European Junior U20 Chess Championship 2026 LIVE

The European Junior U20 Chess Championship 2026 is set to take place from 5-16 August at Hotel Grand, in Cetinje, Montenegro.

The event will be played in two categories: Open U20 and Girls U20, with 9 swiss rounds in each competition, and the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move, starting from the move one.

The event gathers 116 players from 38 European federations and very strong fields in both categories. The top seeds in the Open U20 section are: GM Yahli Sokolovsky (ISR, 2541), GM Emin Ohanyan (ARM, 2517), IM Diego Macias Pino (ESP, 2510), IM Artiom Stribuk (FIDE, 2494) and IM Semen Mitusov (NOR, 2464).

IM Eline Roebers (NED, 2371) headlines the field in the Girls U20 section, followed by WIM Mariia Manko (SUI, 2302), WIM Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 2266), FM Marija Kuznecova (LAT, 2248) and Tetyana Skarbarchuk (UKR, 2240).

Participants open

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2541
2	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2517
3	IM	Macias Pino, Diego	ESP	2510
4	IM	Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2494
5	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	ARM	2458
6	IM	Pasti, Aron	HUN	2439
7	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	ARM	2416
8	IM	Radzimski, Antoni	POL	2405
9	IM	Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru	ROU	2402
10	IM	Pyrih, Roman	UKR	2399
11	IM	Sukiasyan, Vahe A.	ARM	2392
12	FM	Zlatkov, Anton	MKD	2389
13	FM	Dyachuk, Artem	UKR	2376
14	IM	Sahakyan, Aleks	ARM	2349
15	FM	Pashikyan, Rudolf	ARM	2347
16	FM	Ribeiro, Gustavo	POR	2345
17	FM	Vassis, Michail	GRE	2345
18	FM	Kiladze, Luka	GEO	2342
19	FM	Collin, Moritz Valentin	SUI	2341
20	FM	Andreasyan, Edgar	ARM	2338
21	FM	Trushko, Andrii	UKR	2338
22	FM	Olenik Campa, Rudi	SLO	2332
23	FM	Boci, Mateu	ALB	2330
24	FM	Gold, Theodor	AUT	2328
25	FM	Kozlovic, Jernej	SLO	2328
26	FM	Georgiadis, Anastasios	GRE	2326
27	FM	Nainys, Zanas	LTU	2313
28	FM	Nedelcu, Teodor-Cosmin	ROU	2313
29	FM	Ramaj, Ergit	ALB	2305
30	FM	Grahn, Vidar	SWE	2304
31	FM	Arakelyan, Manvel	ARM	2299
32	FM	Navumenka, Mikhei	FID	2297
33	FM	Antoniou, Rafail	CYP	2287
34	CM	Sobol, Matvii	UKR	2276
35	CM	Belyaletdinov, Leonard	SLO	2264
36	CM	Avanesyan, Aleksandr	ARM	2249
37	FM	Kuznecova, Marija	LAT	2248
38	FM	Djurovic, Peko	MNE	2237
39	FM	Perets, Dmytro	UKR	2230
40	FM	Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh	DEN	2225
41		Burns, Michael	MKD	2217
42	FM	Gusev, Mikhail	SRB	2212
43	CM	Weidenhoefer, Max	GER	2212
44	CM	Shnurov, Daniil	EST	2203
45		Kovalskyi, Roman	UKR	2197
46		Davidek, Zdenek	CZE	2196
47	CM	Vermoesen, Jordan	BEL	2177
48		Janik, Marek Tobias	SVK	2157
49		Vassis, Anastasios	GRE	2156
50	FM	Vucenovic, Damian	CRO	2154
51		Jusufi, Ahmet	KOS	2085
52		Shtavica, Alaudin	KOS	2085
53		Zizic, Djordje	MNE	2071
54		Moisio, Miska	FIN	2020
55		Comley, Jamie	IRL	1995
56		Letoret, Tim	BEL	1968
57		Vujovic, Dimitrije	MNE	1965
58		Kosik, Vince	MLT	1964
59		Uruci, Valentin	KOS	1927
60		Milovic, Ilija	MNE	1879
61		Dzeverdanovic, Damjan	MNE	1850
62		Pavlovic, David	MNE	1773
63		Palkhouski, Hleb	MNE	1763
64		Peric, Toman	MNE	1718
65		Zarudniak, Elisei	MNE	1717
66		Raonic, Ljubisav	MNE	1644
67		Popov, Yaroslav	MNE	1580
68		Vukovic, Stefan	MNE	1453

Participants girls

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2371
2	WIM	Manko, Mariia	SUI	2302
3	WIM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2266
4		Skarbarchuk, Tetyana	UKR	2240
5	WIM	Tarasenka, Aliaksandra	BLR	2235
6	WFM	Kobak, Polina	ARM	2223
7	WIM	Siekanska, Maria	POL	2203
8		Valcu, Lavinia	SWE	2202
9	FM	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	2170
10	WCM	Beber, Anja	SLO	2162
11	WFM	Tsakona, Maria	GRE	2141
12	WFM	Mihelic, Vesna	SLO	2140
13	WFM	Maklakova, Naomi	LAT	2135
14	WFM	Tashkinova, Sofiia	ISR	2120
15	WFM	Blokhin, Sofia	EST	2118
16	WFM	Barwinska, Ewa	POL	2115
17	WFM	Caku, Kler	ALB	2112
18	WFM	Venskaya, Nika	FID	2105
19	WFM	Maria, Lia-Alexandra	ROU	2075
20	WFM	Striskova, Lucia	SVK	2047
21	WCM	Sipos, Stefania	HUN	2041
22	WFM	Bendik, Margarita	FID	2038
23		Diasamidze, Lulu	GEO	2020
24	WFM	Braeutigam, Katerina	GER	2010
25		Maton, Emily	ENG	2008
26	WFM	Hayrapetyan, Nvard	ARM	1984
27		Jaksa, Ema	SLO	1972
28		Mickunaite, Agne	LTU	1953
29	WCM	Hoanca, Alexia-Ioana	ROU	1950
30	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1932
31		Vasiljeva, Sofja	LAT	1924
32		Bondar, Daria	UKR	1916
33		Mkhitaryan, Emma	ARM	1890
34		Mirakyan, Angelina	ARM	1884
35		Vyas, Alisha	ENG	1884
36		Trgovac, Marta	CRO	1876
37		Gaisberger, Nina	AUT	1842
38		Popova, Kira	MNE	1817
39		Correia, Margarida	POR	1803
40		Camacho, Filipa	POR	1749
41		Dzeverdanovic, Nikolina	MNE	1615
42		Milovic, Sofija	MNE	1612
43		Andrijasevic, Dorotea	MNE	1489