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Punjab Junior Qualifying Chess Championship 2020 on 23rd January

Another call for talented chess players to take part in the 2020 Punjab Junior Qualifying Chess Championship which is scheduled to be held on 23rd January at PSB Coaching Center in Lahore.

Punjab Junior Qualifying Chess Championship 2020 will be organized jointly by Chess Association of Punjab (CAP) and Pak Chess Club (PCC) in collaboration with Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP), in which top 3 players from each category will qualify to represent Punjab in National Junior Chess Championship 2020. 

Competitions will be held for both, boys and girls in a total of seven different age categories which are stated below:

Under-08 Under-16
Under-10Under-18
Under-12Under-20
Under-14


All the participants, with no exemption, must be registered member of Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) and must have National ID number to take part in this event. Each member district of Chess Association of Punjab (CAP) has the right to enter 02 players as official/invited players entitled to FREE ENTRY for the said period subject to the following conditions:

  1. The names of the qualified players are communicated by 20th January on the letterhead of respective association duly signed and stamped by authorized person.
  2. Besides the above quota, open entries shall also be accepted from individual players according to the following schedule of entry fee which as been set as 1000/- but for late submission the entry fee will cost double. 

The said championship would be played according to swiss league system or round robin. Latest FIDE laws will govern the event. The time control will be 25 minutes with a 10 seconds increment for every move played starting from the first move and will be rated by Chess Federation of Pakistan.

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