Young Players Invited to Take Part at Friendship Team Tournament

The event will be held on November 21-22 on Tornelo.

The Belarusian Chess Federation and FIDE Chess Academy in Belarus supported by FIDE joined efforts to organize the International Online Friendship Chess Team Tournament. The 7-round Swiss Team event with the time control of 10 minutes + 5 seconds will be held on the Tornelo online platform from 21st to 22nd of November 2020.

The International Online Friendship Chess Team Tournament is open for youth teams from all the countries. Each country can register one team of 6 players (two players aged under 12, two players aged under 10, and two players aged under 8) and a captain/representative. This person is responsible for all communication and represents his or her team at the technical meeting.

The teams taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places will be awarded a free online lecture with top grandmasters Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomariov, and Antoaneta Stefanova.

Registration can be made by filling a registration form which should be sent at blr_chess@tut.by by November 17, 2020. The tournament will not be included in for FIDE rapid or any other kind of rating.

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