Most people I know from the North East were unaware that admission rules to the World Youth changed for 2010. I was under the impression that admission was based strictly on top 3 USCF ratings (based on peak 12 month rating prior to the April list) plus those within 50 points of the 3rd place. The only exceptions I was aware of were for certain medal winners. Many more players seem to have been admitted for 2010 - some doing extremely well, so perhaps the usual criteria are too exclusive.
Can someone clarify the rules for admission to the World Youth in 2011? Would FIDE ratings ever be taken into consideration?
The top 3 you are referring to may be for support/funding from USCF. I do not know that there is a limit on the number of entries from any particular country. You should check the FIDE web site to see what it says there for a definitive answer. Previous years have seen US players in the World Youth without the direct and immediate support of the USCF. It also could be that the 3 player limit you are thinking of is for each section. Again try the FIDE web site for answers. I can only give you possible thoughts for an explanation to your question.
I thought only the top player per section earns conditions as the official USA representative. The others pay their own way. There are a few exceptions for those who won at the previous World Youth or Pan American Youth.
I was under the impression the world youth is not a “pay your own way” like pan am for example. In other words, you need an invitation, no matter who pays.
I believe that is correct, however I also believe that the federation does not need to provide those children with a coach. Best to check with the Scholastic Council (Mike Neitman, etc) on the specifications.
It would be good to have these spelled out on the USCF website.
“Players may qualify to represent the United States by being established as one of the three highest rated candidates by peak post-tournament rating in the previous 12 months ending with events included in the April Rating Supplement. They may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot. A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in the previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival.”
This would imply you can only go if you qualify by one of these means, though this year there was apparently another rule invoked that allowed players to efffectively petition for exceptions (this is what got Kovan writing to start this thread in the first place, since that new rule seemed to be somewhat of a secret that was was better kept in some parts of the country than others).
Without prejudice to previous regulations on number of participants in this championship, each federation shall be entitled to register any number of participants it deems necessary provided the following conditions are met:
payment to FIDE of the approved fee of SFr. 200 per player in advance;
payment of the full board and lodge of the additional player(s) to the host chess federation;
the additional participants shall not be entitled to any other privileges such as payment of pocket money, etc. (if any), already reserved to the original nominee(s) of each federation (GA97)
In other words the National Federation can register anyone it wants. USCF has the scholastic council decide per the Inivtational rules. The council usually does not allow the special circumstances exception to be used as broadly as it was this past time. Note that the make up of the council can change and how they interpret the special circumstance rule can therefore change.