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World Youth Chess 2024 is in Floripa, Brazil

The World Youth Chess Championship 2024 is scheduled to take place in Floripa, Brazil, 28 October – 10 November. The event will be for U14, U16, and U18 categories, boys and girls respectively.

The venue of the event is Hotel Canasvieiras IN, Florianópolis (SC) – Brazil. The tournament will be played using the Swiss System with 11 rounds. The rate of play will be in accordance with the FIDE rules: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to rest of the game, with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.

The deadline for registration is September 2nd, 2024. After this date, the organizers reserve the right to refuse or decline late registrations

Recent youth event: European Youth Chess with 1250 players / European youth 2024 live

Next: World Chess Championship 2024

World Youth Chess 2024

World Youth Chess 2024 schedule

DateWeekdayRoundTime
28-OctMondayArrivals dayAll day
29-OctTuesdayTechnical meeting – captains10:00
Opening Ceremony14:00
Round 115:00
30-OctWednesdayRound 215:00
31-OctThursdayRound 315:00
1-NovFridayRound 415:00
2-NovSaturdayRound 515:00
3-NovSundayRound 615:00
4-NovMondayRest dayAll day
5-NovTuesdayRound 715:00
6-NovWednesdayRound 815:00
7-NovThursdayRound 915:00
8-NovFridayRound 1015:00
9-NovSaturdayRound 1115:00
Closing Ceremony22:00
10-NovSundayDepartures dayAll day

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