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 WGM Alexandra Goryachkina, WFM Amalia Aranaz Murillo, WIM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova, WIM Mihaela-Veronica Foisor, WFM Anna Petrukhina, WIM Anna Iwanow, WFM Yuliya Shvayger, etc.
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| 1 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2361 |
| 2 | WFM | Aranaz Murillo Amalia | ESP | 2237 |
| 3 | WIM | Rakhmangulova Anastasiya | UKR | 2234 |
| 4 | WIM | Foisor Mihaela-Veronica | ROU | 2220 |
| 5 | WFM | Petrukhina Irina | RUS | 2212 |
| 6 | WIM | Iwanow Anna | POL | 2205 |
| 7 | WFM | Shvayger Yuliya | ISR | 2202 |
| 8 | WFM | Grigoryeva Olga A | RUS | 2190 |
| 9 | Wisniowska Klaudia | POL | 2181 | |
| 10 | WIM | Efroimski Marsel | ISR | 2174 |
| 11 | WFM | Lach Aleksandra | POL | 2157 |
| 12 | Severina Maria | RUS | 2147 | |
| 13 | WFM | Sviridova Vlada | RUS | 2132 |
| 14 | WFM | Khlichkova Tatiana | RUS | 2123 |
| 15 | Schulz Anja | GER | 2108 | |
| 16 | WFM | Kabai Zsuzsanna | HUN | 2097 |
| 17 | Imeeva Aisa | RUS | 2095 | |
| 18 | Galunova Tsveta | BUL | 2091 | |
| 19 | WFM | Gevorgyan Maria | ARM | 2069 |
| 20 | Perera Borrego Mariela | ESP | 2066 | |
| 21 | Azimova Karina | RUS | 2050 | |
| 22 | Tran My Linh | GER | 2031 | |
| 23 | Neuhauser Salome | FRA | 2026 | |
| 24 | WCM | Turkova Karolina | SVK | 2004 |
| 25 | Froewis Annika | AUT | 2000 | |
| 26 | Skrabakova Katarina | SVK | 1989 | |
| 27 | Dalemans Diana | NED | 1958 | |
| 28 | Terzidaki Alexandra | GRE | 1958 | |
| 29 | Nonkovic Bogdana | SRB | 1950 | |
| 30 | Vatkali Dimitra | GRE | 1936 | |
| 31 | Balzano Filli | ITA | 1916 | |
| 32 | Kaliadzich Maryia | BLR | 1915 | |
| 33 | Koselova Zuzana | SVK | 1912 | |
| 34 | Zpevakova Jana | CZE | 1901 | |
| 35 | Sabolova Kristyna | CZE | 1889 | |
| 36 | Haitovich Avital | ISR | 1874 | |
| 37 | Mabille Natacha | BEL | 1853 | |
| 38 | Grigoryan Julieta | ARM | 1838 | |
| 39 | Roy Ali | SCO | 1836 | |
| 40 | Drakaki Anna-Maria | GRE | 1827 | |
| 41 | Ljikar Tamara | CRO | 1821 | |
| 42 | Malikova Ulviyya | AZE | 1810 | |
| 43 | Bacic Kristina | MNE | 1801 | |
| 44 | Steinhauserova Anna | CZE | 1788 | |
| 45 | Kane Marta | LAT | 1787 | |
| 46 | Urbonaviciute Zivile | LTU | 1763 | |
| 47 | Saffova Michaela | CZE | 1756 | |
| 48 | Tarmastin Laura | AUT | 1747 | |
| 49 | Sanal Suna | TUR | 1744 | |
| 50 | Machlik Edit | NOR | 1740 | |
| 51 | Meireles Ana | POR | 1716 | |
| 52 | Milicevic Dajana | BIH | 1684 | |
| 53 | Wladyka Angelika | POL | 1658 | |
| 54 | Corotcova Anastasia | MDA | 1655 | |
| 55 | Cormican Ruth | IRL | 1654 | |
| 56 | Bass Leenoy | ISR | 1614 | |
| 57 | Yaka Beyza | TUR | 1584 | |
| 58 | Kuk Nika | SLO | 1557 | |
| 59 | Kruk Karina | IRL | 0 |
