world championship title to be won in the blitz.
