World Youth Chess Championship

When next edition expected around October 2027

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Norms per year

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By year

Year	Editions	GM	IM	WGM	WIM	Total
2025	1		5		4	9
2024	1		3		1	4
2023	1	1	4		1	6
2022	1	1	3	1		5
2019	1	2	6		6	14
2018	1	3	9		2	14
2017	1	1	1			2
2016	1	1	9		4	14
2015	1	1	4	1	3	9
2014	1	1	2			3
2013	1	1	6		2	9
2012	1		3		2	5
2011	1				1	1
2010	1	1	6		3	10
2009	1	1	6		2	9
2008	1		2		1	3
2007	1		6		1	7
2006	1	1	1	1		3
2005	1		1		1	2
2004	1		2			2
2001	1		1			1
Date unknown	1		1			1

Editions

World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - G16

3–16 Oct 2025 · Durres · Swiss · avg. opp. 2244 · FIDE 437691 · FIDE 437692 · FIDE 437693 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - G16, World Youth Chess Championship, World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - G18, World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U16, World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18, World Youth U16 Championship 2025

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
IM	Sukiasyan, Vahe A.	ARM	7/11	2387	2489	Calculated ↗
IM	Volodin, Alexandr E.	FID	7/10	2325	2474	Calculated ↗
IM	Zhou, Runyi	CHN	7/11	2351	2453	Calculated ↗
IM	Parpiev, Isaak	RUS	8/11	2353	2474	Certified ↗
IM	Smirnov, Mark	KAZ	9½/11	2290		Certified ↗
WIM	Jiang, Tianyu	CHN	6½/9	2087	2253	Calculated ↗
WIM	Khafizova, Diana	FID	9½/11	2087	2396	Calculated ↗
WIM	Kleymenova, Valeria	FID	8/11	2161	2336	Calculated ↗
WIM	Kuznecova, Marija	LAT	6½/9	2156	2322	Calculated ↗

FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2024 U14 Open

29 Oct – 9 Nov 2024 · Florianopolis, BRA · Swiss · avg. opp. 2284 · Report a problem

Sections: FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2024 U14 Open, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2024, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2024 - Girls 18

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
IM	Cieslak, Patryk	POL	8½/11	2193	Certified ↗
IM	Elmi, Saad Abobaker	NOR	7½/11	2332	Certified ↗
IM	Timoshin, Maxim	FID	7½/11	2327	Certified ↗
WIM	Mikheeva, Galina	RUS	8/11		Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2023

13–24 Nov 2023 · Italy · Swiss · avg. opp. 2319 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2023, FIDE World Youth Chess, FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2023 - U14, FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2023 - U14 Girls

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	9½/11	2390	Certified ↗
IM	Juhasz, Agoston	HUN	6/9	2360	Certified ↗
IM	Olsson, William	SWE	6/9	2343	Certified ↗
IM	Sowinski, Pawel	POL	9/11	2165	Certified ↗
IM	Wong, Zhenyong Jayden	SGP	8/11	2337	Certified ↗
WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	10/10		Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Open 18

6–16 Sep 2022 · Romania · Swiss · avg. opp. 2284 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2022 - Open 18, WYCC U-18, World Youth Chess Championships 2022, World Youth Chess Championships 2022 - Open 14, World Youth Chess ch2022- Open 18 I

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN			Certified ↗
IM	Fromm, Marius	GER	8	2349	Certified ↗
IM	Ilamparthi A R	IND	/11	2177	Certified ↗
IM	Stremavicius, Pijus	LTU	6/9	2325	Certified ↗
WGM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	/11		Certified ↗

2–12 Oct 2019 · Mumbai, India · Swiss · avg. opp. 2303 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship, FIDE WORLD JUNIOR (U-20) GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 20219, WORLD JUNIORS (UNDER 20), WORLD YOUTII CIIESS CHAMPIONSHIPS-2019 Under - 18 girls, WYCC 2019 - GIRLS U18, World Junior (Under-20) Open Chess Championship, World Junior Open Chess Champ, World Junior U - 20 Chess Championship 2019, World Junior U20 Open Ch., World Voath Ches Champlonship 2019 - Open 16, World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Girls U16, World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - Open U16, World Youth Chess Championship 2019 - U18, World Youth Chess Championship 2019 U-18

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Gholami, Aryan	IRI	6½/9	2459	Certified ↗
GM	Murzin, Volodar	RUS	7/11	2451	Certified ↗
IM	Aaryan Varshney	IND	5½/11	2455	Certified ↗
IM	Aronyak Ghosh	IND	7/10	2326	Certified ↗
IM	Audi Ameya	IND	5½/10	2426	Certified ↗
IM	Kushagra Mohan	IND	7½/11	2381	Certified ↗
IM	Parkhov, Yair	ISR	6½/11	2403	Certified ↗
IM	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	7½/11	2348	Certified ↗
WIM	Afonasieva, Anna	RUS	7/11	2152	Certified ↗
WIM	Nurgali, Nazerke	KAZ	8½/11	2071	Certified ↗
WIM	Pandey Srishti	IND	6/11	2228	Certified ↗
WIM	Schulze, Lara	GER	7½/11	2173	Certified ↗
WIM	Urh, Zala	SLO	7½/11	2121	Certified ↗
WIM	Yan, Tianqi	CHN	6½/11	2253	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championships 2018

20–30 Oct 2018 · Chalkidiki, Greece · Swiss · avg. opp. 2337 · FIDE 197227 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championships 2018, FIDE World Youth Chess Champ 2018, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships - open 16, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships - open 18 Championships - open 18, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships – open 14, FIDE World Youth Chess Championships-open 18, WYCC 2018 Open U18, World Youth B-16 Ch, World Youth Championship 2018 Open U16, World Youth Championships 2018 G-14, World Youth Championships 2018 Girls u18, World Youth Chess Championships

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Gazik, Viktor	SVK	/11		Certified ↗
GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	7½/11	2413	Certified ↗
GM	Janik, Igor	POL	7½	2437	Certified ↗
IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	8/11	2390	Certified ↗
IM	Alexiadis, Hristos	GRE	7/10	2307	Certified ↗
IM	Davtyan, Artur	ARM	7/11	2374	Certified ↗
IM	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	ESP	9/11	2231	Certified ↗
IM	Haug, Johannes	NOR	6/11	2402	Certified ↗
IM	Kamer, Kayra	TUR	6½/10	2340	Certified ↗
IM	Lazov, Toni	MKD	5½/10	2417	Certified ↗
IM	Petriashvili, Nikoloz	GEO	6/11	2397	Certified ↗
IM	Sankalp Gupta	IND	7/11	2381	Certified ↗
WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	IND	7½/11	2171	Certified ↗
WIM	Tarini Goyal	IND	7½/11	2119	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship

17–26 Sep 2017 · Montevideo (URU) · Swiss · avg. opp. 2323 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship, W o r l d Y o u t h C h e s s C h a m p i o n s h i p 2 0 1 7 U 1 8 O p e n

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
GM	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	PER	8½/11	2291		Certified ↗
IM	Noboa, Kevin	ECU	7/10	2355		Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2016 G18

22 Sep – 3 Oct 2016 · Khanty-Mansiysk · Swiss · avg. opp. 2333 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2016 G18, WYCC 2016, World Youth 2016 - Open 16, World Youth Championship 2016 U18, World Youth Championship 2016 – U18, World Youth Chess Ch. 2016, World Youth Chess Ch. 2016 O16, World Youth Chess Championship 2016, World Youth Chess Championship 2016 016, World Youth Chess Championship 2016 O18, World Youth Chess Championship 2016 Open 18, WorldYouth Championship 2016 016

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	9/11	2434	Certified ↗
IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	5/9	2435	Certified ↗
IM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	6/11	2389	Certified ↗
IM	Livaic, Leon	CRO	6/9	2376	Certified ↗
IM	Plenca, Jadranko	CRO	5½/9	2373	Certified ↗
IM	Pultinevicius, Paulius	LTU	7/11	2352	Certified ↗
IM	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD	7½/11	2375	Certified ↗
IM	Toma, Radu-Cristian	ROU	6½/10	2347	Certified ↗
IM	Tran, Minh Thang	VIE	8/11	2393	Certified ↗
IM	Triapishko, Olexandr	RUS	8½/11	2385	Certified ↗
WIM	Ghukasyan, Siranush	ARM	6½/11	2208	Certified ↗
WIM	Lahav, Michal	ISR	8/11	2219	Certified ↗
WIM	Lingur, Zalina	RUS	6½/11	2191	Certified ↗
WIM	Obolentseva, Alexandra	RUS	8/11	2185	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2015-Under 18

25 Oct – 5 Nov 2015 · Porto Carras - Halkidiki/Greece · Swiss · avg. opp. 2325 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2015-Under 18, FIDE World Youth - Cadets Chess, FIDE World Youth - Cadets Chess Championships - open U18, World Youth Ch 2015 - Girls under 16, World Youth Ch 2015 - Girls under 18, World Youth Ch 2015 - Girls under 18 [Gold Medal], World Youth Ch. 2015, World Youth Championship 2015, World Youth Chess Championship 2015

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Mosadeghpour, Masoud	IRI	9½/11	2420	Certified ↗
IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	6/9	2359	Certified ↗
IM	Faizrakhmanov, Ramil	RUS	7½/11	2337	Certified ↗
IM	Kaczur, Florian	HUN	7/11	2387	Certified ↗
IM	Marek, Matyas	CZE	6/11	2312	Certified ↗
WGM	Mahalakshmi, M	IND	/11		Certified ↗
WIM	Harazinska, Ewa	POL	4½/9		Certified ↗
WIM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	6/9		Certified ↗
WIM	Varshini, V	IND	/11	2135	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championships 2014

20–29 Sep 2014 · Durban (RJA) · Swiss · avg. opp. 2342 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championships 2014, World Youth Chess Championship

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	/11		Certified ↗
IM	Bellahcene, Bilel	FRA	6½/11	2361	Certified ↗
IM	Studer, Noel	SUI	7½/11	2322	Certified ↗

WYCC U18 Open Classic

18–28 Dec 2013 · Al Ain, UAE · Swiss · avg. opp. 2370 · Report a problem

Sections: WYCC U18 Open Classic, Al Ain Open Classic - A, Al-Ain Open Classic-A, WYCC U18 Girls Classic, World Youth CC 2013 Open U16, World Youth CC 2013 U18, World Youth Ch U16 Standard, World YouthChess Championships U18 Open Classic

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	8½/11	2437	Certified ↗
IM	Ebeling, Daniel	FIN	6½/11	2395	Certified ↗
IM	Ma, Zhonghan	CHN	7½/11	2415	Certified ↗
IM	Pourramezanali, Amirreza	IRI	5/9	2465	Certified ↗
IM	Prince, Bajaj	IND	6½/11	2391	Certified ↗
IM	Saiyn, Zhanat	KAZ	7/10	2460	Certified ↗
IM	Salomon, Johan	NOR	6/10	2351	Certified ↗
WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	ARM	7/11	2137	Certified ↗
WIM	Khalafova, Narmin	AZE	3½/9	2283	Certified ↗

World Youth Championships 2012 - U18 Girls

8–18 Nov 2012 · Maribor (SLO) · Swiss · avg. opp. 2228 · FIDE 73580 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Championships 2012 - U18 Girls, World Youth Championship 2012 U18, World Youth Championship B18, World Youth Chess Champ. 2012 - Girls 16, World Youth Chess Championship 2012 - Open 18 (Rated for Dec 2012)

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
IM	Drozdowski, Kacper	POL	7½/10		Certified ↗
IM	Mons, Leon	GER	6½		Certified ↗
IM	Nagy, Gabor	HUN	8/11	2407	Certified ↗
WIM	Severina, Maria	RUS	8/11	2183	Certified ↗
WIM	Styazhkina, Anna	RUS	9/11	2094	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess C-ships 2011, U18G

16 Nov 2011 · Brazil · Swiss · avg. opp. 2167 · Report a problem

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
WIM	Enkhtuul, Altanulzii	MGL	6½/9	2167		Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championships 2011.Open 18

20–30 Oct 2010 · Porto Carras, Greece · Swiss · avg. opp. 2319 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championships 2011.Open 18, World Youth CC 2010 - Open under 18, World Youth Championship, World Youth Chess Campionships, World Youth Chess Champ 2010 - Open U18, World Youth Chess Championship, World Youth Chess Championship 2010, World Youth Chess Championship 2010 –Girls U18, World Youth Chess Championships 2010, World Youth Chess Championships 2010 - Girls under 16, World Youth chess Campionships

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Zierk, Steven C	USA	7½/11	2466	Certified ↗
IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	7	2377	Certified ↗
IM	Arribas Lopez, Angel	ESP	8/11	2364	Certified ↗
IM	Belous, Vladimir	RUS	5½/9	2383	Certified ↗
IM	Danilenko, Dmitriy	UKR	6/9	2368	Certified ↗
IM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	7/11	2397	Certified ↗
IM	Mammadov, Ayaz Arzu oglu	AZE	6½/10	2361	Certified ↗
WIM	Hakimifard, Ghazal	IRI	7½/11	2146	Certified ↗
WIM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	UKR	7/11	2171	Certified ↗
WIM	Stetsko, Lanita	BLR	7½/11	2160	Certified ↗

World Youth C.C. 2009 - Open under 18

12–22 Nov 2009 · Antalya, TUR · Swiss · avg. opp. 2342 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth C.C. 2009 - Open under 18, World Youth Chess Champ. 2009 (IS), World Youth Chess Champ. 2009 UIS, World Youth Chess Champ.-u18, World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 16), World Youth Chess Championship 2009 - U18, World Youth Chess Championship-u16g, World Youth Chess Championship-u18g

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	9/11	2407	Certified ↗
IM	Arslanov, Shamil	RUS	7/11	2366	Certified ↗
IM	Darini, Pouria	IRI	6½/11	2414	Certified ↗
IM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	6/9	2395	Certified ↗
IM	Pavlidis, Anastasios	GRE	5½/11	2415	Certified ↗
IM	Pavlidis, Antonios	GRE	6½/11	2391	Certified ↗
IM	Shukh, Nikolai	RUS			Certified ↗
WIM	Eric, Jovana	SRB	6½/11	2188	Certified ↗
WIM	Papp, Petra	HUN	7½/11	2156	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2008 -Open 16

20–30 Oct 2008 · Vietnam · Swiss · avg. opp. 2263 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2008 -Open 16, World Youth Ch 2008 (-16), World Youth G-18 Ch 2008

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
IM	Debashis, Das	IND	8/11	2325	Certified ↗
IM	Soors, Stef	BEL	7½/10	2278	Certified ↗
WIM	Zhorzholiani, Meri	GEO	6/11	2186	Certified ↗

WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (18)

18–28 Nov 2007 · Turkey · Swiss · avg. opp. 2292 · FIDE 11010 · Report a problem

Sections: WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (18), WORLD YOUTH CHPSP, 2007 (16), World Youth Ch Champ - u16 boys, World Youth Champ. 2007 (18G), World Youth Champ. 2007 U18, World Youth Championship (U-16), World Youth Championship 2007

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
IM	Nakhapetiane, Pogos	RUS	7/10	2392	Certified ↗
IM	Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	/10	2276	Certified ↗
IM	Recuerro Guerra, David	ESP	8/11	2293	Certified ↗
IM	Rombaldoni, Axel	ITA	8/11	2280	Certified ↗
IM	Samolins, Vitalijs	LAT	7½/9		Certified ↗
IM	Zaslavsky, Michael	ISR	6½/10	2363	Certified ↗
WIM	Stell-Antoni, Fiona	LUX	6½/10	2148	Certified ↗

World Youth Chess Championship 2006-U18

19–28 Oct 2006 · Batumi,GEO · Swiss · avg. opp. 2291 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Chess Championship 2006-U18, World Youth 2006, World Youth Chess Championship

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Status
GM	Braun, Arik	GER			Certified ↗
IM	Panjwani, Raja	CAN	7½/11	2327	Certified ↗
WGM	Nargiz, Umudova	AZE	8½/11	2255	Certified ↗

YWCC BELFORT 2005 GIRLS Under 16 (FRA)

19–28 Jul 2005 · Belfort/France · Swiss · avg. opp. 2394 · Report a problem

Sections: YWCC BELFORT 2005 GIRLS Under 16 (FRA), Youth World Chess Championship boys

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
IM	Bitelmajer, Martin	ARG	6/10	2394		Certified ↗
WIM	Leks, Hanna	POL	6½/10			Certified ↗

World Youth Ch. Boys u18

4–13 Nov 2004 · Crete · Swiss · avg. opp. 2323 · Report a problem

Sections: World Youth Ch. Boys u18, World Youth Chess Championship 2004 Boys U14 [

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
IM	Ludwig, Daniel	USA	8/11	2283		Certified ↗
IM	Ronchetti, Niccolo	ITA	6/9	2363		Certified ↗

World Youth CC Boys U-18

21 Oct – 3 Nov 2001 · Spain · Swiss · avg. opp. 2437 · Report a problem

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
IM	Lindberg 1984, Bo	SWE	6/9	2437		Certified ↗

World Boys-18 Championship

Date unknown · Italy · Swiss · avg. opp. 2385 · Report a problem

Norm	Player	Fed	Score	Avg. opp.	Perf.	Status
IM	Shamatava, Nikolozi	GEO	6½/11	2385		Certified ↗