The third round of the FIDE World Cadets Cup U8-U12 was played on June 18 in Batumi, Georgia.

Young players from 68 countries continued competing for the top places, with several participants maintaining perfect scores after three rounds.

In the Open U8 category, Jin, Yuxin (China), Adamyan, Mark (Armenia), Bausys, Nikolas (Lithuania), Ulemj, Mendsaikhan (Mongolia), Zhang, Ruike (China), AFM Markov, Mikhail Ev. (FID), Dominguez Sanchez, Alan Francisco (Mexico) and Sergeev, Vladimir Nik. (FID) maintained their perfect scores.

In the Open U10 category, Elemes, Nurmukhamed (Kazakhstan), CM Li, Aiden Linyuan (USA), Mahboobi, Kiasha (Iran), Batbileg, Boldbaatar (Mongolia), CM Ulan, Rizat (Kazakhstan), Guo, Ziming (China), Adilbek, Adinur (Kazakhstan), Jia, Zining (Matthew) (Australia), CM Nurshin, Nurali (Kazakhstan), FM Mani, Sarbartho (India) and Damnitski, Uladzislau (FID) remained unbeaten.

In the Open U12 category, FM Zhauynbay, Alimzhan (Kazakhstan), Shangin, Lev (USA), Filipovs, Sergejs (Latvia), CM Anetov, Amirzhan (Kazakhstan), CM Demirkan, Mustafa (Türkiye), IM Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman (Egypt), Abhinav, Anand (India), CM Kaminskii, Daniil (FID) and Bakhyt, Rauan (Kazakhstan) continued with maximum points.

In the Girls U8 category, Ye, Xinhe (China), Shreyanshi, Jain (India), Shanojan, Akshara (Sri Lanka), Divisha, Naveen Nayakula (India), Shatsila, Miraslava (FID), Mukanova, Amina (Kazakhstan), Malakhova, Amelia (Ukraine), Bayanlkham, Uurtsaikh (Mongolia) and Saiaastha, Singh  (India) preserved their perfect records.

In the Girls U10 category, Svanadze, Lile (Georgia), WCM Nakshatra, Gumudavelly (India), WCM Badescu, Eliza-Ioana (Romania), Bissaliyeva, Alisha (Kazakhstan), WCM Chen, Zhihan (China) and Aymerich Sazonova, Alexandra (FID) remained on maximum points.

In the Girls U12 category, WCM Zhou, Elizabeth (USA), WCM Filippova, Milana (Kazakhstan), Makhina, Viktoria (FID), WFM Khusnitdinova, Husnorakhon (Uzbekistan), Rekhviashvili, Mariam (Georgia), WCM Pooja, Shree R (India), Saltkhutsishvili, Sara (Georgia) and Huang, Zixin (China) continued their impressive run with perfect scores.

The photos are available in the gallery.

Results: https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1435098.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=2&flag=30&SNode=S0
Live games: https://www.chess.com/events/world-cadets-cup-2026-girls-08/games
Official website of the Tournament: https://wcc2026.fide.com/