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World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18

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119 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 16 Oct 2025 in Durres, Albania. 79 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2494, and top seed was Jan Klimkowski (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2524).

Jagadeesh Siddharth (🇸🇬 SGP, GM, 2467) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Artiom Stribuk (8.5) and Sriram Adarsh Uppala (8.5). Siddharth shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 11: Kilichbek Naziraliev (1849) beat Sasha-Matei Craciun (FM, 2309), a +460-point gap.

Location
🇦🇱Durres, Albania
Dates
03 Oct 2025 → 16 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱GMJan Klimkowski2524
Avg top 10
2,494
Participants
119
Titled players · 79
GM×5
IM×27
FM×39
CM×8
Federations · 8 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×8
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×6
🇵🇱Poland×5
🇲🇽Mexico×5
FIDE (no federation)×5
🇪🇸Spain×4
🇮🇳India×4
🇩🇪Germany×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 4 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
48
16
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 8.5/11. Siddharth takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (74.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Artiom Stribuk drew with IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Artiom Stribuk 3 wins (R7–R9)GM Jakub Seemann 4+3 wins (R4–R7, R9–R11)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMArtiom Stribuk*
½
½
2IMSriram Adarsh Uppala
½
*
½
3GMJakub Seemann*
1
4GMJagadeesh Siddharth
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Siddharth, JagadeeshGM2467SGP+49N+32B+14N+36B=8N+9B+13N+6B=3N=2B4N8.574.580.559.752633+23.7
2Stribuk, ArtiomIM2486FID+56N+41B=22N+5B=3N=13B+15N+25B+21B=1N=7B8.571.577.058.002629+19.8
3Sriram Adarsh UppalaIM2438IND+98B=48N+74B+40N=2B=6N+37B+7N=1B+5N=10B8.570.074.055.002614+25.1
4Seemann, JakubGM2500POL42B+67N56B+71N+44B+74N+58B=38N+11B+15N+1B8.563.068.053.502509+3.2
5Makkar, RajatIM2382FRA+64B=12N+76B2N+45B=43N+17B+8B+14N3B=9N7.571.076.048.502465+13.2
6Macias Pino, DiegoIM2501ESP+99N+31B+21N=13B=22N=3B+36N1N=38B+26B=8N7.569.573.547.252541+6.2
7Klimkowski, JanGM2524POL16N+96B+44N+51B=36N+18B+22N3B=39N+13B=2N7.568.572.546.752489-3.1
8Ansat, AldiyarIM2470KAZ=47B+100N+46B+37N=1B=38N=23B5N+57B+39N=6B7.565.569.544.752504+5.9
9Raczek, KrzysztofIM2487POL+65B=46N=62B+32N+59B1N+60B21N+16B+38N=5B7.564.570.045.502495+1.8
10Habans Aguerrea, JavierIM2475ESP+35N+51B36N+72B=57N=39B=30B=37N+40B+21N=3N7.563.568.546.252487+2.4
11Pashikyan, RudolfFM2349ARM87N+108B+85N+16B=21N36B+29N+22B4N+47B+25N7.562.566.043.752436+28.6
12Dyachuk, ArtemFM2298UKR+115N=5B37B=77N+64B50N+95B=46N+58B+59N+23B7.557.560.038.752392+32.6
13Sukiasyan, Vahe A.IM2446ARM+73B+70N+60B=6N=38B=2N1B=57N+42B7N+39B7.066.571.541.752489+6.5
14Zhakshylykov, ErzhanIM2362KGZ+88N+44B1B=45N+42B+24N=38B+23N5B=50N=15B7.066.070.542.002458+29.6
15Milikow, ElieIM2390ISR+77B27N=73B+100N+54B+56N2B+30N+19B4B=14N7.065.569.540.002417+4.4
16Ilkhomi, JaloliddinIM2289TJK+7B=37N=58B11N+66B+40N=19B+36B9N=41B+38N7.065.070.543.252462+52.8
17Zhou, Runyi2232CHN24B+66N=50N+26B=41N+34B5N=48B=72N+63B+37B7.062.067.041.502434+60.8
18Khripachenko, AlexanderIM2376FID+96B=76N=45B=42N+61B7N=56B=43N+30B+48N=19B7.061.065.039.752398+3.5
19Sapenov, DaniyalIM2445KAZ=68N+112B=52N+75B=39N=57B=16N+27B15N+60B=18N7.061.064.038.502404-5.1
20Deuer, MariusGM2487GER44N+88B=49N=29B+35N+75B=57N=39B26N+78B+41N7.059.063.539.002393-12.0
21Suleimen, ErgaliIM2417KAZ+33B+78N6B+60N=11B=46N+43B+9B2N10B=28N6.569.074.040.502424+2.2
22Bai, AdelardIM2416TPE+94N+75B=2B+54N=6B=23N7B11N=27B=45N+44B6.567.071.038.502416+1.0
23Tarhan, AdarIM2432TUR+85N+72B=28N=57B+69N=22B=8N14B+31N=25B12N6.564.068.537.752400-3.5
24Piliposyan, RobertIM2451ARM+17N+34B=57N=39B=27N14B+72N=31B=60N=28B=29N6.563.568.540.002384-9.5
25Samadov, ReadIM2523AZE=45B=61N=43B+76N+70B=58N+46B2N+37B=23N11B6.563.068.037.252406-15.5
26Chen, RyoIM2401USA+91B28N=47B17N+86B=42N+44B+56N+20B6N=27B6.562.567.036.752339-7.3
27Mendes Aaron ReeveIM2301CAN+109N+15B=38B=59N=24B37N+63B19N=22N+36B=26N6.562.566.037.502431+41.8
28Ulziikhishig KhishigbatIM2312MGL+102N+26B=23B38N37B+98N=59B=58N+33B=24N=21B6.559.563.536.252384+24.8
29Ughuzov, RavanFM2298AZE+113B=63N40B=20N+77B=59N11B=53N+86B+62N=24B6.559.062.033.252335+15.0
30Ribera Veganzones, SerniFM2291AND+117B36N+106B=58N=40B+41B=10N15B18N+79N+64B6.559.061.031.502313+9.2
31Turcsanyi, Vince GergoFM2342HUN+92B6N+98B=61N43B+65N+73B=24N23B=42N+56B6.558.562.533.502346+2.6
32Breuil, TristanFM2326FRA+66B1N+91B9B90N+92N33B+96N+53B=64N+65B6.558.562.532.752224-23.4
33Ramaj, ErgitFM2124ALB21N=102B+110N=34B72N+97B+32N=41B28N+75B+60N6.555.559.032.752268+76.7
34Urbani, GabrielFM2320ITA+118B24N=77B=33N+53B17N64B+95N+94B=56N+67B6.555.557.029.502193-31.0
35Hald Falkesgaard, JeppeFM2241DEN10B95N+105B+92N20B+103N40B+66N=63B+58N+59B6.555.058.531.252253+10.8
36Assylov, MirasFM2395KAZ+69N+30B+10B1N=7B+11N6B16N=45B27N+76B6.070.075.038.752388-1.8
37Perea Fruet, LorenzoIM2386ESP+84N=16B+12N8B+28N+27B3N=10B25N+72B17N6.069.574.537.752375-1.5
38Kanov, NikolaIM2420BUL+90N+89B=27N+28B=13N=8B=14N=4B=6N9B16B6.069.574.037.502409-1.5
39Wafa, HamedIM2350EGY+82B=43N+87B=24N=19B=10N+50B=20N=7B8B13N6.067.071.536.252409+19.0
40Akhilbay, ImangaliFM2377KAZ=112N+68B+29N3B=30N16B+35N+47B10N=49B=45N6.066.069.035.252316-18.0
41Filip, AndreiFM2337ROU+95B2N+55B=43N=17B30N+61B=33N+67B=16N20B6.065.569.534.252270-17.6
42Jaiveer MahendruFM2272IND+4N57B+84N=18B14N=26B+52N+81B13N=31B=51N6.065.070.037.502400+36.8
43Kishiev, FamilFM2233FID+81N=39B=25N=41B+31N=5B21N=18B48N=52B+78N6.063.068.036.002417+105.2
44Elias, DavidFM2266SVK+20B14N7B+67N4N+87B26N+88B+97N+57B22N6.063.067.031.002328+17.8
45Olenik Campa, RudiFM2288SLO=25N+107B=18N=14B5N=81B+66N=59B=36N=22B=40B6.062.566.033.752353+22.8
46Heinrich, JohnFM2344GER+108N=9B8N+68B+94N=21B25N=12B47N+69B=49N6.062.566.032.252320-6.0
47Papaioannou, DimitriosCM2239GRE=8N=50B=26N+81B58B+70N+62B40N+46B11N=48B6.062.067.035.002422+105.2
48Sachilaru, AlexandruFM2329ROU+83N=3B59N94B+68N=49B+90N=17N+43B18B=47N6.061.065.034.752267-15.8
49Sundac, IvanoFM2236CRO1B+103N=20B=63N=62B=48N=74B+70N=78B=40N=46B6.060.064.032.502362+37.4
50Prraneeth VuppalaGM2485IND=61B=47N=17B+73N=56B+12B39N=78N+74B=14BF6.059.559.535.502355-15.6
51Sharon, RafaelIM2333ZAM+103B10N+79B7N=98B73N=96B+55N+61B=65N=42B6.056.060.030.252259-19.4
52Kejna, PiotrFM2348POL+71B=87N=19B56N=65B=61N42B=86N+85B=43N+73N6.055.059.531.502240-29.2
53Suslov, DmitriiFM2103FID=59N54B+102N=89B34N+101B=75N=29B32N+99N+74B6.053.557.527.752266+93.2
54Soucek, JanFM2301CZE=116B+53N+63B22B15N62N67B+105N=82B+95N+80B6.053.555.527.502215-18.6
55Kodithuwakku, K K DinujayaCM2138SRI80N+119B41N97B83N+115B+101N51B+92N+82B+72N6.047.048.022.002107-10.8
56Amangeldy, ErnurFM2255KAZ2B+92N+4N+52B=50N15B=18N26B+81N=34B31N5.567.572.033.752375+69.2
57Campos Gomez, ManuelIM2359COL+67B+42N=24B=23N=10B=19N=20B=13B8N44N=61B5.566.572.035.002368+4.0
58Zlatkov, AntonFM2351MKD=86N+97B=16N=30B+47N=25B4N=28B12N35B+84N5.564.568.530.502257-24.2
59Valiyev, ShahinFM2413AZE=53B+116N+48B=27B9N=29B=28N=45N+76B12B35N5.564.066.028.752269-19.8
60Tleukhanov, YerlanFM2324KAZ+105N+80B13N21B+87N+90B9N+79B=24B19N33B5.560.063.525.752272-11.0
61Bulgak, DamirCM2254FID=50N=25B+80N=31B18N=52B41N+83B51N+97B=57N5.559.563.529.252310+30.4
62Zouaghi, AmirFM2342BEL=97N+86B=9N69B=49N+54B47N+64N=65B29B=68N5.558.562.530.252205-37.4
63von Mettenheim, Johannes2404GER+79N=29B54N=49B=85N+69B27N=94B=35N17N+86B5.558.062.028.752196-28.1
64Gavenavicius, Karolis2073LTU5N+114B72N+80B12N+113B+34N62B+89N=32B30N5.557.560.024.752214+80.8
65Janeczko, Jakub2258POL9N=101B=97N+88B=52N31B+71N+80B=62N=51B32N5.557.061.027.752243-2.6
66Naziraliev, Kilichbek1849UZB32N17B+114N+84B16N+77N45B35B=88N+100B+89N5.556.058.523.252136+138.0
67Lang, Simon2052CZE57N4B+119N44B=107N+108B+54N+75B41N+81B34N5.555.556.522.252203+78.0
68Gasparyan, David2212USA=19B40N+82B46N48B+105N86B+104N+71B=76N=62B5.554.558.026.752171-14.8
69Gold, TheodorFM2099AUT36B+113N+78B+62N23B63N=76B74N+70B46N+85B5.554.557.526.002278+99.2
70Kandil, AhmedFM2334EGY+101N13B=94N+112B25N47B+84N49B69N+88B+91N5.553.056.023.002174-42.0
71Arpith S Bijoy2038IND52N+99B=89N4B73B+100N65B+91N68N+90B+96N5.552.056.023.252233+106.0
72Montes Orozco, Miguel AngelFM2312MEX+106B23N+64B10N+33B=79N24B+73N=17B37N55B5.061.565.026.502195-30.6
73Aamodt, Peder Marcus2219NOR13N+83B=15N50B+71N+51B31N72B+87N=74N52B5.059.063.527.002228+8.8
74Giammona, FedericoFM2307ITA=107N+110B3N=87B+97N4B=49N+69B50N=73B53N5.057.561.022.502140-42.0
75Mesic, IsmetFM2307BIH+104B22N+95B19N+91B20N=53B67N+77B33N=79B5.057.061.023.002130-46.4
76Ciric, PavleFM2291SRB+114N=18B5N25B=96N+94B=69N+85B59N=68B36N5.056.058.522.002206-22.0
77Heron, AndrewCM2097LIE15N+115B=34N=12B29N66B=113N+108B75N=83B+101N5.053.556.021.002028-32.4
78Oksendal, MartinFM2319NOR+119N21B69N=96B+112N+85B=79N=50B=49N20N43B5.053.554.519.002174-38.8
79Maglioni, Leonardo2103ITA63B+104N51N+83B+89N=72B=78B60N=80N30B=75N5.053.057.023.502200+55.6
80Yildiz, Serdar MuratFM2426TUR+55B60N61B64N+82B=96N+91B65N=79B+94N54N5.052.556.524.002126-38.9
81Vergara Anton, DiegoIM2467ESP43B=82N+86B47N+100B=45N+99B42N56B67N+95B5.052.556.522.002149-40.7
82Trendafilov, Simeon2048BUL39N=81B68N+102B80N+110B85N+109B=54N55N+103B5.049.553.020.502070+9.6
83Shtavica, Alaudin1868KOS48B73N+117B79N+55B=91N=98B61N=90B=77N+94B5.049.551.521.002090+96.8
84Miron, Iurii2074MDA37B+117N42B66N=105B+102N70B+113N=99B+98N58B5.047.049.016.752008-31.2
85Rappazzo, JohannesFM2189SUI23B+118N11B+95N=63B78N+82B76N52N+87B69N4.554.556.017.752127-17.6
86Guia, Artur Solovyov Eloy2049POR=58B62N81N+110B26N+107B+68N=52B29N=89B63N4.554.057.520.502175+57.2
87Lin, Chenyi2039RSA+11B=52B39N=74N60B44N+106B=99N73B85N+114N4.553.055.521.002115+39.2
88Tokbayev, Anuar2065KAZ14B20N+104B65N+106B99N+103B44N=66B70N+111B4.552.055.517.752007-33.6
89Craciun, Sasha-MateiFM2309ROU+111B38N=71B=53N79B95N+92B+90N64B=86N66B4.551.054.520.502002-82.6
90Silwal, PurushottamCM2129NEP38B106N+118B+103N+32B60N48B89B=83N71N+105B4.550.051.518.001998-58.1
91Petersen, Elias2100FAI26N+109B32N+107B75N=83B80N71B+106B+105N70B4.549.553.016.501985-58.4
92Peter, NeathanCM2013RSA31N56B+109N35B+115N32B89N+114B55B=111N+107B4.548.551.013.751928-43.6
93Kaloki, Hawi1955KENFFF99N113B=111N+115B106N+116B+104N+98B4.526.526.514.251845-36.4
94Kaewpitakkun, Pantham2111NOR22B+111N=70B+48N46B76N+104B=63N34N80B83N4.055.058.519.002094-8.4
95O`reilly, Conor1989IRL41N+35B75N85B+109N+89B12N34B+112N54B81N4.055.058.017.502120+58.8
96Kosta, Kelvin2070ALB18N7N+111B=78N=76B=80B=51N32BF+106N71B4.054.554.517.502129+19.8
97Amrane, AbdellahCM2011ALG=62B58N=65B+55N74B33N+100B+98N44B61NF4.053.557.519.502173+75.2
98Rempe, JonasFM2203GER3N+105B31N+108B=51N28B=83N97B+101N84B93N4.053.557.016.502000-55.0
99Fu, YiheFM2280AUS6B71N=107N+93B=101N+88B81N=87B=84N53BF4.050.554.017.502036-120.0
100Adamovics, Aleksejs2204LATF8B+101N15B81N71B97N+107B+114N66N+110B4.048.048.013.501991-101.2
101Wang, Yu Sen1956TPE70B=65N100B+106N=99B53N55B+111N98B+102N77B4.047.551.015.751966-1.2
102Alhejab, MeshalCM1713KUW28B=33N53B82N+116N84B109N=110B+115N101B+112N4.045.547.512.501828+46.0
103Lappalainen, Eemi1875FIN51N49B+115N90B+117N35B88N112B+118N+109B82N4.043.545.09.501860-19.6
104Lin, Benjamin1679TPE75N79B88N+114B=108N+112B94N68B=109N93B+116N4.041.043.011.001837+61.6
105Huerta Lichtenberg De Mindszent, Santiago1741MEX60B98N35N+116B=84N68B+107N54B+108N91B90N3.548.550.511.501900+56.8
106Chrysostomou, Pavlos1715CYP72N+90B30N101B88N+117B87N+93B91N96B=109N3.545.547.512.751828+34.8
107Leung, Ian Kei1690MAC=74B45N=99B91N=67B86N105B100N+119N+108B92N3.545.046.011.751872+70.4
108Moisio, Miska2028FIN46B11N+113B98N=104B67N+116B77N105B107N+119B3.544.045.08.001789-128.4
109Milovic, Radovan1679MNE27B91N92B+118N95B=114N+102B82N=104B103N=106B3.542.544.010.501731+10.8
110Jogi, Henry1841ESTF74N33B86N+118B82N114B=102N+113B+112B100N3.539.039.09.501825-18.4
111Zuniga Samano, Jose Andres1713MEX89N94B96N115B+119N=93B=112N101B+117N=92B88N3.537.538.59.001775+14.0
112Hakkinen, Aleksandr2071FIN=40B19N+116B70N78B104N=111B+103N95B110N102B3.046.548.510.751820-136.0
113Diab, Majd1585LBN29N69B108N+119B+93N64N=77B84B110N114B=117N3.043.544.59.001708+36.4
114Pu, Yu1584TPE76B64N66B104NF=109B+110N92N100B+113N87B2.543.043.08.251662+20.0
115Wei Yi-Chen1612TPE12B77N103B+111N92B55N93NF102B=117B+118N2.542.542.56.001671+13.6
116Facio Palos, Carlos Daniel1636MEX=54N59B112N105N102B+119B108N=118B93NF104B2.036.536.54.751628-16.0
117Wu, Yi-Hsuan0TPE30N84B83NF103B106N=118N=119B111B=115N=113B2.035.535.54.0015780.0
118Haipinge, Tuhafifa Pomwene1734NAM34N85B90N109B110NF=117B=116N103B=119N115B1.534.034.02.501511-93.6
119Palestina Diaz, Angel1719MEX78B55N67B113N111B116NF=117N107B=118B108N1.035.535.51.751409-109.2

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