The European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) is a championship for young players of the board game of Go. It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix, Romania in 1996.[1] Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi, have since progressed to become professional Go players.
The championship was divided into two sections until 2010, when it was split into three age groups.
This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovskyi, respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship (EGC).
In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mérő (the section winner), and the future professional players Svetlana Shikshina (2nd place) and Alexandre Dinerchtein (3rd place).
Other juniors went on to win senior tournaments.
The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship, in 2007 and 2010.
Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mérő, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of the adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi.
From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s (players aged under 12), U-16s and U-18s.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Antoine Fenech | Cosmin Mutu | Csaba Marton | Băile Felix | |
| 1997 | Antoine Fenech | Vasilii Shvedov | Pal Balogh | Bratislava | |
| 1998 | Ondrej Silt | Tommy Hollmann | Natalia Kovaleva | Cannes | |
| 1999 | Natalia Kovaleva | Timour Dougine | Mykhailo Shevchuk | Cannes | |
| 2000 | Mykola Gluschenko | Rita Pocsai | Sinaia | ||
| 2001 | Jan Prokop | Mykola Gluschenko | Ustron | ||
| 2002 | Andrii Kravets | Andrej Kashaev | Artem Kachanovskyi | Prague | |
| 2003 | Ihor Zaitsev | Artem Kachanovskyi | Miroslav Sos | Cannes | |
| 2004 | Rafael Samakaev | Amir Fragman | Cologne | ||
| 2005 | Mihai Serban | Joshua Chao - Oleg Kocherov | Kosice | ||
| 2006 | Joshua Chao - Mateusz Surma | Alexandre Matushkin | St Petersburg | ||
| 2007 | Toma Theodor | Chun-Yin Woo | Alexandre Vashurov | Zandvoort | |
| 2008 | Yurii Mykhaliuk | Nikita Khabazov | Roman Korolov | Mikulov | |
| 2009 | Mikhail Sidorenko | Dmitri Miliukyn | Dmitrij Medvedev | Banja Luka | |
| 2010 | Anson Ng | Alexandru Pitrop | Silvestru State | Sibiu | |
| 2011 | Vladyslav Verteletskyi | Stepan Popov | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Brno | |
| 2012 | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Silvestru State | Valerij Kulishov | Saint Petersburg | |
| 2013 | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Valerij Kulishov | Kim Shakhov | Budapest | |
| 2014 | Oscar Vazquez | Denis Dobranis | Arved Pittner | Bognor Regis | |
| 2015 | Denis Dobranis | Arved Pittner | Virzhinia Shalneva | Zandvoort | |
| 2016 | Ioan Alexandru Arsinoaia | Virzhinia Shalneva | Nikita Prikarev | Palic | |
| 2017 | Ivan Klochikhin | Stefan Adrian Rotarita | Polina Krushelnytska | Grenoble | |
| 2018 | Stefan Adrian Rotarita | Artemii Pishchalnikov | Artur Gimadiev | Kyiv | |
| 2019 | Vsevolod Ovsiienko | Artemii Pishchalnikov | Alexej Igonin | Moscow | |
| 2020 | Vsevolod Ovsiienko | Askar Khusainov | Egor Lavrov | Stubičke Toplice | |
| 2021 | Vjacheslav Shpakovskij | Ruslan Tarasov | Artur Gimadiev | Internet | |
| 2022 | Bende Barcza | Alper Sulak | Alexandru-Nicolas Patrascu | Prague | |
| 2023 | Alper Sulak | Ryan Zhang | Bende Barcza | Ankara |
This section was created in 2010, after the World Youth Go Championship altered the age categories under competition.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mateusz Surma | Yurii Mykhaliuk | Sibiu | ||
| 2011 | Mateusz Surma | Alexander Vashurov | Brno | ||
| 2012 | Yurii Mykhaliuk | Stepan Popov | Alexandru-Petre Pitrop | Saint Petersburg | |
| 2013 | Stepan Popov | Silvestru State | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Budapest | |
| 2014 | Alexandru-Petre Pitrop | Grigorij Fionin | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Bognor Regis | |
| 2015 | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Stepan Popov | Zandvoort | |
| 2016 | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Kim Shakhov | Palic | |
| 2017 | Oscar Vazquez | Valerii Krushelnytskyi | Kim Shakhov | Grenoble | |
| 2018 | Arved Pittner | Solal Zemor | Savva Mezin | Kyiv | |
| 2019 | Virzhinia Shalneva | Arved Pittner | Linh Vu Tu | Moscow | |
| 2020 | Linh Vu Tu | Alexandr Muromcev | Davide Bernardis | Stubičke Toplice | |
| 2021 | Alexandr Muromcev | Egor Lavrov | Vsevolod Ovsiienko | Internet | |
| 2022 | Vsevolod Ovsiienko | Yuze Xing | Anna Melnyk | Prague | |
| 2023 | Vsevolod Ovsiienko | Yuze Xing | Olesia Malko | Ankara |
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Băile Felix | ||||
| 1997 | Dmytro Bohatskyi | Jonas Fincke | Paul Drouot | Bratislava | |
| 1998 | Dmytro Bohatskyi | Martin Kuzela | Cannes | ||
| 1999 | Merlijn Kuin | Cannes | |||
| 2000 | Timur Dugin | Sinaia | |||
| 2001 | Pal Balogh | Ondrej Silt | Ustron | ||
| 2002 | Pal Balogh | Timur Dugin | Oleg Mezhov | Prague | |
| 2003 | Timur Dugin | Antoine Fenech | Cannes | ||
| 2004 | Ondrej Silt | Igor Nemliy | Cologne | ||
| 2005 | Timur Dugin | Bohdan Zhurakovskyi | Jun Tarumi - Igor Nemly | Kosice | |
| 2006 | Rita Pocsai | St Petersburg | |||
| 2007 | Artem Dugin | Dusan Mitic | Ondrej Fidrmuc | Zandvoort | |
| 2008 | Javier-A. Savolainen | Mikulov | |||
| 2009 | Ali Jabarin | Nikola Mitic - Viktor Lin | Banja Luka | ||
| 2010 | Mihai Serban | Roman Ruzhanskyi | Laura Avram | Sibiu |
During the 2011 championship of Brno, it was mentioned "under 20" category instead of "under 18"
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pavol Lisy | Ali Jabarin | Lukas Kraemer | Brno | |
| 2012 | Lukas Podpera | Alexander Vashurov | Alexander Eerbeek | Saint Petersburg | |
| 2013 | Pavol Lisy | Ali Jabarin | Lukas Podpera | Budapest | |
| 2014 | Lukas Podpera | Jonas Welticke | Tanguy Le_Calve | Bognor Regis[2] | |
| 2015 | Pavol Lisy | Lukas Podpera | Tanguy Le_Calve | Zandvoort | |
| 2016 | Grigorij Fionin | Stanislaw Frejlak | Dominik Boviz | ||
| 2017 | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Grigorij Fionin | Anton Chernykh | Grenoble | |
| 2018 | Sinan Djepov | Matias Pankoke | Elian_Ioan Grigoriu | Kyiv | |
| 2019 | Anton Chernykh | Grigorij Fionin | Elian Ioan Grigoriu | Moscow | |
| 2020 | Anton Chernykh | Sinan Djepov | Elian Ioan Grigoriu | Stubičke Toplice | |
| 2021 | Oscar Vazquez | Arved Pittner | Savva Mezin | Internet | |
| 2022 | Arved Pittner | Davide Bernardis | Denis Dobranis | Prague | |
| 2023 | Denis Dobranis | Arved Pittner | Ufuk Emre Yıldırım | Ankara |