FIDE World University Online Championships to Be Held on March 13-28

There will be both individual and team events.

The International Chess Federation announced the First FIDE World University Online Chess Championships. The event is open to students born in 1995 or later, who have their secondary education completed, and are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at a university.

The championships will be organized by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (www.utrgv.edu) and will consist of four different competitions that will take place over three consecutive weekends:

FIDE World University Individual Online Blitz Championship (13-14 March)
FIDE World University Individual Online Rapid Championship (20-21 March)
FIDE World University Team Online Rapid Cup (27 March)
FIDE World University Team Online Blitz Cup (28 March).

The championships will be played on two different platforms: the individual events will take place on Tornelo, while the team events will be hosted by Chess24.

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