The US Chess Federation has invited 89 players to the 2017 World Cadets Chess Championships based on rating, three from Illinois!
The competition will be held August 21 – 31 in Pocos de Caldas, Brazil.
Dimitar Mardov and Arthur Xu were invited for the Under 10 competition and Aren Emrikian for the Under 8 section.
They will be part of the US delegation — but it remains to be seen if they might be named the “official representative” for their respective age category.
According to US Chess:
- A player’s age for this tournament is his/her age as of January 1, 2017.
- 2017 February Supplement is used for ratings determination
- The FIDE World Cadets is an open tournament and any US Chess member who meets the age requirement for an age group may play.
- Details concerning the 2017 World Cadets tournament are currently found at the organizers’ website – https://www.wccc2017.com/.
- Players should contact Jerry Nash as soon as possible to confirm their participation and to receive additional registration information.
Congratulations to Dimitar, Arthur and Aren — and others are asked to advise youth@il-chess.org if they might be attending the event.
It is believed that both Aren (Under 8) and Arthur (Under 10) are the next-to-top rated in their respective age group based on the critical February ratings.