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World Youth Chess Championship
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. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" (categories U8, U10 and U12) and "World Youth Chess Championship" (categories U14, U16 and U18).
Valentina Golubenko and Ivan Šarić won Under-18 titles in 2008.
Under-18 winners
| Year | Location | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | San Juan (Puerto Rico) | Gustavo Hernández (Dominican Republic) | Hulda Figueroa (Puerto Rico) |
| 1988 | Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) | Michael Hennigan (England) | Amelia Hernández (Venezuela) |
| 1989 | Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) | Vladimir Akopian (Soviet Union) | Katrin Aladjova (Bulgaria) |
| 1990 | Singapore (Singapore) | Sergei Tiviakov (Soviet Union) | Elena-Luminița Cosma (Romania) |
| 1991 | Guarapuava (Brazil) | Vladimir Kramnik (Soviet Union) | Nataša Strižak (Yugoslavia) |
| 1992 | Duisburg (Germany) | Konstantin Sakaev (Russia) | Ilaha Kadimova (Azerbaijan) |
| 1993 | Bratislava (Slovakia) | Zoltán Almási (Hungary) | Ilaha Kadimova (Azerbaijan) |
| 1994 | Szeged (Hungary) | Peter Svidler (Russia) | Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine) |
| 1995 | Guarapuava (Brazil) | Robert Kempiński (Poland) | Corina Peptan (Romania) |
| 1996 | Cala Galdana (Spain) | Rafael Leitão (Brazil) | Marta Zielińska (Poland) |
| 1997 | Yerevan (Armenia) | Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) | Rusudan Goletiani (Georgia) |
| 1998 | Oropesa del Mar (Spain) | Nicholas Pert (England) | Ruth Sheldon (England) |
| 1999 | Oropesa del Mar (Spain) | Dmitry Kokarev (Russia) | Ramaswamy Aarthie (India) |
| 2000 | Oropesa del Mar (Spain) | Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain) | Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan) |
| 2001 | Oropesa del Mar (Spain) | Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) | Sopio Gvetadze (Georgia) |
| 2002 | Heraklio (Greece) | Ferenc Berkes (Hungary) | Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany) |
| 2003 | Halkidiki (Greece) | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) |
| 2004 | Heraklio (Greece) | Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | Jolanta Zawadzka (Poland) |
| 2005 | Belfort (France) | Ildar Khairullin (Russia) | Maka Purtseladze (Georgia) |
| 2006 | Batumi (Georgia) | Arik Braun (Germany) | Dronavalli Harika (India) |
| 2007 | Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) | Ivan Popov (Russia) | Valentina Gunina (Russia) |
| 2008 | Vũng Tàu (Vietnam) | Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | Valentina Golubenko (Croatia) |
| 2009 | Antalya (Turkey) | Maxim Matlakov (Russia) | Olga Girya (Russia) |
| 2010 | Porto Carras (Greece) | Steven Zierk (United States) | Narmin Kazimova (Azerbaijan) |
| 2011 | Caldas Novas (Brazil) | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia) | Meri Arabidze (Georgia) |
| 2012 | Maribor (Slovenia) | Dariusz Świercz (Poland) | Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) |
| 2013 | Al-Ain (UAE) | Pouya Idani (Iran) | Lidia Tomnikova (Russia) |
| 2014 | Durban (South Africa) | Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine) | Dinara Saduakassova (Kazakhstan) |
| 2015 | Porto Carras (Greece) | Masoud Mosadeghpour (Iran) | M. Mahalakshmi (India) |
| 2016 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) | Manuel Petrosyan (Armenia) | Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece) |
| 2017 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | José Eduardo Martínez (Peru) | Laura Unuk (Slovenia) |
| 2018 | Halkidiki (Greece) | Viktor Gažík (Slovakia) | Polina Shuvalova (Russia) |
| 2019 | Mumbai (India) | Praggnanandhaa R (India) | Polina Shuvalova (Russia) |
| 2020 | Online | Nihal Sarin (India) | Carissa Yip (United States) |
| 2021 | Online | Nikolaos Spyropoulos (Greece) | Govhar Beydullayeva (Azerbaijan) |
| 2022 | Michigan (United States) | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Canada) | Mariam Mkrtchyan (Armenia) |
Cadets and Under-16 winners
Unofficial U18 Cadets
Year Location Boys 1974 Pont St. Maxence (France) Jonathan Mestel (England) 1975 Creil (France) David Goodman (England) 1976 Wattignies (France) Nir Grinberg (Israel)
Official U17 Cadets
Year Location Boys 1977 Cagnes-sur-Mer (France) Jon Arnason (Iceland) 1978 Sas van Gent (Netherlands) Paul Motwani (Scotland) 1979 Belfort (France) Marcelo Javier Tempone (Argentina) 1980 Le Havre (France) Valery Salov (Soviet Union)
Under-16
Year Location Boys Girls 1981 Embalse, Córdoba (Argentina)(†) Stuart Conquest (England) Susan Polgar (Hungary) 1982 Guayaquil (Ecuador) Evgeny Bareev (Soviet Union) not held 1983 Bucaramanga (Colombia) Alexey Dreev (Soviet Union) not held 1984 Champigny-sur-Marne (France) Alexey Dreev (Soviet Union) Ildikó Mádl (Hungary) 1985 Petah Tikva (Israel) Eduardo Rojas Sepulveda (Chile) Mirjana Marić (Yugoslavia) 1986 Río Gallegos (Argentina) Vladimir Akopian (Soviet Union) Katrin Aladjova (Bulgaria) 1987 Innsbruck (Austria) Hannes Stefánsson (Iceland) Alisa Galliamova (Soviet Union) 1988 Timișoara (Romania) Alexei Shirov (Soviet Union) Alisa Galliamova (Soviet Union) 1989 Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) Sergei Tiviakov (Soviet Union) Krystyna Dąbrowska (Poland) 1990 Singapore (Singapore) Konstantin Sakaev (Soviet Union) Tea Lanchava (Soviet Union) 1991 Guarapuava (Brazil) Dharshan Kumaran (England) Nino Khurtsidze (Soviet Union) 1992 Duisburg (Germany) Ronen Har-Zvi (Israel) Almira Skripchenko (Moldova) 1993 Bratislava (Slovakia) Đào Thiên Hải (Vietnam) Elina Danielian (Armenia) 1994 Szeged (Hungary) Peter Leko (Hungary) Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) 1995 Guarapuava (Brazil) Hrvoje Stević (Croatia) Rusudan Goletiani (Georgia) 1996 Cala Galdana (Spain) Alik Gershon (Israel) Anna Zozulia (Ukraine) 1997 Yerevan (Armenia) Levente Vajda (Romania) Xu Yuanyuan (China) 1998 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Ibragim Khamrakulov (Uzbekistan) Wang Yu (China) 1999 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Leonid Kritz (Germany) Sopiko Khukhashvili (Georgia) 2000 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Zviad Izoria (Georgia) Sopiko Khukhashvili (Georgia) 2001 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Konstantine Shanava (Georgia) Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2002 Heraklio (Greece) Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia) Tamara Chistiakova (Russia) 2003 Halkidiki (Greece) Borki Predojević (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Polina Malysheva (Russia) 2004 Heraklio (Greece) Maxim Rodshtein (Israel) Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2005 Belfort (France) Alex Lenderman (United States) Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 2006 Batumi (Georgia) Jacek Tomczak (Poland) Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgia) 2007 Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) Ioan-Cristian Chirilă (Romania) Keti Tsatsalashvili (Georgia) 2008 Vũng Tàu (Vietnam) Baskaran Adhiban (India) Nazí Paikidze (Georgia) 2009 Antalya (Turkey) S. P. Sethuraman (India) Deysi Cori (Peru) 2010 Porto Carras (Greece) Kamil Dragun (Poland) Nastassia Ziaziulkina (Belarus) 2011 Caldas Novas (Brazil) Jorge Cori (Peru) Nastassia Ziaziulkina (Belarus) 2012 Maribor (Slovenia) Urii Eliseev (Russia) Anna Styazhkina (Russia) 2013 Al-Ain (UAE) Murali Karthikeyan (India) Gu Tianlu (China) 2014 Durban (South Africa) Alan Pichot (Argentina) Laura Unuk (Slovenia) 2015 Porto Carras (Greece) Roven Vogel (Germany) Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece) 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia) Hagawane Aakanksha (India) 2017 Montevideo (Uruguay) Andrey Esipenko (Russia) Annie Wang (United States) 2018 Halkidiki (Greece) Shant Sargsyan (Armenia) Annmarie Muetsch (Germany) 2019 Mumbai (India) Rudik Makarian (Russia) Leya Garifullina (Russia) 2020 Online Frederik Svane (Germany) Rakshitta Ravi (India) 2021 Online Volodar Murzin (Russia) Xeniya Balabayeva (Kazakhstan) 2022 Mamaia (Romania) Pranav Anand (India) Munkhzul Davaakhuu (Mongolia)
- (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.
Under-14 winners
World Infant Cup
Year Location Boys 1979 Durango (Mexico) Miroljub Lazić (Yugoslavia) 1980 Mazatlán (Mexico) Julio Granda (Peru) 1981 Xalapa (Mexico) Saeed Ahmed Saeed (United Arab Emirates) 1984 Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) Lluís Comas Fabregó (Spain)
Boys & Girls
Year Location Boys Girls 1985 Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) Ilya Gurevich (United States) Sandra Villegas (Argentina) 1986 San Juan (Puerto Rico) Joël Lautier (France) Zsofia Polgar (Hungary) 1987 San Juan (Puerto Rico) Miroslav Marković (Yugoslavia) Cathy Haslinger (England) 1988 Timișoara (Romania) Eran Liss (Israel) Tea Lanchava (Soviet Union) 1989 Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) Anna Segal (Soviet Union) 1990 Fond du Lac (United States) Judit Polgár (Hungary) Diana Darchia (Soviet Union) 1991 Warsaw (Poland) Marcin Kamiński (Poland) Corina Peptan (Romania) 1992 Duisburg (Germany) Jurij Tihonov (Belarus) Elina Danielian (Armenia) 1993 Bratislava (Slovakia) Vladimir Malakhov (Russia) Ruth Sheldon (England) 1994 Szeged (Hungary) Alik Gershon (Israel) Rusudan Goletiani (Georgia) 1995 São Lourenço (Brazil) Valeriane Gaprindashvili (Georgia) Xu Yuanyuan (China) 1996 Cala Galdana (Spain) Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) Wang Yu (China) 1997 Cannes (France) Sergey Grigoriants (Russia) Ana Matnadze (Georgia) 1998 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Bu Xiangzhi (China) Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) 1999 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) Zhao Xue (China) 2000 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Alexander Areshchenko (Ukraine) Humpy Koneru (India) 2001 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Viktor Erdős (Hungary) Salome Melia (Georgia) 2002 Heraklio (Greece) Luka Lenič (Slovenia) Laura Rogule (Latvia) 2003 Halkidiki (Greece) Sergei Zhigalko (Belarus) Valentina Gunina (Russia) 2004 Heraklio (Greece) Ildar Khairullin (Russia) Dronavalli Harika (India) 2005 Belfort (France) Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) Elena Tairova (Russia) 2006 Batumi (Georgia) Vasif Durarbayli (Azerbaijan) Klaudia Kulon (Poland) 2007 Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) Nazí Paikidze (Georgia) 2008 Vũng Tàu (Vietnam) Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (India) Padmini Rout (India) 2009 Antalya (Turkey) Jorge Cori Tello (Perù) Marsel Efroimski (Israel) 2010 Porto Carras (Greece) Kanan Izzat (Azerbaijan) Dinara Saduakassova (Kazakhstan) 2011 Caldas Novas (Brazil) Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) 2012 Maribor (Slovenia) Kayden Troff (United States) M. Mahalakshmi (India) 2013 Al-Ain (UAE) Li Di (China) Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece) 2014 Durban (South Africa) Liu Yan (China) Qiyu Zhou (Canada) 2015 Porto Carras (Greece) Shamsiddin Vokhidov (Uzbekistan) R. Vaishali (India) 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) Semen Lomasov (Russia) Zhu Jiner (China) 2017 Montevideo (Uruguay) Batsuren Dambasuren (Mongolia) Jishitha D (India) 2018 Halkidiki (Greece) Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo (Spain) Ning Kaiyu (China) 2019 Mumbai (India) Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan) Meruert Kamalidenova (Kazakhstan) 2020 Online D Gukesh (India) Eline Roebers (Netherlands) 2021 Online Ediz Gurel (Turkey) Zsóka Gaál (Hungary) 2022 Mamaia (Romania) Ilamparthi A R (India) Zarina Nurgaliyeva (Kazakhstan)
Under-12 winners
Year Location Boys Girls 1986 San Juan (Puerto Rico) Dharshan Kumaran (England) Dalines Borges (Puerto Rico) 1987 San Juan (Puerto Rico) Hedinn Steingrimsson (Iceland) Yvonne Krawiec (United States) 1988 Timișoara (Romania) Judit Polgár (Hungary) Zhu Chen (China) 1989 Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) Marcin Kamiński (Poland) Diana Darchia (Soviet Union) 1990 Fond du Lac (United States) Boris Avrukh (Soviet Union) Corina Peptan (Romania) 1991 Warsaw (Poland) Rafael Leitão (Brazil) Dalia Blimke (Poland) 1992 Duisburg (Germany) Giorgi Bakhtadze (Georgia) Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) 1993 Bratislava (Slovakia) Evgeny Shaposhnikov (Russia) Eugenia Chasovnikova (Russia) 1994 Szeged (Hungary) Levon Aronian (Armenia) Nguyen Thi Dung (Vietnam) 1995 São Lourenço (Brazil) Étienne Bacrot (France) Viktorija Čmilytė (Lithuania) 1996 Cala Galdana (Spain) Kamil Mitoń (Poland) Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 1997 Cannes (France) Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) Zhao Xue (China) 1998 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) Humpy Koneru (India) 1999 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Wang Yue (China) Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2000 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Deep Sengupta (India) Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iran) 2001 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) Shen Yang (China) 2002 Heraklio (Greece) Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) Tan Zhongyi (China) 2003 Halkidiki (Greece) Wei Chenpeng (China) Ding Yixin (China) 2004 Heraklio (Greece) Zhao Nan (China) Klaudia Kulon (Poland) 2005 Belfort (France) Srinath Narayanan (India) Meri Arabidze (Georgia) 2006 Batumi (Georgia) Robert Aghasaryan (Armenia) Mariam Danelia (Georgia) 2007 Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) Daniel Naroditsky (United States) Marsel Efroimski (Israel) 2008 Vũng Tàu (Vietnam) Sayantan Das (India) Zhai Mo (China) 2009 Antalya (Turkey) Bobby Cheng (Australia) Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 2010 Porto Carras (Greece) Wei Yi (China) Iulija Osmak (Ukraine) 2011 Caldas Novas (Brazil) Karthikeyan Murali (India) Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan) 2012 Maribor (Slovenia) Samuel Sevian (United States) R. Vaishali (India) 2013 Al-Ain (UAE) Aram Hakobyan (Armenia) Zhao Shengxin (China) 2014 Durban (South Africa) Nguyễn Anh Khôi (Vietnam) Jennifer Yu (United States) 2015 Porto Carras (Greece) Mahammad Muradli (Azerbaijan) Nurgyul Salimova (Bulgaria) 2016 Batumi (Georgia) Nikhil Kumar (United States) Bibisara Assaubayeva (Russia) 2017 Poços de Caldas (Brazil) Tsay Vincent (United States) Divya Deshmukh (India) 2018 Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Gukesh D (India) Savitha Shri B (India) 2019 Weifang (China) Zhou Liran (United States) Galina Mikheeva (Russia) 2020 Online Dimitar Mardov (United States) Alice Lee (United States) 2021 Online Ihor Samunenkov (Ukraine) Alice Lee (United States) 2022 Batumi (Georgia) Artem Uskov (FIDE) Shubhi Gupta (India)
Under-10 winners
Year Location Boys Girls 1986 San Juan (Puerto Rico) Jeff Sarwer (Canada) Julia Sarwer (Canada) 1987 San Juan (Puerto Rico) John Viloria (United States) Suzanna Urminska (United States) 1988 Timișoara (Romania) John Viloria (United States)
Horge Hasbun (Honduras)Corina Peptan (Romania) 1989 Aguadilla (Puerto Rico) Irwin Irnandi (Indonesia) Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 1990 Fond du Lac (United States) Nawrose Farh Nur (United States) Evelyn Moncayo Romero (Ecuador) 1991 Warsaw (Poland) Adrien Leroy (France) Carmen Voicu (Romania) 1992 Duisburg (Germany) Luke McShane (England) Parvana Ismaïlova (Azerbaijan) 1993 Bratislava (Slovakia) Étienne Bacrot (France) Ana Matnadze (Georgia) 1994 Szeged (Hungary) Sergey Grishchenko (Russia) Svetlana Cherednichenko (Ukraine) 1995 São Lourenço (Brazil) Boris Grachev (Russia) Alina Motoc (Romania) 1996 Cala Galdana (Spain) Pentala Harikrishna (India) Maria Kursova (Russia) 1997 Cannes (France) Javad Alavi (Iran) Humpy Koneru (India) 1998 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Evgeny Romanov (Russia) Vera Nebolsina (Russia) 1999 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) 2000 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (Vietnam) Tan Zhongyi (China) 2001 Oropesa del Mar (Spain) Tamas Fodor (Hungary) Tan Zhongyi (China) 2002 Heraklio (Greece) Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) Lara Stock (Croatia) 2003 Halkidiki (Greece) Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) Hou Yifan (China) 2004 Heraklio (Greece) Yu Yangyi (China) Meri Arabidze (Georgia) 2005 Belfort (France) Sahaj Grover (India) Wang Jue (China) 2006 Batumi (Georgia) Koushik Girish (India) Choletti Sahajasri (India) 2007 Kemer/Antalya (Turkey) Wang Tong Sen (China) Anna Styazhkina (Russia) 2008 Vũng Tàu (Vietnam) Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) 2009 Antalya (Turkey) Bai Jinshi (China) Gunay Mammadzada (Azerbaijan) 2010 Porto Carras (Greece) Jason Cao (Canada) Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel (Mongolia) 2011 Caldas Novas (Brazil) Zhu Yi (China) Alexandra Obolentseva (Russia) 2012 Maribor (Slovenia) Nguyễn Anh Khôi (Vietnam) Nutakki Priyanka (India) 2013 Al-Ain (UAE) Awonder Liang (United States) Saina Salonika (India) 2014 Durban (South Africa) Nihal Sarin (India) Divya Deshmukh (India) 2015 Porto Carras (Greece) R. Praggnanandhaa (India) Ravi Rakshitta (India) 2016 Batumi (Georgia) Ilya Makoveev (Russia) Rochelle Wu (United States) 2017 Poços de Caldas (Brazil) Zhou Liran (United States) Wei Yaqing (China) 2018 Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Jin Yueheng (China) Samantha Edithso (Indonesia) 2019 Weifang (China) Savva Vetokhin (Russia) Alice Lee (United States) 2020 Online Sina Movahed (Iran) Omya Vidyarthi (United States) 2021 Online Kaan Erdogmus Yagiz (Turkey) Diana Preobrazhenskaya (Russia) 2022 Batumi (Georgia) David Lacan Rus (France) Nika Venskaya (FIDE)