Russian Team Championships in classical chess, rapid and blitz among boys and girls are played in Tolyatti, from July 31st till August 12th, 2018. 

Children’s teams of Youth Sports Schools, Art Palaces, schools and other educational institutions are entitled to take part in the event. Team composition: 7 participants, 4 regular players, including 1 girl, 1 reserve (boy or girl), 1 coach, and 1 representative. The participants’ age should not exceed 18 years old (2000 year of birth). No foreign participants are allowed to play for a team. A girl should play on the 4th board. One person can combine the functions of a coach and a representative.

Classical chess


Guaranteed prize fund is 100,000 roubles.

Time control: 90 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move from the beginning of the game.

Match days: August 1st-9th. The first round starts at 3 p.m., rounds 2-9 begin at 10 a.m. 

Draw negotiations before the 40th move are not permitted.

Rapid 


Guaranteed prize fund is 50,000 roubles.

Time control: 10 minutes for the rest of the game, with 10 seconds added after each move from the beginning of the game.

The tournament will be held on August 10th.

Blitz


Guaranteed prize fund is 40,000 roubles.

Time control: 3 minutes for the rest of the game, with 2 seconds added after each move from the beginning of the game.


Teams from Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Tolyatti, Salekhard, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Smolensk, Moscow Oblast, and Voronezh will compete for medals and prizes. 

The winners of recent events are Youth Sports School named after M. Botvinnik (Moscow) and Sports School of Olympic Reserve "Youth of Moscow".

Chief arbiter is IA Aleksandr Vatlin (Izhevsk).