The Youth Chess Heroes of Europe

winners and medalists from the Youth Chess 2009

The European Youth Chess Championship in Fermo, Italy, concluded today. It was one of the most disputed youth chess events in history, with medalists being unknown until the last moment. Many favorites got defeated on the way, many untitled players climbed to the top of youth chess, and hundreds of interesting chess games were played in the biggest European chess youth event for the year.

Here are the medalists in all age groups. Stay tuned for more details on Chessdom.com!

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Boys - 18

1 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2480 7.5 Gold medal
2 IM Recuero Guerra David ESP 2460 7.5 Silver medal
3 IM Benidze Davit GEO 2437 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Boys - 16

1 CM Popilski Gil ISR 2392 8 Gold medal
2 FM Van Kampen Robin NED 2383 7 Silver medal
3 Danilenko Dmitriy UKR 2290 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Boys - 14

1 Dragun Kamil POL 2232 7.5 Gold medal
2 Siagodnik Anton BLR 1906 7.5 Silver medal
3 FM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2404 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Boys - 12

1 Zanan Evgeny RUS 2111 7.5 Gold medal
2 Lamard Guillaume FRA 2101 7.5 Silver medal
3 Csonka Balazs HUN 2062 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Boys - 10

1 Gledura Benjamin HUN 2007 7 Gold medal
2 Shtembuliak Evgeny UKR 2021 7 Silver medal
3 Rambaldi Francesco FRA 0 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 18

1 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2266 8 Gold medal
2 WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2255 8 Silver medal
3 Agrest Inna SWE 2120 6.5 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 16

1 Adamowicz Katarzyna POL 2121 7.5 Gold medal
2 WFM Arabidze Meri GEO 2217 7 Silver medal
3 WIM Schut Lisa NED 2212 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 14

1 WFM Efroimski Marsel ISR 2066 8 Gold medal
2 WFM Osmanodja Filiz GER 1954 7 Silver medal
3 Leks Maria POL 1899 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 12

1 WFM Haussernot Cecile FRA 1995 7.5 Gold medal
2 WFM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 1987 7 Silver medal
3 Bellaiche Elise FRA 1823 7 Bronze medal

European Youth Chess Championship 2009 Girls - 10

1 Vasenina Anna RUS 1785 8.5 Gold medal
2 Hojjatova Aydan AZE 0 8 Silver medal
3 Dmochowska Agnieszka POL 1556 7 Bronze medal

Standings by country

Russia: 5 (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Poland: 4 (2 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze)

Israel: 2 (2 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze)

France: 4 (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

Hungary: 2 (1 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)

Armenia: 1 (1 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze)

Georgia: 3 (0 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Netherlands: 2 (0 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Ukraine: 2 (0 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Spain: 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)

Belarus: 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)

Germany: 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)

Azerbaijan: 1 (0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze)

Sweden: 1 (0 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)

Official site: www.euroyouth2009.com