European Youth Go Championship


The European Youth Go Championship is a championship for young players of the board game of Go. It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix, Romania in 1996. Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi, have since progressed to become professional Go players.
The championship was divided into two sections until 2010, when it was split into three age groups.
This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovsky, respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship.

History

In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mérő, and the future professional players Svetlana Shikshina and Alexandre Dinerchtein.

Notable prize-winners

Other juniors went on to win senior tournaments.
The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship, in 2007 and 2010.
Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mérő, Alexandr Dinerchtein and Diána Kőszegi.

Awards

From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s, U-16s and U-18s.

Under 12

Under 16

This section was created in 2010, after the World Youth Go Championship altered the age categories under competition.
YearWinnerSecondThirdPlace
2010 Mateusz Surma Vanessa Wong Yurii Mykhaliuk Sibiu
2011 Mateusz Surma Vanessa Wong Alexander Vashurov Brno
2012 Yurii Mykhaliuk Stepan Popov Alexandru-Petre Pitrop Saint Petersburg
2013 Stepan Popov Silvestru State Vjacheslav Kajmin Budapest
2014 Alexandru-Petre Pitrop Grigorij Fionin Vjacheslav Kajmin Bognor Regis
2015 Vjacheslav Kajmin Valerii Krushelnytskyi Stepan Popov Zandvoort
2016 Vjacheslav Kajmin Valerii Krushelnytskyi Kim Shakhov Palic
2017 Oscar Vazquez Valerii Krushelnytskyi Kim Shakhov Grenoble
2018 Arved Pittner Solal Zemor Savva Mezin Kyiv
2019 Virzhinia Shalneva Arved Pittner Linh Vu Tu Moscow
2020 Linh Vu Tu Alexandr Muromcev Davide Bernardis Stubičke Toplice

Under 18

Under 20

During the 2011 championship of Brno, it was mentioned "under 20" category instead of "under 18"
YearWinnerSecondThirdVenue
2011 Pavol Lisy Ali Jabarin Lukas Kraemer Brno
2012 Lukas Podpera Alexander Vashurov Alexander Eerbeek Saint Petersburg
2013 Pavol Lisy Ali Jabarin Lukas Podpera Budapest
2014 Lukas Podpera Jonas Welticke Tanguy Le_Calve Bognor Regis
2015 Pavol Lisy Lukas Podpera Tanguy Le_Calve Zandvoort
2016 Grigorij Fionin Stanislaw Frejlak Dominic Boviz Palic
2017 Vjacheslav Kajmin Grigorij Fionin Anton Chernykh Grenoble
2018 Sinan Djepov Matias Pankoke Elian_Ioan Grigoriu Kyiv
2019 Anton Chernykh Grigorij Fionin Elian Ioan Grigoriu Moscow
2020 Anton Chernykh Sinan Djepov Elian Ioan Grigoriu Stubičke Toplice