US Chess Announces 2025 World Youth and World Cadet Championships Invitees

US Chess is pleased to announce the list of players who are officially invited to participate in the 2025 World Youth (Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18) and 2025 World Cadet (Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12) Chess Championships.

These students earned this honor by meeting the peak post-tournament (PPT) rating and activity criteria in their age and gender categories according to the Scholastic National Invitational Event and Award Requirements.

The top players by PPT rating in each age category are considered the United States Official Representatives (OR) by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, but all USA players may compete in these events as part of the US Chess delegation. Additionally, players may qualify as Personal Rights (PR) players, subject to organizer's regulations.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

There are currently no details (at the time of publishing this article) regarding either the 2025 World Youth, or 2025 World Cadet Chess Championships other than if held, they will be in Durres, Albania for the 2025 World Youth.

However, should these events be held, you should note that both the World Youth and World Cadet Championships are open tournaments and any US Chess member who meets the age and eligibility requirements may participate, but they will be responsible for all financial obligations needed to do so. A player's age for these tournaments is his/her age as of Jan. 1, 2025.

The latest news regarding international youth events can be found here. Please contact Brian Yang, FIDE Events Manager at Click here to show email address if you have any questions regarding these events.

Congratulations to the following players who are invited to be the Official U.S. Representatives at the 2025 World Youth and 2025 World Cadet Chess Championships! (Note: The top player in bold is the Official U.S. Representative. If they choose not to go, then it goes down the list in the order that is listed.)

OPEN UNDER 18	GIRLS UNDER 18
Dimitar Mardov (IL) - OR Evan Park (PA) Vyom Vidyarthi (CA) Sandeep Sethuraman (AZ) Erick Zhao (PA) Jason Liang (NY) Liam Putnam (NY) Liran Zhou (NY) Joseph Levine (WA) Eric Li (CA) Terry Luo (DE) Bach Ngo (FL) Ethan Sheehan (GA) Vishnu Vanapalli (NC) Aryan Gutla (TX)	Zoey Tang (OR) - OR Ruiyang Yan (CA) Esther Jou (CA) Kelsey Liu (MA) Angela Liu (CA) Vanessa Zhou (CA) Kally Wen (CA) Rowan Field (NY) Anika Rajaram (CA)

OPEN UNDER 16

GIRLS UNDER 16

Abhimanyu Mishra (NJ) - OR
Andy Woodward (TX)
Brewington Hardaway (NY)
Ryo Chen (TX)
Alice Lee (MN)
Tanitoluwa Adewumi (NY)
Eric Liu (TX)
Harshid Kunka (TX)
Isaac Wang (CA)
Bryan Xie (CA)
Brejesh Chakrabarti (FL)
Rose Atwell (CA)
Henry Deng (CA)
Lucius Melillo (TX)
Pranav Sathish (CA)
Andrew Jiang (GA)
Iris Mou (NY)
Jesse Ren (MI)
Qi Pang (NY)
Andrew Guo (CA)
Stephen Willy (WA)
Julian Colville (CA)
Sihan Tao (CA)
Dylan Tang (CA)
Jasmine Su (CT)
Rachael Li (TX)
Aiden Reiss (NY)

Alice Lee (MN) - OR
Rose Atwell (CA)
Iris Mou (NY)
Jasmine Su (CT)
Rachael Li (TX)
Chloe Gaw (NY)
Omya Vidyarthi (CA)
Erin Bian (WA)
Sahana Aravindakshan (NJ)
Avery Yu (CA)
Tori Porat (CA)
Sunny Zhang (TX)
Elena Zhang (CA)
Ridhi Danduprolu (AZ)
Yukta Mididoddi (TX)
Jolie Huang (FL)
Ananya Ananth (VA)
Mulan Zhang (MI)
Elizabeth Braddy (OK)
Chloe Wang (PA)
Evelyn Qiao (GA)
Kylie Zhang (WA)
Aarna Warekar (FL)
Lila Field (NY)
Aliana Fausto (NY)
Caroline Jiang (MD)
Claire Cheng (NJ)
Shuyi Han (WA)

OPEN UNDER 14

GIRLS UNDER 14

Ryan Sun (MA) - OR
Bryan Lin (NY)
Lucas Jiang (CA)
Aditeya Das (NY)
Patrick Liu (CA)
Andrew Jing (DE)
Aditya Arutla (CA)
Eshaan Hebbar (NJ)
Nitesh Cherukuri (MD)
Andrew Wu (NC)
Carter Ho (NY)
Harshin Jagirapu (NM)
Ashwin Damaraju (CA)
Elbert Fang (TX)
Siddharth Singh (TX)
Megan Paragua (NY)
Yiding Lu (WA)
Sam Luger (NY)
Ruoyu Zhou (CA)
Roshan Sethuraman (AZ)
Priyansh Garg (NY)
Rohan Rajaram (CA)
Marcus Zheng (MI)
Vijay Anandh (TX)
Kyle Zhuang (VA)
Kyle Wang (TX)
Felix Guo (CA)
John Abraham (KY)
Saharsh Santosh (GA)
William Wu (MA)
Laurie Qiu (CA)
Jashith Karthi (CA)

Megan Paragua (NY) - OR
Whitney Tse (NY)
Arabella Fang (NY)
Yangyang Shen (TX)
Serena Yuan (CA)
Jenny Qi (CA)
Katherine Zhuge (CA)
Vivian Yang (MN)
Ellery Zhang (TX)
Lilianna Gao (CT)
Anagha Sinkar (NC)
Bonnie He (CA)
Audrey Zhou (NY)
Mirabella Rong (OH)
Freya Austin (NC)
Gaofei Wang (IL)
Ashley Lin (CA)
Alicia Zhang (TX)
Kamatchi Muthu (PA)
Saanvi Acharya (NY)
Olivia Panciu (OH)
Audrey Li (NJ)
Leah Yang (NY)
Michelle Zhang (WA)
Madison Brown (IN)
Swagatha Selvam (CA)
Ananya Wadhwa (KS)
Joy Zhang (VA)
Tianmu Wang (CA)
Anvitha Penagalapati (CA)
Mahati Kashyap (NJ)

OPEN UNDER 12

GIRLS UNDER 12

Linxi Zhu (NY) - OR
Ethan Guo (CA)
Sharath Radhakrishnan (OH)
Ted Wang (WA)
Joshua Xia (CA)
Vidip Kona (WA)
Chenxuan Ling (NY)
Kevin Wang (DE)
Kyle Dong (NJ)
Alexander Jasinski (FL)
Lev Shangin (NY)
Rocky Wang (MI)
Santhosh Ayyappan (NJ)
Kevin Zhao (MA)
Tariq Yue (PA)
Corin Gartenlaub (NY)
Leo Shen (NY)
Elliott Goodrich (NY)
Shawn Xu (MA)
Vivan Mulay (FL)
Glenn Zhang (CA)
Lucas Yang ()
Aimee Yang (PA)
Eric Cheng (NY)
Harvey Hanke (IN)
Brian Li (AZ)
Lerui Zheng (MI)
Steven Liu (MD)
Advik Prasanna (NC)
Yuvraj Sawhney (CA)
Zachary Pan (MA)
Ariv Debmisra (PA)
Jacob Wang (CA)
Young Cui (CA)
Aakash Jani (FL)

Laurie Qiu (CA) - OR
Aimee Yang (PA)
Irene Fei (IA)
Sophie Li (FL)
Lacey Wang (CT)
Alice Chovanec (NY)
Celine Atassi (NC)
Keya Jha (OH)
Sujia Diao (NJ)
Nicole Yu (DE)
Alicia Zhu (MA)
Daniela Fitzsimmons (VA)
Emma Zhang (MA)
Pear Xu (CA)
Aileen Lou (NY)
Melissa Xu (CA)
Chloe Liu (TX)
Ella Li (VA)
Ridhima Mishra (NJ)
Kara Chan (NY)
Emma Yang (CA)
Veronique Joseph (WA)
Christine Nguyen (MA)
Yashaswini Ayithi (PA)
Grace Wang (MI)
Daisy Yuen (NY)
Grace Yang (NC)

OPEN UNDER 10

GIRLS UNDER 10

Sasha Schaefer (NY) - OR
Aayansh Guntaka (AZ)
Aiden Li (IL)
Hardy Gu (VA)
Yang Yu (NC)
Reyansh Paragiri (CA)
Yi Sha (FL)
Aayansh Samanta (PA)
Matthew Yu (IL)
Aayansh Pramanik (NJ)
Advik Manchanda (TX)
Ryan Zhou (MN)
Tommy Kozlek (MA)
Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi (NE)
Lukas Lebakken (VA)
Grayson Xiang (NY)
Abigail Zhou (NY)
Raben Goel (NJ)

Abigail Zhou (NY) - OR
Elizabeth Xia (IL)
Stella Xin (IL)
Ella Zhang (MA)
Alice Shen (NY)
Rayna Yan (CA)
Renae Chen (CA)
Sarah Nguyen (NY)
Allyson Yu (NY)
Wan Li (NY)
Elizabeth Zhou (NY)
Annie Yao (TX)
Celine Chen (NC)
Magnolia Zhu (KY)
Scarlett Kong ()
Claire Zhang (NJ)
Alexandra Liu (NY)
Melanie Liang (NY)
Anjana Thottimpudi (OH)
Diya Balamurugan (SC)
Kaira Ganesh (TX)
Olivia Xu (CA)
Dena Wang (NY)
Loida Guo (CA)
Gracie Yan (MI)
Leya Daftuar (CA)
Leah Cai (NY)

OPEN UNDER 8	GIRLS UNDER 8
Mehmet Yilanli (OH) - OR Ruben Quintans (GA) Devansh Vellanki (MA) Charles Bernstein (NY) Harrison Cai (NY)	Emily Tang (IL) - OR Winnie Tsuchida-Tomashevsky (NY) Hanwen Lu (NC) Avrora Okonova (NJ) Grace Yan (NC)