The Windsor Chess Club presents the
2015 Canadian Youth Chess Championship

Canadian Youth Chess Championship is the most distinguished youth chess competition in Canada.  Qualified players, based on age and gender compete to be the official Canadian representatives at the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) 2015 to be held in Porto Carras, Greece.  from Oct 24 to Nov 5, 2015. This will be the last world youth championship where all age groups will be competing at the same time and the same venue.  Starting from 2016, WYCC will be divided into two events: under 8, under 10, under 12 and under 14 and the second venue for under 14, under 16 and under 18. In 2016, World Cadets will be held in Batumi, Georgia from Oct 18 to Oct 30, 2016 and World Youth will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from Sept 1 to Sept 15, 2016.

How do you qualify?

This year the Windsor Chess Community will be hosting the CYCC 2015. Main organizers are Chau Diep and Brendon Lee. Any question or comments please email: diep2@hotmail.comThere are many ways to qualify for CYCC, usually this is through a provincial tournament, however there are other ways. Usually these other methods are authorized by someone in your city or province. If they think you are good at chess, they will usually let you qualify. Also, if you were top 3 in any group in last year's CYCC you are automatically qualified this year.

Prizes

Trophies for the top 3 players and the top 3 juniors.

First place: Official representative for the World Youth Championships in Greece + travel bursary (exact amount to be determined by the Canadian Chess Federation).

Second place : Official representative for the Pan-American Championship (hotel is usually free for representatives).

Third place: Official representative for the North American Youth Championship (hotel is usually free for representatives).

Note: Players can decline their prize and have access to the next one (i.e., the second place could decide to be the representative for the NAYCC and leave the Pan-American Championship to the third place.

Hotel

The hotel will be the "Waterfront Hotel" in Windsor. More info is in the Venue section.

Click here for detail information: http://www.windsorchess.com/CYCC2015/index.php