Ontario Youth Chess Championships 2014

Felix Dumont's picture
Submitted by Felix Dumont on Mon, 04/14/2014 - 22:06

OYCC

2014

The Ontario Youth Chess Championships (OYCC) are coming on April 18/19/20.

This year, again, the event will be hosted at Kitchener City Hall. This beautiful facility has lots of room for friends and family to socialize as they await the results of their young hopefuls.

Youth Championships for the OCA

The OYCC is the annual youth championship that crowns the Ontario Champions in each of 12 categories:

  • Under 8 both Girls and Open
  • Under 10 both Girls and Open
  • Under 12 both Girls and Open
  • Under 14 both Girls and Open
  • Under 16 both Girls and Open
  • Under 18 both Girls and Open

As such, the OYCC is the Official Youth Championship of the Ontario Chess Association (OCA)

Youth Qualifier for the CYCC

The OYCC also is an official qualifier event that will qualify the top players from each section to go on to the Canadian Youth Chess Championships (CYCC). This year theCYCC is being held in Montreal, QC on July 15 - 18.

The CYCC in turn determines Canada's team that will compete in the World Youth Chess Championships (WYCC), this year being held in Durban, South Africa

Bursary event for the CYCC

The OYCC will also be able to support the top players from each section to go on to the CYCC with bursaries that may cover anywhere from part of the entry fee to the CYCC to full entry plus some more to help with travel/hotel expenses!

In order to qualify for bursaries, players must finish at or near the top of their section at the OYCC and use the funds for the 2014 CYCC.

Bursaries may be limited to sections with a minimum of 4 players

 

More details on the tournament website.

Category: