North American Youth Chess Championship

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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.

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

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)

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YearLocationU8U10U12U14U16U18
2004United States Boca Raton
2005
2006
2007Mexico Aguascalientes
2008
2009Mexico Mazatlán
2010Canada Montreal
2011United States Tarrytown
2012Mexico Mexico City
2013Canada Toronto
2014United States TarrytownUnited States Arthur GuoUnited States Maximillian LuUnited States David BrodskyUnited States Jason ShiUnited States Kesav ViswanadhaUnited States Alexander Katz
2015Mexico TolucaUnited States Aghilan NachiappanUnited States Justin WangCanada Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxMexico Edgar Froylan Luna JavierMexico Carlos Sandoval MercadoMexico Jesus Aldair Flores Guerrero
2016Canada WindsorCanada Kevin ZhongUnited States Rohun TrakruCanada Nicholas VetteseUnited States Aaron ShlionskyUnited States Zhaozhi LiCanada Michael Song
2017United States MorristownUnited States Kevin DuongUnited States Liran ZhouUnited States Maximillian LuCanada Qiuyu HuangUnited States Christopher YooUnited States Bryce Tiglon
2018Mexico Baja CaliforniaUnited States Rohan RajaramUnited States Bryan XieUnited States Adrian KondakovMexico Cristian Gael Bojorquez GallardoCanada Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxUnited States Ladia Jirasek
2019Canada KingstonCanada Matthew George IvanescuCanada Leo LinUnited States Jason LiangUnited States Liam Henry PutnamCanada Rohan Shyam TalukdarUnited States Alexander Costello
2020Not organized
2021United States ChicagoUnited States Luke HongUnited States Marcel PodrazaUnited States Tanitoluwa AdewumiUnited States Arthur XuUnited States Erick ZhaoUnited States Dimitar Mardov
2022Canada CalgaryUnited States Joshua XiaUnited States Yusuf MansurovUnited States Vedant Ameya TalwalkarCanada Kevin ZhongUnited States Tejas RamaCanada Nicholas Vettese
2023Mexico Mexico CityUnited States Aayansh R GuntakaMexico Luis Fernando Agama HernandezMexico Matias Martinez FloresUnited States Julian ColvilleMexico Carlos Francisco Varela VelazquezCanada Johnathan Han
2024United States DullesUnited States Grayson XiangUnited States Steven LiuUnited States Ted WangUnited States Narayan VenkateshUnited States Ronen WilsonCanada Aaron Reeve Mendes
2025Canada KingstonCanada Karson LuUnited States Stella XinUnited States Alex Haoning ChuCanada Calix MarchandUnited States Julian ColvilleCanada Emanuel Kot
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Girls championship winners (Gold medalists/champions)

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YearLocationU8U10U12U14U16U18
2004United States Boca Raton
2005
2006
2007Mexico Aguascalientes
2008
2009Mexico Mazatlán
2010Canada Montreal
2011United States Tarrytown
2012Mexico Mexico City
2013Canada TorontoUnited States Jennifer Yu
2014United States TarrytownCanada Kylie TanUnited States Martha SamadashviliUnited States Annie ZhaoUnited States Annie Wang
2015Mexico TolucaUnited States Amelie PhungMexico Lhia Itzayana Castellanos HernandezCanada Cindy QiaoUnited States Joanna LiuUnited States Kaitlyn YangCanada Qiyu Zhou
2016Canada WindsorUnited States Sophie VeleaUnited States Atmika GortiUnited States Claire CaoUnited States Sasha KonovalenkoCanada Svitlana DemchenkoCanada Maili-Jade Ouellet
2017United States MorristownUnited States Iris MouUnited States Stephanie VeleaUnited States Annapoorni MeiyappanUnited States Ellen WangUnited States Queena DengUnited States Evelyn Zhu
2018Mexico Baja CaliforniaUnited States Jocelyn ChenUnited States Sara GuptaUnited States Melina LiUnited States Aasa DommalapatiUnited States Minda ChenUnited States Joanna Liu
2019Canada KingstonUnited States Whitney TseCanada Greta QuUnited States Yesun LeeUnited States Rianne KeUnited States Sanjana VittalCanada Svitlana Demchenko
2020Not organized
2021United States ChicagoUnited States Irene Jiao FeiUnited States Olivia LaidoUnited States Omya VidyarthiUnited States Zoey TangUnited States Kelsey LiuUnited States Alice Lee
2022Canada CalgaryUnited States Aimee YangMexico Mia Fernanda Guzman GarciaUnited States Sahana AravindakshanUnited States Ananya AnanthUnited States Tianna WangUnited States Zoey Tang
2023Mexico Mexico CityUnited States Elizabeth XiaUnited States Sophie LiUnited States Laura QiuUnited States Chloe WangMexico Elizabeth Schahrazad Diaz BartoloUnited States Aradh Kaur
2024United States DullesUnited States Sarah NguyenUnited States Ella Xinyue ZhangUnited States Aimee YangCanada Laksshana DeepakUnited States Erin BianUnited States Jasmine Zhixin Su
2025Canada KingstonUnited States Emily Jiaying TangUnited States Abigail ZhouCanada Michelle ZhangUnited States Lilianna GaoCanada Hanxi JiangUnited States Jasmine Zhixin Su
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