For the similar tournament for players under age 20, see World Junior Chess Championship.
Valentina Golubenko and Ivan Šarić won Under-18 titles in 2008.
The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" (categories U8, U10 and U12) and "World Youth Chess Championship" (categories U14, U16 and U18).
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