Kazakhstan stuns the chess world at the recently concluded rapid section of the FIDE World Cadet & Youth Rapid Chess 2025. The Asian nation’s investment in chess is finally showing, with total dominance in the World Rapid event in Rhodes, Greece. Out of possible 12 gold medals, Kazakhstan won 6 gold medals showing powerful performances across all section. Among the winners Alisha Bissaliyeva scored a perfect 11,0/11, while Elnaz Kaliakhmet won her section two points ahead of competition. Scroll down for all medal winners.
Alisha Bissaliyeva (KAZ) is @FIDE_chess World Youth Rapid Chess Champion U8 for girls with perfect score of 11,0/11 — Chessdom (@chessdom) April 15, 2025
Kazakhstan dominated the event, winning 6 gold medals. Full report on Chessdom tonighthttps://t.co/6tMYOzAs8x @OnTheQueenside @SusanPolgar
We are used to Indian domination and a brilliant young generation coming from the legacy of Vishy Anand, but this time with a small group of only nine players, India is still happy to win a gold and a silver medal.
FID players showed significant potential, but it was Vietnam who won the highest number of silver and bronze medals. In a stunning battle in the U14 Open section, all three representatives of Vietnam finished with equal points and earned a medal.
The blitz tournament starts tomorrow and you can follow it live on Chessdom.com
World Rapid Championship U8 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Adinur Adilbek (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Bao Nam Nguyen (Vietnam)
Bronze: Wiktor Stankowski (Poland)
World Rapid Championship U8 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Alisha Bissaliyeva (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Deepak Hinge Anvi (India)
Bronze: Anna Charyyeva (Turkmenistan)
World Rapid Championship U10 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Amirzhan Anetov (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Matei-Andrei Badescu (Romania)
Bronze: Tan Vinh Hoang (Vietnam)
World Rapid Championship U10 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Bijesh Divi (India)
Silver: Daria Kravchuk (Ukraine)
Bronze: Hoang Bao An Tran (Vietnam)
World Rapid Championship U12 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Damir Bulgak (FID)
Silver: Noam Sason (Israel)
Bronze: Ethan Guo (USA)
World Rapid Championship U12 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Alisa Genrietta Yunker (FID)
Silver: Thanh Huong Nguyen (Vietnam)
Bronze: Zhansaya Sholpanbek (Kazakhstan)
World Rapid Championship U14 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Nam Kiet Nguyen (Vietnam)
Silver: Khuong Duy Dau (Vietnam)
Bronze: Vu Anh Duong (Vietnam)
World Rapid Championship U14 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Aiaru Altynbek (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Blanka Ejsymont (Poland)
Bronze: Nika Venskaya (FID)
World Rapid Championship U16 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Artem Uskov (FID)
Silver: Fedor Melnikov (FID)
Bronze: Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (ENG)
World Rapid Championship U16 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Elnaz Kaliakhmet (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Iren Lyutsinger (FID)
Bronze: Jahan Rejepova (Turkmenistan)
World Rapid Championship U18 (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Ergali Suleimen (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Alexander Khripachenko (FID)
Bronze: Dmitriy Mochalov (FID)
World Rapid Championship U18 girls (final standings / replay games)
Gold: Kseniya Norman (FID)
Silver: Yuliya Liavonava (FID)
Bronze: Binh Vy Nguyen (Vietnam)
Bijesh Divi — Chessdom (@chessdom) April 15, 2025
brings the gold medal for India 
in the U10 section of the recently concluded @FIDE_chess World Youth & Cadets Rapid.
Deepak Hinge Anvi 
brings India silver in the U8 girls sectionhttps://t.co/BOuPjn7o2P
Livio Cancedda-Dupuis — Chessdom (@chessdom) April 15, 2025
brings a bronze medal for @ecfchess from the recently concluded FIDE World Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Greece. https://t.co/P9AwG6PE6j @EngChessTrack @ECFSchools
The only medal for USA — Chessdom (@chessdom) April 15, 2025
at the @FIDE_chess World Youth & Cadet Rapid 2025 is bronze for Ethan Guo
Damir Bulgak (FID) wins the section with a full point ahead of competitionhttps://t.co/EvAlaguRzj
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