European Youth Chess Championship

The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old.

The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007.

Until 2002 there was also a tournament for the under 20 group (see European Junior Chess Championship). There are also specific tournaments for girls only, in the same age categories.

1. Under 8 (Since 2007)
2. Under 10
3. Under 12
4. Under 14
5. Under 16
6. Under 18 (Since 1994)

#	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
Standard (Classic)
1	1991	Mamaia	Romania	8
2	1992	Rimavská Sobota	Czech Republic	8
3	1993	Szombathely	Hungary	8
4	1994	Băile Herculane	Romania	10
5	1995	Verdun	France	10
6	1996	Rimavská Sobota	Slovakia	10
7	1997	Tallinn	Estonia	10
8	1998	Mureck	Austria	10
9	1999	Litochoro	Greece	10
Standard (Classic), Rapid, Blitz
10	2000	Kallithea	Greece	10
11	2001	Kallithea	Greece	10
12	2002	Peñíscola	Spain	10
13	2003	Budva	Serbia and Montenegro	10
14	2004	Ürgüp	Turkey	10
15	2005	Herceg Novi	Serbia and Montenegro	10
16	2006	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	10
17	2007	Šibenik	Croatia	12
18	2008	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	12
19	2009	Fermo	Italy	12
20	2010	Batumi	Georgia	12
21	2011	Albena	Bulgaria	12
22	2012	Prague	Czech Republic	12
23	2013	Budva	Montenegro	12
24	2014	Batumi	Georgia	12
25	2015	Poreč	Croatia	12
26	2016	Prague	Czech Republic	12
27	2017	Mamaia	Romania	12
28	2018	Riga	Latvia	12
29	2019	Bratislava	Slovakia	12
30	2022	Antalya	Turkey	12
31	2023	Mamaia	Romania	12
32	2024	Prague	Czech Republic	12
33	2025	[[]]	{{}}	12

• 2020 and 2021 not held.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	6	3	16
2	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2
3	Belarus	1	1	3	5
4	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
6	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
11	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	England	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		12	12	12	36

Year	Location	U8	U10	U12	U14	U16	U18
1991	Mamaia		Adrien Leroy	Peter Leko	Tomáš Oral	Andrei Istrățescu
1992	Rimavská Sobota		Krzysztof Gratka	Péter Ács	Peter Leko	Vadim Zvjaginsev
1993	Szombathely		Étienne Bacrot	Valeriane Gaprindashvili	Erald Dervishi	Robert Kempiński
1994	Băile Herculane		Gadir Guseinov	Valeriane Gaprindashvili	Karl Mah	Aliaksei Charnushevich	Robert Kempiński
1995	Verdun		Arkadij Naiditsch	Étienne Bacrot	Sergey Fedorchuk	Pavel Šimáček	Robert Kempiński
1996	Rimavská Sobota		Teimour Radjabov	Yuri Drozdovskij	Evgeni Kobylkin	Fabian Doettling	Ruslan Ponomariov
1997	Tallinn		Teimour Radjabov	Ilya Zarezenko	Yuri Drozdovskij	Alexander Kundin	Mikheil Mchedlishvili
1998	Mureck		Dmytro Tishyn	Teimour Radjabov	Alexander Riazantsev	Gabriel Sargissian	Dennis de Vreugt
1999	Litochoro		Sergey Karjakin	Borki Predojević	Nidjat Mamedov	Sergey Grigoriants	Teimour Radjabov
2000	Kallithea		Ian Nepomniachtchi	Evgeny Romanov	Mark Erwich	Ján Markoš	Artyom Timofeev
2001	Kallithea		Vladimir Onischuk	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Borki Predojević	Ernesto Inarkiev	Zviad Izoria
2002	Peñíscola		Eltaj Safarli	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Evgeny Romanov	Aleksandr Kharitonov	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2003	Budva		Samvel Ter-Sahakyan	Eltaj Safarli	Sergei Zhigalko	Csaba Balogh	Mateusz Bartel
2004	Ürgüp		Robert Aghasaryan	Sanan Sjugirov	Giorgi Margvelashvili	Rauf Mamedov	Radosław Wojtaszek
2005	Herceg Novi		Konstantin Nikologorskiy	Sanan Sjugirov	Davit Benidze	Zaven Andriasian	Paweł Czarnota
2006	Herceg Novi		Arseny Shurunov	Ivan Bukavshin	Peter Prohaszka	Romain Édouard	Sergei Zhigalko
2007	Šibenik	Nikita Ayvazyan	Kirill Alekseenko	Illia Nyzhnyk	Sanan Sjugirov	Vugar Rasulov	Ivan Šarić
2008	Herceg Novi	Denizcan Temizkan	Cemil Can Ali Marandi	Kiprian Berbatov	Ivan Bukavshin	Illia Nyzhnyk	Xavier Vila Gazquez
2009	Fermo	Abdulla Gadimbayli	Benjamin Gledura	Evgeny Zanan	Kamil Dragun	Gil Popilski	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
2010	Batumi	Abdulla Gadimbayli	Viktor Gažík	Cemil Can Ali Marandi	Olexandr Bortnyk	Ivan Bukavshin	Vasif Durarbayli
2011	Albena	Alex Krstulovic	Evgenios Ioannidis	Haik M. Martirosyan	Cemil Can Ali Marandi	Olexandr Bortnyk	Nils Grandelius
2012	Prague	Tsvetan Stoyanov	Andrey Esipenko	Haik M. Martirosyan	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Kacper Drozdowski	Vadim Moiseenko
2013	Budva	Aydin Suleymanli	Kağan Aydın Çelebi	Viktor Matviishen	Jorden Van Foreest	Kirill Alekseenko	Vladimir Fedoseev
2014	Batumi	Ilya Makoveev	Mamikon Gharibyan	Viktor Matviishen	Timur Fakhrutdinov	Cemil Can Ali Marandi	Avital Boruchovsky
2015	Poreč	Mikhei Navumenka	Ilya Makoveev	Kirill Shubin	Sergei Lobanov	Leonid Sawlin	Cemil Can Ali Marandi
2016	Prague	Artem Pingin	Volodar Murzin	Mamikon Gharibyan	Salvador Guerra Rivera	Timur Fakhrutdinov	Manuel Petrosyan
2017	Mamaia	Giang Tran Nam	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	Aydin Suleymanli	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	Andrey Esipenko	Jesper Søndergaard Thybo
2018	Riga	Jahandar Azadaliyev	Artem Pingin	Volodar Murzin	Stefan Pogosyan	Francesco Sonis	Evgenios Ioannidis
2019	Bratislava	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	Savva Vetokhin	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	Sebastian Kostolanský	Armen Barseghyan	Thai Dai Van Nguyen
2022	Antalya	Roman Shogdzhiev	Baver Yilmaz	Patryk Cieslak	Svyatoslav Bazakutsa	Timothe Razafindratsima	Rudik Makarian
2023	Mamaia	Mahammad Kazimzade	Vladimir Sofronie	Khagan Ahmad	Rustam Rustamov	Jakub Seemann	Arsen Davtyan
2024	Prague	Junyan Hu	Ali Poyraz Uzdemir	Wiktor Golis	Václav Finěk	Marco Materia	Timothe Razafindratsima

Year	Location	U8	U10	U12	U14	U16	U18
1991	Mamaia		Sabina Popescu	Sofiko Tkeshelashvili	Maia Lomineishvili	Ilaha Kadimova
1992	Rimavská Sobota		Regina Pokorná	Alina Tarachowicz	Antoaneta Stefanova	Inna Gaponenko
1993	Szombathely		Viktorija Čmilytė	Iweta Radziewicz	Natalia Zhukova	Natalia Kiseleva
1994	Băile Herculane		Alexandra Kosteniuk	Ana Matnadze	Iweta Radziewicz	Natalia Zhukova	Mónika Grábics
1995	Verdun		Nadezhda Kosintseva	Ana Matnadze	Cristina Moshina	Szidonia Vajda	Marta Zielinska
1996	Rimavská Sobota		Tatiana Kosintseva	Alexandra Kosteniuk	Cristina Moshina	Vladislava Kalinina	Monika Bobrowska
1997	Tallinn		Nana Dzagnidze	Nadezhda Kosintseva	Ana Matnadze	Ekaterina Polovnikova	Anna Dorofeeva
1998	Mureck		Anna Muzychuk	Marie Sebag	Lela Javakhishvili	Ana Matnadze	Dana Reizniece
1999	Litochoro		Silvia-Raluca Sgîrcea	Nana Dzagnidze	Marie Sebag	Ana Matnadze	Dana Reizniece
2000	Kallithea		Anna Muzychuk	Valentina Gunina	Tamara Chistiakova	Natalia Pogonina	Nadezhda Kosintseva
2001	Kallithea		Alena Tairova	Iozefina Păuleţ	Kateryna Lahno	Maria Kursova	Inga Charkhalashvili
2002	Peñíscola		Mariya Muzychuk	Anna Muzychuk	Turkan Mamedyarova	Marie Sebag	Alina Motoc
2003	Budva		Nazí Paikidze	Anastasia Bodnaruk	Anna Muzychuk	Maria Fominykh	Natalia Pogonina
2004	Ürgüp		Meri Arabidze	Lara Stock	Anna Muzychuk	Valentina Gunina	Salome Melia
2005	Herceg Novi		Varvara Mestnikova	Nazí Paikidze	Varvara Repina	Inna Ivakhinova	Salome Melia
2006	Herceg Novi		Daria-Ioana Vişănescu	Meri Arabidze	Varvara Repina	Kübra Öztürk	Anna Gasik
2007	Šibenik	Aydan Hojjatova	Cécile Haussernot	Aleksandra Lach	Nazí Paikidze	Kübra Öztürk	Inna Ivakhinova
2008	Herceg Novi	Gunay Mammadzada	Liza Kisteneva	Anna Styazhkina	Meri Arabidze	Nazí Paikidze	Kateřina Němcová
2009	Fermo	Ece Alkim Erece	Anna Vasenina	Cécile Haussernot	Marsel Efroimski	Katarzyna Adamowicz	Olga Girya
2010	Batumi	Gabriela Antova	Oliwia Kiołbasa	Alexandra Goryachkina	Ulviyya Fataliyeva	Mariam Danelia	Keti Tsatsalashvili
2011	Albena	Nurgyul Salimova	Alicja Śliwicka	Anna Vasenina	Aleksandra Goryachkina	Maria Severina	Diana Baciu
2012	Prague	Mariya Kutyanina	Anastasia Zotova	Anastasia Avramidou	Katsiaryna Beinenson	Marja Tantsiura	Aleksandra Goryachkina
2013	Budva	Laura Czernikowska	Anastasia Vuller	Polina Shuvalova	Gunay Mammadzada	Anna Styazhkina	Nastassia Ziaziulkina
2014	Batumi	Emilia Zavivaeva	Malak Ismayil	Ekaterina Goltseva	Anastasia Avramidou	Mai Narva	Ulviyya Fataliyeva
2015	Poreč	Veronika Veremyuk	Galina Mironenko	Elizaveta Solozhenkina	Anna Kochukova	Anna-Maja Kazarian	Nino Khomeriki
2016	Prague	Alexandra Shvedova	Zsóka Gaál	Sıla Çağlar	Aleksandra Maltsevskaya	Fiona Sieber	Nino Khomeriki
2017	Mamaia	Sofya Svergina	Veronika Shubenkova	Galina Mironenko	Govhar Beydullayeva	Olga Badelka	Sona Asatryan
2018	Riga	Ekaterina Zubkovskaya	Alexandra Shvedova	Olga Karmanova	Ayan Allahverdiyeva	Kamaliya Bulatova	Aleksandra Dimitrova
2019	Bratislava	Dinara Huseynova	Anna Shukhman	Alexandra Shvedova	Ayan Allahverdiyeva	Patrycja Waszczuk	Alicja Śliwicka
2022	Antalya	Sofya Kokareva	Marianta Lampou	Diana Preobrazhenskaya	Valeria Kleymenova	Mariya Manko	Mariam Mkrtchyan
2023	Mamaia	Mehriban Ahmadli	Maria Anistoroaei	Kinga Lajdamik	Kesaria Mgeladze	Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana	Martyna Wikar
2024	Prague	Carla-Ioana Marchis	Svitlana Russieva	Varvara Matskevich	Vera Vujovic	Klara Szczotka	Noga Orian

2024 European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship (42 Events)^[1][2]

Results:

1. Main Event open - 6 Events
2. Main Event girls - 6 Events
3. Rapid Blitz open - 12 Events
4. Rapid Blitz girls - 12 Events
5. Team Rapid open - 3 Events
6. Team Rapid girls - 3 Events

23rd European Youth Blitz Championship 2024.^[3]

• Solving Competition

• http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei
• U18 Boys
• U18 Girls
• U16 Boys
• U16 Girls
• U14 Boys
• U14 Girls
• U12 Boys
• U12 Girls
• U10 Boys
• U10 Girls
• U8 Boys
• U8 Girls

• European Junior Chess Championship
• European Individual Chess Championship
• European Senior Chess Championship
• European Team Chess Championship
• North American Youth Chess Championship
• World Junior Chess Championship
• World Youth Chess Championship

• European Youth Champions Boys from Italian Chess Federation website (in Italian): U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18
• European Youth Champions Girls from Italian Chess Federation website (in Italian): U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18
• Complete standings on Chess-Results: 1998 Boys U10, 1998 Boys U12, 1998 Boys U14, 1998 Boys U16, 1998 Boys U18, 1998 Girls U10, 1998 Girls U12, 1998 Girls U14, 1998 Girls U16, 1998 Girls U18, 2000 Boys U10, 2000 Boys U12, 2000 Boys U14, 2000 Boys U16, 2000 Boys U18, 2000 Girls U10, 2000 Girls U12, 2000 Girls U14, 2000 Girls U16, 2000 Girls U18, 2001 Boys U10, 2001 Boys U12, 2001 Boys U14, 2001 Boys U16, 2001 Boys U18, 2001 Girls U10, 2001 Girls U12, 2001 Girls U14, 2001 Girls U16, 2001 Girls U18, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024
• ChessBase reports: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007