Portugal’s Tiago ABIODUN emerged as the winner of the Under 19 Boys event at the Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes, finishing the competition with eight wins from nine matches. ABIODUN entered the final day in contention for the title and completed his campaign with victories over France’s Antoine NOIRAULT and Nathan PILARD. After a 4-2 win over NOIRAULT in Round 8, the Portuguese player beat PILARD 4-1 in the concluding round to secure top spot. The battle behind ABIODUN was extremely close. PILARD and NOIRAULT both finished with seven wins and two defeats, with PILARD taking second place and NOIRAULT third. PILARD had earlier beaten Bulgaria’s Yoan VELICHKOV 4-1 and Russia’s Aleksei SAMOKHIN 4-3, while NOIRAULT defeated SAMOKHIN 4-1 before losing to ABIODUN. SAMOKHIN finished fourth with six wins, ahead of France’s Flavio MOURIER, who recorded five victories. VELICHKOV was sixth and Poland’s Marcel BLASZCZYK seventh, both finishing with four wins. Slovakia’s Samuel ARPAS took eighth place. The competition was also affected by injuries, with Romania’s Robert ISTRATE and Poland’s Patryk ZYWORONEK forced to withdraw. Final standings Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9

France’s Leana HOCHART completed an outstanding Europe Youth Top 10 campaign in Antibes by finishing unbeaten and securing the Under 19 Girls title ahead of compatriot Alexia NODIN and Romania’s Bianca MEI-ROSU. HOCHART went through the competition without a defeat and closed the event with three more victories on the final day. She beat Poland’s Natalia BOGDANOWICZ 4-2 and Romania’s Alesia SFERLEA 4-0 before overcoming MEI-ROSU 4-2 in the last round. Behind the champion, NODIN and MEI-ROSU both finished with seven wins and two defeats. NODIN took second place, with MEI-ROSU completing the podium in third. NODIN strengthened her position with a 4-1 win over Portugal’s Julia LEAL in Round 8, although she was denied victory in the closing round by BOGDANOWICZ, who prevailed 4-1. MEI-ROSU beat LEAL 4-2 and BOGDANOWICZ 4-1 before meeting HOCHART in the final round. BOGDANOWICZ finished fourth with five wins, ahead of Poland’s Karolina HOLDA in fifth. Czechia’s Veronika POLAKOVA was sixth, Belgium’s Lilou MASSART seventh, Portugal’s Julia LEAL eighth and Romania’s Alesia SFERLEA ninth. Germany’s Koharu ITAGAKI was forced to withdraw from the competition through injury after her fourth match. Final standings Under 19 Girls Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9

Spain’s Ladimir MAYOROV claimed the Under 15 Boys title at the 2026 Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes, completing the nine-round competition with eight victories and only one defeat. MAYOROV proved the most consistent player across the three days at the Azur Arena. His only defeat came against compatriot Marcos GOMEZ in the third round, but from that point he remained unbeaten, putting together six consecutive victories to secure top position. On the final day, the Spaniard defeated Czechia’s Ondrej MORAVEK and Sweden’s Emil ELLERMANN in straight games before facing Germany’s Tien Nghia PHONG in his last match. PHONG pushed the eventual champion all the way, but MAYOROV prevailed 4-3 to finish with an 8-1 record. France’s Noah TESSIER secured second place with six wins and three defeats. He finished the competition strongly with three victories on the closing day, beating GOMEZ 4-0, Nazar BAKIROV 4-2 and MORAVEK 4-3. PHONG also completed the tournament with a 6-3 record and took third place. The German beat Alexander MALOV 4-0 in Round 8 and came close to finishing with another victory before MAYOROV edged him in seven games. Poland’s Hubert KWIECINSKI and GOMEZ both finished with five wins and four defeats, taking fourth and fifth places respectively. BAKIROV and Germany’s Lukas WANG followed with four victories each. The round-robin format once again produced plenty of changes throughout the three days, but MAYOROV ultimately separated himself from the field, recovering from his early defeat and going unbeaten through the remaining six rounds to take the U15 Boys crown. Final standings Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9

Varvara TOLMACHEVA emerged as the winner of the Under 15 Girls event at the 2026 Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes after a thrilling conclusion that saw three players finish level with eight wins and one defeat. The Russian player claimed top spot ahead of France’s Albane ROCHUT and compatriot Amina ILIMBETOVA, with the final order between the trio decided by the tie-break after all three completed the nine rounds with identical 8-1 records. TOLMACHEVA entered the final day unbeaten and, after suffering her only defeat in a dramatic seven-game encounter against ROCHUT in Round 7, responded strongly. She beat Poland’s Lucja KOBOSZ 4-1 before closing her campaign with a commanding 4-0 victory over Slovakia’s Barbora GUASSARDO. ROCHUT produced a perfect final day to surge into second place. The French player first inflicted TOLMACHEVA’s only defeat, winning 4-3 in a match decided 14-12 in the seventh game. She then overcame GUASSARDO 4-0 and completed her campaign with a 4-1 victory over Czechia’s Adela BRHELOVA. ILIMBETOVA also finished on eight victories. She was dominant in her final three matches, beating Austria’s Sophia PICHLER 4-0, Germany’s Amelie JIA 4-0 and KOBOSZ 4-2. Her only defeat of the competition had come earlier against TOLMACHEVA. With TOLMACHEVA, ROCHUT and ILIMBETOVA all finishing on 17 points and 8-1 records, the tie-break placed TOLMACHEVA first, ROCHUT second and ILIMBETOVA third. Poland’s Aleksandra NAWROCKA finished fourth with six wins and three defeats, while JIA took fifth place. Switzerland’s Enya HU was sixth, followed by GUASSARDO, KOBOSZ and BRHELOVA, with PICHLER completing the standings. Final standings U15 Girls – Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9