First-in-history World Schools Team Championship to start in Aktau Aug 3

The championship organizers are the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. The main partner and general sponsor is Freedom Holding Corp. The akimat of Mangistau region supports the event.
The competition is organized in two age categories: U12 and U18. As many as 300 participants from 50 countries including Paraguay, Peru, Madagaskar and São Tomé and Príncipe are expected to come to the event.
Kazakhstan will be represented at the championship by 10 schools from 6 cities:
IT School-Lyceum, Aktau
Marabayev School Lyceum No 7, Aktau
Mahatma Gandhi Specialized Lyceum No92, Almaty
FIZMAT, Almaty
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics, Almaty
School-Lyceum No72, Astana
FIZMAT, Astana
Bilim-Innovation Lyceum, Atyrau
School-Lyceum No8 for Gifted Children, Pavlodar
Zholdasbekov IT-Lyceum No9, Shymkent
The opening ceremony will take place on August 4, at 11:00 am at the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan House of Friendship.
The venue is the Halyk Arena Palace of Sport.