World Youth Chess Championships 2013
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World Youth Chess Championships 2013
The United Arab Emirates will be sponsoring the Championships. 17th - 29th December. Looks like Christmas is cancelled this year.
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Where were the dates published?Gordon Cadden wrote:The United Arab Emirates will be sponsoring the Championships. 17th - 29th December. Looks like Christmas is cancelled this year.
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
Yes - best to find the correct information in Abu Dhabi, http://www.worldyouth2013.comMatthew Turner wrote:There has been an information Leek
http://www.welshchessunion.org.uk/junio ... ships-2013
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
I must defend the virtues of the Welsh Chess Union. The website you quoted doesn't even have dates on it!
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
It's on the FIDE site
http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... menia.html
in which
http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... menia.html
in which
Personally I think that FIDE should put in stronger "break" clauses in the agreements when it awards events. So if an organiser cannot meet the original dates or financial commitments, then the event is taken away from them, or at the very least they are marked down for future bids.The UAE Chess Federation advised that they had made an agreement with the University which meant that they were only able to hold the World Youth at the end of December 2013. They also confirmed that all participants would get free food and lodging. The PB reluctantly agreed to this change of dates;
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
The original dates was set for August, but I understand there was a F.I.D.E. EGM last week, with proposals to switch the event to December.
We shall have to await clarification from Abu Dhabi.
We shall have to await clarification from Abu Dhabi.
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Re: World Youth Chess Championships 2013
According to the F.I.D.E. Calendar, the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2013, is scheduled for Chongqing, China 21st - 31st. July.