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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. Twelve world champions are crowned every year.
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.
Qualifying for the FIDE World Cup; Finishing second in the Women's World Championship; Finishing second or third in the World Junior Championship (U20) Finishing second or third in the World Senior Championship, in both the over 50 and over 65 divisions; Winning (outright or shared) the World Youth Championship (U18)
Qualification and alternative qualification paths for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Unlike any other Candidates Tournaments, and any FIDE World Championship cycle (except 1999–2004 during the split-title period), there is no automatic spot for the runner-up of the previous Championship ().
Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion, the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17, and the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at the age of 16.
Chess players (male or female) who are or were once a world youth chess champion on any of the age categories. See also: World Youth Chess Championship.
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In 2008, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 section, the first Indian to do so. [4] He scored 9 points out of a possible 11, clinching his final norm to become an International Master. He finished 2nd in the U16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009, tying with the eventual winner S. P. Sethuraman at 9 ...