Since 1991, the European Chess Union (ECU) organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. In 2010, a tournament for the under 8 was introduced.
Past 5 year winners in respective categories for boys and girls:
| Year | Location | U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18 |
| 2013 |  Budva |
 Aydin Suleymanli |
 Kagan Aydincelebi |
 Viktor Matviishen |
 Jorden Van Foreest |
 Kirill Alekseenko |
Vladimir Fedoseev |
| 2014 |  Batumi |
Ilya Makoveev |
 Mamikon Gharibyan |
Viktor Matviishen |
Timur Fakhrutdinov |
Cemil Can Ali Marandi |
 Avital Boruchovsky |
| 2015 |  Poreč |
 Mikhei Navumenka |
Ilya Makoveev |
Kirill Shubin |
Sergei Lobanov |
 Leonid Sawlin |
Cemil Can Ali Marandi |
| 2016 |  Prague |
Artem Pingin |
Volodar Murzin |
Mamikon Gharibyan |
 Salvador Guerra Rivera |
Timur Fakhrutdinov |
Manuel Petrosyan |
| 2017 |  Mamaia |
 Giang Tran Nam |
 Marc Andria Maurizzi |
Aydin Suleymanli |
 Jonas Buhl Bjerre |
Andrey Esipenko |
Jesper Sondergaard Thybo |
| 2018 |  Riga |
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| Year | Location | U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18 |
| 2013 | Budva |
 Laura Czernikowska |
Anastasia Vuller |
Polina Shuvalova |
Gunay Mammadzada |
Anna Styazhkina |
Nastassia Ziaziulkina |
| 2014 | Batumi |
Emilia Zavivaeva |
Malak Ismayil |
Ekaterina Goltseva |
 Anastasia Avramidou |
 Mai Narva |
Ulviyya Fataliyeva |
| 2015 | Poreč |
Veronika Veremyuk |
Galina Mironenko |
Elizaveta Solozhenkina |
Anna Kochukova |
Anna Maja Kazarian |
Nino Khomeriki |
| 2016 | Prague |
Alexandra Shvedova |
Zsoka Gaal |
Sila Caglar |
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya |
Fiona Sieber |
Nino Khomeriki |
| 2017 | Mamaia |
Sofya Svergina |
Veronika Shubenkova |
Galina Mironenko |
Govhar Beydullayeva |
Olga Badelka |
Sona Asatryan |
| 2018 | Riga |
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