The 24th European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025 concluded in Thessaloniki, Greece.
More than 450 players coming from 36 European federations competed in the Championship which was played from 5-7 August at the *****Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki.
The first on the schedule was European Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2025 which was played in six age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, open and girls sections separately. Each tournament was played in 9 rounds, swiss system.
The Closing and Awarding ceremonies of the events were attended by the ECU Secretary General Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, Board Member of Greek Chess Federation Vera Avramidou, President of Chess Union of Thessaloniki Spyros Giakoustidis, Vice President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation Volodymyr Kovalchuk, and the Tournament Director Nikos Kalesis.
Ukrainian chess players claimed the highest medal count in the event, with the total of 22 medals (8 gold, 10 silver, 4 bronze), Poland followed with 16 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze), while Spain won 7 seven medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
The Medalists are:
Open U8 section:
1. Myron Netrebka (UKR, 1944), 8 points
2. Tomas Ccm Almeida (POR, 1741), 7.5 points
3. Lev Jeglevski (EST, 1911), 7 points
Girls U8 section:
1. Sofi Lytvynenko (GER, 1495), 7 points
2. Karolina Briukhovych (UKR), 6.5 points
3. Wiktoria Trzcinska (POL, 1504), 6.5 points
Open U10 section:
1. Pablo Guirado Lara (ESP, 1868), 7.5 points
2. Artem Kucher (UKR, 2003), 7 points
3. Tomas Andre (SVK, 2006)
Girls U10 section:
1. Eliza-Ioana Badescu (ROU, 1804), 7.5 points
2. Daria Kravchuk (UKR, 1859), 6.5 points
3. Laia Cid Marcos (ESP, 1936), 6 points
Open U12 section:
1. Ivan Kukushkin (BUL, 2021), 7.5 points
2. Mattheos Konstantinos Kazakis (GRE, 1906), 6.5 points
3. Andras Ilko-Toth (HUN, 2149), 6.5 points
Girls U12 section:
1. Zuzanna Kaminska (POL, 1979), 8.5 points
2. Anna Horodna (UKR, 1795), 7.5 points
3. Solomiia Svitenko (UKR, 1961), 7 points
Open U14 section:
1. Oskar Chiszko (POL, 2260), 7 points
2. Vitaliy Hychkevych (UKR, 2159), 7 points
3. Manvel Arakelyan (ARM, 2021), 7 points
Girls U14 section:
1. Gabriela Tokarz (POL, 1976), 7 points
2. Evangelia Siskou (GRE, 1794), 7 points
3. Sofiya Sova (UKR, 1812), 7 points
Open U16 section:
1. Vache Hovakimyan (ARM, 2248), 7.5 points
2. Lukas Dotzer (AUT, 2313), 6.5 points
3. Maksym Dubnevych (UKR, 2318), 6.5 points
Girls U16 section:
1. Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (UKR, 2215), 7.5 points
2. Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 2231), 7 points
3. Kler Caku (ALB, 2061), 6.5 points
Open U18 section:
1. Diego Macias Pino (ESP, 2348), 7 points
2. Lorenzo Perea Fruet (ESP, 2309), 7 points
3. Hubert Zieba (POL, 2268), 6.5 points
Girls U18 section:
1. Tetyana Skarbarchuk (UKR, 2149), 8 points
2. Pola Seemann (POL, 1907), 7.5 points
3. Izabela Tokarz (POL, 2013), 6 points
The European Youth Blitz Chess Championships 2025 were played on 7th of August 2025, with each tournament featuring 9 double rounds, played according to the swiss system.
The Winners are:
Open U8 section:
1. Myron Netrebka (UKR, 1928), 14 points
2. Lev Jevglevski (EST, 1838), 13.5 points
3. Manvel Vardanyan (ARM, 1576), 12.5 points
Girls U8 section:
1. Wiktoria Trzcinska (POL, 1517), 16 points
2. Karolina Briukhovych (UKR), 12 points
3. Sofi Lytvynenko (GER, 1642)
Open U10 section:
1. Armen Art. Vardanyan (ARM, 1791), 14 points
2. Artem Kucher (UKR, 1955), 12.5 points
3. Oleksandr Savchuk (UKR, 1929), 12.5 points
Girls U10 section:
1. Eliza-Ioana Badescu (ROU, 1698), 13.5 points
2. Laia Cid Marcos (ESP, 1846), 13.5 points
3. Sara Saltkhutsishvili (GEO, 1604), 13 points
Open U12 section:
1. Anton Belin (GER, 1996), 13.5 points
2. Adam Wites (POL, 1936), 13.5 points
3. Mattheos Konstantinos Kazakis (GRE, 2072)
Girls U12 section:
1. Solomiia Svitenko (UKR, 1909), 14.5 points
2. Alicja Gruszecka (POL, 1876), 12.5 points
3. Zuzanna Kaminska (POL, 1836), 12 points
Open U14 section:
1. Maksym Pankiv (UKR, 2157), 14 points
2. Manvel Arakelyan (ARM, 2168), 14 points
3. Adam Gibala (POL, 2160), 14 points
Girls U14 section:
1. Kira Izafatava (POL, 1866), 13 points
2. Blanka Ejsymont (POL, 1891), 13 points
3. Anja Beber (SLO, 1841), 12 points
Open U16 section:
1. Maksym Dubnevych (UKR, 2433), 13.5 points
2. Havard Haug (NOR, 2544), 13.5 points
3. Valter Gyurjinyan (ARM, 2260), 12 points
Girls U16 section:
1. Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (UKR, 2208), 14.5 points
2. Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 2201), 13.5 points
2. Alicja Wojs (POL, 2003), 13 points
Open U18 section:
1. Javier Habans Aguerrea (ESP, 2347), 14.5 points
2. Diego Macias Pino (ESP, 2492), 14 points
3. Laurenz Borrmann (AUT, 2367), 11.5 points
Girls U18 section:
1. Izabela Tokarz (POL, 1954), 13.5 points
2. Veronika Yurieva (UKR, 1960), 13.5 points
3. Dimitra Alexandri (GRE, 1923)
Final rankings can be found here.
