World Youth Chess Championship


Image:Valjaivan081030.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Valentina Golubenko and Ivan Šarić won Under-18 titles in 2008.
The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.

History

Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" and "World Youth Chess Championship".
The championship is usually held in a single city, although on several occasions, the Under-16 championship was separated from the Under-18 championship. In 1988, the U18 championship was held in Aguadilla, and the others in Timișoara.
The Under-16 category is the oldest of the championships. It was unofficially created in 1974 in France for players under 17 and was recognized in 1977 by the International Chess Federation as the World Cadet Championship. The maximum age was later reduced to under 16, effective January 1 of the year of the championship. The first FIDE-sanctioned women's championship was held in 1981.
The under-14 championship was inaugurated in 1979, and the under-eight championship in 2006.

Ages

  1. U18: Since 1987
  2. U16: Cadets 1974 - 1980 / Since 1981
  3. U14: World Infant Cup 1979-1984 / Since 1985
  4. U12: Since 1986
  5. U10: Since 1986
  6. U08: Since 2006

Editions

Rapid & Blitz

Since 2017 World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship
1st FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2017, Minsk, Belarus, 1st - 5 June.

Cadets

  1. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2017, Minsk, Belarus
  2. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018, Minsk, Belarus
  3. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019, Minsk, Belarus
  4. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2020, Online
  5. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2021, Online
  6. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022, Rhodes, Greece
  7. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2023, Batumi, Georgia
  8. World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2024, Durres, Albania
  9. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2025, Rhodes, Greece

Youth

  1. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2017, Crete, Greece
  2. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2018, Halkidiki, Greece
  3. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2019, Salobreña, Granada, Spain
  4. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2020, Online
  5. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2021, Online
  6. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2022, Rhodes, Greece
  7. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2023, Batumi, Georgia
  8. World Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2024, Terme Čatež, Slovenia
  9. World Cadets & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship 2025, Rhodes, Greece

World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads (Youth Team)

2001-2017:
World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads
no. host city year 1st 2nd 3rd system boards teams players games PGN
FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025 Barranquilla, Colombia
2024 not held
FIDE Word Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2023 Eindhoven, the Netherlands
FIDE Word Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
2021 not held
FIDE Word Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2019 Corum, Turkey
FIDE Word Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2018 Konya, Turkey
16. Ahmedabad View tournament crosstable India 2017 RUS IND IRI S-9 4 30 147
508 PGN
15. Poprad View tournament crosstable Slovakia 2016 IRI RUS ARM S-9 4 54 261 972 PGN
14. Ulaanbaatar View tournament crosstable Mongolia 2015 IRI IND RUS S-10 4 35 165 680 PGN
13. Győr View tournament crosstable Hungary 2014 IND RUS IRI S-10 4 54 256 1,076 PGN
12. Chongqing View tournament crosstable China 2013 IND RUS TUR S-10 4 72 332 1,440 PGN
11. Istanbul View tournament crosstable Turkey 2012 RUS IRI IND S-10 4 39 189 760 PGN
10. Kocaeli View tournament crosstable Turkey 2011 RUS ARM IRI S-10 4 26 120 520 PGN
9. Burdur View tournament crosstable Turkey 2010 ARM IND RUS S-10 4 22 99 440 PGN
8. Akhisar View tournament crosstable Turkey 2009 RUS IND ARM S-10 4 22 101 440 PGN
7. Mersin View tournament crosstable Turkey 2008 IND RUS PHI S-10 4 26 117 520 PGN
6. Singapore View tournament crosstable Singapore 2007 IND HUN PHI S-10 4 34 151 680 PGN
5. Ağrı View tournament crosstable Turkey 2006 UKR GEO CHN S-10 4 24 107 480 PGN
- Chennai India 2005 Cancelled.
4. Calicut View tournament crosstable India 2004 CHN HUN UZB S-9 4 20 91 360 PGN
3. Denizili View tournament crosstable Turkey 2003 HUN UKR IRI S-10 4 24 113 448 PGN
2. Kuala Lumpur View tournament crosstable Malaysia 2002 CHN UKR INA S-10 4 28 131 560 PGN
1. Batatais View tournament crosstable Brazil 2001 SWE BRA RSA RR 4 8 38 112 PGN
- Viborg View tournament crosstable Denmark 1979 ENG SWE SCO PO+4S+4Q 4 16 79 224 PGN
1993-2007:
Children's Chess Olympiads
no. host city year 1st 2nd 3rd system boards teams players games PGN
8. Artek View tournament crosstable Ukraine 2000 RUS UKR AZE S-9 4 28 132 504 PGN
7. Artek View tournament crosstable Ukraine 1999 UKR GEO CHN S-9 4 30 137 528 PGN
6. Istanbul Turkey 1998 ARM UKR GEO S-9 4 26 N/A ?468 PGN
5. Belgrade Yugoslavia 1997 RUS ROM UKR S-7 4 18 N/A 252 N/A
4. Sutomore Yugoslavia 1996 ROM HUN RUS S-9 4 18 N/A N/A N/A
3. Canaries View tournament crosstable Spain 1995 ISL HUN GEO S-7 4 22 97 308 PGN
2. St. Andrew's Malta 1994 RUS GRE HUN S-7 4 28 N/A N/A PGN
1. Linares Spain 1993 RUS GEO RUS3 S-13 4 28 N/A ?728 PGN
International Children's Chess Games no. host city year 1st 2nd 3rd
system boards teams players games PGN
12. Novi Sad Serbia 2007 HUN SRB SVK S-9 ind. 24 85 378 PGN
11. Novi Sad Serbia 2006 TUR SRB ROM
VOJ S-9 ind. 24 102 444 PGN
10. Novi Sad Serbia & Montenegro 2005 RUS SCG ROM S-9 ind. 23 88 383 PGN
9. Banja Luka Bosnia & Herzegovina 2003 RUS 2 11
1.-8. From Linares 1993 to Artek 2000.

Under-10 winners

Results

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