Worldwide Junior is a friendly tournament for clubs with kids under 16 years of age. Tournaments will be played on Saturday at 5 pm CET. Time control is 10 + 2 for 2 hours. There are no limits, each team can field as many players as they want, but only 10 best results count for the team score at the end.
The tournament is divided into six leagues for now. If you are a new team, you start at the bottom League (currently the Five2 with 5 best results counting for the team score). Three teams each tournament get promoted.
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- The teams should be closed and the captains should know the kids playing. Coaches are responsible for controlling player age and ensuring Fairplay.
- New accounts should not participate, especially those created on the day of the tournament but also not those created in the week preceding the competitions.
- All Worldwide categories feature division system with 3 teams promotion and relegation.
- Official results are published on web after teams/players verification and suspicious results examination.
- If a team field a player suspended from lichess or a player with a new account, as a penalty the team will be demoted.
Week | Results |
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11/04/2020 | 137 players in one League: congrats to Trojanska Hästen for a stunning victory! |
18/04/2020 | 355 players in two Leagues: congrats to Team Veracruz Mexico for winning League A! |
25/04/2020 | 596 players in three Leagues: congrats to Trojanska Hästen for winning again League A! |
02/05/2020 | 660 players from all over the world! Congrats to Eskaki .gr for winning League A! |
09/05/2020 | 690 players in four Leagues! Congrats to Детская Академия Наук for winning League A! |
16/05/2020 | 775 players in four Leagues, 268 players in League A! Congrats to Cuba Masters for winning! |
23/05/2020 | 796 players in 4 Leagues, 273 in League A and 217 in C! Congrats to Cuba Masters for winning again! |
30/05/2020 | 957 players in 6 Leagues, 268 in League A, congrats to Cuba Masters for winning! |
20/06/2020 | 811 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Cuba Masters for the fourth win in a row! |
25/07/2020 | 859 players in 7 Leagues, congrats to Cuba Masters for the fifth win!! |
29/08/2020 | 943 players in 8 Leagues, congrats to Cuba Masters for winning again! |
12/09/2020 | 751 players in 7 Leagues, congrats to Team Krasyliv for winning League A! |
26/09/2020 | 776 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Chess Chile Escolar U16 for winning League A! |
10/10/2020 | 670 players in 5 Leagues, congrats to Chess Chile Escolar fon winning again! |
24/10/2020 | 681 players in 5 Leagues, congrats to Sharp Kids Online for winning! |
07/11/2020 | 691 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Sharp Kids Online for winning again! |
21/11/2020 | 799 players in 6 Leagues, a great result! |
05/12/2020 | 720 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Team Krasyliv for winning! |
19/12/2020 | 774 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Crowborough Chess Club for winning! |
09/01/2021 | 894 players in 7 Leagues, a fantastic result! |
23/01/2021 | 931 players in 7 Leagues, congrats to Федерация Шахмат Республики Башкортостан for winning! |
06/02/2021 | 889 players in 7 Leagues, congrats to Crowborough Chess Club for winning again! |
20/02/2021 | 821 players in 7 Leagues, congrats to Sharp Kids Diamond U16 for a great victory! |
06/03/2021 | More than 700 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Sharp Kids Diamond U16 for the 2nd victory in a row! |
20/03/2021 | 749 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Sharp Kids from Philippines for another convincing victory! |
03/04/2021 | 619 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Ученики И.Погорелова for their first victory! |
17/04/2021 | 749 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to ThinkB4UMove for their first victory! |
01/05/2021 | 650 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Moksleivių šachmatų klubas for their first victory! |
15/05/2021 | 605 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Stanislas Echecs and Aspire Chess Center for winning! |
29/05/2021 | 532 players in 6 Leagues, congrats to Aspire Chess Center for winning! |
12/06/2021 | 360 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to FDCH for their first victory! |
07/08/2021 | 362 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to SHARP KIDS DIAMONDS u16 for winning! |
21/08/2021 | 458 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to SHARP KIDS DIAMONDS u16 for winning again! |
04/09/2021 | 544 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to Club Ladya for their first victory! |
19/09/2021 | 557 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to SHARP KIDS DIAMONDS u16 for winning! |
02/10/2021 | 446 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to Ученики И.Погорелова for winning! |
16/10/2021 | 371 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to Ученики И.Погорелова for winning again! |
30/10/2021 | 397 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to SHARP KIDS DIAMONDS u16 for winning! |
13/11/2021 | 400 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to Club Ladya for their second victory! |
27/11/2021 | 307 players in 4 Leagues, congrats to Club Ladya for their second win in a row! |
18/12/2021 | ?! |
A
FDCH Ecuador
Ученики И.Погорелова
Club Ladya Kazakhstan
Santísimo Selección Peru
Этюд Russia
SHARP KIDS DIAMONDS u16 Philippines
SELECCION INMACULADA Peru
Strategy Club Russia
Замандас 21 Kazakhstan
Team Minnesota Scholastic USA
B
Boca Junior DK U16 Denmark
NEWTON COLLEGE CHESS CLUB Peru
Juan23 Peru
ChessAdvance USA
Aspire U16 Team 2021 India
Nam ~ Thao chess
Уктусский гамбит Russia
CMJ U16 Optimum Chess Disciples Team Malaysia
ThinkB4UMove Latvia
The Knights of Chess
C
CLUB HABANA ESCOLARES Cuba
TRINIDAD3 Peru
REY NEGRO DE PERU
Lichess Lions New York City
Legendary Chess Club
Fox Valley Chess Club USA
Rey de reyes Chess Kid
Squad Amigos del Chess U-16
ESCUELA DE AJEDREZ MDVO
ШК Оборище
D
Evolución Ajedrecística
Latvia Junior Chess
Claretiano - Selección de Ajedrez
Arriba PERÚ Peru
Сатка Chess Западный
Don Bosco & Rising Star Chess Clinic Tanzania
Club Ferlonichess Paraguay
ChessNut Academy Under 16 India
Crowborough Chess Club England
Chess-Mar_U16 Morocco
Мулловская ладья Russia
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Limhamns SK Sweden
Team Krasyliv Ukraine
Rey de reyes Chess Kid Peru
Moksleivių šachmatų klubas Lithuania
121 clubs from 42 countries (updated 22/11) - counting only the numbers of the Under 16 competition - have participated in the tournament from the first edition to date! The record for the team with the highest number of players with at least one point belongs to Team Veracruz Mexico: 50 kids playing on April 18, 2020!
On May 14 GM Evgeny Shtembuliak, current World Under 20 Champion, played for us a simul on 35 boards organized in collaboration with chess.com and broadcasted live on his Twitch channel
The Amazing Worldwide Team are a team of chess superheroes appearing in lichess.org every Thursdays and Sundays. Created by Permafrost, the characters first appeared in november 2020 and formed one of the most recognizable and successful teams in the Bundesliga.
If you have suggestions or advice or ideas to propose, you can write to Maurizio Matteoli or Goran Banovac