European U8-18 Youth Chess Championship

The 2026 European U8-18 Youth Chess Championship is taking place from November 3 to 12 in Crete, Greece.

The championship is being held in 12 age categories: U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8 Open, as well as U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8 Girls.

Armenia is represented by 58 chess players.

The delegation consists of:
Head of Delegation: GM Artashes Minasian
Coach: GM Tigran Harutyunyan
Coach: FM Sargis Manukyan
Coach: FM Ararat Santrian
Coach: IM Norayr Torosyan

The delegation is accompanied by Armenian Chess Federation Executive Director Armen Gevorgyan.

International Arbiter Vahagn Khachatryan is a member of the arbiters’ team.

After two rounds, the following players have scored 2 points:
FM Manvel Arakelyan — U16 Open
FM Tyhran Ambartsumian — U14 Open
Davit Melkonyan — U12 Open
Samvel Movsisyan — U10 Open
Monte Avetisyan — U8 Open
Mark Adamyan — U8 Open
Rafael Zakaryan — U8 Open
Anahit Mkrtchyan — U18 Girls
WFM Nvard Hayrapetyan — U18 Girls
WFM Sona Krkyasharyan — U16 Girls
Nrane Gevorgyan — U16 Girls
Ariana Chilingaryan — U12 Girls
Nare Isakhanyan — U12 Girls
Sofia Baghramyan — U10 Girls

The 3rd round will start on November 5 at 17:00 Armenia time.

You can follow the games here.

We wish our chess players the best of luck!