World Youth Open U16 2026

Montesilvano ITAJun 15 – 26, 2026Classical

World Youth Open U16 2026 brought together 156 players in Montesilvano ITA, including 1 grandmaster. Khagan Ahmad has the best score, 9½ out of 11. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 156
Games: 835
Average Elo: 2084
Top rating: 2495

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	IMKhagan Ahmad	AZE	2480	9½/11	8 / 3 / 0
2	IMSauat Nurgaliyev	KAZ	2490	8½/11	8 / 1 / 2
2	IMHenry Edward Tudor	ROU	2460	8½/11	8 / 1 / 2
4	IMPau Marin Ferragut	ESP	2352	8/11	8 / 0 / 3
4	FMAleksey Prokhorov	FID	2277	8/11	6 / 4 / 1
6	GMFelix-Antonio Ilinca	ROU	2495	7½/11	5 / 5 / 1
6	IMGoutham Krishna H	IND	2439	7½/11	7 / 1 / 3
6	IMAleksandr E. Usov	RUS	2436	7½/11	5 / 5 / 1
6	FMAlexandr E. Volodin	FID	2374	7½/11	5 / 5 / 1
6	Hongfu Dong	CHN	2353	7½/11	6 / 3 / 2
6	FMGleb Scheglov	FID	2342	7½/11	5 / 5 / 1
6	FMDylan Tang	USA	2326	7½/11	5 / 5 / 1
6	FMMateu Boci	ALB	2305	7½/11	6 / 3 / 2
6	FMOleksii Karvatskyi	UKR	2304	7½/11	6 / 3 / 2
15	IMLukas Dotzer	AUT	2495	7/11	6 / 2 / 3
15	FMColin Federer	SUI	2355	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMArtem S. Lebedev	FID	2355	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMNeil Albrecht	GER	2344	7/11	4 / 6 / 1
15	FMSadullo Azizov	UZB	2316	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMPasham Alizada	AZE	2296	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMFedor Melnikov	FID	2294	7/11	6 / 2 / 3
15	FMDinmukhammed Tulendinov	KAZ	2249	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMNikash Vemparala	USA	2242	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMAlexandro Beliman	ITA	2240	7/11	6 / 2 / 3
15	CMRauf Kasimov	UZB	2156	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMMikita Novikau	BLR	2156	7/11	4 / 6 / 1
15	CMTigran Soghomonyan	ARM	2147	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
15	FMRuslan Momunaliev	KGZ	2135	7/11	5 / 4 / 2
29	IMMykola Korchynskyi	GER	2432	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMNazar Talgatov	KAZ	2365	6½/11	4 / 5 / 2
29	FMZhauynbay Aldiyar	KAZ	2318	6½/11	3 / 7 / 1
29	FMEge Tuna Oktem	TUR	2316	6½/9	4 / 5 / 0
29	FMNikita Nechitaylo	GER	2315	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMFlorentin Stickler	AUT	2312	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMAndria Kviriashvili	GEO	2305	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMAntonios Gkavardinas	GRE	2304	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMAnuar Tureshbayev	IRL	2304	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	CMSamir Syzdyk	KAZ	2256	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMNitesh Cherukuri	USA	2232	6½/11	4 / 5 / 2
29	Botond Feher	HUN	2220	6½/11	4 / 5 / 2
29	CMSherla Prathamesh	IND	2218	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	FMNeil Moses	CAN	2214	6½/11	6 / 1 / 4
29	CMPairavi Kodiri	TJK	2197	6½/11	4 / 5 / 2
29	FMKirill Guretchii	MDA	2196	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	CMMicah Young	AUS	2194	6½/11	4 / 5 / 2
29	CMEleftherios Boutikos	GRE	2189	6½/11	6 / 1 / 4
29	Yen-Hsiu Elliot Wong	SGP	2175	6½/12	4 / 5 / 3
29	FMFarid Tamer Waguih	EGY	2167	6½/11	6 / 1 / 4
29	FMMax Pert	ENG	2145	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
29	CMZev Ganganbars	MGL	2055	6½/11	5 / 3 / 3
51	FMJain Rosh	IND	2358	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	FMDaniel Nunez Gregoire	GER	2353	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	FMGabriel Petcu	ITA	2295	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	FMVirgile Breuil	FRA	2282	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	FMVillads Majvang Sandmann	DEN	2227	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	Davide Pulvirenti	ITA	2218	6/11	5 / 2 / 4
51	CMFelice Maria Francario	ITA	2201	6/11	3 / 6 / 2
51	FMHayri Beyhun Senel	TUR	2177	6/11	3 / 6 / 2
51	Steven Tan	INA	2172	6/11	5 / 2 / 4
51	Djordje Zizic	MNE	2155	6/11	5 / 2 / 4
51	CMSimon Max Skembris	GER	2132	6/11	4 / 4 / 3
51	FMLevi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel	MEX	2090	6/11	5 / 2 / 4
51	Jokubas Dijokas	LTU	2077	6/11	3 / 6 / 2
51	Marek Durovka	SVK	2069	6/11	5 / 2 / 4
65	FMManfredi La Barbera	ITA	2304	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	FMSzymon Suska	POL	2276	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	CMUri Shefer	ISR	2214	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	CMClaudio Emanuele Costantino	ITA	2175	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	Noah Benedikt	AUT	2164	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	CMTudor-Gabriel Danila	ROU	2158	5½/11	3 / 5 / 3
65	CMRytis Kavalnis	LTU	2148	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	Mikke Vesa	FIN	2142	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	Charalampos Theodoridis	GRE	2132	5½/11	3 / 5 / 3
65	CMDaniel Ibanez Koblash	ESP	2131	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	T H D Thisarindu Induwara	SRI	2123	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala	SRI	2105	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	CMAlexander Sukhiashvili	USA	2105	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	Borys Witczak	POL	2099	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	Suyuan Gui	USA	2083	5½/11	2 / 7 / 2
65	CMArda Cankurt	TUR	2079	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	Kirill Gorkov	EST	2067	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	CMMarko Malaric	CRO	2042	5½/11	4 / 3 / 4
65	Maksim Smirnov	SLO	2042	5½/11	3 / 5 / 3
65	CMAnjaneya Sripathy Rao	USA	2036	5½/10	4 / 3 / 3
65	Lir Basha	KOS	2003	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	Zakhar Kazakov Olivieri	ITA	1962	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
65	Leonardo Mazzi	ITA	1932	5½/11	5 / 1 / 5
88	Elia Birka	ISR	2253	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Adizhan Yessengali	KAZ	2250	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Aleksandar Kutanjac	SRB	2219	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Leonid Leonov	AUT	2143	5/11	5 / 0 / 6
88	CMDavid Mindestrommen Simonsen	NOR	2138	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Alberto Ganci	ITA	2129	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	CMPengxiao Zhu	ENG	2126	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Danail Jurgen Sergooris	BEL	2097	5/11	2 / 6 / 3
88	WFMGreta Viti	ITA	2077	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Abdelmalek Bensidi	ALG	2070	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Boris Pogorelskiy	CZE	2065	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Alec Bernhoftsen-Banks	NOR	2027	5/11	2 / 6 / 3
88	Diego Hu	ITA	2027	5/11	5 / 0 / 6
88	Jakub Religa	SWE	2002	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	FMYahya Chelly	TUN	1988	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Aleksandar Tsolov	BUL	1982	5/11	5 / 0 / 6
88	Ivan Paryokha	UKR	1895	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Oleksii Rai	IRL	1888	5/11	5 / 0 / 6
88	Vlad Albu	MDA	1862	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Rehaan Malhotra	USA	1819	5/11	3 / 4 / 4
88	Louis Fillmore	CAN	1738	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
88	Diego Colagrande	ITA	1699	5/11	4 / 2 / 5
110	Luciano Joel Curcio	ARG	2156	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Giuseppe Dilena	ITA	2010	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Cosimo Chiari	ITA	1997	4½/11	4 / 1 / 6
110	Eoram Lee	KOR	1928	4½/11	2 / 5 / 4
110	Chang-Jyu Sun	TPE	1896	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Samuele Minelli	ITA	1876	4½/11	4 / 1 / 6
110	Kristijan Kavazov	MKD	1871	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Alexander PN Ng	JPN	1843	4½/11	1 / 7 / 3
110	Michael Deng	USA	1837	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Bogdan Voskolovich	TJK	1806	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
110	Krrish Kaul	USA	1796	4½/11	4 / 1 / 6
110	Luca Orseniga	ITA	1749	4½/11	3 / 3 / 5
122	Mateja Krbacevic	NOR	2045	4/11	3 / 2 / 6
122	Kuka Kyle	KEN	2035	4/5	4 / 0 / 1
122	Bradley Tseng	CAN	1980	4/10	2 / 4 / 4
122	CMRee Herng Shen	MAS	1971	4/11	2 / 4 / 5
122	Themistoklis Amvrosiadis	CYP	1968	4/11	4 / 0 / 7
122	Jad Eli Akl	LBN	1949	4/11	2 / 4 / 5
122	Martijs Krakops	LAT	1828	4/11	4 / 0 / 7
122	Mattia Murra	ITA	1826	4/11	2 / 4 / 5
122	Wesley Russell	CAN	1820	4/11	2 / 4 / 5
122	Joshua Barnes	NZL	1691	4/10	4 / 0 / 6
122	Yi-Cen Liao	TPE	1626	4/11	3 / 2 / 6
122	Fritz Junior Hangue	NAM	1540	4/11	3 / 2 / 6
134	Dmitry Kostyukovich	LUX	1858	3½/11	3 / 1 / 7
134	Gianrico Ranieri	ITA	1851	3½/11	2 / 3 / 6
134	Francesco Gerri	ITA	1848	3½/11	3 / 1 / 7
134	Leonardo Zangrilli	MLT	1769	3½/11	2 / 3 / 6
134	Simon Vogt	LIE	1718	3½/11	2 / 3 / 6
134	Mohanakrishnan Madhav	BOT	1629	3½/11	2 / 3 / 6
134	Francesco Rosano	ITA	1624	3½/11	3 / 1 / 7
134	Da-Xuan Huang	TPE	1545	3½/11	2 / 3 / 6
134	Kai-En Hsin	TPE	1530	3½/11	3 / 1 / 7
134	Richard Ming Cheng Jr.	USA	–	3½/11	1 / 5 / 5
144	Elvis Muigai Kamau	KEN	1765	3/4	3 / 0 / 1
144	Enrico Piemontese	ITA	1713	3/11	3 / 0 / 8
144	Shekupe Fidel	NAM	1645	3/11	2 / 2 / 7
144	Shali Itembu	NAM	1557	3/11	3 / 0 / 8
144	Ethan Chen	TPE	–	3/10	3 / 0 / 7
149	Shao-Yen Hung	TPE	–	2½/10	1 / 3 / 6
150	Ruben Leva	ITA	1611	2/11	1 / 2 / 8
150	Sahil Reetoo	MRI	1475	2/10	1 / 2 / 7
150	Daniel Junzhe Hou	USA	–	2/10	0 / 4 / 6
153	Wu Zeyin	BOT	1547	1½/10	1 / 1 / 8
154	Ethan Mwangi Githinji	KEN	–	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
155	FMRosh Jain	IND	2358	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
156	Wanyoike Calvins	KEN	–	0/4	0 / 0 / 4

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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