The 2024 European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships officially concluded yesterday in Prague, Czech Republic.
With the participation of 650 players coming from 40 European federations, the event broke the participation record. The Closing ceremony of the event took place yesterday evening, with the attendance of the ECU President Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili who took part in the awards for the winners.
The first event on the schedule was the European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2024 which took place on 17-18 August. The Championship was played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 (open and girls sections separately) and the Winners and medalists are:
Open U8 category:
1. Myron Netrebka (Ukraine, 1690), 7.5 points
2. Oleksandr Savchuk (Ukraine, 1705), 7 points
3. Tymofii Petrenko (Ukraine, 1712), 7 points
Girls U8 category:
1. Nina Bos (Poland, 1511), 9/9 points
2. Eliza-Ioana Badescu (Romania, 1595), 7 points
3. Sofia Baghramyan (Armenia, 1444), 7 points
Open U10 category:
1. Samar Dayal (England, 1735), 8.5 points
2. Maksym Kryshtafor (Ukraine, 1655), 7 points
3. Andras Ilko-Toth (Hungary, 1951), 7 points
Girls U10 category:
1. Ema Jaksa (Slovenia, 1654), 9/9 points
2. Bao Anh Angelina Nguyen Doan (Poland, 1704), 7.5 points
3. Maria Kinash (Ukraine, 1622), 6.5 points
Open U12 category:
1. Oskar Chiszko (Poland, 2102), 7.5 points
2. Erik Golubovic (Croatia, 2053), 7 points
3. Adam Gibala (Poland, 2059), 7 points
Girls U12 category:
1. Alina Baluh (Ukraine, 1785), 8 points
2. Yana Marusyn (Ukraine, 1669), 7.5 points
3. Tess Hujova (Czech Repubic, 1504), 6.5 points
Open U14 category:
1. Nazar Sokhor (Ukraine, 2000), 7.5 points
2. Yaroslav Shevchenko (Ukraine, 2141), 7 points
3. Wladyslaw Pycinski (Poland, 2154), 7 points
Girls U14 category:
1. WCM Lara Zagorac (Croatia, 1770), 7.5 points
2. Maria-Antonia Aldea (Romania, 1811), 7 points
3. WFM Vera Vujovic (Serbia, 2075), 6.5 points
Open U16 category:
1. FM Filip Magold (Romania, 2318), 7.5 points
2. FM Roman Dehtiarov (Ukraine, 2311), 7.5 points
3. CM Ivan Povshedniy (Ukraine, 2202), 6.5 points
Girls U16 category:
1. Sofiia Moskalets (Ukraine, 1672), 7.5 points
2. Zuzanna Gaszka (Poland, 1875), 7 points
3. Pola Seemann (Poland, 1940), 7 points
Open U18 category:
1. FM Aleks Sahakyan (Armenia, 2269), 7.5 points
2. FM Vladyslav Fishchuk (Ukraine, 2197), 7 points
3. IM Jan Klimkowski (Poland, 2423), 6.5 points
Girls U18 category:
1. WFM Maria Siekanska (Poland, 1956), 7 points
2. WFM Alexandra Shvedova (Italy, 2010), 7 points
3. WFM Lucia Sevcikova (Slovakia, 1992), 6.5 points
Final rankings can be found here.
The European Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2024 took place on 19 and 20 of August in the same venue of the ****Hotel Top Praha. The event was played in 9 double rounds (swiss system), in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately and the winners and medalists are:
Open U8 category:
1. Markiyan Hanas (Ukraine, 1795), 14 points
2. Matei-Andrei Badescu (Romania, 1804), 14 points
3. Artem Kucher (Ukraine, 1867), 13.5 points
Girls U8 category:
1. Sofia Baghramyan (Armenia, 1497), 16 points
2. Eliza-Ioana Badescu (Romania, 1647), 16 points
3. Nina Bos (Poland, 1516), 14 points
Open U10 category:
1. Konstantin Mueller (Germany, 1936), 14 points
2. Sebastian Fuentes de Nova (Spain, 1913), 13.5 points
3. Daniil Shygin (Ukraine, 1833), 13.5 points
Girls U10 category:
1. Anna Horodna (Ukraine, 1599), 14 points
2. Bao Anh Angelina Nguyen Doan (Poland, 1717), 14 points
3. Ema Jaksa (Slovenia, 1425), 12.5 points
Open U12 category:
1. Adam Gibala (Poland, 2059), 14.5 points
2. CM Antoni Radzimski (Poland, 1918), 14 points
3. Maksym Faryma (Portugal, 2211), 13.5 points
Girls U12 category:
1. Alina Baluh (Ukraine, 1846), 14.5 points
2. Sara Maria Sunea (Romania, 1726), 13.5 points
3. Anastasiya Telyuk (Ukraine, 1695), 13.5 points
Open U14 category:
1. FM Havard Haug (Norway, 2393), 15.5 points
2. IM Vaclav Finek (Czech Republic, 2342), 14 points
3. FM Lukas Dotzer (Austria, 2272), 13 points
Girls U14 category:
1. Sona Krkyasharyan (Armenia, 1828), 14.5 points
2. WCM Lara Zagorac (Croatia, 1986), 13 points
3. WFM Vera Vujovic (Serbia, 2087), 12.5 points
Open U16 category:
1.CM Ivan Povshednyi (Ukraine, 2307), 13.5 points
2. Mykhailo Podolskyi (Ukraine, 2263), 13.5 points
3. FM Javier Habans Aguerrea (Spain, 2332), 12.5 points
Girls U16 category:
1. Klara Szczotka (Poland, 2080), 15 points
2. WFM Charis Peglau (Germany, 1950), 12 points
3. Sofiia Moskalets (Ukraine, 1670), 12 points
Open U18 category:
1. IM Jan Klimkowski (Poland, 2417), 15 points
2. IM Diego Macias Pino (Spain, 2431), 13.5 points
3. FM Saad Abdobaker Elmi (Norway, 2376), 12.5 points
Girls U18 category:
1. WFM Alexandra Shvedova (Italy, 2041), 15 points
2. WFM Martyna Starosta (Poland, 2013), 15 points
3. Tetyana Skarbarchuk (Ukraine, 2024), 12 points
Final rankings can be found here.
European Youth Team Rapid Chess Championship 2024 took place on Monday, 19th of August, in the afternoon. The event was played in 3 age categories: U10, U14 and U18, open and girls sections separately. The Winners are:
Open U10 category:
1. Spain 1, 12 match points
2. Ukraine – Lviv Chess Academy 1, 11 match points
3. Armenia 1, 10 match points
Girls U10 category:
1. Ukraine – Lviv Debut, 13 match points
2. Poland 3, 10 match points
3. Slovakia, 9 match points
Open U14 category:
1. Serbia, 12 match points
2. Poland 1, 12 match points
3. Ukraine – Lviv Chess Academy 1, 10 match points
Girls U14 category:
1. Poland 2, 10 match points
2. Czech Republic – Prague, 11 match points
3. Romania, 11 match points
Open U18 category:
1. Spain, 14 match points
2. Ukraine 1, 10 match points
3. Hungary 1, 10 match points
Girls U18 category:
1. Ukraine – Lviv Chess Academy 1, 11 match points
2. Poland 2, 11 match points
3. Poland 1, 11 match points
Final rankings can be found here.
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