North American Youth Chess Championship

Chess competition

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 2020 North American Youth Championships had been postponed to 2021. In 2021, it was held in Chicago, Illinois.[2] 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)

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Year | Location | U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18

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2014 |  Tarrytown |  Arthur Guo |  Maximillian Lu |  David Brodsky |  Jason Shi |  Kesav Viswanadha |  Alexander Katz
2015 |  Toluca |  Aghilan Nachiappan |  Justin Wang |  Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux |  Edgar Froylan Luna Javier |  Carlos Sandoval Mercado |  Jesus Aldair Flores Guerrero
2016 |  Windsor |  Kevin Zhong |  Rohun Trakru |  Nicholas Vettese |  Aaron Shlionsky |  Zhaozhi Li |  Michael Song
2017 |  Morristown |  Kevin Duong |  Liran Zhou |  Maximillian Lu |  Qiuyu Huang |  Christopher Yoo |  Bryce Tiglon
2018 |  Baja California |  Rohan Rajaram |  Bryan Xie |  Adrian Kondakov |  Cristian Gael Bojorquez Gallardo |  Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux |  Ladia Jirasek
2019 |  Kingston |  Matthew George Ivanescu |  Leo Lin |  Jason Liang |  Liam Henry Putnam |  Rohan Shyam Talukdar |  Alexander Costello
2020 | Not organized |  |  |  |  |  |
2021 |  Chicago |  Luke Hong |  Marcel Podraza |  Tanitoluwa Adewumi |  Arthur Xu |  Erick Zhao |  Dimitar Mardov
2022 |  Calgary |  Joshua Xia |  Yusuf Mansurov |  Vedant Ameya Talwalkar |  Kevin Zhong |  Tejas Rama |  Nicholas Vettese
2023 |  Mexico City |  Aayansh R Guntaka |  Luis Fernando Agama Hernandez |  Matias Martinez Flores |  Julian Colville |  Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez |  Johnathan Han
2024 |  Dulles |  Grayson Xiang |  Steven Liu |  Ted Wang |  Narayan Venkatesh |  Ronen Wilson |  Aaron Reeve Mendes
2025 |  Kingston |  |  |  |  |  |

## Girls championship winners (Gold medalists/champions)

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Year | Location | U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18

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2014 |  Tarrytown |  |  Kylie Tan |  Martha Samadashvili |  |  Annie Zhao |  Annie Wang
2015 |  Toluca |  Amelie Phung |  Lhia Itzayana Castellanos Hernandez |  Cindy Qiao |  Joanna Liu |  Kaitlyn Yang |  Qiyu Zhou
2016 |  Windsor |  Sophie Velea |  Atmika Gorti |  Claire Cao |  Sasha Konovalenko |  Svitlana Demchenko |  Maili-Jade Ouellet
2017 |  Morristown |  Iris Mou |  Stephanie Velea |  Annapoorni Meiyappan |  Ellen Wang |  Queena Deng |  Evelyn Zhu
2018 |  Baja California |  Jocelyn Chen |  Sara Gupta |  Melina Li |  Aasa Dommalapati |  Minda Chen |  Joanna Liu
2019 |  Kingston |  Whitney Tse |  Greta Qu |  Yesun Lee |  Rianne Ke |  Sanjana Vittal |  Svitlana Demchenko
2020 | Not organized |  |  |  |  |  |
2021 |  Chicago |  Irene Jiao Fei |  Olivia Laido |  Omya Vidyarthi |  Zoey Tang |  Kelsey Liu |  Alice Lee
2022 |  Calgary |  Aimee Yang |  Mia Fernanda Guzman Garcia |  Sahana Aravindakshan |  Ananya Ananth |  Tianna Wang |  Zoey Tang
2023 |  Mexico City |  Elizabeth Xia |  Sophie Li |  Laura Qiu |  Chloe Wang |  Elizabeth Schahrazad Diaz Bartolo |  Aradh Kaur
2024 |  Dulles |  Sarah Nguyen |  Ella Xinyue Zhang |  Aimee Yang |  Laksshana Deepak |  Erin Bian |  Jasmine Zhixin Su
2025 |  Kingston |  |  |  |  |  |

## See also

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* African Junior Chess Championship
* Asian Junior Chess Championship
* European Junior Chess Championship
* European Youth Chess Championship
* Pan American Junior Chess Championship
* World Youth Chess Championship

## References

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1. ^ "- 2011 North American Youth Chess Championship". Chess Daily News by Susan Polgar. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
2. ^ "2021 North American Youth Chess Championship, Chicago, IL". 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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