GCF to host qualifying tournament for FIDE Cadets & Youth Tournament

Guyana’s top junior chess players will hit the boards once again this weekend, but this time around the stakes will be higher, as they compete for a spot in an international tournament.
The qualifying tournament is slated for Saturday, June 19 at 14:00h (2 pm) and will be contested virtually on the Tornelo Platform. the children will be playing for an opportunity to represent Guyana at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Cadets and Youth Rapid World Cup Online.
The players will be competing in five categories, namely: Under-18, U-16, U-14, U-12 and U-10.
According to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), it is expecting to send 30 representatives to this international tournament.
The Federation added that the preparation of some players has been ongoing with training under the guidance of International Master Atanu Lahiri over the past nine months.
Anyone wishing to participate are being urged to contact Anand Raghunauth on 681-8771 or Marcia Lee 609-4116 for online registration forms. Thus far, the participation of Under-12 Champion Kyle Couchman has been confirmed.
According to FIDE, the international tournament is two- fold and will be conducted as follows:

Qualifying Stage (August 1-20, 2021)
Every Chess Federation can register 3 players per category in the qualifying stage (30 players in total) which is held in the format of 10-round Swiss tournament. In some cases, the federations are entitled to replace players from various age categories, boys and girls, within 30 players.
According to the “medal statistics” of 2017 – 2020, some federations can register additional players.
Federations are entitled to apply to the organiser for the wild cards during the registration process.

Final stage (August 26-31, 2021)
The finals will consist of ten separate 16-player KO tournaments (Girls Under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and Open Under 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18) with 6 players who have personal right to participate and 10 qualifiers in each — 160 participants in total.
The three top finishers per category will qualify for the FIDE Online Rapid Super Final 2021. The prize fund of Super Final amounts to €30,000.
The players placed 4-8 (5 players) and one highest-rated player (by 01.08.2021 FIDE Standard rating) among 9-16th places in the World Cup 2021 per category in each qualifying tournament will advance to the FIDE Online Rapid Grand Prix Series 2021.