The European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) is a championship for young players of the board game of Go. It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix, Romania in 1996. Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi, have since progressed to become professional Go players.
The championship was divided into two sections until 2010, when it was split into three age groups.
This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovskyi, respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship (EGC).
History In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mérő (the section winner), and the future professional players Svetlana Shikshina (2nd place) and Alexandre Dinerchtein (3rd place).
Notable prize-winners Other juniors went on to win senior tournaments.
The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship, in 2007 and 2010.
Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mérő, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of the adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi.
Awards From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s (players aged under 12), U-16s and U-18s.
Under 12 Year Winner Second Third Venue 1996 Antoine Fenech Cosmin Mutu Csaba Marton Băile Felix 1997 Antoine Fenech Vasilii Shvedov Pal Balogh Bratislava 1998 Ondrej Silt Tommy Hollmann Natalia Kovaleva Cannes 1999 Natalia Kovaleva Timour Dougine Mykhailo Shevchuk Cannes 2000 Ilya Shikshin Mykola Gluschenko Rita Pocsai Sinaia 2001 Ilya Shikshin Jan Prokop Mykola Gluschenko Ustron 2002 Andrii Kravets Andrej Kashaev Artem Kachanovskyi Prague 2003 Ihor Zaitsev Artem Kachanovskyi Miroslav Sos Cannes 2004 Rafael Samakaev Thomas Debarre Amir Fragman Cologne 2005 Mihai Serban Joshua Chao - Oleg Kocherov Kosice 2006 Joshua Chao - Mateusz Surma Alexandre Matushkin St Petersburg 2007 Toma Theodor Chun-Yin Woo Alexandre Vashurov Zandvoort 2008 Yurii Mykhaliuk Nikita Khabazov Roman Korolov Mikulov 2009 Mikhail Sidorenko Dmitri Miliukyn Dmitrij Medvedev Banja Luka 2010 Anson Ng Alexandru Pitrop Silvestru State Sibiu 2011 Vladyslav Verteletskyi Stepan Popov Valerii Krushelnytskyi Brno 2012 Valerii Krushelnytskyi Silvestru State Valerij Kulishov Saint Petersburg 2013 Valerii Krushelnytskyi Valerij Kulishov Kim Shakhov Budapest 2014 Oscar Vazquez Denis Dobranis Arved Pittner Bognor Regis 2015 Denis Dobranis Arved Pittner Virzhinia Shalneva Zandvoort 2016 Ioan Alexandru Arsinoaia Virzhinia Shalneva Nikita Prikarev Palic 2017 Ivan Klochikhin Stefan Adrian Rotarita Polina Krushelnytska Grenoble 2018 Stefan Adrian Rotarita Artemii Pishchalnikov Artur Gimadiev Kyiv 2019 Vsevolod Ovsiienko Artemii Pishchalnikov Alexej Igonin Moscow 2020 Vsevolod Ovsiienko Askar Khusainov Egor Lavrov Stubičke Toplice 2021 Vjacheslav Shpakovskij Ruslan Tarasov Artur Gimadiev Internet 2022 Bende Barcza Alper Sulak Alexandru-Nicolas Patrascu Prague 2023 Alper Sulak Ryan Zhang Bende Barcza Ankara 2024 Bartik Dach Bende Barcza Ryan Zhang Hamburg 2025 Bende Barcza Denys Lototskyi Ryan Zhang Vatra Dornei
Under 16 This section was created in 2010, after the World Youth Go Championship altered the age categories under competition.
Year Winner Second Third Place 2010 Mateusz Surma Vanessa Wong Yurii Mykhaliuk Sibiu 2011 Mateusz Surma Vanessa Wong Alexander Vashurov Brno 2012 Yurii Mykhaliuk Stepan Popov Alexandru-Petre Pitrop Saint Petersburg 2013 Stepan Popov Silvestru State Vjacheslav Kajmin Budapest 2014 Alexandru-Petre Pitrop Grigorij Fionin Vjacheslav Kajmin Bognor Regis 2015 Vjacheslav Kajmin Valerii Krushelnytskyi Stepan Popov Zandvoort 2016 Vjacheslav Kajmin Valerii Krushelnytskyi Kim Shakhov Palic 2017 Oscar Vazquez Valerii Krushelnytskyi Kim Shakhov Grenoble 2018 Arved Pittner Solal Zemor Savva Mezin Kyiv 2019 Virzhinia Shalneva Arved Pittner Linh Vu Tu Moscow 2020 Linh Vu Tu Alexandr Muromcev Davide Bernardis Stubičke Toplice 2021 Alexandr Muromcev Egor Lavrov Vsevolod Ovsiienko Internet 2022 Vsevolod Ovsiienko Yuze Xing Anna Melnyk Prague 2023 Vsevolod Ovsiienko Yuze Xing Olesia Malko Ankara
Under 18 Year Winner Second Third Venue 1996 Csaba Mérő Svetlana Shikshina Alexandre Dinerchtein Băile Felix 1997 Dmytro Bohatskyi Jonas Fincke Paul Drouot Bratislava 1998 Dmytro Bohatskyi Diana Koszegi Martin Kuzela Cannes 1999 Andrei Kulkov Diana Koszegi Merlijn Kuin Cannes 2000 Diana Koszegi Andrei Kulkov Timur Dugin Sinaia 2001 Pal Balogh Diana Koszegi Ondrej Silt Ustron 2002 Pal Balogh Timur Dugin Oleg Mezhov Prague 2003 Ilya Shikshin Timur Dugin Antoine Fenech Cannes 2004 Ondrej Silt Ilya Shikshin Igor Nemliy Cologne 2005 Timur Dugin Bohdan Zhurakovskyi Jun Tarumi - Igor Nemly Kosice 2006 Ilya Shikshin Rita Pocsai Thomas Debarre St Petersburg 2007 Artem Dugin Dusan Mitic Ondrej Fidrmuc Zandvoort 2008 Artem Kachanovskyi Thomas Debarre Javier-A. Savolainen Mikulov 2009 Ali Jabarin Artem Kachanovskyi Nikola Mitic - Viktor Lin Banja Luka 2010 Mihai Serban Roman Ruzhanskyi Laura Avram Sibiu 2024 Yuze Xing Stjepan Medak Jan Komin Hamburg 2025 Olesia Malko Robert-Andrei Grosu Stjepan Medak Vatra Dornei
Under 20 During the 2011 championship of Brno, it was mentioned "under 20" category instead of "under 18" Year Winner Second Third Venue 2011 Pavol Lisy Ali Jabarin Lukas Kraemer Brno 2012 Lukas Podpera Alexander Vashurov Alexander Eerbeek Saint Petersburg 2013 Pavol Lisy Ali Jabarin Lukas Podpera Budapest 2014 Lukas Podpera Jonas Welticke Tanguy Le_Calve Bognor Regis 2015 Pavol Lisy Lukas Podpera Tanguy Le_Calve Zandvoort 2016 Grigorij Fionin Stanislaw Frejlak Dominik Boviz Palic 2017 Vjacheslav Kajmin Grigorij Fionin Anton Chernykh Grenoble 2018 Sinan Djepov Matias Pankoke Elian_Ioan Grigoriu Kyiv 2019 Anton Chernykh Grigorij Fionin Elian Ioan Grigoriu Moscow 2020 Anton Chernykh Sinan Djepov Elian Ioan Grigoriu Stubičke Toplice 2021 Oscar Vazquez Arved Pittner Savva Mezin Internet 2022 Arved Pittner Davide Bernardis Denis Dobranis Prague 2023 Denis Dobranis Arved Pittner Ufuk Emre Yıldırım Ankara
See also European Go Championship European Pair Go Championship European Go Federation European Go Players
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