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Ema Jakša, a young Slovenian chess player and a member of Cercle d’Échecs Gambit Bonnevoie, has returned from the FIDE World U9–U17 Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2025 in Antalya, Turkey, with her strongest world-level results to date. Competing in the Girls U11 category, she finished 6th in Rapid (5.5/9) and an impressive 4th in Blitz (6.5/9), narrowly missing out on a medal once again on tie-breaks.

Earlier this summer, Ema also placed 4th in Blitz at the European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship in Thessaloniki (U12), again decided by tie-break criteria. She had already made her mark in Prague in 2024, where she captured the European Youth Rapid title (Girls U10) with a perfect score, earned 3rd place in Blitz, and finished 4th in standard – also on tie-breaks.

Ema’s run in Antalya featured several standout performances, highlighted by a draw against multiple-time youth world champion Alisa Genrietta Yunker, as well as wins over opponents who have already claimed medals at major international events.

One of our young talents, Adam Amroune, delivered an excellent performance by finishing 2nd in the recent LAML school chess tournament, standing out despite facing tough competition from older and more experienced young players.

Throughout the event, Adam showed remarkable fighting spirit, focus, endurance, managing to score consistently against strong opposition. His result is even more impressive given the overall level of the tournament, where several highly ranked players took part.

Notably, the tournament featured Axel Plard, the number one ranked player going into the event, who eventually finished 4th, underlining just how competitive the field was and how strong Adam’s achievement truly is.

This result confirms Adam’s steady progress and growing confidence in competitive play. We are proud of his performance and look forward to seeing him continue his development and achieve even more strong results in future tournaments.