Four Cities Friendship Chess Championship 2020 - Junior Division an online competition that brought together youngsters from Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Hong Kong, Singapore and Penang (Malaysia) ended in a convincing victory by team  ASTANA from Nur-Sultan.

This team event, organized by the chess federations of Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, was held from July 25th till August 08th, 2020 on a popular platform chess.com. The tournament attracted 72 young players from four cities, competing in U8, U10, and U12  categories.

The tournament became possible thanks to the initiative and assistance of the General Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hong Kong.

Three rounds of online chess were played in a good and friendly atmosphere under the FIDE motto «Gens una sumus!» with team ASTANA winning all three matches by a huge margin.

Final standings (number of points scored by each team):

1. Astana - 44

2. Singapore - 28

3. Hong Kong - 19

4. Penang - 16

Team “ASTANA” consisted of the champions and prize-winners of the Kazakhstan junior championships in their age categories: Ayat Abdullayev, Akhilbay Imangali, Daniyal Sapenov, Aldiyar Ansat, Alikhan Khazhatuly, Sauat Nurgaliyev, Nazar Talgatov, Edgar Mamedov, Alidar Aryn, Danis Kuandykuly, Nursultan Namazkeyev, Alisher Abdsattar, Kaliza Aizharyk, Zarina Nurgaliyeva, Malika Japarbekova, Elnaz Kaliakhmet, Daliye Diaskyzy, Khanzada Amanzhol.