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 players are Nikolas Theodorou, Aleksey Sorokin, Alexey Sarana, Jergus Pechac, FM Viktor Gazik.
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| 1 | Theodorou Nikolas | GRE | 2129 | |
| 2 | Sorokin Aleksey | RUS | 2110 | |
| 3 | Sarana Alexey | RUS | 2106 | |
| 4 | Pechac Jergus | SVK | 2081 | |
| 5 | FM | Gazik Viktor | SVK | 2073 |
| 6 | Haring Viktor | SVK | 2049 | |
| 7 | Mesaros Florian | AUT | 2045 | |
| 8 | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2044 | |
| 9 | Lobanov Sergei | RUS | 2032 | |
| 10 | FM | Martirosyan Haik M | ARM | 2019 |
| 11 | Yurovskich Oleksandr | UKR | 2012 | |
| 12 | Elistratov Semen | RUS | 1994 | |
| 13 | Grigorjev Iljya | RUS | 1980 | |
| 14 | Costachi Mihnea | ROU | 1972 | |
| 15 | Abramov Nikita | RUS | 1970 | |
| 16 | Lukiyanchuk Vladislav | UKR | 1968 | |
| 17 | Vykouk Jan | CZE | 1966 | |
| 18 | Van Foreest Lucas | NED | 1962 | |
| 19 | Barak Gil | ISR | 1961 | |
| 20 | Navrodskiy Boris | RUS | 1953 | |
| 21 | Haug Johannes | NOR | 1951 | |
| 22 | Kazakovskiy Valeriy | BLR | 1951 | |
| 23 | Ovsepyan Arshak | GER | 1951 | |
| 24 | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 1939 | |
| 25 | Trubchaninov Timur | RUS | 1937 | |
| 26 | FM | Ioannidis Evgenios | GRE | 1936 |
| 27 | Bilan Danila | RUS | 1926 | |
| 28 | Mohammad Fahim | FRA | 1917 | |
| 29 | Goltsev Dmitry | RUS | 1916 | |
| 30 | Skripka Nikita | UKR | 1916 | |
| 31 | Nguyen Nam-Khang | SUI | 1907 | |
| 32 | CM | Drori Saar | ISR | 1905 |
| 33 | Merkesvik Sondre | NOR | 1902 | |
| 34 | Petrov Martin | BUL | 1901 | |
| 35 | Kevlishvili Robby | NED | 1898 | |
| 36 | Grela Kacper | POL | 1894 | |
| 37 | Koziol Kamil | POL | 1891 | |
| 38 | Konaplev Anton | RUS | 1887 | |
| 39 | Gimenez Aguirre Alejo Ismael | ESP | 1886 | |
| 40 | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 1878 | |
| 41 | Novy Filip | CZE | 1875 | |
| 42 | Demidov Jan | FIN | 1870 | |
| 43 | Livaic Leon | CRO | 1869 | |
| 44 | Drozdowski Konrad | POL | 1868 | |
| 45 | Porta Tovar Guillem | ESP | 1865 | |
| 46 | Anaskin Arsenij | CZE | 1861 | |
| 47 | Dreisler Tobias | DEN | 1861 | |
| 48 | Brejnik Gustav | CZE | 1846 | |
| 49 | Akhvlediani Irakli | GEO | 1845 | |
| 50 | Hurdzan Tomas | CZE | 1842 | |
| 51 | Muha Miljenko | CRO | 1840 | |
| 52 | Kazantsev Nikita | RUS | 1837 | |
| 53 | Kitze Alexander | GER | 1834 | |
| 54 | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 1833 | |
| 55 | Toth Tamas | HUN | 1826 | |
| 56 | Djurhuus Eivind X | NOR | 1818 | |
| 57 | Janik Igor | POL | 1818 | |
| 58 | Danek Daniel | CZE | 1815 | |
| 59 | Sandu Marian-Catalin | ROU | 1815 | |
| 60 | Poleg Dan | ISR | 1806 | |
| 61 | Radovanovic Mihajlo | SRB | 1806 | |
| 62 | Temizkan Denizcan | TUR | 1794 | |
| 63 | Tuncer Tuna | TUR | 1791 | |
| 64 | Asadli Vugar | AZE | 1785 | |
| 65 | Shakhov Mykhail | UKR | 1781 | |
| 66 | Lilov Alekhsandr | RUS | 1778 | |
| 67 | Nagdiyev Niyazi | AZE | 1778 | |
| 68 | Zamar Kodelja Jurij | SLO | 1778 | |
| 69 | Bashirli Nail | AZE | 1769 | |
| 70 | Pulpan Matej | CZE | 1769 | |
| 71 | Ozer Omer Faruk | TUR | 1755 | |
| 72 | Cannesar Rad | TUR | 1754 | |
| 73 | Chetrari Nikita | MDA | 1748 | |
| 74 | Kyrychenko Mykola | UKR | 1742 | |
| 75 | Mustafin Andrey | AZE | 1742 | |
| 76 | Akhundov Shamshad | AZE | 1741 | |
| 77 | Haridas Girinath | ENG | 1739 | |
| 78 | Polyakov Fedor P | RUS | 1739 | |
| 79 | Parizek Vojtech | CZE | 1737 | |
| 80 | Akdogan Alperen | TUR | 1736 | |
| 81 | Liska Jiri | CZE | 1735 | |
| 82 | Wagner Vojtech | CZE | 1734 | |
| 83 | Batashevs Arsens | LAT | 1733 | |
| 84 | Savic Mihailo S | SRB | 1733 | |
| 85 | Gupta Arul | ENG | 1728 | |
| 86 | Czina Peter | HUN | 1727 | |
| 87 | Aykol Can | TUR | 1722 | |
| 88 | Heimisson Hilmir Freyr | ISL | 1720 | |
| 89 | Mestnikov Aital | RUS | 1719 | |
| 90 | Dujava Jonas | SVK | 1711 | |
| 91 | Mrkus Frantisek | CZE | 1702 | |
| 92 | Demirbag Alihan | TUR | 1686 | |
| 93 | Sofiychuk Anatoly | UKR | 1682 | |
| 94 | Ozcan Bora | TUR | 1681 | |
| 95 | Sazci Bilgen | TUR | 1680 | |
| 96 | Nussbaumer Patrick | AUT | 1679 | |
| 97 | Bilczewski Kacper | POL | 1673 | |
| 98 | Sayin Atakan | TUR | 1661 | |
| 99 | Baskakov Egor | RUS | 1657 | |
| 100 | Kadlec Daniel | CZE | 1651 | |
| 101 | Khmelev Mikhail | RUS | 1646 | |
| 102 | Havelka Ondrej | CZE | 1644 | |
| 103 | Lojek Marek | CZE | 1644 | |
| 104 | Bukia Koka | GEO | 1643 | |
| 105 | Stoliarenko Ivan | RUS | 1641 | |
| 106 | Danis Hrisovalantis | GRE | 1629 | |
| 107 | Zhou Yang-Jian | ENG | 1617 | |
| 108 | Wyczling Bartosz | POL | 1616 | |
| 109 | Pilch David | CZE | 1603 | |
| 110 | Wallmueller Peter | SUI | 1589 | |
| 111 | Filip Tomas | CZE | 1565 | |
| 112 | Machlik Endre | NOR | 1559 | |
| 113 | Chlebek Jan | CZE | 1557 | |
| 114 | Petersson Baldur Teodor | SWE | 1555 | |
| 115 | De Ridder Thibaut | BEL | 1538 | |
| 116 | Yordanov Daniel-Adrian | BUL | 1520 | |
| 117 | Horvath Tomas | CZE | 1489 | |
| 118 | Vaitsiakhouski Yauheni | BLR | 1486 | |
| 119 | Globevnik Miha | SLO | 1476 | |
| 120 | Semjonovs Vsevolods | LAT | 1473 | |
| 121 | Ozbulur Kerim Uygar | TUR | 1444 | |
| 122 | Abdulla Murad | SCO | 0 | |
| 123 | Bell-Thomas James | WLS | 0 | |
| 124 | Borekcioglu Yusuf | TUR | 0 | |
| 125 | Bubnov Kirill | RUS | 0 | |
| 126 | Burovic Rijad | BIH | 0 | |
| 127 | Cach Ondrej | CZE | 0 | |
| 128 | Ekenstierna Adrian | SWE | 0 | |
| 129 | Evans James | WLS | 0 | |
| 130 | Gasparyan Rafik | ARM | 0 | |
| 131 | Georgiev Veselin | BUL | 0 | |
| 132 | Gogia Luka | GEO | 0 | |
| 133 | Higgins Michael | IRL | 0 | |
| 134 | Hoac Edvin | SWE | 0 | |
| 135 | Huang Dion | ENG | 0 | |
| 136 | Kosvin Mark | RUS | 0 | |
| 137 | Mestnikov Aisen | RUS | 0 | |
| 138 | Neu Audric | LUX | 0 | |
| 139 | Ng Klemens | SWE | 0 | |
| 140 | Novak Martin | CZE | 0 | |
| 141 | Ochsner Johan Moller | DEN | 0 | |
| 142 | Onal Ozan | TUR | 0 | |
| 143 | Pannwitz Kai | SCO | 0 | |
| 144 | Pashkouski Leu | BLR | 0 | |
| 145 | Pultinevicius Paulius | LTU | 0 | |
| 146 | Rafili Said | AZE | 0 | |
| 147 | Siromani Daniel | WLS | 0 | |
| 148 | Skladtshikov Andrei | EST | 0 | |
| 149 | Stanek Ondrej | CZE | 0 | |
| 150 | Vandeputte Samuel | BEL | 0 |
