3rd Annual ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championships Starts June 20th!

ChessKid.com is excited to announce the third annual ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship, taking place this June! Similar to the Chess.com Speed Chess Championships and Junior Speed Chess Championships, the event will host a series of one-on-one matches with top youth players from around the world. All players will be aged 10 and under with a total prize fund of $5,000! In addition, the winner will also receive private lessons with a top-rated GM (This will be determined later depending on the language preference of the winning player).

This series will host eight of the top youth chess players from around the world. Similar to the Chess.com events, participants will play a series of blitz chess matches. Each match will be two hours long and will be decided by 5+1 and 3+1 time controls.

Quarterfinals for this event will take place on June 20th and 24th, and the finals will take place shortly after. Exact times will be determined based on the schedules of the participating players.

Here are the eight confirmed players competing in the event. Ages are as of January 1, 2022 and ratings are based on the March FIDE and US Chess ratings lists. For international players, only the FIDE rating is used for seeding. For U.S. players, an average of their FIDE and US Chess ratings is used.

• Yagiz Erdogmus (Turkey, 2358)
• Ilan Schanider (Argentina, 2179)
• Jiri Bouska (Czech Republic, 2070)
• Rosh Jain (India, 2221)
• Megan Paragua (USA, 1925)
• Fausti Oro (Argentina, 1944)
• Hussain Besou (Germany, 2056)
• Filip Ochedzan (Poland, 1873)

All matches will be broadcast on Chess.com/TV with ChessKid's FunMasterMike commentating!

Each match will follow the rules and format below:

• Each player must maintain his/her own connection to the ChessKid.com live site and webcam for the broadcast. There are also no 'takebacks' for any kind of mouseslip.
• All usual Chess.Com/ChessKid.com fair play measures will be in place. 
• The winner of each match will move forward to the next round.
• The first 75 minutes will be 5+1 and the final 45 minutes will be 3+1.
• If match is tied after the last 3+1 game, players will keep playing 3+1 until there is a winner. There is no color equalization requirement (the match could end after the first tiebreak game). Whichever player did not pick the color in the first game of the match gets to pick their starting color in game one of the tiebreak.

 
The ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship offers the following prizes:

Round 1 (Quarterfinals): 8 players, 4 matches, $2,000 prize pool

Winner: $300 and advances to round 2

Other player: $200

Total prizes per match: $500

Round 2 (Semifinals): 4 players, 3 matches, $1,500 prize pool

Winner: $500 and advances to round 3

Other player: $250

Total prizes per match: $750

Round 3 (Finals): 2 players, 1 match, $1,500 prize pool

Winner: $1,000 plus lessons with a top-20 GM

Runner-up: $500

Total Prize: $1,500

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