ChessKid European Team Festival Region 3: Coming March 26!

The ChessKid European Team Festival continues in March again for the 3^rd leg of divisions! While we saw Latvia and Slovakia emerge victorious in the previous two (check out Region 1 and Region 2 if you missed it), we'll have a new set of countries facing off for the second edition. On March 26th at 6 am PT/9 am ET/2 pm CET, join us for Region 3 featuring teams of ChessKids from four new countries.

Which countries and talented young players will be competing this month? We're glad you asked:

Albania

Azerbaijan

 

Georgia

 

Turkey

 

 

As before, each country will field a team of four players from four different age groups (U8, U10, U12, and U14) and will be represented by two boys and two girls. 

The four countries will face off in two stages. First, all four countries will face off in a pair of semifinal matches and the winners of those matches will move forward to the final.

Here's the schedule (all games will be 10 minutes with a 5-second increment):

• 6 am PT/9 am ET/2 pm CET (Azerbaijan vs Albania)
• 7:15am PT/10:15am ET/3:15pm CET (Turkey vs Georgia)
• 8:30am PT/11:30am ET/4:30pm CET (Finals)

Winners from the festival will receive free ChessKid gold memberships for one year and will go on to have the chance to compete against other top teams later this year. The second-place team will receive six months of free ChessKid gold memberships, and all participants will receive three months of ChessKid gold memberships.

Join us at Chess.com/TV or twitch.tv/chesskid! The first qualifier will begin at 6 am PT/9 am ET/3 pm CET and will feature commentary from WIM Jesse February and our special guests GM Rashad Babaev and IM Salome Melia.