North American Youth Chess Championship

Florentino Reyes Berlie at the North American Youth Chess Championship, 2007

The North American Youth Chess Championship (NAYCC) is premier youth chess tournaments for participants under 18 in the Americas. The tournament held annually under the auspices of the Confederation of Chess for the Americas (CCA) and FIDE and first held in 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida.[1] This event is open to players from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The tournament has 6 age brackets, in two-year increments, from U8 (under 8) to U18. For each age bracket, there is an open championship and a separate championship for girls. Since at least 2015, there is also a blitz tournament. Winners of each category are awarded the title of North American Youth Champion, and top finishers earn direct FIDE titles such as Candidate Master (CM), FIDE Master (FM), International Master (IM), Woman Candidate Master (WCM), Woman FIDE Master (WFM), and Woman International Master (WIM), depending on section and performance.

The North American Youth Chess Championship, the Pan-American Youth Chess Championship, and the FIDE World Cadet and World Youth Chess Championships are connected through a hierarchical structure of youth chess competitions in the Americas. The NAYCC serves as a regional championship for North America and is organized under the framework of FIDE America. According to federation selection policies and tournament regulations, gold medalists at the North American Youth Chess Championship may be granted personal rights or nomination privileges to participate in the subsequent Pan-American Youth Chess Championship, subject to age eligibility and national federation approval.[2]. The Pan-American Youth Chess Championship functions as the continental youth championship for players from North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. Under FIDE regulations, continental youth champions are entitled to personal rights to participate in the corresponding World Cadet Chess Championship (Under-8 to Under-12) or World Youth Chess Championship (Under-14 to Under-18).[3]

The 2020 North American Youth Championships had been postponed to 2021. In 2021, it was held in Chicago, Illinois.[4] The U18 champions in NAYCC 2021 are Dimitar Mardov (Open), Alice Lee (Girls), and Nico Chasin (Blitz).

The 2025 North American Youth Championships will be in Kingston, ON, Canada.

Open championship winners (Gold medalists/champions)

Year Location U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 U18
2004 United States Boca Raton
2005
2006
2007 Mexico Aguascalientes
2008
2009 Mexico Mazatlán
2010 Canada Montreal
2011 United States Tarrytown
2012 Mexico Mexico City
2013 Canada Toronto
2014 United States Tarrytown United States Arthur Guo United States Maximillian Lu United States David Brodsky United States Jason Shi United States Kesav Viswanadha United States Alexander Katz
2015 Mexico Toluca United States Aghilan Nachiappan United States Justin Wang Canada Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Mexico Edgar Froylan Luna Javier Mexico Carlos Sandoval Mercado Mexico Jesus Aldair Flores Guerrero
2016 Canada Windsor Canada Kevin Zhong United States Rohun Trakru Canada Nicholas Vettese United States Aaron Shlionsky United States Zhaozhi Li Canada Michael Song
2017 United States Morristown United States Kevin Duong United States Liran Zhou United States Maximillian Lu Canada Qiuyu Huang United States Christopher Yoo United States Bryce Tiglon
2018 Mexico Baja California United States Rohan Rajaram United States Bryan Xie United States Adrian Kondakov Mexico Cristian Gael Bojorquez Gallardo Canada Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux United States Ladia Jirasek
2019 Canada Kingston Canada Matthew George Ivanescu Canada Leo Lin United States Jason Liang United States Liam Henry Putnam Canada Rohan Shyam Talukdar United States Alexander Costello
2020 Not organized
2021 United States Chicago United States Luke Hong United States Marcel Podraza United States Tanitoluwa Adewumi United States Arthur Xu United States Erick Zhao United States Dimitar Mardov
2022 Canada Calgary United States Joshua Xia United States Yusuf Mansurov United States Vedant Ameya Talwalkar Canada Kevin Zhong United States Tejas Rama Canada Nicholas Vettese
2023 Mexico Mexico City United States Aayansh R Guntaka Mexico Luis Fernando Agama Hernandez Mexico Matias Martinez Flores United States Julian Colville Mexico Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez Canada Johnathan Han
2024 United States Dulles United States Grayson Xiang United States Steven Liu United States Ted Wang United States Narayan Venkatesh United States Ronen Wilson Canada Aaron Reeve Mendes
2025 Canada Kingston Canada Karson Lu United States Stella Xin United States Alex Haoning Chu Canada Calix Marchand United States Julian Colville Canada Emanuel Kot

Girls championship winners (Gold medalists/champions)

Year Location U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 U18
2004 United States Boca Raton
2005
2006
2007 Mexico Aguascalientes
2008
2009 Mexico Mazatlán
2010 Canada Montreal
2011 United States Tarrytown
2012 Mexico Mexico City
2013 Canada Toronto United States Jennifer Yu
2014 United States Tarrytown Canada Kylie Tan United States Martha Samadashvili United States Annie Zhao United States Annie Wang
2015 Mexico Toluca United States Amelie Phung Mexico Lhia Itzayana Castellanos Hernandez Canada Cindy Qiao United States Joanna Liu United States Kaitlyn Yang Canada Qiyu Zhou
2016 Canada Windsor United States Sophie Velea United States Atmika Gorti United States Claire Cao United States Sasha Konovalenko Canada Svitlana Demchenko Canada Maili-Jade Ouellet
2017 United States Morristown United States Iris Mou United States Stephanie Velea United States Annapoorni Meiyappan United States Ellen Wang United States Queena Deng United States Evelyn Zhu
2018 Mexico Baja California United States Jocelyn Chen United States Sara Gupta United States Melina Li United States Aasa Dommalapati United States Minda Chen United States Joanna Liu
2019 Canada Kingston United States Whitney Tse Canada Greta Qu United States Yesun Lee United States Rianne Ke United States Sanjana Vittal Canada Svitlana Demchenko
2020 Not organized
2021 United States Chicago United States Irene Jiao Fei United States Olivia Laido United States Omya Vidyarthi United States Zoey Tang United States Kelsey Liu United States Alice Lee
2022 Canada Calgary United States Aimee Yang Mexico Mia Fernanda Guzman Garcia United States Sahana Aravindakshan United States Ananya Ananth United States Tianna Wang United States Zoey Tang
2023 Mexico Mexico City United States Elizabeth Xia United States Sophie Li United States Laura Qiu United States Chloe Wang Mexico Elizabeth Schahrazad Diaz Bartolo United States Aradh Kaur
2024 United States Dulles United States Sarah Nguyen United States Ella Xinyue Zhang United States Aimee Yang Canada Laksshana Deepak United States Erin Bian United States Jasmine Zhixin Su
2025 Canada Kingston United States Emily Jiaying Tang United States Abigail Zhou Canada Michelle Zhang United States Lilianna Gao Canada Hanxi Jiang United States Jasmine Zhixin Su

See also

References

  1. ^ "- 2011 North American Youth Chess Championship". Chess Daily News by Susan Polgar. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. ^ "Pan-American Youth Chess Championship Regulations" (PDF). United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  3. ^ "FIDE Handbook – World Youth and World Cadet Championships". FIDE. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  4. ^ "2021 North American Youth Chess Championship, Chicago, IL". 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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