ChessKid European Team Festival Continues: Meet the 9th Region!

The next division of the ChessKid European Team Festival is coming ! The Region 9 match will take place on Saturday, November 19 at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. CET! 

Join us to watch ChessKids from Region 9 (England,  Ireland,   Netherlands ,  Scotland  and Israel) battle it out on the board! The European Team Festival consists of tournaments across different regions, featuring a series of matches between ChessKids from different European countries.

Below you can see the 8 known finalists out of 9:

Division

Date

Teams

Region 1

January

Estonia, Latvia , Lithuania, Poland

Region 2

February

Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

Region 3

March

Albania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey

Region 4

April

France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg

Region 5

June

Ukrainian League: Kids vs GMs

Region 6

June

Portugal , Greece, Italy, Spain

Region 7

August

Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia , Croatia

Region 8

September

Iceland , Norway, Sweden, Denmark

Region 9

November

England, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Israel
Grand final January   

During the 9th region of the ChessKid European Team Festival, 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 9th region  tournament will consist of four Round Robin tournaments based on age: U8, U10, U12 and U14. Each tournament will be played 5 rounds.
Team points will be counted by sum of the points of each player (U8,10, 12, 14) of each team.

Pairing.
The starting numbers of the teams according to the draw:
1. Netherlands  2. Ireland  3. Scotland  4. England  5. Israel

Pairing in each Round:

1 round

Ireland – Israel
Scotland – England
Netherlands – bye

2 round

Netherlands – Ireland
Israel – Scotland
England – bye

3 round

Scotland – Netherlands
England – Israel
Ireland – bye

4 round

Netherlands – England
Ireland – Scotland
Israel – bye

5 round

Israel – Netherlands
England – Ireland
Scotland – bye

  

Time control will be 10 minutes + 5 second increment starting from the first move.

Winners from the region will receive free ChessKid Gold memberships for one year, and will go on to have the chance to compete against the top team from other regional festival matches in January 2023. All participants will receive three-month ChessKid Gold memberships.

There's only a short time left until the Grand Final!

Join us at chess.com/tv or twitch.tv/chesskid for commentary of WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili and our special guests!