The North American Youth Chess Championship (NAYCC) is an annual chess tournament for participants under 18, first held in 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida.
[1] This event is open to players from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
The tournament has 6 age brackets, in two-year increments, from U8 (under 8) to U18.
The 2020 North American Youth Championships had been postponed to 2021.
[2] The U18 champions in NAYCC 2021 are Dimitar Mardov (Open), Alice Lee (Girls), and Nico Chasin (Blitz).