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2017 Match of the Millennials

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Event Details

Jul 26, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and FIDE Trainers’ Commission are proud to announce the Match of the Millennials. Hosted at the CCSCSL from July 26th through the 29th, nine American players will face nine of the best juniors from around the world.

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The Players

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Bibisara Assaubayeva

Invitational Rating: 2386

Nurgyul Salimova

Invitational Rating: 2332

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Invitational Rating: 2379

Andrey Esipenko

Invitational Rating: 2523

Aryan Chopra

Invitational Rating: 2391

Anton Smirnov

Invitational Rating: 2594

Hayk Martirosyan

Invitational Rating: 2544

Alexey Sarana

Invitational Rating: 2510

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Invitational Rating: 2467

Nicolas Checa

Invitational Rating: 2415

Andrew Hong

Invitational Rating: 2383

Martha Samadashvili

Invitational Rating: 1954

Carissa Yip

Invitational Rating: 2368

Ruifeng Li

Invitational Rating: 2676

Awonder Liang

Invitational Rating: 2583

Sam Sevian

Invitational Rating: 2574

John Michael Burke

Invitational Rating: 2479

Jeffery Xiong

Invitational Rating: 2665

Schedule

DATE	TIME	EVENT
Monday & Tuesday, July 24 & 25		Arrival
Tuesday, July 25	6 P.M.	Opening Ceremony
Wednesday, July 26	10 A.M.	Rounds 1
	5 P.M.	Round 2
Thursday, July 27	10 A.M.	Rounds 3
	5 P.M.	Round 4
Friday, July 28	10 A.M.	Rounds 5
	5 P.M.	Round 6
Saturday, July 29	9 A.M.	Rounds 7
	4 P.M.	Round 8
	8 P.M.	Closing Ceremony
Sunday, July 30		Departure

* All times listed are (GMT+1). Dates and times subject to change.

Admission: Members of the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis can watch the live rounds for free. Live commentary will be streamed online

Regulations

The 2017 Match of the Millennials is a team event with 9 U.S.A. players competing against 9 World players in two section, U17 and U14.

Teams: The match will be played in two sections: Team U17 – four (4) boards with a substitute. Players must be born on or after January 1st, 2000. Team U14 – four (4) boards consisting of two Boys & two Girls U14 Players must be born on or after January 1st, 2003. Substitute player can enter if registered an hour before the start of the game.
Format: U17 Team will be playing a double round Scheveningen system tournament – total of eight games for each player – two rounds a day. U14 Team will be playing four rounds match. Boys of Boards 1 and 2 will play two games against each of the players of the Board 1 and 2 of their counterparts on Boards 1 and 2 respectively. The same format is for the Girls on Boards 1 and 2. U14 Team will be playing one game a day, total four games for each player. USA vs. The World 2017 – Regulations 2 Board points are counting for the final standings. Each winning team of each section will be the first to score 16½ points out of the 32 games (U17) and 8½ points out of the 16 games (U14). In overall standings, the winning delegation will be the first to score 24½ points out of the 48 games. In case of a tie (section & overall) the match will be drawn. There will be a winning team (if any) in each section and an overall winner of both sections (if any).
Time Control: All games will be played by classical time control: 90 minutes for the entire game with a 30 seconds increment per move, starting from the first move (G/90+30″ increment).
Prompt Arrival: Players are expected to arrive promptly for their games. Players more than 30 (thirty) minutes late for a round shall forfeit that round.
Chief Arbiter Discretion: In the event of an unexpected occurrence, the Chief Arbiter reserves the right to make all decisions in conjunction with or on behalf of the Chess Club.