The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" and "World Youth Chess Championship".

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler, commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.