World Youth Chess Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" (categories U8, U10 and U12) and "World Youth Chess Championship" (categories U14, U16 and U18).

Unofficial U18 Cadets

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! Year !! Location !! Boys
 * 1974 || 🇫🇷 Pont St. Maxence (FRA) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Mestel (ENG)
 * 1975 || 🇫🇷 Creil (FRA) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Goodman (ENG)
 * 1976 || 🇫🇷 Wattignies (FRA) || 🇮🇱 Nir Grinberg (ISR)
 * }
 * 1976 || 🇫🇷 Wattignies (FRA) || 🇮🇱 Nir Grinberg (ISR)
 * }
 * }
 * }

Official U17 Cadets

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! Year !! Location !! Boys
 * 1977 || 🇫🇷 Cagnes-sur-Mer (FRA) || 🇮🇸 Jon Arnason (ISL)
 * 1978 || 🇳🇱 Sas van Gent (NLD) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Motwani (SCT)
 * 1979 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || 🇦🇷 Marcelo Javier Tempone (ARG)
 * 1980 || 🇫🇷 Le Havre (FRA) || Valery Salov
 * }
 * 1979 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || 🇦🇷 Marcelo Javier Tempone (ARG)
 * 1980 || 🇫🇷 Le Havre (FRA) || Valery Salov
 * }
 * }

Under-16

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! Year !! Location !! Boys !! Girls
 * 1981 || 🇦🇷 Embalse, Córdoba (ARG)(†) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Conquest (ENG) || 🇭🇺 Susan Polgar (HUN)
 * 1982 || 🇪🇨 Guayaquil (ECU) || Evgeny Bareev || not held
 * 1983 || 🇨🇴 Bucaramanga (COL) || Alexey Dreev || not held
 * 1984 || 🇫🇷 Champigny-sur-Marne (FRA) || Alexey Dreev || 🇭🇺 Ildikó Mádl (HUN)
 * 1985 || 🇮🇱 Petah Tikva (ISR) || 🇨🇱 Eduardo Rojas Sepulveda (CHL) || Mirjana Marić
 * 1986 || 🇦🇷 Río Gallegos (ARG) || Vladimir Akopian || 🇧🇬 Katrin Aladjova (BGR)
 * 1987 || 🇦🇹 Innsbruck (AUT) || 🇮🇸 Hannes Stefánsson (ISL) || Alisa Galliamova
 * 1988 || 🇷🇴 Timișoara (ROU) || Alexei Shirov || Alisa Galliamova
 * 1989 || 🇵🇷 Aguadilla (PRI) || Sergei Tiviakov || 🇵🇱 Krystyna Dąbrowska (POL)
 * 1990 || 🇸🇬 Singapore (SGP) || Konstantin Sakaev || Tea Lanchava
 * 1991 || 🇧🇷 Guarapuava (BRA) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dharshan Kumaran (ENG) || Nino Khurtsidze
 * 1992 || 🇩🇪 Duisburg (DEU) || 🇮🇱 Ronen Har-Zvi (ISR) || 🇲🇩 Almira Skripchenko (MDA)
 * 1993 || 🇸🇰 Bratislava (SVK) || Đào Thiên Hải || 🇦🇲 Elina Danielian (ARM)
 * 1994 || 🇭🇺 Szeged (HUN) || 🇭🇺 Peter Leko (HUN) || 🇺🇦 Natalia Zhukova (UKR)
 * 1995 || 🇧🇷 Guarapuava (BRA) || 🇭🇷 Hrvoje Stević (HRV) || Rusudan Goletiani
 * 1996 || 🇪🇸 Cala Galdana (ESP) || 🇮🇱 Alik Gershon (ISR) || 🇺🇦 Anna Zozulia (UKR)
 * 1997 || 🇦🇲 Yerevan (ARM) || 🇷🇴 Levente Vajda (ROU) || 🇨🇳 Xu Yuanyuan (CHN)
 * 1998 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇺🇿 Ibragim Khamrakulov (UZB) || 🇨🇳 Wang Yu (CHN)
 * 1999 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇩🇪 Leonid Kritz (DEU) || Sopiko Khukhashvili
 * 2000 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || Zviad Izoria || Sopiko Khukhashvili
 * 2001 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || Konstantine Shanava|| Nana Dzagnidze
 * 2002 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || Levan Pantsulaia || 🇷🇺 Tamara Chistiakova (RUS)
 * 2003 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) ||🇧🇦 Borki Predojević (BIH) || 🇷🇺 Polina Malysheva (RUS)
 * 2004 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇮🇱 Maxim Rodshtein (ISR) || Bela Khotenashvili
 * 2005 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || 🇺🇸 Alex Lenderman (US) || 🇸🇮 Anna Muzychuk (SVN)
 * 2006 || Batumi || 🇵🇱 Jacek Tomczak (POL) ||Sopiko Guramishvili
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇷🇴 Ioan-Cristian Chirilă (ROU) || Keti Tsatsalashvili
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Adhiban Baskaran (IND) || Nazí Paikidze
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇮🇳 S. P. Sethuraman (IND) || 🇵🇪 Deysi Cori (PER)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇵🇱 Kamil Dragun (POL) || 🇧🇾 Nastassia Ziaziulkina (BLR)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇵🇪 Jorge Cori (PER) || 🇧🇾 Nastassia Ziaziulkina (BLR)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇷🇺 Urii Eliseev (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Anna Styazhkina (RUS)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇮🇳 Murali Karthikeyan (IND) || 🇨🇳 Gu Tianlu (CHN)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇦🇷 Alan Pichot (ARG) || 🇸🇮 Laura Unuk (SVN)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇩🇪 Roven Vogel (DEU) || 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRC)
 * 2016 || 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) ||🇦🇲 Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM) || 🇮🇳 Hagawane Aakanksha (IND)
 * 2017 || 🇺🇾 Montevideo (URY) ||🇷🇺 Andrey Esipenko (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Annie Wang (US)
 * 2018 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) || 🇦🇲 Shant Sargsyan (ARM) || 🇩🇪 Annmarie Muetsch (DEU)
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇷🇺 Rudik Makarian (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Leya Garifullina (RUS)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇩🇪 Frederik Svane (DEU)
 * 🇮🇳 Rakshitta Ravi (IND)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇷🇺 Volodar Murzin (RUS)
 * 🇰🇿 Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Pranav Anand (IND) || 🇲🇳 Munkhzul Davaakhuu (MNG)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Jakub Seemann (POL) || 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqiao (CHN)
 * }
 * (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.
 * 2006 || Batumi || 🇵🇱 Jacek Tomczak (POL) ||Sopiko Guramishvili
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇷🇴 Ioan-Cristian Chirilă (ROU) || Keti Tsatsalashvili
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Adhiban Baskaran (IND) || Nazí Paikidze
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇮🇳 S. P. Sethuraman (IND) || 🇵🇪 Deysi Cori (PER)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇵🇱 Kamil Dragun (POL) || 🇧🇾 Nastassia Ziaziulkina (BLR)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇵🇪 Jorge Cori (PER) || 🇧🇾 Nastassia Ziaziulkina (BLR)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇷🇺 Urii Eliseev (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Anna Styazhkina (RUS)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇮🇳 Murali Karthikeyan (IND) || 🇨🇳 Gu Tianlu (CHN)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇦🇷 Alan Pichot (ARG) || 🇸🇮 Laura Unuk (SVN)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇩🇪 Roven Vogel (DEU) || 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRC)
 * 2016 || 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) ||🇦🇲 Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM) || 🇮🇳 Hagawane Aakanksha (IND)
 * 2017 || 🇺🇾 Montevideo (URY) ||🇷🇺 Andrey Esipenko (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Annie Wang (US)
 * 2018 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) || 🇦🇲 Shant Sargsyan (ARM) || 🇩🇪 Annmarie Muetsch (DEU)
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇷🇺 Rudik Makarian (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Leya Garifullina (RUS)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇩🇪 Frederik Svane (DEU)
 * 🇮🇳 Rakshitta Ravi (IND)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇷🇺 Volodar Murzin (RUS)
 * 🇰🇿 Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Pranav Anand (IND) || 🇲🇳 Munkhzul Davaakhuu (MNG)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Jakub Seemann (POL) || 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqiao (CHN)
 * }
 * (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇷🇺 Rudik Makarian (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Leya Garifullina (RUS)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇩🇪 Frederik Svane (DEU)
 * 🇮🇳 Rakshitta Ravi (IND)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇷🇺 Volodar Murzin (RUS)
 * 🇰🇿 Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Pranav Anand (IND) || 🇲🇳 Munkhzul Davaakhuu (MNG)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Jakub Seemann (POL) || 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqiao (CHN)
 * }
 * (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Jakub Seemann (POL) || 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqiao (CHN)
 * }
 * (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.
 * (†) The girls tournament was held separately, in Westergate, England.

World Infant Cup

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! Year !! Location !! Boys
 * 1979 || 🇲🇽 Durango (MEX) || Miroljub Lazić
 * 1980 || 🇲🇽 Mazatlán (MEX) || 🇵🇪 Julio Granda (PER)
 * 1981 || 🇲🇽 Xalapa (MEX) || 🇦🇪 Saeed Ahmed Saeed (ARE)
 * 1984 || 🇦🇷 Lomas de Zamora (ARG) || 🇪🇸 Lluís Comas Fabregó (ESP)
 * }
 * 1981 || 🇲🇽 Xalapa (MEX) || 🇦🇪 Saeed Ahmed Saeed (ARE)
 * 1984 || 🇦🇷 Lomas de Zamora (ARG) || 🇪🇸 Lluís Comas Fabregó (ESP)
 * }
 * }

Boys & Girls

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! Year !! Location !! Boys !! Girls
 * 1985 || 🇦🇷 Lomas de Zamora (ARG) || 🇺🇸 Ilya Gurevich (US) || 🇦🇷 Sandra Villegas (ARG)
 * 1986 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || 🇫🇷 Joël Lautier (FRA) || 🇭🇺 Zsofia Polgar (HUN)
 * 1987 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || Miroslav Marković || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cathy Haslinger (ENG)
 * 1988 || 🇷🇴 Timișoara (ROU) || 🇮🇱 Eran Liss (ISR) || Tea Lanchava
 * 1989 || 🇵🇷 Aguadilla (PRI) || 🇧🇬 Veselin Topalov (BGR) || Anna Segal
 * 1990 || 🇺🇸 Fond du Lac (US) || 🇭🇺 Judit Polgár (HUN) || Diana Darchia
 * 1991 || 🇵🇱 Warsaw (POL) || 🇵🇱 Marcin Kamiński (POL) || 🇷🇴 Corina Peptan (ROU)
 * 1992 || 🇩🇪 Duisburg (DEU) || 🇧🇾 Jurij Tihonov (BLR) || 🇦🇲 Elina Danielian (ARM)
 * 1993 || 🇸🇰 Bratislava (SVK) || 🇷🇺 Vladimir Malakhov (RUS) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ruth Sheldon (ENG)
 * 1994 || 🇭🇺 Szeged (HUN) || 🇮🇱 Alik Gershon (ISR) || Rusudan Goletiani
 * 1995 || 🇧🇷 São Lourenço (BRA) || Valeriane Gaprindashvili || 🇨🇳 Xu Yuanyuan (CHN)
 * 1996 || 🇪🇸 Cala Galdana (ESP) || 🇦🇲 Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) || 🇨🇳 Wang Yu (CHN)
 * 1997 || 🇫🇷 Cannes (FRA) || 🇷🇺 Sergey Grigoriants (RUS) || Ana Matnadze
 * 1998 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇨🇳 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS)
 * 1999 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇺🇦 Zahar Efimenko (UKR) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Xue (CHN)
 * 2000 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇺🇦 Alexander Areshchenko (UKR) || 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (IND)
 * 2001 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇭🇺 Viktor Erdős (HUN)|| Salome Melia
 * 2002 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇸🇮 Luka Lenič (SVN) || 🇱🇻 Laura Rogule (LVA)
 * 2003 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) ||🇧🇾 Sergei Zhigalko (BLR) || 🇷🇺 Valentina Gunina (RUS)
 * 2004 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇷🇺 Ildar Khairullin (RUS) || 🇮🇳 Dronavalli Harika (IND)
 * 2005 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || Lê Quang Liêm || 🇷🇺 Elena Tairova (RUS)
 * 2006 || Batumi || 🇦🇿 Vasif Durarbayli (AZE) ||🇵🇱 Klaudia Kulon (POL)
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇷🇺 Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) || Nazí Paikidze
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) || 🇮🇳 Padmini Rout (IND)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || Jorge Cori Tello || 🇮🇱 Marsel Efroimski (ISR)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Kanan Izzat (AZE) || 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇷🇺 Kirill Alekseenko (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇺🇸 Kayden Troff (US) || 🇮🇳 M. Mahalakshmi (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇨🇳 Li Di (CHN) || 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRC)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇨🇳 Liu Yan (CHN) || 🇨🇦 Qiyu Zhou (CAN)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇺🇿 Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB)  || 🇮🇳 R. Vaishali (IND)
 * 2016 || 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) ||🇷🇺 Semen Lomasov (RUS) ||🇨🇳 Zhu Jiner (CHN)
 * 2017 || 🇺🇾 Montevideo (URY) ||🇲🇳 Batsuren Dambasuren (MNG) ||🇮🇳 Jishitha D (IND)
 * 2018 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) || 🇪🇸 Pedro Antonio Ginés Esteo (ESP) || 🇨🇳 Ning Kaiyu (CHN)
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇦🇿 Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) || 🇰🇿 Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇳 D Gukesh (IND)
 * 🇳🇱 Eline Roebers (NLD)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Ediz Gurel (TUR)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsóka Gaál (HUN)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Ilamparthi A R (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zarina Nurgaliyeva (KAZ)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Pawel Sowinski (POL) || 🇰🇿 Afruza Khamdamova (KAZ)
 * }
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) || 🇮🇳 Padmini Rout (IND)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || Jorge Cori Tello || 🇮🇱 Marsel Efroimski (ISR)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Kanan Izzat (AZE) || 🇰🇿 Dinara Saduakassova (KAZ)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇷🇺 Kirill Alekseenko (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇺🇸 Kayden Troff (US) || 🇮🇳 M. Mahalakshmi (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇨🇳 Li Di (CHN) || 🇬🇷 Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRC)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇨🇳 Liu Yan (CHN) || 🇨🇦 Qiyu Zhou (CAN)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇺🇿 Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB)  || 🇮🇳 R. Vaishali (IND)
 * 2016 || 🇷🇺 Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) ||🇷🇺 Semen Lomasov (RUS) ||🇨🇳 Zhu Jiner (CHN)
 * 2017 || 🇺🇾 Montevideo (URY) ||🇲🇳 Batsuren Dambasuren (MNG) ||🇮🇳 Jishitha D (IND)
 * 2018 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) || 🇪🇸 Pedro Antonio Ginés Esteo (ESP) || 🇨🇳 Ning Kaiyu (CHN)
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇦🇿 Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) || 🇰🇿 Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇳 D Gukesh (IND)
 * 🇳🇱 Eline Roebers (NLD)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Ediz Gurel (TUR)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsóka Gaál (HUN)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Ilamparthi A R (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zarina Nurgaliyeva (KAZ)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Pawel Sowinski (POL) || 🇰🇿 Afruza Khamdamova (KAZ)
 * }
 * 2019 || 🇮🇳 Mumbai (IND) || 🇦🇿 Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) || 🇰🇿 Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇳 D Gukesh (IND)
 * 🇳🇱 Eline Roebers (NLD)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Ediz Gurel (TUR)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsóka Gaál (HUN)
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Ilamparthi A R (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zarina Nurgaliyeva (KAZ)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Pawel Sowinski (POL) || 🇰🇿 Afruza Khamdamova (KAZ)
 * }
 * 2022 || 🇷🇴 Mamaia (ROU) || 🇮🇳 Ilamparthi A R (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zarina Nurgaliyeva (KAZ)
 * 2023 || 🇮🇹 Montesilvano (ITA) || 🇵🇱 Pawel Sowinski (POL) || 🇰🇿 Afruza Khamdamova (KAZ)
 * }
 * }

Under-12 winners

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! Year !! Location !! Boys !! Girls
 * 1986 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dharshan Kumaran (ENG) || 🇵🇷 Dalines Borges (PRI)
 * 1987 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || 🇮🇸 Hedinn Steingrimsson (ISL) || 🇺🇸 Yvonne Krawiec (US)
 * 1988 || 🇷🇴 Timișoara (ROU) || 🇭🇺 Judit Polgár (HUN) || 🇨🇳 Zhu Chen (CHN)
 * 1989 || 🇵🇷 Aguadilla (PRI) || 🇵🇱 Marcin Kamiński (POL) || Diana Darchia
 * 1990 || 🇺🇸 Fond du Lac (US) || Boris Avrukh || 🇷🇴 Corina Peptan (ROU)
 * 1991 || 🇵🇱 Warsaw (POL) || 🇧🇷 Rafael Leitão (BRA) || 🇵🇱 Dalia Blimke (POL)
 * 1992 || 🇩🇪 Duisburg (DEU) || Giorgi Bakhtadze || 🇵🇱 Iweta Radziewicz (POL)
 * 1993 || 🇸🇰 Bratislava (SVK) || 🇷🇺 Evgeny Shaposhnikov (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Eugenia Chasovnikova (RUS)
 * 1994 || 🇭🇺 Szeged (HUN) || 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || Nguyen Thi Dung
 * 1995 || 🇧🇷 São Lourenço (BRA) || 🇫🇷 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) || 🇱🇹 Viktorija Čmilytė (LTU)
 * 1996 || 🇪🇸 Cala Galdana (ESP) || 🇵🇱 Kamil Mitoń (POL) || 🇷🇺 Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
 * 1997 || 🇫🇷 Cannes (FRA) || 🇷🇺 Alexander Riazantsev (RUS) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Xue (CHN)
 * 1998 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇦🇿 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) || 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (IND)
 * 1999 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇨🇳 Wang Yue (CHN) || Nana Dzagnidze
 * 2000 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇮🇳 Deep Sengupta (IND) || 🇮🇷 Atousa Pourkashiyan (IRN)
 * 2001 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇺🇦 Sergey Karjakin (UKR)|| 🇨🇳 Shen Yang (CHN)
 * 2002 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) || 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
 * 2003 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) ||🇨🇳 Wei Chenpeng (CHN) || 🇨🇳 Ding Yixin (CHN)
 * 2004 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Nan (CHN) || 🇵🇱 Klaudia Kulon (POL)
 * 2005 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Srinath Narayanan (IND) || Meri Arabidze
 * 2006 || Batumi || 🇦🇲 Robert Aghasaryan (ARM) ||Mariam Danelia
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇺🇸 Daniel Naroditsky (US) || 🇮🇱 Marsel Efroimski (ISR)
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Sayantan Das (IND) || 🇨🇳 Zhai Mo (CHN)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇦🇺 Bobby Cheng (AUS) || 🇮🇷 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (IRN)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇨🇳 Wei Yi (CHN) || 🇺🇦 Iulija Osmak (UKR)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇮🇳 Karthikeyan Murali (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇺🇸 Samuel Sevian (US) || 🇮🇳 R. Vaishali (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇦🇲 Aram Hakobyan (ARM) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Shengxin (CHN)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || Nguyễn Anh Khôi || 🇺🇸 Jennifer Yu (US)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE) || 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova (BGR)
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇺🇸 Nikhil Kumar (US) || 🇷🇺 Bibisara Assaubayeva (RUS)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Vincent Tsay (US) || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) ||🇮🇳 Gukesh D (IND) ||🇮🇳 Savitha Shri B (IND)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇺🇸 Zhou Liran (US) || 🇷🇺 Galina Mikheeva (RUS)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇺🇸 Dimitar Mardov (US)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇺🇦 Ihor Samunenkov (UKR)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2022 || Batumi || Artem Uskov || 🇮🇳 Shubhi Gupta (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Khuong Duy Dau || 🇱🇰 Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (LKA)
 * }
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇮🇳 Sayantan Das (IND) || 🇨🇳 Zhai Mo (CHN)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇦🇺 Bobby Cheng (AUS) || 🇮🇷 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (IRN)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇨🇳 Wei Yi (CHN) || 🇺🇦 Iulija Osmak (UKR)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇮🇳 Karthikeyan Murali (IND) || 🇰🇿 Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇺🇸 Samuel Sevian (US) || 🇮🇳 R. Vaishali (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇦🇲 Aram Hakobyan (ARM) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Shengxin (CHN)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || Nguyễn Anh Khôi || 🇺🇸 Jennifer Yu (US)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Mahammad Muradli (AZE) || 🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova (BGR)
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇺🇸 Nikhil Kumar (US) || 🇷🇺 Bibisara Assaubayeva (RUS)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Vincent Tsay (US) || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) ||🇮🇳 Gukesh D (IND) ||🇮🇳 Savitha Shri B (IND)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇺🇸 Zhou Liran (US) || 🇷🇺 Galina Mikheeva (RUS)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇺🇸 Dimitar Mardov (US)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇺🇦 Ihor Samunenkov (UKR)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2022 || Batumi || Artem Uskov || 🇮🇳 Shubhi Gupta (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Khuong Duy Dau || 🇱🇰 Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (LKA)
 * }
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇺🇸 Dimitar Mardov (US)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇺🇦 Ihor Samunenkov (UKR)
 * 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2022 || Batumi || Artem Uskov || 🇮🇳 Shubhi Gupta (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Khuong Duy Dau || 🇱🇰 Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (LKA)
 * }
 * 2022 || Batumi || Artem Uskov || 🇮🇳 Shubhi Gupta (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Khuong Duy Dau || 🇱🇰 Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (LKA)
 * }
 * }

Under-10 winners

 * {| class="sortable wikitable"

! Year !! Location !! Boys !! Girls
 * 1986 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || 🇨🇦 Jeff Sarwer (CAN) || 🇨🇦 Julia Sarwer (CAN)
 * 1987 || 🇵🇷 San Juan (PRI) || 🇺🇸 John Viloria (US) || 🇺🇸 Suzanna Urminska (US)
 * 1988 || 🇷🇴 Timișoara (ROU) || 🇺🇸 John Viloria (US) 🇭🇳 Horge Hasbun (HND)
 * 🇷🇴 Corina Peptan (ROU)
 * 1989 || 🇵🇷 Aguadilla (PRI) || 🇮🇩 Irwin Irnandi (IDN) || 🇧🇬 Antoaneta Stefanova (BGR)
 * 1990 || 🇺🇸 Fond du Lac (US) || 🇺🇸 Nawrose Farh Nur (US) || 🇪🇨 Evelyn Moncayo Romero (ECU)
 * 1991 || 🇵🇱 Warsaw (POL) || 🇫🇷 Adrien Leroy (FRA) || 🇷🇴 Carmen Voicu (ROU)
 * 1992 || 🇩🇪 Duisburg (DEU) || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke McShane (ENG) || 🇦🇿 Parvana Ismaïlova (AZE)
 * 1993 || 🇸🇰 Bratislava (SVK) || 🇫🇷 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) || Ana Matnadze
 * 1994 || 🇭🇺 Szeged (HUN) || 🇷🇺 Sergey Grishchenko (RUS) || 🇺🇦 Svetlana Cherednichenko (UKR)
 * 1995 || 🇧🇷 São Lourenço (BRA) || 🇷🇺 Boris Grachev (RUS) || 🇷🇴 Alina Motoc (ROU)
 * 1996 || 🇪🇸 Cala Galdana (ESP) || 🇮🇳 Pentala Harikrishna (IND) || 🇷🇺 Maria Kursova (RUS)
 * 1997 || 🇫🇷 Cannes (FRA) || 🇮🇷 Javad Alavi (IRN) || 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru (IND)
 * 1998 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇷🇺 Evgeny Romanov (RUS) || 🇷🇺 Vera Nebolsina (RUS)
 * 1999 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇷🇺 Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) || 🇺🇦 Kateryna Lahno (UKR)
 * 2000 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn || 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
 * 2001 || 🇪🇸 Oropesa del Mar (ESP) || 🇭🇺 Tamas Fodor (HUN)|| 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
 * 2002 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Eltaj Safarli (AZE) || 🇭🇷 Lara Stock (HRV)
 * 2003 || 🇬🇷 Halkidiki (GRC) ||🇷🇺 Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) || 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan (CHN)
 * 2004 || 🇬🇷 Heraklio (GRC) || 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi (CHN) || Meri Arabidze
 * 2005 || 🇫🇷 Belfort (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Sahaj Grover (IND) || 🇨🇳 Wang Jue (CHN)
 * 2006 || Batumi || 🇮🇳 Koushik Girish (IND) ||🇮🇳 Choletti Sahajasri (IND)
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇨🇳 Wang Tongsen (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Anna Styazhkina (RUS)
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇵🇱 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) || 🇷🇺 Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇨🇳 Bai Jinshi (CHN) || 🇦🇿 Gunay Mammadzada (AZE)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇨🇦 Jason Cao (CAN) || 🇲🇳 Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel (MNG)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇨🇳 Zhu Yi (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || Nguyễn Anh Khôi || 🇮🇳 Nutakki Priyanka (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang (US) || 🇮🇳 Saina Salonika (IND)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin (IND) || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇮🇳 R. Praggnanandhaa (IND) || 🇮🇳 Ravi Rakshitta (IND)
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇷🇺 Ilya Makoveev (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Rochelle Wu (US)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Zhou Liran (US) || 🇨🇳 Wei Yaqing (CHN)
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) ||🇨🇳 Jin Yueheng (CHN) || 🇮🇩 Samantha Edithso (IDN)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Savva Vetokhin (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇷 Sina Movahed (IRN)
 * 🇺🇸 Omya Vidyarthi (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (TUR)
 * 🇷🇺 Diana Preobrazhenskaya (RUS)
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 David Lacan Rus (FRA) || Nika Venskaya
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || 🇰🇿 Danis Kuandykuly (KAZ) || 🇨🇳 Tianhao Xue (CHN)
 * }
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || 🇵🇱 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) || 🇷🇺 Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇨🇳 Bai Jinshi (CHN) || 🇦🇿 Gunay Mammadzada (AZE)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇨🇦 Jason Cao (CAN) || 🇲🇳 Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel (MNG)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇨🇳 Zhu Yi (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || Nguyễn Anh Khôi || 🇮🇳 Nutakki Priyanka (IND)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang (US) || 🇮🇳 Saina Salonika (IND)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) || 🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin (IND) || 🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh (IND)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇮🇳 R. Praggnanandhaa (IND) || 🇮🇳 Ravi Rakshitta (IND)
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇷🇺 Ilya Makoveev (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Rochelle Wu (US)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Zhou Liran (US) || 🇨🇳 Wei Yaqing (CHN)
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) ||🇨🇳 Jin Yueheng (CHN) || 🇮🇩 Samantha Edithso (IDN)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Savva Vetokhin (RUS) || 🇺🇸 Alice Lee (US)
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇷 Sina Movahed (IRN)
 * 🇺🇸 Omya Vidyarthi (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (TUR)
 * 🇷🇺 Diana Preobrazhenskaya (RUS)
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 David Lacan Rus (FRA) || Nika Venskaya
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || 🇰🇿 Danis Kuandykuly (KAZ) || 🇨🇳 Tianhao Xue (CHN)
 * }
 * 2020
 * Online
 * 🇮🇷 Sina Movahed (IRN)
 * 🇺🇸 Omya Vidyarthi (US)
 * 2021
 * Online
 * 🇹🇷 Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (TUR)
 * 🇷🇺 Diana Preobrazhenskaya (RUS)
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 David Lacan Rus (FRA) || Nika Venskaya
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || 🇰🇿 Danis Kuandykuly (KAZ) || 🇨🇳 Tianhao Xue (CHN)
 * }
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 David Lacan Rus (FRA) || Nika Venskaya
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || 🇰🇿 Danis Kuandykuly (KAZ) || 🇨🇳 Tianhao Xue (CHN)
 * }
 * }

Under-8 winners

 * {| class="sortable wikitable"

! Year !! Location !! Boys !! Girls
 * 2006
 * Batumi
 * 🇮🇳 Chennamsetti Mohineesh (IND)
 * 🇮🇳 Ivana Maria Furtado (IND)
 * 2007 || 🇹🇷 Kemer/Antalya (TUR) || 🇷🇺 Konstantin Savenkov (RUS) || 🇮🇳 Ivana Maria Furtado (IND)
 * 2008 || Vũng Tàu || Tran Minh Thang || 🇰🇿 Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ)
 * 2009 || 🇹🇷 Antalya (TUR) || 🇮🇷 Aryan Gholami (IRN) || 🇨🇳 Chu Ruotong (CHN)
 * 2010 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇦🇿 Abdulla Gadimbayli (AZE) || 🇨🇳 Li Yunshan (CHN)
 * 2011 || 🇧🇷 Caldas Novas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang (US) || 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ)
 * 2012 || 🇸🇮 Maribor (SVN) || 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) || 🇮🇷 Motahare Asadi (IRN)
 * 2013 || Al-Ain || 🇮🇳 R. Praggnanandhaa (IND) ||  🇨🇦 Harmony Zhu (CAN)
 * 2014 || 🇿🇦 Durban (ZAF) ||🇷🇺 Ilya Makoveev (RUS) || 🇲🇳 Davaakhuu Munkhzul (MNG)
 * 2015 || 🇬🇷 Porto Carras (GRC) || 🇮🇳 Bharath Subramaniyam (IND) || Nguyen Le Cam Hien
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇹🇲 Shageldi Kurbandurdyew (TKM)  || 🇰🇿 Aisha Zakirova (KAZ)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Emrikian Aren C (US) || Alserkal Rouda Essa
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) || 🇺🇸 Yuvraj Chennareddy (US) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Yunqing (CHN)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Artem S. Lebedev (RUS) || 🇨🇳 Yuan Zhilin (CHN)
 * 2020
 * Not held
 * 2021
 * Not held
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 Marc Llari (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Charvi A (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Roman Shogdzhiev || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG)
 * }
 * 2016 || Batumi || 🇹🇲 Shageldi Kurbandurdyew (TKM)  || 🇰🇿 Aisha Zakirova (KAZ)
 * 2017 || 🇧🇷 Poços de Caldas (BRA) || 🇺🇸 Emrikian Aren C (US) || Alserkal Rouda Essa
 * 2018 || 🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela (ESP) || 🇺🇸 Yuvraj Chennareddy (US) || 🇨🇳 Zhao Yunqing (CHN)
 * 2019 || 🇨🇳 Weifang (CHN) || 🇷🇺 Artem S. Lebedev (RUS) || 🇨🇳 Yuan Zhilin (CHN)
 * 2020
 * Not held
 * 2021
 * Not held
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 Marc Llari (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Charvi A (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Roman Shogdzhiev || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG)
 * }
 * 2021
 * Not held
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 Marc Llari (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Charvi A (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Roman Shogdzhiev || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG)
 * }
 * 2022 || Batumi || 🇫🇷 Marc Llari (FRA) || 🇮🇳 Charvi A (IND)
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Roman Shogdzhiev || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG)
 * }
 * 2023 || 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh (EGY) || Roman Shogdzhiev || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bodhana Sivanandan (ENG)
 * }
 * }