Intercontinental ChessKid/FIDE Challenge Raffle Winners!
What a GREAT event with so many amazing chess players from all around the world! The Intercontinental ChessKid/FIDE Challenge took place on Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 and included more than 1900 players from 86 countries and six continents. The tournament included the most continents and countries from any known online scholastic chess tournament in history!Congratulations to all of the ChessKids who participated in this historic event. If you missed it (or want to watch it again), click here for the Eastern Section re-broadcast or click here for the Western Section re-broadcast. The Eastern Section was hosted by WIM Jesse February and WCM Rebecca Selkirk. The Western Section was hosted by FunMasterMike and FIDE Managing Director WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola.
Congratulations to the following ChessKids who had a score of at least 6.5/7 in the tournament:
8 & Under, Western Section: AaronMenW8U, OwenXuW8U, IshaanRajW8U, JesusDiaW8U
8 & Under, Eastern Section: SafinSafE8U, HarveyZhuE8U, YuvaneshAE8U, ParambrataSarE8U,
Ages 9-12, Western Section: TeimurTokW912, ShreyaRoyW912, LuciusMelW912, PrajitKumW912
Ages 9-12, Eastern Section: IsaakHuhE912, ZeruiXinE912
In the spirit of participation, every child had the chance to win prizes! For every half point earned, the ChessKid received one raffle ticket into the drawing. For every win, the ChessKid received two raffle tickets. In addition, any player finishing the tournament received a bonus raffle ticket.
With so many amazing ChessKids participating, there was a total of 84 prizes! The raffle took place on January 28, 2021. Winners listed below will be contacted individually by ChessKid staff (by your registration email) before February 4, 2021.
Thank you to all of the INCREDIBLE ChessKids from all over the world. Both ChessKid and FIDE wish you continued success in your chess endeavors. Remember all players get two months of free gold membership on their Tournament ID, so you can now watch all the videos, do unlimited puzzles and more!
Prizes!
One Grand Prize Per Section (4 total): A game of your choice from the tournament made into an official animated ChessKid video with FunMasterMike, a one-year Gold Membership, and an invitation to the mini-camp (below):
| AnthiaTziE912 |
| BennettGasW912 |
| MatteoPalE8U |
| ThomasGuiW8U |
10 Featured Prizes Per Section (40 total): A mini-camp invitation with an elite grandmaster plus a one-year gold membership to ChessKid:
| AdamTenW8U |
| AdityaKanW8U |
| AlexaRoqE912 |
| AliceFudW912 |
| AlisonOneW8U |
| AnaghPurW912 |
| AvyuktDasW912 |
| BossenKanE8U |
| CharalamposKarE8U |
| ChrysaMitW912 |
| CianPatW912 |
| DanielHerW8U |
| DarioTsaE8U |
| DeborahBowW8U |
| EchaeKimE8U |
| EricFayE912 |
| GeorgiosKatE912 |
| GregoryKirW912 |
| IlyaRomE912 |
| IsaacBraW8U |
| JaeyeonParE8U |
| JamesNelW8U |
| JeeveshAgrE912 |
| JiwooChuE912 |
| JustinOdoW912 |
| JuwonAhnE8U |
| LottaKopW912 |
| LukeFekW8U |
| MalikTurW8U |
| MateuszWesE912 |
| MichaelNik8U |
| NathanChaW912 |
| NihiraKouE912 |
| RomanEraE912 |
| ShaunSeqE912 |
| ShinSeaE912 |
| SotiriosPapE8U |
| SrivatsaSirE8U |
| TeimurTokW912 |
| VikramMenW912 |
| XuyuanZouE8U |
| YuvaneshAE8U |
| ZidNeoE8U |
10 Premium Prizes Per Section (40 total): One year Gold Membership to ChessKid:
| AaravDhaE8U |
| AdenKenE8U |
| ArnavSriW912 |
| BoKanE912 |
| ChaitanyaVadE912 |
| CharlieBreW8U |
| ChristinaBakE912 |
| CinarErgE8U |
| DavidPerW912 |
| DavidVarW912 |
| EliseMueW912 |
| EthanChuW912 |
| EvanLiW8U |
| GithihaSatW8U |
| HarikrishnanPraW8U |
| IndrajithKarE912 |
| InjiAlaE912 |
| IraBohE8U |
| JackBusW8U |
| JaeheonJunE912 |
| JeffLowE912 |
| KleopatraDouW912 |
| LandonBunW8U |
| MarkCukW8U |
| MatildaClaE8U |
| MichaelGirW8U |
| NikhilKapE8U |
| NikitaUshE912 |
| NoahSolW912 |
| PrestonYu8U |
| RahulPotW912 |
| RikkaMitE912 |
| SafinSafE8U |
| SrinikshithaLinW912 |
| SunhooKimE8U |
| ThomasAyaW8U |
| TselmuunAdiW912 |
| XianzheLinE8U |
| ZayneEddineElE912 |
| ZeqiXinE8U |