FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2018 (open & girls under 20) will be held in Kocaeli-Gebze,Turkey from September 04th to 16th 2018.

The venue will be Ramada Plaza Istanbul Asia Airport Hotel.

Each National Federation can enter one player born on or after 1st January 1998 in each of the boys

(open) and girl categories, totaling a maximum of two (2) invited players.

The tournament will be played according to the Swiss System in 11 rounds. Only FIDE ratings will

be used for the pairings.

The FIDE time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of

the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the 1stmove.

No draw offers are allowed before move 30. All other regulations apply as per FIDE Handbook,

including 15 minutes default time.

The winner of the 2018 World Junior Championship U20 (open/boys) receives the GM title.

The winner of the 2018 World Girl Junior Championship U20 receives the WGM title.

The silver and bronze medalists of both categories (open/boys U20 and girls’ U20) receive the

IM and WIM titles respectively.

Playing Schedule

Date Activity Time

Sep, 04 Arrival date

Sep, 05 Technical Meeting 10.00

Sep, 05 Opening ceremony 14.30

Sep, 05 First round 15.00

Sep ,06 Second round 15.00

Sep, 07 Third round 10.00

Sep, 07 Fourth round 17.00

Sep, 08 Fifth round 15.00

Sep, 09 Sixth round 15.00

Sep, 10 Free day

Sep, 11 Seventh round 15.00

Sep, 12 Eighth round 15.00

Sep, 13 Ninth round 15:00

Sep, 14 Tenth round 15.00

Sep, 15 Eleventh round 10.00

Sep, 15 Prize giving ceremony 18.00

Sep, 16 Departure day

So far more than 265 players registered (194 titled) from 65 countries are registered.

Starting list Open section

1 Maghsoodloo Parham

2 Van Foreest Jorden

3 Donchenko Alexander

4 Karthikeyan Murali

5 Martirosyan Haik M.

6 Bai Jinshi

7 Tabatabaei M.Amin

8 Esipenko Andrey

9 Xu Xiangyu

10 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.

11 Liang Awonder

12 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan

13 Petrosyan Manuel

14 Pichot Alan

15 Firouzja Alireza

16 Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo

17 Kollars Dmitrij

18 Hakobyan Aram

19 Lomasov Semen

20 Vavulin Maksim

21 Lobanov Sergei

22 Repka Christopher

23 Sanal Vahap

24 Santos Ruiz Miguel

25 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian

26 Puranik Abhimanyu

27 Yakubboev Nodirbek

28 Bellahcene Bilel

29 Jarmula Lukasz

30 Karthik Venkataraman

31 Lorparizangeneh Shahin

32 Kevlishvili Robby

33 Thybo Jesper Sondergaard

34 Tang Andrew

35 Sadikhov Ulvi

36 Sindarov Javokhir

37 Priasmoro Novendra

38 Asadli Vugar

39 Barseghyan Harutyun

40 Sargsyan Shant

41 Tutisani Noe

42 Gavrilescu David

43 Haldorsen Benjamin

44 Harsha Bharathakoti

45 Haria Ravi

46 Janik Igor

47 Lodici Lorenzo

48 Batsuren Dambasuren

49 Atabayev Saparmyrat

50 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh

51 Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebasti

52 Makhnev Denis

53 Morozov Nichita

54 Raja Harshit

55 Zarubitski Viachaslau

56 Ozen Deniz

57 Sibashvili Giorgi

58 Muradli Mahammad

59 Secheres Adrian-Simion

60 Gokerkan Cem Kaan

61 Garayev Kanan

62 Lagunow Raphael

63 Nikolovski Nikola

64 Macovei Andrei

65 Schekachikhin Maksim

66 Huber Martin Christian

67 Krishna Teja N

68 Ozer Omer Faruk

69 Kalogeris Ioannis

70 Miciano John Marvin

71 Zou Chen

72 Agmanov Zhandos

73 Can Isik

74 Schitco Ivan

75 Percivaldi Martin

76 Gorshtein Ido

77 Nikitenko Mihail

78 Galperin Platon

79 Baenziger Fabian

80 Wadsworth Matthew J

81 Philippe Guillaume

82 Arcuti Davide

83 Zhu Yi

84 Bashirli Nail

85 Dedebas Emre Emin

86 Pigeat Alexandre

87 Sawlin Leonid

88 Suleymenov Alisher

89 Hollan Martin

90 Murphy Conor E

91 Urazayev Arystanbek

92 Milosevic Milos

93 Tuncer Tuna

94 Pang Tao

95 Kilic Efe Mert

96 Sevgi Volkan

97 Ozenir Ekin Baris

98 Jogstad Martin

99 Murzin Volodar

100 Ozen Bahadir

101 Agibileg Uurtsaikh

102 Nastase Robert-Paul

103 Tifferet Shaked

104 Agdelen Huseyin Can

105 Dobrovoljc Vid

106 Taalaibekov Tagir

107 Zhao Chenxi

108 Shailesh Dravid

109 Cadilhac Igor Tokuichi Kikuchi

110 Nalbant Tuna Onat

111 Tasdogen Dincer

112 Akdogan Alperen

113 Vanczak Tamas

114 Kara Yanki

115 Lee Jun Hyeok

116 Noboa Kevin

117 Tuna Alp

118 Silva David

119 Wong Yinn Long

120 Yaran Siar

121 Thilakarathne G M H

122 Amartuvshin Ganzorig

123 Karaoglan Doruk

124 Yilmaz Goktan

125 Nogerbek Kazybek

126 Babazada Khazar

127 Samani Yamac

128 Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn

129 Ongut Tamas Gunes

130 Gulbeyaz Emir

131 Kamer Kayra

132 Eren Ataberk

133 Zlatin Alexander

134 Cirovic Miroljub

135 Gunduz Umut Erdem

136 Tarlabasi Emirhan

137 Petkov Momchil

138 Sezdbekov Ruslan

139 Kwon Sehyun

140 Piyumantha M Sasith Nipun

141 Aydincelebi Kagan

142 De Block Yordi

143 Garidmagnai Byambasuren

144 Ismayilov Muhammad

145 Maltezeanu Stefan

146 Li Xinyu

147 Caglar Ahmet Ata

148 Ozturk Efe Hakan

149 Zrikem Nassim

150 Du Yuxin

151 Ozgur Tibet Kagan

152 Erdogan Anil Berk

153 Baylav Can

154 Lin Peisen

155 Rajic Ivan

156 Dionizio Andre Filipe Nasciment

157 Helander Benjamin

158 Cansun Can Alp

159 Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan

160 Akin Kadir

161 Ozsakallioglu Okan

162 Beukema Christiaan

163 Amgalantengis Enkh-Amgalan

164 Nyambileg Erdene-Ochir

165 Fleri Matthew

166 Nurgaliyev Sauat

167 Sakhawaty Sepehr