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