The Hungarian Chess Federation (HCF) is holding the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad for teams in Győr (Hungary) from 12th December (arrival) to 22nd December (departure). The U-16 Youth Olympiad is conducted under the auspices of FIDE.

The tournament venue is located in the University of Győr (Nyugat- Magyarorszagi Egyetem), Liszt Ferenc út 42.

Players who shall not have reached the age of 16, by January 1st 2014, (Date of Birth 1998 and after) are entitled to participate.

The tournament will run on a 10 Round Swiss System. Each team is composed 4 players and 1 reserve (one of whom must be a girl) and 1 captain (or Manager, Trainer). Full lists below.

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World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2014 Participants (top teams):

1. India
1 IM Karthikeyan Murali 2497 IND
2 IM Ghosh Diptayan 2516 IND
3 Kumaran B 2316 IND
4 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2476 IND
5 WFM Monnisha Gk 2110 IND

2. Germany
1 IM Donchenko Alexander 2523 GER
2 FM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2390 GER
3 Perske Thore 2402 GER
4 Vogel Roven 2401 GER
5 Sieber Fiona 2019 GER

3. Russia
1 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2441 RUS
2 Litvinov Maxim 2238 RUS
3 IM Paravyan David 2437 RUS
4 Sarana Alexey 2391 RUS
5 IM Vavulin Maksim 2430 RUS

4. Ukraine
1 FM Matviishen Viktor 2383 UKR
2 IM Vetoshko Volodymyr 2424 UKR
3 FM Vorontsov Pavlo 2374 UKR
4 WFM Osmak Iulija 2426 UKR
5 FM Shtembuliak Evgeny 2257 UKR

5. Hungary 1
1 IM Gledura Benjamin 2450 HUN
2 IM Korpa Bence 2415 HUN
3 IM Kantor Gergely 2385 HUN
4 FM Antal Tibor Kende 2292 HUN
5 Gal Hanna Krisztina 2061 HUN

6. Canada 1
1 IM Preotu Razvan 2441 CAN
2 IM Wang Richard 2363 CAN
3 FM Cao Jason 2309 CAN
4 Song Michael 2257 CAN
5 WFM Zhou Qiyu 2156 CAN

7. Romania
1 FM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2391 ROU
2 FM Costachi Mihnea 2356 ROU
3 Dolana Andrei-Theodor 2279 ROU
4 Toma Radu-Cristian 2255 ROU
5 Cusmuliuc Diana-Elena 2013 ROU

8. Greece
1 Drakoulakos Grigorios 2334 GRE
2 FM Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis 2294 GRE
3 Theodorou Nikolas 2321 GRE
4 Tsiros Fragkiskos Vlasios 2147 GRE
5 WFM Tsolakidou Stavroula 2290 GRE

9. Hungary 2
1 Havasi Gergo 2353 HUN
2 FM Kozak Adam 2307 HUN
3 FM Juhasz Armin 2268 HUN
4 Zsirai Peter 2301 HUN
5 Werner Anna 1999 HUN

10. Turkey
1 IM Sanal Vahap 2452 TUR
2 IM Ali Marandi Cemil Can 2423 TUR
3 FM Sevgi Volkan 2091 TUR
4 Tuncer Tuna 2210 TUR
5 Temel Burcu Melis 1878 TUR

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