The Russian Youth Cup (boys and girls) 2020 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, 11, 13, and 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 Chess Federation of Russia. 

The final stage of the Cup will take place in December 2020 as a round-robin event. 

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. 

All tournaments starting from the 6th (Kamchatka Cup) are cancelled. 


Tournament Calendar 2020



1. Snow Queen, January 3-9, Khabarovsk

2. A. Suetin Memorial, January 2-10, Tula

3. S. Levitsky Memorial, February 24 - March 2, Nizhny Tagil

4. Victory Cup, March 2-10, Volgograd

5. Russian Youth Cup Stage, March 6-13, Voronezh

6. Kamchatka Cup, March 20-28, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

7. B. Spassky Cup, March 20-28, Saint Petersburg

8. Minin and Pozharsky Cup, March 22-30, Nizhny Novgorod

9. V. Yandemirov Memorial, March 23-31, Kazan

10. Dawns of Bira, April 30 - May 6, Birobidzhan

11. Podmoskovnaya Vesna, April 30 – May 8, Serpukhov

12. Altai Krai Cup, April May 2-8, Barnaul

13. Drozd-Balakovo, May 14-20, Balakovo

14. Open Space, May 24-30, Korolev

15. Hopes of Ural, May 31 – June 10, Orsk

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

17. Sea Harbor, June 2-12, Anapa

18. Sochi 2020, June 11-21, Sochi

19. V. Dokhlenko Memorial, June 12-22, Tomsk

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

21. Time of First Ones, June 12-21, Moscow 

22. Sun City, June 17-27, Nalchik

23. Tolyatti Cup, June 20-29, Tolyatti 

24. Youth Chess Festival in Memory of V. Kibizov, June 26 - July 4, Chelyabinsk

25. Volga Cup, July 3-13, Kostroma

26. Chelyabinsk Oblast Governor Cup, July 5-13, Satka

27. Maestro, July 5-12, Berdsk

28. Seaside City, July 11-20, Vladivostok

29. Fairytale of Karelia, July 13-21, Petrozavodsk

30. Intelligent Children - Strong Russia, July 13-21, Moscow

31. Malaya Zemlya, July 13-23, Novorossiysk

32. Anatoly Karpov Cup, July 19-27, Yekaterinburg

33. Russky Island, July 19-29, Vladivostok

34. Zhiguli Spaces, July 20-30, Samara

35. Yaroslav the Wise, July 20-30, Yaroslavl

36. Perm Period, July 29 - August 6, Perm

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

38. Hopes of Astrakhan, August 8-16, Astrakhan

29. Vladimir Open, August 13-21, Suzdal

40. Nadezhda Cup, August 13-23, Nizhny Novgorod

41. St Petersburg Summer, August 21-28, Saint Petersburg

42. Bryansk Forest, August 25-31, Bryansk

43. Anapa 2020, August 31 – September 10, Anapa

44. Nekrasov Autumn, september 19-27, Yaroslavl

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

46. Missilina Memorial, October 23 - November 4, Tuapse

47. Final 2019, December 3-11, Yaroslavl