It was interesting to see that no one from the United States was in the World Junior. I wonder why that is. It seems strange to me.
This question was asked a week or so ago in another thread. One problem is that the FIDE World Youth was held at the same time as the US Championship, in which several of the top US juniors (including previous US Junior champions) played. I suppose other US juniors could have played in the FIDE Junior World, but our top juniors were “otherwise engaged”. It can be questioned whether this coincidence of tournaments was intentional. I don’t think FIDE did it on purpose; they just make no effort to avoid it.
In the other thread: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=26116, Allen Priest notes that FIDE announced the details of the World Junior just a week before the registration deadline. So in addition to the possible scheduling conflict from the US Championship, that didn’t leave much time to go down the list of eligible players to see who was available and make travel arrangements.
There are 189 national federations. FIDE does not consult the various federations in scheduling events. They schedule when they find someone to hold it.
Indeed. The travel logistics for those outside Europe is often under appreciated by those in Europe.
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