The European Youth Chess Championship 2012 will take place 17-25 August in Prague, Czech Republic. A total of 1173 players from 46 nations participate in the massive youth chess event. They will be seeking medals in 12 categories, one for boys and one for girls in each age group U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18.
The largest delegation comes from Russia with 185 young players. The hosts the the Czech Republic are with 154, Poland 59, Slovakia 47, Turkey 46. IM Vladislav Artemiev, FM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, FM Bilel Bellahcene, FM Vahap Sanal, FM Ali Marandi Cemil Can, etc.
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| 1 | IM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2476 |
| 2 | FM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2411 |
| 3 | FM | Bellahcene Bilel | FRA | 2390 |
| 4 | FM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2387 |
| 5 | FM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR | 2362 |
| 6 | FM | Korpa Bence | HUN | 2317 |
| 7 | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2292 | |
| 8 | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2286 | |
| 9 | Paravyan David | RUS | 2271 | |
| 10 | Kozionov Kirill | RUS | 2257 | |
| 11 | Minko Vladimir | RUS | 2257 | |
| 12 | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2225 | |
| 13 | Khanin Semen | RUS | 2220 | |
| 14 | Gajek Radoslaw | POL | 2200 | |
| 15 | Stremavicius Titas | LTU | 2195 | |
| 16 | Huber Martin Christian | AUT | 2185 | |
| 17 | Msellek Ilyass | FRA | 2173 | |
| 18 | Sadikhov Ulvi | AZE | 2171 | |
| 19 | Savenkov Konstantin | RUS | 2162 | |
| 20 | FM | Shtembuliak Evgeny | UKR | 2153 |
| 21 | Blahynka Martin | CZE | 2145 | |
| 22 | Dolana Andrei-Theodor | ROU | 2136 | |
| 23 | Popov Andrey | RUS | 2130 | |
| 24 | Tarasov Alexandr | RUS | 2124 | |
| 25 | Kudelya Igor | RUS | 2120 | |
| 26 | Grigorian Spartak | GER | 2118 | |
| 27 | Sheremet Anton | BLR | 2114 | |
| 28 | Mamedov Elmin | RUS | 2105 | |
| 29 | Pak Alexander | RUS | 2104 | |
| 30 | Bakhmatsky Vladislav | UKR | 2101 | |
| 31 | Pulpan Jakub | CZE | 2087 | |
| 32 | Rudakov Aleksandr | RUS | 2086 | |
| 33 | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2073 | |
| 34 | Sibashvili Giorgi | GEO | 2073 | |
| 35 | Markoja Boris | SLO | 2070 | |
| 36 | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2069 | |
| 37 | Foniak Ivan | RUS | 2067 | |
| 38 | Plenca Jadranko | CRO | 2061 | |
| 39 | Tokranovs Dmitrijs | LAT | 2060 | |
| 40 | Suarez Gomez Julio | ESP | 2057 | |
| 41 | Haria Ravi | ENG | 2054 | |
| 42 | Johannesson Oliver | ISL | 2047 | |
| 43 | Garriga Cazorla Pere | ESP | 2043 | |
| 44 | Vetrov Gleb | RUS | 2043 | |
| 45 | Goldobin Aleksei | RUS | 2041 | |
| 46 | Snihur Piotr | POL | 2038 | |
| 47 | Melnikov Egor | RUS | 2033 | |
| 48 | Winiarski Mikolaj | POL | 2031 | |
| 49 | Afanaskin Igor | RUS | 2029 | |
| 50 | Ladopoulos Dimitrios | GRE | 2027 | |
| 51 | Percivaldi Martin | DEN | 2024 | |
| 52 | Rydl Jiri | CZE | 2021 | |
| 53 | Ptacek Tomas | CZE | 2019 | |
| 54 | Chekletsov Ilya | RUS | 2018 | |
| 55 | Dvorak Adam | CZE | 2008 | |
| 56 | Malhotra Tarun | ENG | 2005 | |
| 57 | Musiienko Danylo | UKR | 2004 | |
| 58 | Morozov Nichita | MDA | 2002 | |
| 59 | Petr Jan | CZE | 2001 | |
| 60 | Puskar Peter | SVK | 1998 | |
| 61 | Kovalev Egor | RUS | 1992 | |
| 62 | Petrov Vladimir Sergeev | BUL | 1991 | |
| 63 | Abramciuc Marius | MDA | 1990 | |
| 64 | Murphy Conor E | ENG | 1976 | |
| 65 | Marek Matyas | CZE | 1975 | |
| 66 | Maslov Ivan | RUS | 1975 | |
| 67 | Striechman Orri | ISR | 1969 | |
| 68 | Kratochvil Vit 98 | CZE | 1962 | |
| 69 | Taylor Adam C | ENG | 1962 | |
| 70 | Kavon Rastislav | SVK | 1959 | |
| 71 | O`Donnell Conor | IRL | 1955 | |
| 72 | Shahaliyev Ismayil | AZE | 1954 | |
| 73 | Portela Peleteiro Alberto | ESP | 1953 | |
| 74 | Monteriano Eran | ISR | 1947 | |
| 75 | Spacek Oliver | SVK | 1945 | |
| 76 | Tuerlinckx Ben | BEL | 1938 | |
| 77 | Gerlagh Joris | NED | 1930 | |
| 78 | Zubkov Vsevolod | RUS | 1928 | |
| 79 | Rajkovic Mladen | SRB | 1926 | |
| 80 | Voloshin Pavel | RUS | 1922 | |
| 81 | Molnar Erno | SVK | 1919 | |
| 82 | Nikolovski Nikola | MKD | 1917 | |
| 83 | Miculka David | CZE | 1915 | |
| 84 | Kravec Patrik | SVK | 1910 | |
| 85 | Aleksanyan Gor | ARM | 1907 | |
| 86 | Tomczak Mikolaj | POL | 1901 | |
| 87 | Aleksanyan Hrant | ARM | 1898 | |
| 88 | Sirosh Ilja | EST | 1889 | |
| 89 | Utnasanov Adyan | RUS | 1882 | |
| 90 | Chistiakov Mihail | RUS | 1879 | |
| 91 | Guerra Arrocha Daniel | ESP | 1872 | |
| 92 | Lappalainen Matias | FIN | 1870 | |
| 93 | Lopatik Nikita | BLR | 1869 | |
| 94 | Balaji Ananthanarayanan | ENG | 1859 | |
| 95 | Jablonicky Martin | SVK | 1858 | |
| 96 | Gavrilov Mikhail | RUS | 1857 | |
| 97 | Ucles Lirola Moises | ESP | 1857 | |
| 98 | Havelka Josef | CZE | 1856 | |
| 99 | Tsoi Leo Z | ENG | 1849 | |
| 100 | Kiss Balint | AUT | 1840 | |
| 101 | Abbasov Zaur | AZE | 1839 | |
| 102 | Bulgurlu Okan | TUR | 1839 | |
| 103 | Miknevicius Laurynas | LTU | 1830 | |
| 104 | Radulescu Vlad-Alexandru | ROU | 1830 | |
| 105 | Valkama Eero | FIN | 1827 | |
| 106 | Kostka Vit | CZE | 1820 | |
| 107 | Ramacker Quinten | BEL | 1805 | |
| 108 | Kula Dominik | CZE | 1794 | |
| 109 | Zeman Radek | CZE | 1794 | |
| 110 | Manfroi Andrea | ITA | 1786 | |
| 111 | Yaver Faik Emre | TUR | 1782 | |
| 112 | Vangsgaard Bjarke | DEN | 1780 | |
| 113 | Darnell Anton | SWE | 1763 | |
| 114 | Martins Guilherme Pires Tavare | POR | 1761 | |
| 115 | Simo Marian | SVK | 1760 | |
| 116 | Schweighoffer Martin | SUI | 1756 | |
| 117 | Suleymanli Ramazan | AZE | 1750 | |
| 118 | Thorgeirsson Jon Kristinn | ISL | 1747 | |
| 119 | Hadzialic Benjamin | BIH | 1745 | |
| 120 | Cesenek Jan | CZE | 1736 | |
| 121 | Spiridonov Mikhail | RUS | 1720 | |
| 122 | Lopez Popov Ivan | LUX | 1719 | |
| 123 | Svoboda Filip | CZE | 1706 | |
| 124 | Lukic Lazar | MNE | 1692 | |
| 125 | Bares Jachym | CZE | 1684 | |
| 126 | Erdogan Anil Berk | TUR | 1681 | |
| 127 | Skorepa Jakub | CZE | 1680 | |
| 128 | Inan Canberk | TUR | 1673 | |
| 129 | Truksa Vaclav | CZE | 1673 | |
| 130 | Cavadas Francisco | POR | 1649 | |
| 131 | Cach Jakub | CZE | 1596 | |
| 132 | Sorin Ilya | RUS | 1575 | |
| 133 | Liebert Erwin | EST | 1566 | |
| 134 | Bennett Owen | WLS | 0 | |
| 135 | Bennett Rhys | WLS | 0 | |
| 136 | Bond Alexander | SCO | 0 | |
| 137 | Evans Nicholas Thomas | WLS | 0 | |
| 138 | Jacobsson Ludvig | SWE | 0 | |
| 139 | Kapetanos Konstantinos | CYP | 0 | |
| 140 | Shiatis Rohan | ENG | 0 | |
| 141 | Theocharous Stelios | CYP | 0 |
