The Russian Youth Cup (boys and girls) 2018 consists of regional tournaments, which have a status of the stages, and the final tournament. The tournaments are held in the age categories under 9, under 11, under 13, and under 15 years old.

Sportsmen have a right to play in an unlimited number of the Russian Youth Cup stages during the year. Regulations of the stages are developed by regional chess federations and agreed with the Russian Chess Federation. 

The final stage of the Cup takes place during the first ten days of January 2019 according to the round-robin system. 


Tournament Calendar 2018



1. Snow Queen, January 2-9, Khabarovsk

2. A. Suetin Memorial, January 2-10, Tula

3. Nights of Bira, February 22-28, Birobidzhan

4. 7th S. Levitsky Memorial, February 26 - March 5, Nizhny Tagil

5. Russian Youth Cup Stage, March 7-17, Voronezh

6. R. Nezhmetdinov Memorial, March 21-30, Kazan

7. B. Spassky Cup, March 21-28, Saint Petersburg

8. Kamchatka Cup, March 23-31, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

9. Minin and Pozharsky Cup, March 24 - April 3, Nizhny Novgorod

10.  Podmoskovnaya Vesna, April 30 – May 7, Odintsovo District, Moscow Oblast

11. Russian Youth Cup Stage, May 4-12, Perm

12. Open Space, May 31 - June 7, Korolev, Moscow Oblast

13. Hopes of Ural, May 31 – June 8, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast

14. Sea Harbor, June 2-12, Anapa

15. «Centre» Corporation Cup, June 9-17, Izhevsk

16. Yaroslavia, June 10-18, Rybinsk

17. Crimea Summer, June 12-21, Yevpatoria 

18. Sochi 2018, June 12-22, Sochi

19. V. Dokhlenko Memorial, June 12-22, Tomsk

20. Russian Youth Cup Stage, June 15-23, Nalchik

21. Tolyatti Cup, June 18-27, Tolyatti 

22. Rusakov Memorial, June 22 - July 2, Omsk

23. Youth Chess Festival in Memory of V. Kibizov, June 22-30, Chelyabinsk

24. 5th Sergey Karjakin’s Cup, June 23-20, Simferopol

25. 9th Chelyabinsk Oblast Governor Cup, July 2-10, Satka

26. Volga Cup, July 3-13, Kostroma

27. Malaya Zemlya, July 9-19, Novorossiysk 

28. Maestro, July 9-20, Berdsk

29. Seaside City, July 12-19, Vladivostok

30. Fairytale of Karelia, July 13-20, Petrozavodsk

31. Yaroslav the Wise, July 19-29, Yaroslavl 

32. Russky Island, July 20-30, Vladivostok

33. Zhiguli Spaces, July 20-30, Samara

34. 7th Altai Krai Cup, July 22 – August 1, Barnaul

35. Anatoly Karpov Cup as part of EURASIA OPEN Chess Festival, July 31 - August 11, Yekaterinburg

36. Petrovskaya Ladya. Summer, August 2-12, Peterhof

37. Summer in Etud, August 5-15, Moscow 

38. Hopes of Astrakhan, August 10-18, Astrakhan

39. Nadezhda Cup, August 12-22, Nizhny Novgorod 

40. St Petersburg Summer, August 14-24, Saint Petersburg

41. Bryansk Forest, August 24-31, Bryansk

42. Anapa 2018, August 31 – September 10, Anapa 

43. Alexander Kulikov Memorial, September 19-30, Yalta

44. Kolomna Verst, October 12-20, Kolomna, Moscow Oblast

45. Final 2018, tba