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The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The tournament was inaugurated in 1951 in England, and was held every two years until 1973 when an annual schedule was adopted. In 1985, a separate tournament for girls was established.

Each FIDE member nation may select one entrant except for the host nation, which may select two. Some players are seeded into the tournament based on Elo rating and top finishes in previous championships. The first championship was an 11-round Swiss system tournament. In subsequent championships the entrants were divided into sections, and preliminary sectional tournaments were used to establish graded finals sections (Final A, Final B, etc.). Since 1975 the tournaments have returned to the Swiss format.

Originally the winner was awarded the title International Master if he had not already received it. Currently the winner receives the Grandmaster or Woman Grandmaster title, and the second and third place finishers receive the International Master or Woman International Master titles (FIDE 2004, 1.2).

Four winners, three Russian and one Indian, namely Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Viswanathan Anand, have gone on to win the FIDE World Chess 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	Munchenstein	Bielicki, Carlos Carlos Bielicki	Argentina
6	1961	The Hague	Parma, Bruno Bruno Parma	Yugoslavia
7	1963	Vrnjacka 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	Tjentiste	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 Joel 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	Armenia
31	1992	Buenos Aires	Zarnicki, Pablo Pablo Zarnicki	Argentina
32	1993	Kozhikode	Miladinovic, Igor Igor Miladinovic	Yugoslavia
33	1994	Caiobá	Grétarsson, Helgi Helgi Grétarsson	Iceland
34	1995	Halle, Saxony-Anhalt	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 Pentala 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

No.	Year	Location	Champion	Country
1	1985	Dobrna	Arakhamia, Ketevan Ketevan Arakhamia	USSR
2	1986	Gausdal	Madl, Ildiko Ildiko Madl	Hungary
3	1987	Baguio	Baginskaite, Camilla Camilla Baginskaite	USSR
4	1988	Adelaide	Galliamova, Alisa Alisa Galliamova	USSR
5	1989	Tunja	Kakhiani, Ketevan Ketevan Kakhiani	USSR
6	1990	Santiago	Kakhiani, Ketevan Ketevan Kakhiani	USSR
7	1991	Mamaja	Bojkovic, Natasa Natasa Bojkovic	Yugoslavia
8	1992	Buenos Aires	Dąbrowska, Krystyna Krystyna Dąbrowska	Poland
9	1993	Kozhikode	Khurtsidze, Nino Nino Khurtsidze	Georgia
10	1994	Caiobá	Zu Chen Zhu Chen	China
11	1995	Halle, Saxony-Anhalt	Khurtsidze, Nino Nino Khurtsidze	Georgia
12	1996	Medellín	Zhu Chen Zhu Chen	China
13	1997	Żagań	Hunt, Harriet Harriet Hunt	England
14	1998	Kozhikode	Hoang Thanh Trang Hoang Thanh Trang	Vietnam
15	1999	Yerevan	Kouvatsou, Maria Maria Kouvatsou	Greece
16	2000	Yerevan	Xu Yuanyuan Xu Yuanyuan	China
17	2001	Athens	Koneru, Humpy Humpy Koneru	India
18	2002	Goa	Zhao Xue Zhao Xue	China
19	2003	Nakhchivan	Dzagnidze, Nana Nana Dzagnidze	Georgia
20	2004	Kochi	Korbut, Ekaterina Ekaterina Korbut	Russia
21	2005	Istanbul	Pähtz, Elisabeth Elisabeth Pähtz	Germany
22	2006	Yerevan	Shen, Yang Shen Yang	China
23	2007	Yerevan	Nebolsina, Vera Vera Nebolsina	Russia

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