The Russian Youth Cup (boys and girls) 2018 consists of regional tournaments, which have a status of the stages, and the final tournament. The tournaments are held in the age categories under 9, under 11, under 13, and under 15 years old. The series results are summed up after the final event.

Sportsmen have a right to play in an unlimited number of the Russian Youth Cup stages during the year. Regulations of the stages are developed by regional chess federations and agreed with the Russian Chess Federation. 

The final stage of the Cup will take place in December 2019/ January 2020 according to the round-robin system. 

Eight players take part in each age category of the final tournament - seven of them are those who qualify from any three stages of the Russian Youth Cup and one is nominated by the Organizer. 


Tournament Calendar 2019



1. Snow Queen, January 2-9, Khabarovsk

2. A. Suetin Memorial, January 2-12, Tula

3. Nights of Bira, January 26 - February 2, Birobidzhan

4. 7th S. Levitsky Memorial, February 25 - March 4, Nizhny Tagil

5. Russian Youth Cup Stage, March 1-11, Voronezh

6. Victory Cup, March 3-10, Volgograd

7. V. Yandemirov Memorial, March 21-30, Kazan

8. B. Spassky Cup, March 22-30, Saint Petersburg

9. Kamchatka Cup, March 22-30, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

10. Minin and Pozharsky Cup, March 24 - April 3, Nizhny Novgorod

11.  Podmoskovnaya Vesna, April 30 – May 7, Odintsovo District, Moscow Oblast

12. 9th Altai Krai Cup, April 30 - May 10, Barnaul

13. Open Space, May 24-30, Korolev, Moscow Oblast

14. Hopes of Ural, May 31 – June 8, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast

15. R. Nezhmetdinov Memorial, May 31 - June 10, Kazan

16. Sea Harbor, June 2-12, Anapa

17. V. Dokhlenko Memorial, June 11-21, Tomsk

18. «Centre» Corporation Cup, June 12-19, Izhevsk

19. Sochi 2019, June 12-22, Sochi

20. Time of First Ones, June 13-23, Moscow 

21. Tolyatti Cup, June 20-29, Tolyatti 

22. Youth Chess Festival in Memory of V. Kibizov, June 22-30, Chelyabinsk

23. Alushta Summer, June 23 - July 3, Alushta

24. A. and A. Shesteperov Memorial, June 23 - July 3, Saratov

25. Rusakov Memorial, June 26 - July 6, Omsk

26. 10th Chelyabinsk Oblast Governor Cup, July 2-10, Satka

27. Volga Cup, July 3-13, Kostroma

28. Maestro, July 7-17, Berdsk

29. Seaside City, July 12-21, Vladivostok

30. Fairytale of Karelia, July 13-20, Petrozavodsk

31. Clever Children - Strong Russia, July 13-22, Moscow

32. Malaya Zemlya, July 15-25, Novorossiysk

33. Zhiguli Spaces, July 20-30, Samara

34. Yaroslav the Wise, July 22-31, Yaroslavl 

35. On Mari Land, July 24 - August 4, Yoshkar-Ola

36. 2nd Anatoly Karpov Cup, July 29 - August 6, Yekaterinburg

37. Petrovskaya Ladya. Summer, August 2-12, Peterhof

38. Hopes of Astrakhan, August 10-18, Astrakhan

39. Nadezhda Cup, August 12-22, Nizhny Novgorod

40. St Petersburg Summer, August 13-23, Saint Petersburg

41. Bryansk Forest, August 24-31, Bryansk

42. Anapa 2019, August 31 – September 10, Anapa 

43. Alexander Kulikov Memorial, September 19-30, Yalta

44. S. Karjakin Cup, September 27 - October 3, Khvalynsk

45. Kolomna Verst, October 11-19, Kolomna, Moscow Oblast

46. Leningrad Oblast Governor's Cup, October 21-29, Tosno, Leningrad Oblast

47. Final 2019, tba