The CFSL Online Youth Under 10 Yrs Chess Championship 2021 conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka will be held on 3rd and 4th of April 2021 at the Chess.com platform. A total of 155 players from all over the country are participating in the event which is conducted on Swiss System in 8 rounds with the time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per each move played. Players should be born after 1st January 2011 to play in the event.
With the current COVID 19 Pandemic situation, the Chess Federation as all other Chess organizations have started online Chess with all precautions for cheating. All players participating are allowed to play with laptop/ Desktops only and they are compelled to be in a Zoom meeting throughout the games with shared screen/ Task Manager. The Chess arbiters will be closely observing them through this zoom meeting throughout the game. All other checking measures for cheating is in action and the Chess Federation has declared 2 year ban from Chess if any player found guilty in cheating while playing.
The Chess Federation plans to organize the CFSL Youth Under 10, 10G, 12, 12G, 14, 14G, 16, 16G. 18 and 18 Girls Championships this year in order to field Players to represent Sri Lanka in all World/ Asian Youth Online Chess Championships 2021. The Under 10 Girls, 12, 12G, 14 and 14 Girls are already over.