European Junior Chess Championship

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The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971-2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 1971/72 edition was the first official European Junior Championship. Effectively, they adopted the 'Niemeyer Tournament', held every year in Groningen since 1962, and re-packaged it. For completeness also the winners of this Niemeyer tournament are listed. The first competition for girls was held in 1977/1978.

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[edit] List of Winners

Year Location Boys winner Location Girls winner
1962/1963 Groningen Coenraad Zuidema
1963/1964 Groningen Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch
Jørn Sloth
1964/1965 Groningen Hans Ree
Robert Hübner
1965/1966 Groningen Andrew John Whiteley
Hans Ree
1966/1967 Groningen Mikhail Steinberg
1967/1968 Groningen Anatoly Karpov
1968/1969 Groningen Karl-Heinz Siegfried Maeder
Zoltan Ribli
Rafael Vaganian
1969/1970 Groningen András Adorján
1970/1971 Groningen Zoltan Ribli
1971/1972 Groningen Gyula Sax
1972/1973 Groningen Oleg Romanishin
1973/1974 Groningen Sergei Makarichev
1974/1975 Groningen John Nunn
1975/1976 Groningen Alexander Kochyev
1976/1977 Groningen Ľubomír Ftáčnik[1]
1977/1978 Groningen Shaun Taulbut Novi Sad Bozena Sikora
Rita Kas
1978/1979 Groningen John van der Wiel Kikinda Nana Ioseliani
1979/1980 Groningen Alexander Chernin Kula Nana Ioseliani
1980/1981 Groningen Ralf Åkesson Senta Agnieszka Brustman
1981/1982 Groningen Curt Hansen Panonia Elena Stupina
1982/1983 Groningen Jaan Ehlvest
1983/1984 Groningen Valery Salov
1984/1985 Groningen Ferdinand Hellers Katowice Ildiko Madl
1985/1986 Groningen Alexander Khalifman
1986/1987 Groningen Vassily Ivanchuk Baile Herculane Ildiko Madl
1987/1988 Arnhem Boris Gelfand
1988/1989 Arnhem Alexey Dreev
Boris Gelfand
not played
1989/1990 Arnhem Grigory Serper Debica Svetlana Matveeva
1990/1991 Arnhem Rune Djurhuus
1991/1992 Aalborg Aleksander Delchev
1992 Sas van Gent Aleksej Aleksandrov Hradec Kralove Nino Khurtsidze
1993 Vejen Vladislav Borovikov Svitavy Ilaha Kadimova
1994 not played Svitavy Silvia Aleksieva
1995 Holon Yury Shulman Zanka Marija Velcheva
1996 Siofok Andrey Shariyazdanov Tapolca Maia Lomineishvili
1997 Tallinn Dimitri Tyomkin Tallinn Sofiko Tkeshelashvili
1998 Yerevan Levon Aronian Yerevan Sofiko Tkeshelashvili
1999 Niforeika Dennis de Vreught Niforeika Regina Pokorna
2000 Asturia Adam Horvath Aviles Jovanka Houska
2001 Rion Zviad Izoria Rion Iweta Radziewicz
2002 Baku Zviad Izoria Baku Zeinab Mamedyarova
  1. ^ In 1976 the tournament was combined with the World Junior Chess Championship. The American Mark Diesen won the event, but Ľubomír Ftáčnik finished second and first European.

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The main source of reference is indicated beneath each year's entry.

1976/77 - Groningen, Netherlands - (December 21, 1976 - January 5, 1977) - The event was shared with the contest to determine the World Junior Champion, that particular title going to the top placed player overall, namely Mark Diesen (see World Junior Chess Championship). Lubomir Ftacnik finished top European player and therefore took the title European Junior Champion. Tied for 4th-8th places were Daniel Campora from Argentina, Leslie Leow from Singapore, Marcel Sisniega from Mexico and Evgeny Vladimirov from the USSR. Also in the chasing pack - Ian Rogers (AUS), Krum Georgiev (BUL), Attila Groszpeter (HUN), Jonathan Mestel (ENG), Petar Popovic (YUG), Reynaldo Vera (CUB), Murray Chandler (NZL) and Margeir Petursson (ISL). Jonathan Speelman (ENG) played one game and was then disqualified, following protests from other countries that England had more than one representative. Of course, his entry had been previously ratified by FIDE.

Boys U-20 - 1. Mark Diesen (USA) 2. Lubomir Ftacnik (CZE) 3. Nir Grinberg (ISR)
--- British Chess Magazine No. 5, Vol. 97 p. 222

1977/78 - Groningen, Netherlands - (December 20, 1977 - January 5, 1978) - Taulbut of England won the event on tie-break and the result was also good enough to earn him the IM title. In close contention for a place in the first three were, 4th O. Foisor (ROM) and sharing 5th-8th places, A. Groszpeter (HUN), D. Goodman (ENG), K. Mokry (CZE) and T. Upton (SCO).

Boys U-20 - 1. Shaun Taulbut (ENG) 2. Sergey Dolmatov (USSR) 3. Krum Georgiev (BUL)
--- British Chess Magazine No. 3, Vol. 98 p. 114

1978/79 - Kikinda, Yugoslavia - (January 21 - February 1, 1978) - Among the competitors were last year's champion Bozena Sikora of Poland, the promising 15-year-old Soviet Nana Ioseliani, and the Yugoslav Junior Champion, Dusica Cejic. 14-year-old Swede Pia Cramling beat the second placed Klimova, but was too erratic to join the leading group.

Girls U-20 - 1. Nana Ioseliani (USSR) 2. Eliska Klimova (CZE) 3. Viorica Ilie (ROM)
--- British Chess Magazine No. 3, Vol. 98 pp. 117-118

1978/79 - Groningen, Netherlands - (December 21, 1978 - January 5, 1979) - Sponsored by the Gasunie Company for the fourth successive year. The players found the organisation and playing conditions to their liking. World Junior Champion, Sergey Dolmatov was tipped to win, but was edged into second by home favourite John van der Wiel, a 19-year-old law student. Third placed James Plaskett (ENG) looked like he might catch the leading pair, but lost to Margeir Petursson (ISL) in round 11.

Boys U-20 - 1. John van der Wiel (NED) 2. Sergey Dolmatov (USSR) 3. James Plaskett (ENG)
--- British Chess Magazine No. 2, Vol. 99 pp. 72 - 75

1986/87 - Groningen, Netherlands - (December 1986 - January 1987) - The winner Ivanchuk began with 5 straight wins, and gave early notice of his natural talent. In the last round, he drew with Blatny (CZE) and this allowed home nation representative Piket (NED) to leapfrog into second place by beating Ninov (BUL). Ivan Sokolov (BIH) took a share of 3rd-5th places. There was a lower than normal entry of 30.

Boys U-20 - 1. Vasily Ivanchuk (USSR) 2. Jeroen Piket (NED) 3. Jacek Gdanski (POL)
--- British Chess Magazine No. 2, Vol. 107 p. 69

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