World Junior Chess Championship - World U-20 Championship

World U-20 Championship

No.	Year	Location	Champion	Country
1	1951	Coventry/Birmingham	Ivkov, Borislav !Borislav Ivkov	Yugoslavia
2	1953	Copenhagen	Panno, Oscar !Oscar Panno	Argentina
3	1955	Antwerp	Spassky, Boris !Boris Spassky	Soviet Union
4	1957	Toronto	Lombardy, William !William Lombardy	United States
5	1959	Münchenstein	Bielicki, Carlos !Carlos Bielicki	Argentina
6	1961	The Hague	Parma, Bruno !Bruno Parma	Yugoslavia
7	1963	Vrnjačka Banja	Gheorghiu, Florin !Florin Gheorghiu	Romania
8	1965	Barcelona	Kurajica, Bojan !Bojan Kurajica	Yugoslavia
9	1967	Jerusalem	Kaplan, Julio !Julio Kaplan	Puerto Rico
10	1969	Stockholm	Karpov, Anatoly !Anatoly Karpov	Soviet Union
11	1971	Athens	Hug, Werner !Werner Hug	Switzerland
12	1973	Teesside	Beliavsky, Alexander !Alexander Beliavsky	Soviet Union
13	1974	Manila	Miles, Anthony !Anthony Miles	England
14	1975	Tjentište	Chekhov, Valery !Valery Chekhov	Soviet Union
15	1976	Groningen	Diesen, Mark !Mark Diesen	United States
16	1977	Innsbruck	Yusupov, Artur !Artur Yusupov	Soviet Union
17	1978	Graz	Dolmatov, Sergey !Sergey Dolmatov	Soviet Union
18	1979	Skien	Seirawan, Yasser !Yasser Seirawan	United States
19	1980	Dortmund	Kasparov, Garry !Garry Kasparov	Soviet Union
20	1981	Mexico City	Cvitan, Ognjen !Ognjen Cvitan	Yugoslavia
21	1982	Copenhagen	Sokolov, Andrei !Andrei Sokolov	Soviet Union
22	1983	Belfort	Georgiev, Kiril !Kiril Georgiev	Bulgaria
23	1984	Kiljava	Hansen, Curt !Curt Hansen	Denmark
24	1985	Sharjah	Dlugy, Maxim !Maxim Dlugy	United States
25	1986	Gausdal	Arencibia, Walter !Walter Arencibia	Cuba
26	1987	Baguio	Anand, Viswanathan !Viswanathan Anand	India
27	1988	Adelaide	Lautier, Joel !Joël Lautier	France
28	1989	Tunja	Spasov, Vasil !Vasil Spasov	Bulgaria
29	1990	Santiago	Gurevich, Ilya !Ilya Gurevich	United States
30	1991	Mamaja	Akopian, Vladimir !Vladimir Akopian	Soviet Union
31	1992	Buenos Aires	Zarnicki, Pablo !Pablo Zarnicki	Argentina
32	1993	Kozhikode	Miladinovic, Igor !Igor Miladinović	Yugoslavia
33	1994	Caiobá	Grétarsson, Helgi !Helgi Grétarsson	Iceland
34	1995	Halle	Slobodjan, Roman !Roman Slobodjan	Germany
35	1996	Medellín	Sutovsky, Emil !Emil Sutovsky	Israel
36	1997	Żagań	Shaked, Tal !Tal Shaked	United States
37	1998	Kozhikode	Sadvakasov, Darmen !Darmen Sadvakasov	Kazakhstan
38	1999	Yerevan	Galkin, Alexander !Alexander Galkin	Russia
39	2000	Yerevan	Bruzón, Lázaro !Lázaro Bruzón	Cuba
40	2001	Athens	Acs, Peter !Peter Acs	Hungary
41	2002	Goa	Aronian, Levon !Levon Aronian	Armenia
42	2003	Nakhchivan	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar !Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Azerbaijan
43	2004	Kochi	Harikrishna, Pentala !Pendyala Harikrishna	India
44	2005	Istanbul	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar !Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Azerbaijan
45	2006	Yerevan	Andriasian, Zaven !Zaven Andriasian	Armenia
46	2007	Yerevan	Adly, Ahmed !Ahmed Adly	Egypt
47	2008	Gaziantep	Gupta, Abhijeet !Abhijeet Gupta	India
48	2009	Puerto Madryn	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime !Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France
49	2010	Chotowa	Dmitry Andreikin !Dmitry Andreikin	Russia
50	2011	Chennai	Świercz, Dariusz !Dariusz Świercz	Poland
51	2012	Athens	Ipatov, Alexander !Alexander Ipatov	Turkey