Four US players earned medals at the World Youth Championships in
Maribor, Slovenia including Kayden Troff & Sam Sevian, who took gold
in Under 14 and Under 12 Open sections, respectively. Cameron Wheeler won the silver medal in the Under 12 Open while Christopher Shen earned bronze in Under 8 Open. See full results of our 80+ delegation on chess results.com. Overall, Team USA won third place behind Russia and India.

Michael Khodarkovsky, head of the US delegation, said: "Congratulations to all coaches and members of the US team." The coaching team included GMs Ben Finegold, Joel Benjamin, Nick De Firmian, John Fedorowicz, Alejandro Ramirez, Gennady Zaitchik, Sam Palatnik, FM Aviv Friedman, IMs Armen Ambartsoumian, Andranik Matikozyan, John Bartholomew & Jan van de Mortel. For a coach's perspective of last round jitters, see Ramirez's report from Sunday morning.