The European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) is a championship for young players of the board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 of Go. It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix

Baile Felix

Băile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country...

, Romania in 1996. Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi

Diana Koszegi

Diána Kőszegi is the first Hungarian professional Go player.She became only the fourth European professional, when she was promoted to professional by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008.-Biography:...

, have since progressed to become professional Go-players.

The Championship was divided into 2 sections until 2010, when it was split into 3 age groups.

This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovsky, respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship

European Go Championship

The European Go Championship or Congress is the annual and main event of many organised by the European Go Federation for players of the board game Go. It consists of a 2-week open competition, one round per day, making a total of 10 rounds with a champion ultimately emerging - the player with the...

 (EGC).

History

In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mero

Csaba Mérõ

Csaba Mérő is an amateur Go player.- Biography :Mérő began playing Go when he was 14. He is the son of Hungarian mathematician László Mérő. By 1996 he had already won the European Youth Go Championship and Hungarian Championship. After he finished secondary school he moved to Japan in 1999. He was...

 (the section winner), and the future professional Alexandre Dinerchtein

Alexandre Dinerchtein

Alexandre Grigorievich Dinerchtein is a professional Go player from Russia. He is one of only a few non-Asian players to reach professional status, which he achieved in 2002 at the Hanguk Kiwon...

 (3rd place).

Notable prize-winners

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 Mero, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of the adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi.

Awards

From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s (players aged under 12), U-16s and U-18s.

Under 12

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Venue
1996	Early Modern France Antoine Fenech	Kingdom of Romania Cosmin Mutu	Hungary Csaba Marton	Kingdom of Romania Băile Felix Baile Felix Băile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country...
1997	Early Modern France Antoine Fenech	Russia Vasilii Shvedov	Hungary Pal Balogh	Slovakia Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
1998	Czech Republic Ondrej Silt	Netherlands Tommy Hollmann	Russia Natalia Kovaleva	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
1999	Russia Natalia Kovaleva	Russia Timour Dougine	Ukraine Mykhailo Shechuk	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
2000	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Ukraine Mykola Glischenko	Hungary Rita Pocsai	Kingdom of Romania Sinaia Sinaia Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai...
2001	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Czech Republic Jan Prokop	Ukraine Mykola Glischenko	Poland Ustron Ustron Ustroń is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship . It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range....
2002	Ukraine Andrej Kravec	Russia Andrej Kashaev	Ukraine Artem Kachanovsky	Czech Republic Praha
2003	Ukraine Ihor Zaytsev	Ukraine Artem Kachanovsky	Serbia Miroslav Sos	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
2004	Russia Rafael Samakaev	Early Modern France Thomas Debarre	Israel Amir Fragman	Germany Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
2005	Kingdom of Romania Mihai Serban	Netherlands Joshua Chao -  Russia Oleg Kocherov		Slovakia Kosice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
2006	Netherlands Joshua Chao -  Poland Mateusz Surma		Russia Alexandre Matushkin	Russia St Petersburg
2007	Kingdom of Romania Toma Theodor	Chun-Yin Woo	Russia Alexandre Vashurov	Netherlands Zandvoort Zandvoort Zandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes...
2008	Ukraine Jurij Mykhaljuk	Russia Nikita Khabazov	Ukraine Roman Koroljov	Czech Republic Mikulov Mikulov Mikulov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 7,608 . It is located directly on the border with Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly area and the three Nové Mlýny reservoirs...
2009	Russia Mikhail Sidorenko	Russia Dmitri Miliukyn	Russia Dmitrij Medvedev	Banja Luka Banja Luka -History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
2010	Anson Ng	Kingdom of Romania Alexandru Pitrop	Kingdom of Romania Silvestru State	Kingdom of Romania Sibiu Sibiu Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

Under 16

This section was created in 2010 after the World Youth Goe Championship altered the age categories under competition.

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Place
2010	Poland Mateusz Surma	Vanessa Wong	Ukraine Jurij Mykhaljuk	Kingdom of Romania Sibiu Sibiu Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

Under 18

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Venue
1996	Hungary Csaba Mero Csaba Mérõ Csaba Mérő is an amateur Go player.- Biography :Mérő began playing Go when he was 14. He is the son of Hungarian mathematician László Mérő. By 1996 he had already won the European Youth Go Championship and Hungarian Championship. After he finished secondary school he moved to Japan in 1999. He was...	Russia Svetlana Shikshina Svetlana Shikshina Svetlana Valerievna Shikshina is a professional Go player from Russia, one of only four western females to date to reach professional status. She achieved this in 2002, affiliated to the Hanguk Kiwon .- Biography :Svetlana Shikshina started playing go at the age of 10...	Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein Alexandre Dinerchtein Alexandre Grigorievich Dinerchtein is a professional Go player from Russia. He is one of only a few non-Asian players to reach professional status, which he achieved in 2002 at the Hanguk Kiwon...	Kingdom of Romania Băile Felix Baile Felix Băile Felix is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country...
1997	Ukraine Dmitri Bogatskii	Germany Jonas Fincke	Early Modern France Paul Drouot	Slovakia Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
1998	Ukraine Dmitri Bogatskii	Hungary Diana Koszegi Diana Koszegi Diána Kőszegi is the first Hungarian professional Go player.She became only the fourth European professional, when she was promoted to professional by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008.-Biography:...	Czech Republic Martin Kuzela	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
1999	Russia Andrei Kulkov	Hungary Diana Koszegi Diana Koszegi Diána Kőszegi is the first Hungarian professional Go player.She became only the fourth European professional, when she was promoted to professional by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008.-Biography:...	Netherlands Merlijn KUIN	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
2000	Hungary Diana Koszegi Diana Koszegi Diána Kőszegi is the first Hungarian professional Go player.She became only the fourth European professional, when she was promoted to professional by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008.-Biography:...	Russia Andrei Kulkov	Russia Timur Dugin	Kingdom of Romania Sinaia Sinaia Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai...
2001	Hungary Pal Balogh	Hungary Diana Koszegi Diana Koszegi Diána Kőszegi is the first Hungarian professional Go player.She became only the fourth European professional, when she was promoted to professional by the Korean Go Association on January 4, 2008.-Biography:...	Czech Republic Ondrej Silt	Poland Ustron Ustron Ustroń is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship . It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range....
2002	Hungary Pal Balogh	Russia Timur Dugin	Russia Oleg Mezhov	Czech Republic Praha
2003	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Russia Timur Dugin	Early Modern France Antoine Fenech	Early Modern France Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
2004	Czech Republic Ondrej Silt	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Russia Igor Nemliy	Germany Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
2005	Russia Timur Dugin	Ukraine Bohdan Zhurakovsky	Germany Jun Tarumi -  Russia Igor Nemly	Slovakia Kosice Košice Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
2006	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Hungary Rita Pocsai	Early Modern France Thomas Debarre	Russia St Petersburg
2007	Russia Artem Dugin	Serbia Dusan Mitic	Czech Republic Ondrej Fidrmuc	Netherlands Zandvoort Zandvoort Zandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes...
2008	Ukraine Artem Kashanovsky	Early Modern France Thomas Debarre	Finland Javier-A. Savolainen	Czech Republic Mikulov Mikulov Mikulov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 7,608 . It is located directly on the border with Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly area and the three Nové Mlýny reservoirs...
2009	Israel Ali Jabarin	Ukraine Artem Kachanovsky	Serbia Nikola Mitic -  Austria Viktor Lin	Banja Luka Banja Luka -History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
2010	Kingdom of Romania Mihai Serban	Ukraine Roman Ruzhansky	Kingdom of Romania Laura Avram	Kingdom of Romania Sibiu Sibiu Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...