European Youth Chess Championship 2025 LIVE

The European Youth Chess Championship 2025 – Open U18 will take place from October 29 to November 07 in Budva, Montenegro. This tournament is separated into 12 sections – U18, U16, U14, U12, U10, U08, Girls U18, Girls U16, Girls U14, Girls U12, Girls U10, and Girls U08. All categories are a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Montenegro, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The European Youth Chess Championship gathers young chess talents, National Youth Chess Champions of 48 European countries, with nearly 1200 children taking part in the tournament. The higher age categories are headlined by 15 International masters, 89 FIDE masters, 2 Woman International Masters, and a total of 224 titled players! See the participants here: Categories: U16 / U14 / U12 / U10 / U08 / Girls U18 / Girls U16 / Girls U14 / Girls U12 / Girls U10 / Girls U08