The European Youth Classical Chess Championship 2024 is taking place in the Czech Republic, 21st August to 1st September with nearly 1250 participants representing 47 European federations. The event will be played in 6 age sections U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately, with 9 rounds Swiss system in each competition.
The top players in the European Youth Chess 2024 U18 Open are Yahli Sokolovsky, Jan Klimkowski, Eytan Rozen, Diego Matias Pino, Timothe Razafindratsima, Richard Stalmach, Guy Levin, Laurenz Borrmann, and Diego Vergara Anton
European Youth Chess 2024 U18 Open – participants
1
GM
Sokolovsky, Yahli
ISR
2522
2
IM
Klimkowski, Jan
POL
2508
3
IM
Malek, Jan
POL
2482
4
IM
Rozen, Eytan
ISR
2478
5
IM
Macias Pino, Diego
ESP
2477
6
IM
Razafindratsima, Timothe
FRA
2457
7
IM
Stalmach, Richard
CZE
2443
8
IM
Levin, Guy
ISR
2436
9
FM
Borrmann, Laurenz
AUT
2427
10
FM
Vergara Anton, Diego
ESP
2416
11
IM
Hrbek, Stepan
CZE
2414
12
FM
Pidluznij, Gleb
LTU
2414
13
IM
Davtyan, Arsen
ARM
2402
14
FM
Pasztor, Balazs
HUN
2402
15
FM
Talibov, Shiroghlan
AZE
2395
16
FM
Belkaid, Sohan
FRA
2384
17
FM
Elmi, Saad Abobaker
NOR
2383
18
FM
Piliposyan, Robert
ARM
2376
19
FM
Chyzy, Jakub
POL
2368
20
FM
Karolczuk, Iwo
POL
2356
21
FM
Gasparyan, Erik R.
ARM
2350
22
FM
Palczert, Matyas
HUN
2341
23
FM
Olenik Campa, Rudi
SLO
2335
24
FM
Baranciuc, Alexandr
MDA
2332
25
FM
Slagboom, Leandro
NED
2331
26
FM
Babula, Vlastimil
CZE
2326
27
FM
Falkevall, Axel
SWE
2325
28
FM
Koutlas, Nikolaos
GRE
2322
29
FM
Soderstrom, Adrian
SWE
2318
30
FM
Garcia Fernandez, Victor
ESP
2313
31
FM
Ribera Veganzones, Serni
AND
2309
32
FM
Dehtiarov, Roman
UKR
2308
33
FM
Farokhi, Keyvan
GER
2307
34
AFM
Zlatkov, Anton
MKD
2297
35
FM
Kreken, Eivind Grunt
NOR
2294
36
FM
Smolik, Jachym
CZE
2290
37
FM
Sahakyan, Aleks
ARM
2287
38
FM
Eilenberg, Jonas
GER
2285
39
Paseka, Matyas
CZE
2281
40
FM
Hercegovac, Neven
ITA
2278
41
FM
Szikszai, Bertalan
HUN
2278
42
FM
Seidl, Jan
CZE
2276
43
FM
Ristic, Luka
SRB
2274
44
CM
Bokhnak, Timofey
CZE
2273
45
FM
Fishchuk, Vladyslav
UKR
2264
46
Kutowski, Marcel
POL
2263
47
Sachilaru, Alexandru
ROU
2255
48
FM
Valiyev, Shahin
AZE
2245
49
FM
Stevik, Patrik
SVK
2244
50
FM
Hak, David
CZE
2239
51
FM
Nastore, Pavel-Alexandru
ROU
2233
52
FM
Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh
DEN
2227
53
Backiel, Hubert
POL
2216
54
CM
Engin, Onur Cinar
TUR
2215
55
Kienboeck, Benjamin
AUT
2214
56
CM
Javornik, Nik
SLO
2212
57
Kasipour Azbari, Seyed Arvin
SUI
2212
58
FM
Szalay-Ocsak, Bank
HUN
2204
59
Vilimek, Vit
CZE
2203
60
CM
Xhembulla, Aleksander
ALB
2201
61
CM
Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier
ESP
2196
62
Shamatava, Nikolozi
GEO
2196
63
Kocsmar, Akos
HUN
2187
64
Torres Rebolledo, Victor
ESP
2184
65
FM
Ribeiro, Gustavo
POR
2183
66
Bermudez Ureba, Juan Diego
ESP
2183
67
Bakija, Alan
NED
2171
68
Perets, Dmytro
DEN
2166
69
Taranowicz, Michal
POL
2164
70
CM
Jackson, Edward
ENG
2156
71
Trushko, Andrii
UKR
2154
72
Salgovic, Simon
SVK
2144
73
CM
Ozen, Metehan
TUR
2142
74
Lang, Simon
CZE
2138
75
Kuti, Oliver
AUT
2114
76
CM
Grgantov, Marin
CRO
2110
77
Kovalskyi, Roman
UKR
2108
78
Rak, Martin
SVK
2104
79
Almeida, Joao Pedro Dias
POR
2086
80
Maldonado Mena, German
ESP
2073
81
Anacak, Hasan Gunes
TUR
2071
82
Asllani, Dorian
SUI
2061
83
Thorisson, Benedikt
ISL
2057
84
Dogias, Christos
GRE
2047
85
Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias
POR
2046
86
Pedmanson, Albert
EST
2045
87
Sheahan, Ben
IRL
2043
88
Andries, Alf
DEN
2024
89
Sinitsyn, Anton
FIN
2005
90
Zadrapa, Jakub
CZE
1999
91
AIM
Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr
UKR
1993
92
Rudzkis, Vilius
LTU
1993
93
Jusufi, Ahmet
KOS
1987
94
Michaeli, Omri
ISR
1983
95
Goncalves, Lucas Jordao
POR
1981
96
Zajakins, Artjoms
LAT
1981
97
Janik, Marek Tobias
SVK
1978
98
Omarsson, Adam
ISL
1970
99
CM
Mizzi, Jack
MLT
1960
100
Gudmundsson, Gunnar Erik
ISL
1957
101
Tomson, Mihkel
EST
1957
102
Pavicic, Karlo
BIH
1954
103
Rybacek, Martin
CZE
1954
104
Zhukovskyi, Myhaylo
UKR
1953
105
Afonso, Joao Pedro
POR
1935
106
Lappalainen, Eemi
FIN
1935
107
Zaccaria, Noa
LUX
1929
108
Svejda, Karel
CZE
1927
109
Kulich, Daniel
SVK
1924
110
Veleirinho, Tomas Carvalho
POR
1910
111
Smola, David
CZE
1909
112
Kilic, Nurullah
TUR
1907
113
Karpinets, Andrian
UKR
1899
114
Benismail-Schneider, Elyas
LUX
1895
115
Kusiak, Mateusz
POL
1887
116
Vermoesen, Jordan
BEL
1886
117
Polkki, Eino
FIN
1884
118
Dzeverdanovic, Damjan
MNE
1869
119
Zhukovskyi, Oleksandr
UKR
1867
120
Dejmek, Tomas
CZE
1845
121
Bohn, Sean
LUX
1842
122
Genov, Radoslav
BUL
1842
123
Moisio, Miska
FIN
1830
124
AFM
Krsikapa, Milos
MNE
1788
125
Dieguez Novoa, Benjamin
ESP
1785
126
Hermannsson, Sigurbjorn
ISL
1782
127
Theocharous, Vasilis
CYP
1734
128
Altman, Vladyslav
UKR
1627