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The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry, who organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in Birmingham, England. Subsequently, it ...
See also: World Junior Chess Championship. Pages in category "World Junior Chess Champions" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
2009: 9th-16th at the Chess World Cup 2009. 2013: Semifinalist at the Chess World Cup 2013. 2014–2015 4th-7th place at the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 stage in Tashkent (November 2014). Finished 15th (out of 16 participants) in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, one of the qualifying methods of the 2016 World Chess Championship cycle.
In 1997 the name of tournament was changed to the World Youth Chess Championships. The under 8 category was first introduced in 2006. 1974 – Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France, 2–13 July – The first World Cadet Championship was an Under-18 event, organised by the French chess authorities. Thirty players took part in an 11-round Swiss.
Gomez participated in two World Junior Chess Championships. At the age of 15 years old, Gomez represented the Philippines in the 40th World Junior Chess Championship held at Peristeri, Greece (2001) where he performed creditably by tying for 18th–30th places eventually finishing in 26th with a score of 7.5/13 posting 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 ...
In the 2009 World Youth Chess Championships, Urkedal finished in fifth place in the under-16 section scoring 8 points out of 11. This was Norway's second best result in the youth championship, only Magnus Carlsen's second place in the under-12 section in 2002 surpassed this. [6] Urkedal achieved the title of FIDE Master in 2008.
In October 2008, he finished 3rd in the World Youth Chess Championship – Open U14; In July 2009, member of the Polish youth side that won the silver medal in the European youth team championship U18 – BOYS; In August 2010, he finished 3rd at the World Junior Chess Championships – U20 [2]
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...