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Tuesday, 27 Oct 2020 09:54
First ever ISF World Schools Championship Online Chess goes big



The ISF World Schools Championship Online Chess 2020 was an online event, held on the virtual competition platform Premium Chess throughout October 2020. Young players from all over the world displayed a high-level performance in both age categories, U14 and U17.

The final stage of the event, the finals in the U17 category (2003-2004-2005), took place over the last weekend, on October 24 and 25, 2020.

Young players from Armenia (boys) and Georgia (girls) took the titles in these categories. Albert Gevorgyan (Armenia) came first in the open category, and Ekaterine Pipia (Georgia) won the gold in the girl category. Both players qualified for the ISF Gymnasiade Jinjiang 2020 (which will be held in China from 16th to 23rd of October 2021).

The finals were broadcasted on 1 Play Sports social media channels and moderated by Soumya Swaminathan, former FIDE World Junior Girls champion.

Full results and archive of the live stream:
https://www.isfsports.org/isf-world-schools-championship-online-chess-2020