Armenian chess players achieve outstanding results at European youth championships

Junior chess players representing Armenia have recorded outstanding results at several European age-group championships.

International Master Vahe Sukiasyan has become the 2026 European Youth Chess Champion in the U18 category. Repeating his success of 2025, he claimed the European champion title for the second consecutive year.

FIDE Master Tigran Hambardzumyan won the bronze medal in the U14 category at the 2026 European Youth Chess Championship.

Hambardzumyan scored 7 points out of a possible 9, sharing third-fourth place and finishing third on tiebreaks.

Nare Isakhanyan became the runner-up in the U12 girls’ category at the 2026 European Youth Chess Championship.

She scored 7.5 points out of a possible 9, sharing second-third place and finishing second on tiebreaks.