April 7, 2021: Moksleivių šachmatų klubas (Lithuania) repeated their success from the previous edition, winning in the top U12 League. Today's group Center A was one of the most numerous and with all teams being very competitive, and many exchanges in the leaderboard throughout the tournament. Near the end, Chess Profi (St.Peterburg, Russia) was close … Continue reading Double triumph for Lithuanians!
СШ 2 Кстово (Sport School №2 Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) managed to squeeze another very close victory in Division Center A, that was held on March 31, 2021. Only one point behind was U08 Mouflon Chess Team from Cyprus. Third for Moksleivių šachmatų klubas (Lithuania), tied with Strateg Sttutgart U8 team. U8 Center final standings: 1 … Continue reading U8: Kstovo victorious
Online competition and training ground for the young champions!! Kids born in 2013 and younger.Time control is 10+2 Tournament duration is 90 minutes. Played on Wednesdays.Team tournaments are played every two weeks. Center A , Center BEast , West There is no upper limit to the number of players. In Worldwide you can find smaller teams, as … Continue reading U8 League – March 31
СШ 2 Кстово (Sport School №2 Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) leaves very little breathing room in Division Center A: rulers of U8 competition are undisputed winners for the past several editions. This time, Arriba PERÚ came very close, but had to settle with second place. Excellent result for U08 Mouflon Chess Team from Cyprus, finishing third … Continue reading U8: Wins for Kstovo, Sharp Kids, and Arriba Peru
Eminent Chess Academy, New Delhi achieved their first win in Worldwide U8 Division East, that was held on February 3, 2021. In Division Center A, repeated success for СШ 2 Кстово (Sport School №2 Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), currently the strongest and most successful U8 team in Worldwide competition. Second place for numerous Latvia Junior Chess … Continue reading U8: Kstovo continues domination
Worldwide Chess Festival to be held on the last Saturday. Changes in the League's group system announced.
Incredible finish in Division East: Этюд (Etud, Ekaterinburg, Russia) and SHARP KIDS Under 8 (Philippines) ended up tied for the first place!! Only three points behind them were players of Eminent Chess Academy (New Delhi, India). In Division Center A, a very convincing win for СШ 2 Кстово (Sport School №2 Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod), strong team … Continue reading U8: wins for Etud, Kstovo and Fox Valley
With the New Year coming, Worldwide age categories will receive adjustments in age limits: U8 is for children born in 2013 and younger,U12 is for children born in 2009 and younger,U16 is for children born in 2005 and younger,U14w is for girls born in 2007 and younger.All teams should update their lineups, review memberships, or … Continue reading 2021: updated Age categories and Leagues
A young team from St. Petersburg, Russia, formed under the name of Chess_Profi, is the winner of the Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 23, 2020. Very successful Russian team is always very competitive and brings many players, today came with 18 youngsters born in 2012 or younger. And the rest … Continue reading U8: Chess Profi victorious
Worldwide U8 Center A - December 9, 2020 Winners of Worldwide U8 top level group Center A team tournament that was held on December 9, 2020 are players of the famous Botvinnik Chess School (Moscow, Russia). Numerous team from Moscow outplayed all their opponents and won by a large margin. Second place went to KSz “HETMAN” Katowice … Continue reading Botvinnik School – Winners of U8
The Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 9, 2020 saw an excellent result by a very engaging and motivated young team from Poland: KSz “HETMAN” Katowice was the first team in quite a long time that managed to put a fight against Russian teams that dominate U8 category. First place went to Botvinnik Chess … Continue reading KSz “HETMAN” Katowice
Worldwide U8 Center A - December 9, 2020 The team of Botvinnik Chess School is winner of the Worldwide U8 Center A competition that was held on December 9, 2020. Numerous team from Moscow that consisted of 16 students, outplayed all their opponents and won by a large margin. Second place for the young team … Continue reading U8: Win for Botvinnik School
369 players. Etud wins East, and Peru dominates West.
Worldwide U8 Division East - November 25, 2020 Players of Этюд (Etud, Ekaterinburg, Russia) emerged victorious in today's Worldwide U8 team tournament, one of the most numerous ones so far: 128 players born in 2012 and younger. Eminent Chess Academy (New Delhi, India) was second-placed, their best result so far, and third were SHARP KIDS (Philippines). … Continue reading U8 East: Etud Ekaterinburg win
Brief history of early U8 events, with links to the tournaments on lichess. Record number of participants was on May 28, with 378 players total, and Eastern Division being the biggest league ever, with 171 players.
Worldwide Junior Chess 