The 2025 U.S. Cadet Championship is an invitational chess tournament organized by the U.S. Chess Federation, featuring eight of the top American players under 16 years old. It is a round-robin event with a time control of G/90;+30 (90 minutes per player with a 30-second increment per move) and is FIDE-rated.
The 2025 tournament took place from June 19-22, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle Naperville in Lisle, Illinois. IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi won the championship with a round to spare, defending his 2024 title. Tani Adewumi collected 6,0/7, a point more than the silver medalist Andrew Jiang. The bronze is for Rose Atwell with 4,5/7.
Throwback: Tani Adewumi is a National Chess Master at Age 10
U.S. Cadet Championship Winners By Year
| Year | Winner (s) | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Alex Sherzer | New York, NY |
| 1987 | Ilya Gurevich | New York, NY |
| 1988-1989 | not held | N/A |
| 1990 | Bobby Seltzer | New York, NY |
| 1991 | Josh Waitzkin | Bronxville, NY |
| 1992 | Tal Shaked | New York, NY |
| 1993 | Arun Sharma | Washington, DC |
| 1994 | Dean Ippolito | Washington, DC |
| 1995 | Igor Shliperman | Washington, DC |
| 1996 | Noah Siegel | Washington, DC |
| 1997 | Justin Sarkar | Nashville, TN |
| 1998 | Dmitry Schneider, Vinay Bhat | Nashville, TN |
| 1999 | Jordy Mont-Reynaud | Nashville, TN |
| 2000 | Mark Geist, Matthew Traldi | San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 | Aaron Pixton | West Point, NY |
| 2002 | Pieta Garrett | Cleveland, OH |
| 2003 | Matthew Ho, Alen Melikadamian | Miami, FL |
| 2004 | Daniel Ludwig | Lindsborg, KS |
| 2005 | Sarkis Agaian, Elliot Lui | King’s Island, OH |
| 2006 | Mark Tyler Arnold | Dallas, TX |
| 2007 | Evan Ju, Warren Harper | Crossville, TN |
| 2008 | Conrad Holt | Lindsborg, KS |
| 2009 | Andrew Ng | Crossville, TN |
| 2010 | Yian Liou, Michael Yang | Crossville, TN |
| 2011 | Arthur Shen, Michael Bodek | Crossville, TN |
| 2012 | Michael Bodek, Christopher Gu, Christopher Wu, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy | Rockville, MD |
| 2013 | Justus Williams, Michael William Brown | Rockville, MD |
| 2014 | Edward Song | Rockville, MD |
| 2015 | Cameron Wheeler | Rockville, MD |
| 2016 | Praveen Balakrishnan | Rockville, MD |
| 2017 | Ben Li, Carissa Yip | Manchester, NH |
| 2018 | David Brodsky | San Jose, CA |
| 2019 | Justin Wang | San Jose, CA |
| 2020 | Christopher Yoo | Online @ chess.com |
| 2022 | Nico Chasin | Schaumburg, IL |
| 2023 | Erick Zhao | Schaumburg, IL |
| 2024 | Tanitoluwa Adewumi | Lisle, IL |
