European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Champions 2023 crowned in Terme Catez, Slovenia

The European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championships 2023 concluded yesterday in Terme Catez, Slovenia after three days fulfilled with the exciting games and intense battles for the throne.

The event gathered more than 500 players coming from 27 European countries and took place from 27-30 October in beautiful spa resort Terme Catez.

The first event on the schedule was the 2023 European Youth Rapid Chess Championship which was played in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18, open and girls sections separately.

Medalists U8 section:

1. Tomas Andre (SVK, 1538), 8.5 points
2. Antoni Wolynski (POL, 1053), 7 points
3. Artem Dmytruk (UKR, 1604), 6.5 points

Medalists GU8 section:

1. Tetyana Molchanova (UKR), 8 points
2. Daria Kravchuk (UKR), 7 points
3. Eliza-Ioana Badescu (ROU, 1171), 7 points

Medalists U10 section:

1. Svyatoslav Kipen (UKR, 1530), 7.5 points
2. Noam Sason (ISR, 1507), 7.5 points
3. Markiyan Romaniv (UKR, 1354), 7 points

Medalists GU10 section:

1. Solomiia Svitenko (UKR, 1527), 8 points
2. Zuzanna Kaminska (POL, 1507), 8 points
3. Anastasiia Zaremba (UKR, 1211), 6 points

Medalists U12 section:

1. FM Christian Gloeckler (GER, 2185), 7.5 points
2. Antoni Radzimski (POL, 1961), 7 points
3. Jiri Bouska (CZE, 2176), 7 points

Medalists GU12 section:

1. Vera Vujovic (SRB, 1824), 7.5 points
2. Sofia Timagina (SLO, 1426), 7 points
3. Arya Aydogan (TUR, 1465), 6.5 points

Medalists U14 section:

1. FM Kamil Warchol (POL, 2023), 7.5 points
2. FM Lukas Dotzer (AUT, 2165), 7.5 points
3. Michael Wimmer (AUT, 1851), 7 points

Medalists GU14 section:

1. Kler Caku (ALB, 1724), 8 points
2. Tamara Jankovic (SRB, 1570), 6.5 points
3. Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 1977), 6.5 points

Medalists U16 section:

1. FM Matyas Palczert (HUN, 2221), 7.5 points
2. FM Laurenz Borrmann (AUT, 2210), 7.5 points
3. Gleb Pidluznij (LTU, 2223), 6.5 points

Medalists GU16 section:

1. Anna Slusarczyk (POL, 1792), 7.5 points
2. Ana Tadic (SRB, 1743), 7 points
3. Sztella Anna Balazs (HUN, 1553), 6 points

Medalists U18 section:

1. FM Vladimir Bochnicka (SVK, 2104), 7.5 points
2. FM Maksym Goroshkov (SLO, 2307), 6 points
3. FM Balasz Pasztor (HUN, 2388), 6 points

Medalists GU18 section:

1. WFM Sofia Blokhin (EST, 1879), 6/7 points
2. Juliana Minaeva (UKR, 1701), 5.5/7 points
3. WCM Vesna Mihelic (SLO, 1930), 4.5/7 points

The European Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2023 was played on Saturday, September 30th, in 6 age categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18, open and girls sections separately.

Medalists U8 category:

1. Tomas Andre (SVK, 1424), 15.5 points
2. Artem Dmytruk (UKR), 15 points
3. Jan Szumiec (POL, 1253), 12 points

Medalists GU8 category:

1. Ioana-Eliza Badescu (ROU, 1171), 16 points
2. Viktoriia Ryzhenkova (UKR), 14 points
3. Helena Taradajko (POL), 13 points

Medalists U10 category:

1. Lucas Rusu (ROU, 1702), 16 points
2. Oleksii Nakonechnyi (UKR, 1814), 13 points
3. Andras Ilko-Toth (HUN, 1664), 13 points

Medalists GU10 category:

1. Agnieszka Slusarczyk (POL, 1434), 14.5 points
2. Yana Marusyn (UKR, 1344), 13.5 points
3. Zuzanna Kaminska (POL, 1419), 12 points

Medalists U12 category:

1. FM Christian Gloeckler (GER, 2255), 15.5 points
2. Jiri Bouska (CZE, 1915), 15 points
3. Adam Gibala (POL, 1897), 13.5 points

Medalists GU12 category:

1. Arya Aydogan (TUR, 1511), 14 points
2. Vera Vujovic (SRB, 2007), 14 points
3. Karolina Figa (POL, 1722), 12.5 points

Medalists U14 category:

1. FM Lukas Dotzer (AUT, 2018), 14 points
2. Oleksii Karvatskyi (UKR, 1901), 13.5 points
3. Mateo Boci (ALB, 2098), 13.5 points

Medalists GU14 category:

1. Lara Zagorac (CRO, 1890), 12.5 points
2. Kler Caku (ALB, 1726), 12.5 points
3. Bozhena Piddubna (UKR, 2000), 12 points

Medalists U16 category:

1. FM Rudi Olenik Campa (SLO, 2169), 14.5 points
2. FM Matyas Palczert (HUN, 2224), 13 points
3. Lorenzo Perea Fruet (ESP, 2270), 12 points

Medalists GU16 category:

1. Emilia Deak-Sala (AUT, 1833), 13 points
2. Pola Seemann (POL, 1613), 13 points
3. Anna Slusarczyk (POL, 1714) 11.5 points

Medalists U18 category:

1. Bohdan Lozynskyi (UKR, 2217), 13 points
2. FM Marc Morgunov (AUT, 2339), 12.5 points
3. FM Balazs Pasztor (HUN, 2194), 11.5 points

Medalists GU18 category:

1. WFM Katharina Katter (AUT, 2007), 13.5 points
2. WFM Sofia Blokhin (EST, 1724), 12.5 points
3. Juliana Minaeva (UKR, 1695), 12 points

The European Youth Rapid Team Chess Championship 2023 was played Saturday afternoon, in three age categories: U10, U14, and U18, open and girls sections separately.

Medalists – Girls U10 section:

1. Ukraine Lviv Debut, 14 match points
2. Poland, 12 match points,
3. Ukraine Lviv Chess Academy 1, 10 match points

Medalists U10 section:

1. Ukraine Lviv Chess Academy 1, 13 match points
2. Hungary, 12 match points
3. Ukraine A, 10 match points

Medalists GU14 section:

1. Slovakia, 15 match points
2. Poland, 15 match points
3. Ukraine B, 14 match points

Medalists U14 section:

1. Poland, 13 match points
2. Austria, 12 match points
3. Ukraine Lviv Chess Academy 1, 9 match points

Medalists GU18 section:

1. Austria, 10 match points
2. Ukraine, 9 match points
3. Estonia, 9 match points

Medalists U18 section:

1. Slovenia A, 13 match points
2. Hungary, 10 match points
3. Croatia A, 9 match points

Final rankings of all competitions can be found here.

Official website of the event

Photos by: Luka Rifelj

The event was organised by the Slovenian Chess Federation, under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The global digital security company ESET is a sponsor of the ECU and sponsored the tournament, providing 144 pcs of ESET Internet Security Licenses (duration 1 year) and additionally free branded merch with ESET Slovenia branding (eg sunglasses, mouse pads), as prizes and gifts to the winners of the European Youth Rapid&Blitz Chess Championship 2023.