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. Top seeded players in the boys U10 are Andrey Esipenko, Adam Kozak, Viktor Matviishen, Semen Lomasov, Kirill Shevchenko, Abdulla Qadimbayli, etc.
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| 1 | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2116 | |
| 2 | Kozak Adam | HUN | 2112 | |
| 3 | Matviishen Viktor | UKR | 1980 | |
| 4 | Lomasov Semen | RUS | 1954 | |
| 5 | CM | Shevchenko Kirill | UKR | 1946 |
| 6 | FM | Qadimbayli Abdulla | AZE | 1903 |
| 7 | Shehovtsov Aleksandr | RUS | 1902 | |
| 8 | Di Benedetto Edoardo | ITA | 1886 | |
| 9 | Chekletsov Egor | RUS | 1878 | |
| 10 | Kalabukhov Bogdan | RUS | 1877 | |
| 11 | Sidorov Anton | RUS | 1876 | |
| 12 | Chukavin Kirill | EST | 1871 | |
| 13 | Ivic Velimir | SRB | 1869 | |
| 14 | Gurvich Vitaly | RUS | 1859 | |
| 15 | Lagarde Dimitri | FRA | 1852 | |
| 16 | Sedykh Egor | RUS | 1847 | |
| 17 | Shuvalov Arvind | RUS | 1806 | |
| 18 | CM | Pak Matvey | RUS | 1800 |
| 19 | CM | Gavrilescu David | ROU | 1794 |
| 20 | CM | Sargsyan Shant | ARM | 1782 |
| 21 | Kugappi Tomi | FIN | 1778 | |
| 22 | Golikov Daniil | RUS | 1772 | |
| 23 | Rockmann Jan-Okke | GER | 1767 | |
| 24 | Bango Lukas | SVK | 1759 | |
| 25 | Tomasi Albert | FRA | 1754 | |
| 26 | Kharitonov Ivan | RUS | 1747 | |
| 27 | Shengeliya Mikhail | RUS | 1746 | |
| 28 | Aliyev Ravan | AZE | 1742 | |
| 29 | Zarubitski Viachaslau | BLR | 1741 | |
| 30 | Zlatea Cezar-Stelian | ROU | 1731 | |
| 31 | Psyk Radoslaw | POL | 1728 | |
| 32 | Anikieiev Artem | UKR | 1724 | |
| 33 | Sahin Doga Boran | TUR | 1714 | |
| 34 | Trubchaninov Artem | RUS | 1696 | |
| 35 | Vasilev Martin | BUL | 1693 | |
| 36 | Oboladze Luka | GEO | 1678 | |
| 37 | Sahidi Samir | SVK | 1673 | |
| 38 | David Bogdan-Emanuel | ROU | 1671 | |
| 39 | Torres Ventosa Angel Javier | ESP | 1671 | |
| 40 | Yasinovskiy Aleksandr | RUS | 1665 | |
| 41 | Satir Bora | TUR | 1657 | |
| 42 | Kotov Arseny | BLR | 1652 | |
| 43 | Globevnik Gregor | SLO | 1650 | |
| 44 | Muradli Mahammad | AZE | 1643 | |
| 45 | Kashpur Mark | RUS | 1629 | |
| 46 | Talu Mircea | ROU | 1623 | |
| 47 | Olsen Filip Boe | DEN | 1621 | |
| 48 | Szpar Milosz | POL | 1612 | |
| 49 | Acar Utku Cengiz | TUR | 1607 | |
| 50 | Vorisek Jakub | CZE | 1606 | |
| 51 | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | ISL | 1590 | |
| 52 | Ismayilov Muhammad | AZE | 1586 | |
| 53 | Katopodis Dimitrios | GRE | 1575 | |
| 54 | Kokoszczynski Jan | POL | 1575 | |
| 55 | Haase Pavel | CZE | 1553 | |
| 56 | Jakab Bela | SVK | 1538 | |
| 57 | Serpetsidakis Nikolaos | GRE | 1534 | |
| 58 | Kerem Halil Ozgun | TUR | 1532 | |
| 59 | Semjonovs Ilja | LAT | 1526 | |
| 60 | Estefano Rilova Fernando | ESP | 1523 | |
| 61 | Asensio Ramos Diego | ESP | 1520 | |
| 62 | Prato Simon | AUT | 1514 | |
| 63 | Sonis Francesco | ITA | 1491 | |
| 64 | Dolansky Lukas | CZE | 1470 | |
| 65 | Viczencz Peter | SVK | 1458 | |
| 66 | Rousos Stamatios | GRE | 1350 | |
| 67 | Alivodic Dario | MNE | 0 | |
| 68 | Aliyev Adnan | AZE | 0 | |
| 69 | Alizada Ali | AZE | 0 | |
| 70 | Artsiomau Stanislau | BLR | 0 | |
| 71 | Baidetskyi Valentyn | UKR | 0 | |
| 72 | Bolina Arjan | WLS | 0 | |
| 73 | Brnusak Andrej | SVK | 0 | |
| 74 | Bystritskiy Daniil | RUS | 0 | |
| 75 | Chitiashvili Kova | RUS | 0 | |
| 76 | Davtyan Artur | ARM | 0 | |
| 77 | Demko Robert | CZE | 0 | |
| 78 | Draskovic Aleksandar | MNE | 0 | |
| 79 | Egorov Denis | RUS | 0 | |
| 80 | Faybish Nathaniel | BEL | 0 | |
| 81 | Gallagher Matthew | IRL | 0 | |
| 82 | Gayfutdinov Damir | RUS | 0 | |
| 83 | Gromov Artem | RUS | 0 | |
| 84 | Halamicek Radek | CZE | 0 | |
| 85 | Haska Filip | CZE | 0 | |
| 86 | Hilwerda Jonas | NED | 0 | |
| 87 | Hrybchuk Kiryl | BLR | 0 | |
| 88 | Huynh Laurent | BEL | 0 | |
| 89 | Jibuti Dimitri | GEO | 0 | |
| 90 | Khobeliya Luka | RUS | 0 | |
| 91 | Koci Tomas | CZE | 0 | |
| 92 | Kopec Ladislav | CZE | 0 | |
| 93 | Korinek Vojtech | CZE | 0 | |
| 94 | Kosteski Mile | MKD | 0 | |
| 95 | Kuzin Dmitriy | RUS | 0 | |
| 96 | Kyrychenko Maryan | UKR | 0 | |
| 97 | Lazaravicius Aras Jonas | LTU | 0 | |
| 98 | Ludvik Tomas | CZE | 0 | |
| 99 | Lukin Elisha | ISR | 0 | |
| 100 | Maden Mirac Kerem | TUR | 0 | |
| 101 | Maharramov Yusif | AZE | 0 | |
| 102 | Maksimovic Bojan | BIH | 0 | |
| 103 | Mantel Ruben | GER | 0 | |
| 104 | Martirosyan Ara | CZE | 0 | |
| 105 | Melnik Fedor | RUS | 0 | |
| 106 | Michaelides Konstantinos | CYP | 0 | |
| 107 | Misin Alexandr | MDA | 0 | |
| 108 | Morozli Grigorijs | LAT | 0 | |
| 109 | Nadiradze Anton | GEO | 0 | |
| 110 | Neikov Radostin | BUL | 0 | |
| 111 | Ocko Dominik | CZE | 0 | |
| 112 | Omorjan Dejan | SRB | 0 | |
| 113 | Petr Jakub | CZE | 0 | |
| 114 | Petruhin Artem | RUS | 0 | |
| 115 | Poliakov Artem | RUS | 0 | |
| 116 | Pravda Krystof | CZE | 0 | |
| 117 | Ramazanov Vagif | SCO | 0 | |
| 118 | Richmond Liam | SCO | 0 | |
| 119 | Riha Vojtech | CZE | 0 | |
| 120 | Rodriguez Izquierdo Luis | ESP | 0 | |
| 121 | Santryan Davit | ARM | 0 | |
| 122 | Schilay Lorenz | GER | 0 | |
| 123 | Schoppen Casper | NED | 0 | |
| 124 | Simeone Giulio Maria | ITA | 0 | |
| 125 | Sizov Vladislav | RUS | 0 | |
| 126 | Sonis Luca | ITA | 0 | |
| 127 | Svanda Ondrej | CZE | 0 | |
| 128 | Sykora Tomas | CZE | 0 | |
| 129 | Talalov Anton | RUS | 0 | |
| 130 | Vaino Nikita | EST | 0 | |
| 131 | Vraj Ondra | CZE | 0 | |
| 132 | Winkler Sven | CRO | 0 | |
| 133 | Zhang Zheming | ENG | 0 | |
| 134 | Zyk Sergii | UKR | 0 |
