FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2022 (for Open & Girls under 20) is taking place in Sardinia, Italy from October 11 to 23, 2022. Nearly 200 players from 58 countries will compete over 11 swiss rounds for the title of the World Junior Chess Champion.
GM Andrey Esipenko, GM Arseniy Nesterov, GM Frederik Svane, GM Leon Luke Mendonca, IM Volodar Murzin, GM Velimir Ivic and GM Mahammad Muradli headline the Open section tournament, with IM Nurgyul Salimova, WIM Meruert Kamalidenova, WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan, WGM Govhar Beydullayeva and WGM Jana Schneider headlining the Women’s competition. Starting rank list of players to be found below
The time control of the event will be 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
Starting rank list of players – Open section:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2668 |
| 2 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2567 |
| 3 | GM | Svane Frederik | GER | 2566 |
| 4 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | IND | 2558 |
| 5 | IM | Murzin Volodar | FID | 2557 |
| 6 | GM | Ivic Velimir | SRB | 2553 |
| 7 | GM | Muradli Mahammad | AZE | 2550 |
| 8 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2541 |
| 9 | GM | Sonis Francesco | ITA | 2531 |
| 10 | GM | Budisavljevic Luka | SRB | 2524 |
| 11 | GM | Batsuren Dambasuren | MGL | 2522 |
| 12 | IM | Seo Jung Min | SWE | 2520 |
| 13 | IM | Davtyan Artur | ARM | 2517 |
| 14 | GM | Kozak Adam | HUN | 2516 |
| 15 | IM | Kacharava Nikolozi | GEO | 2512 |
| 16 | GM | Petkov Momchil | BUL | 2511 |
| 17 | IM | Horvath Dominik | AUT | 2505 |
| 18 | IM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | AZE | 2499 |
| 19 | GM | Blohberger Felix | AUT | 2493 |
| 20 | IM | Parkhov Yair | ISR | 2484 |
| 21 | WGM | Zhu Jiner | CHN | 2484 |
| 22 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | UKR | 2473 |
| 23 | IM | Gorshtein Ido | ISR | 2471 |
| 24 | IM | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | ISL | 2471 |
| 25 | IM | Nogerbek Kazybek | KAZ | 2467 |
| 26 | IM | Kosakowski Jakub | POL | 2465 |
| 27 | IM | Prraneeth Vuppala | IND | 2451 |
| 28 | IM | Ramoutar Alan-Safar | TTO | 2449 |
| 29 | IM | Stoyanov Tsvetan | BUL | 2449 |
| 30 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2446 |
| 31 | IM | Boyer Mahel | FRA | 2445 |
| 32 | IM | Gurel Ediz | TUR | 2445 |
| 33 | Kozak Antoni | POL | 2440 | |
| 34 | IM | Baenziger Fabian | SUI | 2439 |
| 35 | FM | Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei | ROU | 2434 |
| 36 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | IND | 2433 |
| 37 | IM | Olsen Filip Boe | DEN | 2433 |
| 38 | IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2430 |
| 39 | IM | Petriashvili Nikoloz | GEO | 2428 |
| 40 | FM | Droin Augustin | FRA | 2416 |
| 41 | FM | Sokolovsky Yahli | ISR | 2416 |
| 42 | IM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | SGP | 2415 |
| 43 | IM | Milikow Yoav | ISR | 2412 |
| 44 | IM | Veiga Jose Francisco R P Neves | POR | 2409 |
| 45 | IM | Kanyamarala Tarun | IRL | 2407 |
| 46 | IM | Barseghyan Armen Ar. | ARM | 2402 |
| 47 | FM | Bournel Antoine | FRA | 2402 |
| 48 | FM | Peyrer Konstantin | AUT | 2402 |
| 49 | IM | Di Benedetto Edoardo | ITA | 2396 |
| 50 | FM | Lumachi Gabriele | ITA | 2387 |
| 51 | FM | Chukavin Kirill | EST | 2384 |
| 52 | FM | Isik Alparslan | TUR | 2377 |
| 53 | IM | Gatineau Yovann | FRA | 2375 |
| 54 | FM | Milosevic Milos | SRB | 2371 |
| 55 | FM | Mladek Richard | CZE | 2371 |
| 56 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | IND | 2370 |
| 57 | IM | Vestby-Ellingsen Mads | NOR | 2365 |
| 58 | FM | Stremavicius Pijus | LTU | 2363 |
| 59 | FM | Yaniv Yuval | ISR | 2359 |
| 60 | FM | Jakab Bela | SVK | 2353 |
| 61 | IM | Galaviz Medina Sion Radamantys | MEX | 2345 |
| 62 | FM | Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali | UZB | 2345 |
| 63 | Utsab Chatterjee | IND | 2345 | |
| 64 | FM | Cappelletto Joshuaede | ITA | 2337 |
| 65 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2333 |
| 66 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | IND | 2332 |
| 67 | FM | Lux Hugo De Melo | BRA | 2309 |
| 68 | FM | Carlo Emanuele | ITA | 2306 |
| 69 | FM | Martins Bruno Andre Leite | POR | 2306 |
| 70 | FM | Guz Ari | ISR | 2305 |
| 71 | WIM | Gaal Zsoka | HUN | 2298 |
| 72 | Wartiovaara Oliver | FIN | 2297 | |
| 73 | FM | Zemach Nadav | ISR | 2293 |
| 74 | FM | Flores Quillas Diego Saul Rodri | PER | 2291 |
| 75 | FM | Dauw Sterre | BEL | 2287 |
| 76 | FM | Vagman Roy | ISR | 2274 |
| 77 | FM | Bettalli Francesco | ITA | 2267 |
| 78 | IM | Ansat Aldiyar | KAZ | 2262 |
| 79 | FM | Nouri Alekhine | PHI | 2251 |
| 80 | Nemeth Zalan | IRL | 2247 | |
| 81 | FM | Oye-Stromberg Alexander | NOR | 2233 |
| 82 | FM | Winkelman Albert | AUS | 2229 |
| 83 | CM | Avila Rodriguez Joshua Ad | MEX | 2225 |
| 84 | CM | Andreev Konstantin | ITA | 2206 |
| 85 | Asllani Dorian | SUI | 2202 | |
| 86 | Casadio Niccolo` | ITA | 2201 | |
| 87 | CM | Tan Jun Ying | MAS | 2189 |
| 88 | IM | Brahami Lamine | ALG | 2188 |
| 89 | Stankovic Dragan | BIH | 2181 | |
| 90 | Hercegovac Neven | ITA | 2175 | |
| 91 | Johannsson Birkir Isak | ISL | 2165 | |
| 92 | FM | Atanasov Anthony | CAN | 2148 |
| 93 | Cotic Borna | CRO | 2133 | |
| 94 | Sitbon Itay | ISR | 2133 | |
| 95 | Urbani Gabriel | ITA | 2129 | |
| 96 | Gagic Milan A | SRB | 2125 | |
| 97 | CM | Ballesteros Cardenas Leonardo | CHI | 2121 |
| 98 | Gov Guy | ISR | 2121 | |
| 99 | CM | Carroll Peter | IRL | 2115 |
| 100 | Tripodi Enzo | ITA | 2113 | |
| 101 | Djurovic Peko | MNE | 2084 | |
| 102 | Javornik Nik | SLO | 2064 | |
| 103 | Pennica Andrea | ITA | 2037 | |
| 104 | Candian Lorenzo | ITA | 2022 | |
| 105 | Persico Lorenzo | ITA | 2007 | |
| 106 | Stolyarsky Yegor | ISR | 1987 | |
| 107 | Karsten Jan | RSA | 1985 | |
| 108 | Momin Fayzan | PAK | 1974 | |
| 109 | Vairo Rocco Enrico | ITA | 1960 | |
| 110 | De Ieso Lorenzo | ITA | 1938 | |
| 111 | Liloni Francesco Mattia | ITA | 1876 | |
| 112 | Dimakis Stavros | GRE | 1832 | |
| 113 | Porcu Riccardo | ITA | 1759 | |
| 114 | Van Der Merwe Alexander | RSA | 1746 | |
| 115 | Monferrato Rocco | URU | 1563 | |
| 116 | Vivoli Alessandro | SMR | 1555 | |
| 117 | Abdulla Younes Alkhemeiri | UAE | 1405 | |
| 118 | Ghaith Saeed Alnuaimi | UAE | 1269 | |
| 119 | Salem Muhsan Shuaib | UAE | 1227 | |
| 120 | Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri | UAE | 1139 |
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Starting rank list of players – Women’s section:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | IM | Salimova Nurgyul | BUL | 2415 |
| 2 | WIM | Kamalidenova Meruert | KAZ | 2376 |
| 3 | WIM | Mkrtchyan Mariam | ARM | 2374 |
| 4 | WGM | Beydullayeva Govhar | AZE | 2356 |
| 5 | WGM | Schneider Jana | GER | 2331 |
| 6 | FM | Malicka Maria | POL | 2327 |
| 7 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2326 |
| 8 | FM | Goltseva Ekaterina | FID | 2300 |
| 9 | Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta | UKR | 2268 | |
| 10 | FM | Schulze Lara | GER | 2266 |
| 11 | WFM | Rudzinska Michalina | POL | 2259 |
| 12 | WFM | Altantuya Boldbaatar | MGL | 2223 |
| 13 | WIM | Urh Zala | SLO | 2221 |
| 14 | WIM | Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen | CHI | 2219 |
| 15 | FM | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | KAZ | 2199 |
| 16 | WIM | Serikbay Assel | KAZ | 2181 |
| 17 | WFM | Kucharska Honorata | POL | 2179 |
| 18 | WGM | Ouellet Maili-Jade | CAN | 2177 |
| 19 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 2174 |
| 20 | WIM | Nurgali Nazerke | KAZ | 2169 |
| 21 | WFM | Hajiyeva Laman | AZE | 2138 |
| 22 | WFM | Gombocz Zsofia | HUN | 2118 |
| 23 | WFM | Radikovic Anamarija | CRO | 2112 |
| 24 | WFM | Aydin Gulenay | TUR | 2109 |
| 25 | FM | Jarocka Liwia | POL | 2089 |
| 26 | Koubova Anna Marie | CZE | 2089 | |
| 27 | WFM | Djidjeli Sarah | FRA | 2082 |
| 28 | WFM | Bashylina Luisa | GER | 2073 |
| 29 | WFM | Vanduyfhuys Daria | BEL | 2073 |
| 30 | Walter Ema | SVK | 2062 | |
| 31 | WFM | Levitan Ronit | ISR | 2024 |
| 32 | Aubert Estee | FRA | 2019 | |
| 33 | WFM | Simkunaite Gabija | LTU | 2014 |
| 34 | WFM | Singgih Diajeng Theresa | INA | 1991 |
| 35 | Cassi Elisa | ITA | 1965 | |
| 36 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1964 | |
| 37 | Bucur Denisa-Andreea | ROU | 1946 | |
| 38 | Norlamo Sarabella | FIN | 1946 | |
| 39 | Gabbani Sara | ITA | 1944 | |
| 40 | Dejanovic Tereza | CRO | 1943 | |
| 41 | Pipia Ekaterine | GEO | 1926 | |
| 42 | Skaslien Ingrid | NOR | 1909 | |
| 43 | WFM | Sala Giulia | ITA | 1869 |
| 44 | Sebastian Mhage Gerriahlou | PHI | 1865 | |
| 45 | WCM | Olde Grete | EST | 1862 |
| 46 | Middleton Jody | AUS | 1850 | |
| 47 | Malikova Marjona | UZB | 1830 | |
| 48 | Grozdanovic Anastasia | SRB | 1824 | |
| 49 | Ortega Beltran Ximena | MEX | 1820 | |
| 50 | Georges Lisa | FRA | 1799 | |
| 51 | Mikic Ivana | BIH | 1783 | |
| 52 | Ruiz Villalba Andrea | MEX | 1764 | |
| 53 | Saravanan Durga | SGP | 1736 | |
| 54 | Le Thuy An | VIE | 1728 | |
| 55 | Popovic Mateja | MNE | 1718 | |
| 56 | Muha Magdalena | CRO | 1706 | |
| 57 | Badenhorst Chloe | RSA | 1687 | |
| 58 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1562 | |
| 59 | Oliveira Beatriz Correia | POR | 1538 | |
| 60 | Velikova Gabriela | BUL | 1500 | |
| 61 | Daniilidi Dimitra Lydia | GRE | 1498 | |
| 62 | Andhin Chethanah | MRI | 1493 | |
| 63 | Silvera Pilar | URU | 1470 | |
| 64 | Jacobsen Shanne Hedegaard | DEN | 1412 | |
| 65 | Shaw Laurie Ann | RSA | 1409 | |
| 66 | WFM | Gardiner Noa Saxon | RSA | 1266 |
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